Kamran Idrees, MD, MSCI, MMHC, FACS
Dr. Kamran Idrees is a surgical oncologist, Associate Professor of Surgery, and Director of the Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Vanderbilt Health. His primary interests are treating peritoneal surface malignancies like malignant pleural mesothelioma, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic tumors, liver tumors (primary and metastatic), gallbladder cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, retroperitoneal sarcomas, and gastro-intestinal stromal tumors.[1]
Dr. Kamran uses minimally invasive surgical techniques (laparoscopic and robotic) to treat these conditions and has significant expertise in the use of cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. In developing Vanderbilt’s Peritoneal Surface Malignancy program/HIPEC and isolated limb infusion programs, he has instituted a multidisciplinary approach that involves coordination of care with medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, and ancillary services from the first evaluation through diagnosis, staging, and treatment.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Idrees earned his medical degree at the Agha Khan University Medical College in Pakistan, then completed a Surgical Oncology research fellowship in colorectal cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He then completed a General Surgery internship and residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham followed by a Surgical Oncology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was trained in regional perfusion treatments and isolated limb infusion. From there he went on to Washington University in St. Louis, where he completed a Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery fellowship.[1]
Dr. Idrees was recruited to lead and expand Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Peritoneal Surface Malignancy program/HIPEC and isolated limb infusion program at Vanderbilt. While there he has also pursued and completed his Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Vanderbilt University and his Master of Management in Health Care at Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management.[1]
Scientific and Medical Societies
- American College of Surgeons
- Detroit Surgical Association
- Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons
- Southeastern Surgical Congress
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association
- International Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association
Research
Dr. Idrees’ research, including an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award, focuses on colorectal, liver metastases, and pancreatic cancer treatments.
His recent publications include:[2]
- Assessing the Accuracy and Reliability of AI-Generated Medical Responses: An Evaluation of the Chat-GPT Model. Johnson D, Goodman R, Patrinely J, Stone C, Zimmerman E, Donald R, Chang S, Berkowitz S, Finn A, Jahangir E, Scoville E, Reese T, Friedman D, Bastarache J, van der Heijden Y, Wright J, Carter N, Alexander M, Choe J, Chastain C, Zic J, Horst S, Turker I, Agarwal R, Osmundson E, Idrees K, Kieman C, Padmanabhan C, Bailey C, Schlegel C, Chambless L, Gibson M, Osterman T, Wheless L. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Feb 28:rs.3.rs-2566942. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2566942/v1. PMID: 36909565; PMCID: PMC10002821.
- Immunostimulatory Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Subpopulations Can Predict Immunotherapy Response in Head and Neck Cancer. Obradovic A, Graves D, Korrer M, Wang Y, Roy S, Naveed A, Xu Y, Luginbuhl A, Curry J, Gibson M, Idrees K, Hurley P, Jiang P, Liu XS, Uppaluri R, Drake CG, Califano A, Kim YJ. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 May 13;28(10):2094-2109. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-3570. PMID: 35262677; PMCID: PMC9161438.
- Successful Mentor-Mentee Relationship. Nassour I, Balentine C, Boland GM, Chu D, Habermann E, Holscher C, Idrees K, In H, Kimbrough MK, Mitchem J, Warner SG, Karakousis G; Committee on Academic Advancement of the Association for Academic Surgery. J Surg Res. 2020 Mar;247:332-334. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.09.066. Epub 2019 Nov 14. PMID: 31733816.
- Effect of Awake Prone Positioning on Endotracheal Intubation in Patients With COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Alhazzani W, Parhar KKS, Weatherald J, Al Duhailib Z, Alshahrani M, Al-Fares A, Buabbas S, Cherian SV, Munshi L, Fan E, Al-Hameed F, Chalabi J, Rahmatullah AA, Duan E, Tsang JLY, Lewis K, Lauzier F, Centofanti J, Rochwerg B, Culgin S, Nelson K, Abdukahil SA, Fiest KM, Stelfox HT, Tlayjeh H, Meade MO, Perri D, Solverson K, Niven DJ, Lim R, Møller MH, Belley-Cote E, Thabane L, Tamim H, Cook DJ, Arabi YM; COVI-PRONE Trial Investigators and the Saudi Critical Care Trials Group. JAMA. 2022 Jun 7;327(21):2104-2113. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.7993. PMID: 35569448; PMCID: PMC9108999.
- Chicago Consensus Working Group. The Chicago Consensus on peritoneal surface malignancies: Management of appendiceal neoplasms. Cancer. 2020 Jun 1;126(11):2525-2533. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32881. Epub 2020 Apr 13. PMID: 32282073.
