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- Name
- Abhishek Solanki
- Degree
- M.D.
- Rank
- Associate Professor
- Primary Department
- Radiation Oncology
- Education
- Medical School
- University of Chicago
- Residencies
- University of Chicago Medical Center Radiation Oncology
- Hobbies
- Exercise
- Drawing & Painting
- Family and Friends
- Movies
- Travel
- Chicago Bulls
- Summaries
- Dr. Solanki's research focuses on advancing the treatment of patients with genitourinary cancers, brain and spine tumors, metastases from cancer, and optimizing quality and safety in radiation oncology. These interests include the treatment of prostate cancer with high-dose-rate (HDR) prostate brachytherapy in the setting of newly diagnosed prostate cancer and those who have had recurrence after prior radiation therapy (radiorecurrence). Additionally, Dr. Solanki is also an leader in the treatment of bladder cancers, including the combination of immunotherapy with chemoradiation therapy for bladder preservation. Dr. Solanki a passionate clinical trialist. He is the national co-chair of the ECOG/NRG 8185 “INSPIRE” phase II trial comparing chemoradiotherapy with and without immunotherapy in node-positive bladder cancer. He is the PI of the multi-center FSHARP phase I/II trial of salvage high dose rate brachytherapy in patients with radiorecurrent prostate cancer. He serves as the PI of the Veterans Affairs seamless phase II/III randomized trial of STAndard systemic theRapy with or without PET-directed local therapy for OligoRecurrenT prostate cancer (VA STARPORT). This trial is comparing systemic therapy with or without metastasis-directed therapy for patients with recurrent prostate cancer after prostatectomy or radiation leveraging modern advanced PSMA PET imaging to identify oligometastatic disease. This study will definitively test the oligometastasis hypothesis in recurrent prostate cancer and is currently accruing at 16 VA medical centers across the United States. Dr. Solanki also conducts research identifying innovative methods to use modern information technologies to improve patient safety and quality in radiation oncology.
- Publications
- Solanki, AA; Yoo, RK; Adams, W; Davicioni, E; Mysz, ML; Shea, S; Gupta, GN; Showalter, T; Garant, A; Hentz, C; Farooq, A; Baldea, K; Small, W; Harkenrider, MM F-SHARP: A Phase I/II Trial of Focal Salvage HDR Brachytherapy for Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer. BJU international ;
- Saripalli, AL; Lee, B; Adams, W; Bhandare, N; Venkatesulu, BP; Yoo, RK; Price, J; Harmon, GA; Block, AM; Friedman, N; Harkenrider, MM; Major, EJ; Small, W; Wagner, RH; Welsh, JS; Solanki, AA Multi-institutional Development and Validation of Contouring Guidelines for Para-aortic Elective Nodal Irradiation in Prostate Cancer Based on Patterns of Involvement on Targeted Molecular Imaging PET/CT. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ;
- Lee, J; Lukas, RV; Jusue-Torres, I; Germanwala, AV; Borys, E; Solanki, AA; Mallik, AK; Barton, K; Thakkar, JP MGMT Methylated High Grade Glioma with Distant Recurrence and Stable Original Tumor Site: Case Series. Annals of hematology & oncology ; 10 2
- Podgorsak, AR; Venkatesulu, BP; Abuhamad, M; Harkenrider, MM; Solanki, AA; Roeske, JC; Kang, H Dosimetric and workflow impact of synthetic-MRI use in prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy ;
- Corkum, MT; Buyyounouski, MK; Chang, AJ; Chung, HT; Chung, P; Cox, BW; Crook, JM; Davis, BJ; Frank, SJ; Henriquez, I; Horwitz, EM; Hoskin, P; Hsu, IC; Keyes, M; King, MT; Kollmeier, MA; Krauss, DJ; Kukielka, AM; Morton, G; Orio, PF; Pieters, BR; Potters, L; Rossi, PJ; Showalter, TN; Solanki, AA; Song, D; Vanneste, B; Vigneault, E; Wojcieszek, PA; Zelefsky, MJ; Kamrava, M Salvage Prostate Brachytherapy in Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer: An International Delphi Consensus Study. Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology ;
