Publications

  • Reddy JP, Hernandez M, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Martin Geoffrey V, Jiang W, Akhtari M, Allen PK, Atkinson BJ, Smith GL, Pinnix CP, Milgrom SA, Abou Yehia Z, Osborne EM, Oki Yasuhiro, Lee H, Hagemeister F, Fanale MA. Pre-treatment neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio are prognostic of progression in early stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma. British Journal of Hematology, 180(4), pp 545-549.
  • Pinnix CP, Ng AK, Dabaja BS, Milgrom SA, Gunther JR, Fuller D, Smith GL, Abou Yehia Z, Qiao W, Wogan CF, Akhtari M, Mawlawi O, Medeiros J, Chuang HH, Martin-Doyle W, Armand P, LaCasce AS, Oki Y, Fanale M, Westin J, Neelapu S, Nastoupil L. Positron emission tomography–computed tomography predictors of progression after DA-R-EPOCH for PMBCL. Blood advances, 2(11), pp 1334-1343.
  • Akhtari M, Milgrom SA, Pinnix CC, Reddy JP, Dong W, Smith GL, Mawlawi O, Abou Yehia Z, Gunther J, Osborne EM, Andraos TY, Wogan CF, Rohren E, Garg N, Chuang H, Khoury JD, Oki Y, Fanale M, Dabaja BS. Reclassifying patients with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma based on functional radiographic markers at presentation. Blood, 131(1), pp 84-94.
  • Milgrom SA, Pinnix CC, Chuang H, Oki Y, Akhtari M, Mawlawi O, Garg N, Gunther JR, Reddy JP, Smith GL, Rohren E, Hagemeister FB, Lee HJ, Fayad LE, Dong W, Osborne EM, Abou Yehia Z, Fanale M, Dabaja BS. Earlystage Hodgkin lymphoma outcomes after combined modality therapy according to the post-chemotherapy 5-point score: can residual pet-positive disease be cured with radiotherapy alone? British Journal of Hematology, 179, pp 489-496.
  • Milgrom SA, Dong W, Akhtari M, Smith GL, Pinnix CC, Mawlawi O, Rohren E, Garg N, Chuang H, Yehia AZ, Reddy JP, Gunther JR, Khoury JD, Suki T, Osborne EM, Oki Yasuhiro, Fanale M, Dabaja BS. Chemotherapy Response Assessment by FDG-PET-CT in Early-stage Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: Moving Beyond the FivePoint Deauville Score. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 97(2), pp 333-338, 2017.
  • Akhtari M, Aboud M, Szeja S, Pino R, Lewis GD, Bass BL, Miltenburg DM, Butler BE, Teh BS. Clinical outcomes, toxicity, and long-term cosmesis of accelerated partial breast irradiation in women with close skin spacing. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 8(6), pp 497-504, 2016.
  • Gunther JR, Fanale MA, Reddy JP, Akhtari M, Smith GL, Pinnix CC, Milgrom SA, Abou Yehia ZA, Allen PK, Osborne EM, Mawlawi O, Dabaja BS. Treatment of Early-Stage Unfavorable Hodgkin Lymphoma: Efficacy and Toxicity of 4 Versus 6 Cycles of ABVD Chemotherapy With Radiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 96(1), pp 110-118, 2016.
  • Abou Yehia ZA, Mikhaeel NG, Smith GL, Pinnix CC, Milgrom SA, Tang C, Jiang W, Fanale M, Oki Y, Shank J, Horace P, Reddy J, Akhtari M, Gunther JR, Mawlawi O, Allen PK, Dabaja BS. Does Bleomycin lung toxicity increase the risk of radiation pneumonitis in Hodgkin Lymphoma? International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, in press, available online on August 23, 2016.
  • Akhtari M, Bernicker EH, Teh BS. Chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: opportunities for advancement. Chinese Journal of Cancer, in press, available online on June 23 2016.
  • Gunther JR, Fanale MA, Reddy JP, Akhtari M, Smith GL, Pinnix CC, Milgrom SA, Abou Yehia Z, Allen PK, Osborne EM, Mawlawi O, Dabaja BS. Treatment of early stage unfavorable Hodgkin lymphoma: Efficacy and toxicity of 4 vs. 6 cycles of ABVD chemotherapy with radiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, in press, available online on April 13, 2016.
  • Akhtari M, Teh BS. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Advances and Controversies. Chinese Journal of Cancer, in press, available online March 24 2016.
  • Akhtari M. Resident Burnout: The Greatest Challenge Facing GME. Texas Medicine. 112 (2), pp. 23-24, 2016.
  • Akhtari M, Pino R, Scarboro SB, Bass BL, Miltenburg DM, Butler EB, Teh BS. Dosimetric considerations and early clinical experience of accelerated partial breast irradiation using multi-lumen applicators in the setting of breast augmentation. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 7 (6), 423-29, 2015.
  • Reddy JP, Akhtari M, Smith GL, Pinnix CC, Osborne EM, Gunther JR, Allen PK, Yehia ZA, Fanale M, Rodrigeuz AM, Fowler N, Milgrom SA, Wogan CF, Dabaja BS. Outcomes after Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation for Stage IIB Hodgkin Lymphoma with Bulky Disease. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma, Leukemia, 15(11):664-670, 2015.
  • Youssef B, Shank J, Reddy JP, Pinnix CC, Farha G, Akhtari M, Allen PK, Fanale MA, Garcia JA, Horace PH, Milgrom S, Smith GL, Nieto Y, Arzu I, Wang H, Fowler N, Rodriguez MA, Dabaja BS. Incidence and predictors of Lhermitte’s sign among patients receiving mediastinal radiation for lymphoma. Radiation Oncology, in press, available online September 25 2015.
  • Pinnix CC, Smith GL, Milgrom S, Osborne EM, Reddy JP, Akhtari M, Reed V, Isidora A, Allen PK, Wogan CF, Fanale MA, Oki Y, Turturo F, Romaguera J, Fayad L, Fowler N, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Hagemeister F, Rodriguez MA, Ahmed S, Nieto Y, Dabaja BS. Predictors of Radiation Pneumonitis in Patients Receiving Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 92 (1), pp 175-82, 2015
  • Akhtari M, Reddy JP, Pinnix C, Allen P, Osborne E, Gunther JR, Milgrom SA, Smith GL, Wogan CF, Fowler N, Rodrigeuz MA, Dabaja BS. Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (non-leg type) has excellent outcomes even after very low dose radiation as single-modality therapy. Leukemia and Lymphoma, 57 (1), 34-38, 2015.
  • Akhtari M, Nitsch PL, Bass BL, Teh BS. Long-term outcomes of accelerated partial breast irradiation using a multilumen balloon applicator in a patient with existing breast implants. Brachytherapy, 14 (2), 289-92, 2014.
  • Akhtari M, Quesada GR, Schwartz MR, Chiang SB, Teh BS. Sarcoidosis presenting as metastatic lymphadenopathy in breast cancer. Clinical Breast Cancer, 14 (5), 107-10, 2014.
  • Murphy AJ, Akhtari M, Tolani S, Pagler TA, Bijl N, Kuo CL, Wang M, Sanson M, Abramowicz S, Welch C, Bochem EA, Kuivenhoven JA, Yvan-Charvet L, Tall AR. ApoE regulates the proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells, monocytosis and accumulation of monocytes in atherosclerotic lesions. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 121 (10), 4138-49, 2011.

