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Pavan Mukesh Jhaveri, MD

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Dr. Pavan Mukesh Jhaveri is a radiation oncologist who practices at the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, as well as at Baylor Medicine’s Lung Institute. His expertise in the use of innovative radiation oncology tools and techniques is an invaluable addition to Baylor’s multidisciplinary approach to treating malignant pleural mesothelioma and other malignancies, both to prevent cancer cells from returning after surgery and to provide palliative relief.

Education and Career

Dr. Jhaveri earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois and his medical degree at the Baylor College of Medicine and then completed an internship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He then completed a residency in Radiation Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine.[1]

Research

Dr. Jhaveri has been the lead author of several nationally published research articles on the role of radiation therapy in the treatment of patients with thoracic malignancies. Other research has centered on stereotactic boy radiotherapy in the management of bone metastases, the emergence of integrated urology-radiation oncology practices, and a comparison of the effectiveness between helical tomotherapy and 3-D Conformal Radiation Therapy for advanced cancers.[1]

His recent publications include:[2]

Timely delivery of PORT for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a county hospital. Rosas Herrera, A., Haskins, A., Hanania, A., Jhaveri, P., Chapman, C., Huang, Q., Hernandez, D.>; Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. 2024 Feb 1

Phase I / II trial of metformin as a chemo-radiosensitizer in a head and neck cancer patient population. Jan O Kemnade, Marcus Florez, Anita Sabichi, Jun Zhang, Pavan Jhaveri, George Chen, Albert Chen, Courtney Miller-Chism, Bulsara Shaun, Susan G Hilsenbeck, David J Hern…>; Oral Oncology. 2023 Oct 1

Implementation of High-Dose-Rate, CT-Based Prostate Brachytherapy in an Academic Teaching Hospital and Residency Training Program. Daniel Brunnhoelzl, Alexander Hanania, Sam Sun, Sergio Jaramillo, Linfeng Lu, Pavan Jhaveri>; Cureus. 2022 Feb 1

Terri Heimann Oppenheimer

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Terri Oppenheimer has been writing about mesothelioma and asbestos topics for over ten years. She has a degree in English from the College of William and Mary. Terri’s experience as the head writer of our Mesothelioma.net news blog gives her a wealth of knowledge which she brings to all Mesothelioma.net articles she authors.

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