- Puckett, LL; Titi, M; Kujundzic, K; Dawes, SL; Gore, E; Katsoulakis, E; Park, JH; Solanki, AA; Kapoor, R; Kelly, M; Palta, J; Chetty, IJ; Jabbour, SK; Liao, Z; Movsas, B; Thomas, CR; Timmerman, RD; Werner-Wasik, M; Kudner, R; Wilson, E; Simone, CB Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Lung Cancer from the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Expert Panel. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Solanki, AA; Burmeister, J; Mak, RH; Moran, JM Looking Backward and Forward: Learning From and Updating the ASTRO Safety White Papers 10 Years Later. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Moreno, A; Solanki, AA; Xu, T; Lin, R; Palta, J; Daugherty, E; Hong, D; Hong, J; Kamran, SC; Katsoulakis, E; Brock, K; Feng, M; Fuller, C; Mayo, C Identification of Key Elements in Prostate Cancer for Ontology Building via a Multidisciplinary Consensus Agreement. Cancers ; 15 12
- Kang, H; Podgorsak, AR; Venkatesulu, BP; Saripalli, AL; Chou, B; Solanki, AA; Harkenrider, MM; Shea, SM; Roeske, JC; Abuhamad, M Prostate segmentation accuracy using synthetic MRI for high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology ;
- Venkatesulu, B; Liauw, SL; Joshi, M; Baumann, BC; Yoo, R; Roupret, M; Choudhury, A; Efstathiou, JA; Murthy, V; Sargos, P; Solanki, AA Multidisciplinary Management and Radiotherapy Recommendations for Clinically and Pathologically Node-positive Bladder Cancer. SEMINARS IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY ; 33 1
- Patel, SA; Liu, Y; Solanki, AA; Baumann, BC; Efstathiou, JA; Jani, AB; Chang, AJ; Fischer-Valuck, B; Royce, TJ Bladder only versus bladder plus pelvic lymph node chemoradiation for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Urologic oncology ;
- Koehne, EL; Solanki, AA; Gorbonos, A Editorial Commentary. Urology practice ; 9 5
- Solanki, AA; Puckett, LL; Kujundzic, K; Katsoulakis, E; Park, J; Kapoor, R; Hagan, M; Kelly, M; Palta, J; Ballas, LK; DeMarco, J; Hoffman, KE; Lawton, CAF; Michalski, J; Potters, L; Zelefsky, M; Kudner, R; Dawes, S; Wilson, E; Sandler, H Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Prostate Cancer From the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology Expert Panel. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Venkatesulu, B; Giridhar, P; Pujari, L; Chou, B; Lee, JH; Block, AM; Upadhyay, R; Welsh, JS; Harkenrider, MM; Krishnan, S; Verma, V; En Hsieh, C; Pradhan, S; Small, W; Solanki, AA Lymphocyte sparing normal tissue effects in the clinic (LymphoTEC): A systematic review of dose constraint considerations to mitigate radiation-related lymphopenia in the era of immunotherapy. Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology ; 177
- Gutt, R; Shapiro, RH; Lee, SP; Faricy-Anderson, K; Hoffman-Hogg, L; Solanki, AA; Moses, E; Dawson, GA; Kelly, MD Consensus Statement Supporting the Presence of Onsite Radiation Oncology Departments at VHA Medical Centers. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS ; 39 Suppl 3
- Mallick, S; V R, A; Giridhar, P; Upadhyay, R; Kim, BK; Sharma, A; Elghazawy, H; Elumalai, T; Solipuram, V; Hsieh, CE; Hentz, C; Solanki, AA; Li, J; Chan, DP; Ness, E; Venkatesulu, BP; Grosshans, DR A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Radiation-Related Lymphopenia on Outcomes in High-Grade Gliomas. South Asian journal of cancer ; 11 4
- Puckett, LL; Kodali, D; Solanki, A; Park, JH; Katsoulakis, E; Kudner, R; Kapoor, R; Kujundzic, K; Chapman, CH; Hagan, M; Kelly, M; Palta, J; Bazan, JG; Dragun, A; Fisher, C; Haffty, B; Nichols, E; Shah, C; Salehpour, M; Dawes, S; Wilson, E; Buchholz, TA Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Breast Cancer from the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Expert Panel. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Solanki, AA; Kates, MR; Tran, PT Paving the Road to the Future of Chemoradiotherapy in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: 10-year Follow-up of BC2001. European urology ;