Book Chapters

  • Akhtari M, Gomez JH, Pino R, Teh BS. Radioterapia parcial acelerada de mama (Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation). In: Tratamiento del cáncer: Oncología médica, quirúrgica y radioterapia 1st edition. Ed(s): Martin Granados Garcia, Oscar Gerardo Arrieta Rodriguez, Jose Hinojosa Gomez. Manual Moderno: Mexico City, Mexico, 2016.

Selected Abstracts

  • Akhtari M, Yuan DMK, Endres EC, Tran BM, Swaonson TA. Effect of incorporation of preoperative CT scan on bladder doses and irradiated volume in postprostatectomy radiation therapy (pPRT). Accepted to 2017 ASCO Genitourinary Cancer Symposium in Orlando, FL. Publication.
  • Akhtari M, Reddy J, Dong W, Milgrom S, Smith G, Pinnix CC, Abou Yehia Z, Gunther JR, Osborne E, Mawlawi O, Rohren E, Chuang H, Garg N, Fanale M, Dabaja BS. Re-stratifying Early Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients Using Novel Functional Imaging Parameters. Accepted to 2016 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston, MA. Oral Presentation.
  • Akhtari M, Szeja S, Pino R, Bass BL, Miltenburg DM, Butler EB, Teh BS. Long-term Clinical and Cosmetic Outcomes Of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) with Multi-lumen Applicators In Patients With Skin Spacing ≤ 7 mm. 2016 World Congress of Brachytherapy in San Francisco, CA. Poster Presentation.
  • Akhtari M, Reddy J, Pinnix CC, Allen PK, Osborne EM, Gunther JR, Milgrom SA, Smith GL, Wogan CF, Fowler N, Rodriguez MA, Dabaja BS. Excellent Outcomes in Primary Cutaneous B-cell Lymphoma After Very Low Dose Radiation. 2015 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in San Antonio, TX. Poster Presentation.
  • Akhtari M, Rodriguez E, Pino R, Teh BS. Long-term outcome of accelerated partial breast irradiation using multilumen applicators in the setting of breast augmentation. 2015 36th Annual Meeting of American Brachytherapy Society in Orlando, FL. Oral Presentation.
  • Akhtari M, Murphy AJ, Pagler TA, Tall AR. The Role of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Population in Hypercholesterolemia-associated Monocytosis. 2010 30th Annual Meeting of Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation in Washington D.C. Oral Presentation.