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Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Patient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 160 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient Comments
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Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.October 31, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERFriendly, clear, caring.
October 29, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr. Godara is the best oncologist that Inhave ever had.
October 20, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERA good, kind and thorough doctor who truly cares about his patients.
October 18, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERHe is very knowledgeable and friendly
October 17, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERHe is brilliant and caring. One of the best!
October 03, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERI trust him with my transplant .
October 03, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERVery confident in Dr. Godara's skills and knowledge. He took time to discuss in-depth my condition and future treatments. I was impressed with his attention to detail in every aspect--from explanations to required labs.
September 29, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERWhat a wonderful doctor, he made me feel secure and very welcome! Between the two doctors, they explained everything detailed explanations of what's wrong with me and what they're going to do and honestly they were awesome
September 21, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Godara listens to concerns and explains them in a manner I understand. He asks pertinent questions. He makes me feel at ease
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary Academic Divisions Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies
Board Certification American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Education history
Fellowship Hematology-Oncology - Tufts Medical Center Fellow Fellowship Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immunotherapy - Stanford University School of Medicine Fellow Residency Internal Medicine - Wayne State University School of Medicine Resident Internship Internal Medicine - Wayne State University School of Medicine Intern Professional Medical Medicine - Government Medical College M.B.B.S. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Syeed S, Tan CJ, Godara A, Gooden K, Tang D, Slaff S, Shih YH, Ngorsuraches S, Chaiyakunapruk N (2024). Value of Innovative Multiple Myeloma Treatments from Patient and ΠΗΏΥ΄«Γ½care Provider Perspectives: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment. Pharmacoeconomics. ()
- Bindal P, Najjar M, Koehn K, Godara A, Sborov DW, McClune B, Julian K, Wagner C, Mohyuddin GR (2023). Refractoriness to last line of therapy: how often is it mandated and reported? A systematic review of randomized myeloma trials. Leuk Lymphoma, 1-4. ()
- Siddiqui NS, Klein A, Godara A, Buchsbaum RJ, Hughes MC (2022). Predicting In-Hospital Mortality After Acute Myeloid Leukemia Therapy: Through Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms. JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 6, e2200044. ()
- McInturf G, Younger K, Sanchez C, Walde C, Abdallah AO, Ahmed N, Shune L, Sborov DW, Godara A, McClune B, Sinclair CT, Mohyuddin GR (2022). Palliative care utilization, transfusion burden, and end-of-life care for patients with multiple myeloma. Eur J Haematol, 109(5), 559-565. ()
- Vardell VA, Ermann DA, Tantravahi SK, Haaland B, McClune B, Godara A, Mohyuddin GR, Sborov DW (2022). Impact of academic medical center access on outcomes in multiple myeloma. Am J Hematol, 98(1), 41-48. ()
- Mohyuddin GR, Ahlstrom JM, Chmielewski CA, Sweeney NW, Molina TH, Cheung CS, Ballard EW, Seng FF, Van Oekelen O, Godara A, McClune B, Sborov D (2022). A survey on the patient perspective on cure in multiple myeloma. Lancet Haematol, 9(10), e716-e719. ()
- Godara A, Wang AY, Arkun K, Fogaren T, Qamar AS, McPhail ED, Kryzanski J, Riesenburger R, Comenzo R (2022). Unraveling a rare cause of spinal stenosis: Coexistent AL and ATTR amyloidosis involving the ligamentum flavum. Surg Neurol Int, 13, 12. ()
- Alderuccio JP, Olszewski AJ, Evens AM, Collins GP, Danilov AV, Bower M, Jagadeesh D, Zhu C, Sperling A, Kim SH, Vaca R, Wei C, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Dalla Pria A, DAngelo C, Farooq U, Bond DA, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Kassam S, Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Post FA, Varma G, Karmali R, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach C, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Mian A, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre VP, Zayac A, Maliske SM, Epperla N, Caimi P, Smith SE, Kamdar M, Venugopal P, Feldman TA, Rector D, Smith SD, Stadnik A, Portell CA, Lin Y, Naik S, Montoto S, Lossos IS, Cwynarski K (2021). HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma: outcomes from a US-UK collaborative analysis. Blood Adv, 5(14), 2852-2862. ()