- Katsoulakis, E; Kudner, R; Chapman, C; Park, J; Puckett, L; Solanki, A; Kapoor, R; Hagan, M; Kelly, M; Palta, J; Tishler, R; Hitchcock, Y; Chera, B; Feygelman, V; Walker, G; Sher, D; Kujundzic, K; Wilson, E; Dawes, S; Yom, S; Harrison, L Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Head and Neck Cancer with an emphasis on Oropharyngeal and Laryngeal Cancer from the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Expert Panel. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Park, J; Puckett, LL; Katsoulakis, E; Venkatesulu, BP; Kujundzic, K; Solanki, AA; Movsas, B; Simone, CB; Sandler, H; Lawton, CA; Das, P; Wo, JY; Buchholz, TA; Fisher, CM; Harrison, LB; Sher, DJ; Kapoor, R; Chapman, CH; Dawes, S; Kudner, R; Wilson, E; Hagan, M; Palta, J; Kelly, MD Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology Quality Measures Initiative. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Park, J; Venkatesulu, BP; Kujundzic, K; Katsoulakis, E; Solanki, AA; Puckett, LL; Kapoor, R; Chapman, CH; Hagan, M; Kelly, MD; Palta, J; Ashman, JB; Jacqmin, D; Kachnic, LA; Minsky, BD; Olsen, J; Raldow, AC; Wo, JY; Dawes, S; Wilson, E; Kudner, R; Das, P Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Rectal Cancer From the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Expert Panel. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Harmon, G; Solanki, AA In Reply to Guler and Onal. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ; 112 2
- Price, JG; Moravan, MJ; Boyer, MJ; Palta, M; Stephens, SJ; Eyler, CE; Siglin, JJ; Solanki, AA; Patel, PR; Lee, WR; Salama, JK Facilitating the Transition to Independent Radiation Oncology Practice Through a Resident-Led, Veterans Affairs Teaching Hospital Service. Practical radiation oncology ; 11 6
- Harris, AA; Yasuda, M; Wu, MS; Deirmenjian, JM; Farooq, A; Baldea, KG; Flanigan, R; Harkenrider, MM; Welsh, JS; Solanki, AA Health-Related Quality of Life and Toxicity After Definitive High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Among Veterans With Prostate Cancer. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS ; 38 Suppl 3
- Harkenrider, MM; Albuquerque, K; Brown, D; Kamrava, M; King, M; Mourtada, F; Orio, P; Patel, R; Price, M; Rassiah, P; Solanki, AA; Small, W; Schechter, NR ACR-ABS-ASTRO practice parameter for the performance of radionuclide-based high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy ;
- Roy, S; Zaorsky, NG; Bagshaw, HP; Berlin, A; Koontz, B; Nguyen, P; Chen, R; Dess, RT; Jackson, WC; Kishan, AU; Stish, B; Nagar, H; Posadas, E; Tran, PT; Solanki, A; Shore, ND; Guo, G; Ponsky, L; Shoag, JE; Morgans, AK; Garcia, JA; Showalter, TN; Feng, FY; Spratt, DE An Expert Review on the Combination of Relugolix with Definitive Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ;
- Bulbul, JE; Grybowski, D; Lovrec, P; Solanki, AA; Gabriel, MS; Wagner, RH; Savir-Baruch, B Positivity Rate of [F]Fluciclovine PET/CT in Patients with Suspected Prostate Cancer Recurrence at PSA Levels Below 1 ng/mL. MOLECULAR IMAGING AND BIOLOGY ;
- Rusu, I; Roeske, J; Solanki, A; Kang, H Fully automated planning and delivery of hippocampal-sparing whole brain irradiation. Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists ;
- Harmon, G; Chan, D; Lee, B; Miller, C; Gorbonos, A; Gupta, G; Quek, M; Woods, M; Savir-Baruch, B; Harkenrider, MM; Solanki, AA Validating Modern NRG Oncology Pelvic Nodal and GFRU Prostate Bed Contouring Guidelines for Post-prostatectomy Salvage Radiation: A Secondary Analysis of the LOCATE Trial. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ;