- Godara A, Riesenburger RI, Zhang DX, Varga C, Fogaren T, Siddiqui NS, Yu A, Wang A, Mastroianni M, Dowd R, Nail TJ, McPhail ED, Kurtin PJ, Theis JD, Toskic D, Arkun K, Pilichowska M, Kryzanski J, Patel AR, Comenzo R (2021). Association between spinal stenosis and wild-type ATTR amyloidosis. Amyloid, 28, 1-8. ()
- Zayac AS, Evens AM, Danilov A, Smith SD, Jagadeesh D, Leslie LA, Wei C, Kim SH, Naik S, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Farooq U, Kenkre VP, Epperla N, Blum KA, Khan N, Singh D, Alderuccio JP, Godara A, Yazdy MS, Diefenbach C, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Shao Y, Trabolsi A, Burkart M, Martin P, Stettner S, Chauhan A, Choi YK, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Churnetski MC, Boughan KM, Berg S, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, DAngelo C, Bond DA, Maliske SM, Vaca R, Magarelli G, Sperling A, Gordon MJ, David KA, Savani M, Caimi P, Kamdar M, Lunning MA, Palmisiano N, Venugopal P, Portell CA, Bachanova V, Phillips T, Lossos IS, Olszewski AJ (2021). Outcomes of Burkitt lymphoma with central nervous system involvement: evidence from a large multicenter cohort study. Haematologica, 106(7), 1932-1942. ()
- George KM, Hernandez NS, Breton J, Cooper B, Dowd RS, Nail J, Yu A, Mastroianni M, Wang A, Godara A, Zhang D, Arkun K, Patel AR, Varga C, Soto O, Kryzanski J, Comenzo R, Riesenburger R (2021). Lumbar ligamentum flavum burden: Evaluating the role of ATTRwt amyloid deposition in ligamentum flavum thickness at all lumbar levels. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 206, 106708. ()
- Hachem H, Godara A, Schroeder C, Fein D, Mann H, Lawlor C, Marshall J, Klein A, Poutsiaka D, Breeze JL, Joshi R, Mathew P (2021). Rapid and sustained decline in CXCL-10 (IP-10) annotates clinical outcomes following TNFΞ±-antagonist therapy in hospitalized patients with severe and critical COVID-19 respiratory failure. J Clin Transl Sci, 5(1), e146. ()
- Godara A, Siddiqui NS, Munigala S, Dhawan R, Kansagra AJ, Rapoport AP, Yared JA, Dahiya S (2020). Length of Stay and Hospital Costs for Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation. JCO Oncol Pract, 17(3), e355-e368. ()
- George KM, Hernandez NS, Breton J, Cooper B, Dowd RS, Nail J, Yu A, Mastroianni M, Wang A, Godara A, Zhang D, Arkun K, Patel AR, Varga C, Soto O, Kryzanski J, Comenzo R, Riesenburger R (2020). Increased thickness of lumbar spine ligamentum flavum in wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis. J Clin Neurosci, 84, 33-37. ()
- Godara A, Palladini G (2020). Monoclonal Antibody Therapies in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am, 34(6), 1145-1159. ()
- Saif MW, Hachem H, Purvey S, Hamal R, Zhang L, Siddiqui NS, Godara A, Diasio RB (2020). Pharmacogenetic Variants in the DPYD and TYMS Genes are Clinically Significant Predictors of Fluoropyrimidine Toxicity: Are We Ready for Use in our Clinical Practice. Arch Pharmacol Ther, 2(1), 6-8. ()
Review
- Steinbach M, Neupane K, Aziz M, Lee-Smith W, Julian K, Godara A, McClune B, Kelkar AH, Sborov D, Mohyuddin GR (2023). Multiple Myeloma in Young Patients: A Scoping Review. [Review]. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk, 24(1), 15-22. ()
Case Report
- Godara A, Wang AY, Arkun K, Fogaren T, Qamar AS, McPhail ED, Kryzanski J, Riesenburger R, Comenzo R (2022). Unraveling a rare cause of spinal stenosis: Coexistent AL and ATTR amyloidosis involving the ligamentum flavum. Surg Neurol Int, 13, 12. ()
- Godara A, Migliozzi DR, Pilichowska M, Goyal N, Varga C, Gordon CE (2020). Use of Eculizumab in Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Patient With Polycystic Kidney Disease Immediately Post-Kidney Transplant: A Case Report. Kidney Med, 2(5), 652-656. ()
Letter
- Wagner CB, Julian K, Bryan B, Steinbach MN, Shewan S, Maxwell L, Vigil M, Mohyuddin GR, Godara A, McClune B, Galarza Fortuna G, Sborov D (2024). Novel chemotherapy combination of carfilzomib with dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, etoposide and cisplatin (K-DCEP) for the treatment of relapsed/refractory aggressive plasma cell dyscrasias. [Letter to the editor]. Leuk Lymphoma, 65(9), 1362-1365. ()
- Zhang Y, Godara A, Pan S, Toskic D, Mann H, Sborov D, Comenzo R, Kansagra A (2022). Belantamab mafodotin in patients with relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis with myeloma. [Letter to the editor]. Ann Hematol, 101(9), 2119-2121. ()
- Godara A, Toskic D, Albanese J, Rosenthal B, Siddiqui NS, Kugelmass A, Zhou P, Fogaren T, Varga C, Landau HJ, Comenzo RL (2020). Involved free light chains <10βmg/L with treatment predict better outcomes in systemic light-chain amyloidosis. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Hematol, 96(1), E20-E23. ()
Other
- Hachem H, Godara A, Schroeder C, Fein D, Mann H, Lawlor C, Marshall J, Klein A, Poutsiaka D, Breeze JL, Joshi R, Mathew P (2021). Rapid and sustained decline in CXCL-10 (IP-10) annotates clinical outcomes following TNF-Ξ± antagonist therapy in hospitalized patients with severe and critical COVID-19 respiratory failure. medRxiv. United States. ()
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