- Solanki, AA; Venkatesulu, BP; Efstathiou, JA Will the Use of Biomarkers Improve Bladder Cancer Radiotherapy Delivery? Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) ; 33 6
- Allen, BC; Oto, A; Akin, O; Alexander, LF; Froemming, AT; Fulgham, PF; Halpern, DJ; Gettle, LM; Maranchie, JK; Patel, BN; Patlas, MN; Schieda, N; Solanki, A; Turkbey, IB; Venkatesan, AM; Yoo, DC; Lockhart, ME ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Post-Treatment Surveillance of Bladder Cancer: 2021 Update. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR ; 18 5S
- Flanigan, RC; Dornbier, R; Quek, ML; Woods, M; Gorbonos, A; Gupta, G; Harkenrider, MM; Solanki, A; Badami, A; Henry, E; Berg, S; Bova, D; Barkan, GA; Picken, MM Penile Paget's Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. ARCHIVES OF NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY ; 3 4
- Solanki, AA; Savir-Baruch, B; Liauw, SL; Michalski, J; Tward, JD; Vapiwala, N; Teoh, EJ F-Fluciclovine Positron Emission Tomography in Men With Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy and Planning to Undergo Salvage Radiation Therapy: Results from LOCATE. Practical radiation oncology ;
- Harris, AA; Korpics, M; Sherwani, Z; Farooq, A; Baldea, KG; Flanigan, R; Harkenrider, MM; Solanki, AA Patient and physician reported toxicity with two-fraction definitive high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy: the impact of implant interval. Journal of contemporary brachytherapy ; 12 3
- Harris, AA; Wu, M; Deirmenjian, JM; Shea, SM; Kang, H; Patel, R; Fielder, D; Mysz, ML; Harkenrider, MM; Solanki, AA Computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging in high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy planning: The impact on patient-reported health-related quality of life. Brachytherapy ;
- Sanders, JC; Showalter, TN; Ouhib, Z; Thomadsen, BR; Jacob, D; Agarwal, M; Cohen, GN; Giles, M; Palaniswammy, G; Solanki, AA; Taunk, NK Safety practices and opportunities for improvement in brachytherapy: A patient safety practices survey of the American Brachytherapy Society membership. Brachytherapy ;
- Ahmad, A; Santanam, L; Solanki, AA; Padilla, L; Vlashi, E; Guerrieri, P; Dominello, MM; Burmeister, J; Joiner, MC Three discipline collaborative radiation therapy (3DCRT) special debate: Peer review in radiation oncology is more effective today than 20 years ago. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics ;
- Kruser, TJ; Bosch, WR; Badiyan, SN; Bovi, JA; Ghia, AJ; Kim, MM; Solanki, AA; Sachdev, S; Tsien, C; Wang, TJC; Mehta, MP; McMullen, KP NRG brain tumor specialists consensus guidelines for glioblastoma contouring. Journal of neuro-oncology ; 143 1
- Savir-Baruch, B; Lovrec, P; Solanki, AA; Adams, WH; Yonover, PM; Gupta, G; Schuster, DM Fluorine-18-Labeled Fluciclovine PET/CT in Clinical Practice: Factors Affecting the Rate of Detection of Recurrent Prostate Cancer. AJR. American journal of roentgenology ; 213 4
- Surucu, M; Bajaj, A; Roeske, JC; Block, AM; Price, J; Small, W; Solanki, AA The Impact of Transitioning to Prospective Contouring and Planning Rounds as Peer Review. Advances in radiation oncology ; 4 3
- Solanki, AA; Efstathiou, JA EDITORIAL COMMENT. Urology ; 133
- Solanki, AA; Liauw, SL The perils of using registry data to compare the survival and cost of radical cystectomy and trimodality therapy in bladder cancer. Translational andrology and urology ; 8 Suppl 5
- Shaikh, MP; Alite, F; Wu, MJ; Solanki, AA; Harkenrider, MM Adjuvant Radiotherapy Versus Wait-and-See Strategy for Pathologic T3 or Margin-Positive Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Clinical Oncology ; 41 8
- Bajaj, Amishi; Martin, Brendan; Bhasin, Richa; Hentz, Courtney; Block, Alec M.; Harkenrider, Matthew M.; Solanki, Abhishek A. The Impact of Academic Facility Type and Case Volume on Survival in Patients Undergoing Curative Radiation Therapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ; 100 4
- Solanki, AA; Mysz, ML; Patel, R; Surucu, M; Kang, H; Plypoo, A; Bajaj, A; Korpics, M; Martin, B; Hentz, C; Gupta, G; Farooq, A; Baldea, KG; Pawlowski, J; Roeske, J; Flanigan, R; Small, W; Harkenrider, MM Transitioning From a Low-Dose-Rate to a High-Dose-Rate Prostate Brachytherapy Program: Comparing Initial Dosimetry and Improving Workflow Efficiency Through Targeted Interventions. Advances in radiation oncology ; 4 1
- Solanki, AA; Bossi, A; Efstathiou, JA; Lock, D; Mondini, M; Ramapriyan, R; Welsh, J; Kang, J Combining Immunotherapy with Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Genitourinary Malignancies. EUROPEAN UROLOGY ONCOLOGY ; 2 1
- Silva, SR; Gliniewicz, A; Martin, B; Prabhu, VC; Germanwala, AV; Melian, E; Jones, GA; Solanki, AA Oligometastatic Disease State Is Associated with Improved Local Control in Patients Undergoing Three or Five Fraction Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. World neurosurgery ;
- Okunieff, P; Casey-Sawicki, K; Lockney, NA; Hoppe, BS; Enderling, H; Pinnix, C; Welsh, J; Krishnan, S; Yothers, G; Brown, M; Knox, S; Bristow, R; Spellman, P; Mitin, T; Nabavizadeh, N; Jaboin, J; Manning, HC; Feng, F; Galbraith, S; Solanki, AA; Harkenrider, MM; Tuli, R; Decker, RH; Finkelstein, SE; Hsu, CC; Ha, CS; Jagsi, R; Shumway, D; Daly, M; Wang, TJC; Fitzgerald, TJ; Laurie, F; Marshall, DT; Raben, D; Constine, L; Thomas, CR; Kachnic, LA Report from the SWOG Radiation Oncology Committee: Research Objectives Workshop 2017. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research ; 24 15
- Son, CH; Liauw, SL; Hasan, Y; Solanki, AA Optimizing the Role of Surgery and Radiation Therapy in Urethral Cancer Based on Histology and Disease Extent. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ; 102 2
- Korpics, Mark C.; Block, Alec M.; Martin, Brendan; Hentz, Courtney; Gaynor, Ellen R.; Henry, Elizabeth; Harkenrider, Matthew M.; Solanki, Abhishek A. Concurrent chemotherapy is associated with improved survival in elderly patients with bladder cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Cancer (0008543X) ; 123 18
- Solanki, Abhishek A.; Martin, Brendan; Korpics, Mark; Small, Christina; Harkenrider, Matthew M.; Mitin, Timur Bladder-Preserving Therapy Patterns of Care: A Survey of US Radiation Oncologists. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ; 99 2
- Solanki, AA; Surucu, M; Bajaj, A; Kaczmarz, B; Martin, B; Price, J; Perino, C; McCoo, T; Payonk, G; Roeske, JC; Small, W Improving the Accessibility of Patient Care Through Integration of the Hospital and Radiation Oncology Electronic Health Records. JCO clinical cancer informatics ; 1
- BAJAJ, AMISHI; SOLANKI, ABHISHEK A.; SMALL, WILLIAM Prospective Case Review in Radiation Oncology Prior to Treatment Delivery. Oncology Times ; 38
- Korpics, Mark; Surucu, Murat; Mescioglu, Ibrahim; Alite, Fiori; Block, Alec M.; Choi, Mehee; Emami, Bahman; Harkenrider, Matthew M.; Solanki, Abhishek A.; Roeske, John C. Observer Evaluation of a Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithm Applied to Head and Neck Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Images. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ; 96 23
- LeMieux, MH; Solanki, AA; Mahmood, U; Chmura, SJ; Koshy, M Risk of second malignancies in patients with early-stage classical Hodgkin's lymphoma treated in a modern era. Cancer medicine ; 4 4
- Liu, GF; Ranck, MC; Solanki, AA; Cao, H; Kolokythas, A; Wenig, BL; Chen, L; Ard, S; Weichselbaum, RR; Halpern, H; Spiotto, MT Racial parities in outcomes after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Cancer ; 120 2