Vandana Batra, MD
Vandana Batra, MD

Vandana Batra, MD

Vandana Batra, MD, is an attending physician in the Cancer Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Locations: Main Building


215-590-3025

267-426-0762

About Vandana Batra, MD

Titles

Attending Physician

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology – American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Awards and Honors

2016 Selected to attend the ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop, Vail, CO
2015, Postdoctoral Research Award, CHOP Research Poster Day, Philadelphia, PA
2010, Selected to attend the Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology Annual AACR Aspen Workshop, Aspen, CO
2004, Selected to attend the 13th Annual Workshop on Biostatistics and Trial Design, Brewster, MA
1995, Best Paper, Dr PN Taneja Award Indian Academy of Pediatrics
1993, Ranked in top 1% in Delhi University, India for MD entrance exam.
1991, Won the first Prize in the Dr S.K. Sen Inter Medical Debate Competition at Delhi Medical Association.
1990, Dr DN Mullick award for “Most meritorious student in clinical proficiency and excellence in Pediatrics”.
1990, First Prize in 4th Indian National Academy of Pediatrics: National Quiz.
1989, Mrs. Sharma memorial prize for the best student in microbiology.
1989, First in Class (1st/200), Microbiology, IV year MBBS.
1987, Mary Pickford award for the Best student in Anatomy dissection.

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

American Association for Cancer Research
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Children’s Oncology Group
Advances in Neuroblastoma

Education & training

Medical Degree

MBBS - Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

Internship

Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (LHMC), New Delhi, India

Residency

Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
Pediatrics - Maulana Azad Medical College and Hospital (MAMC), Delhi, India

Fellowship

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2017

Hart LS, Rader J, Raman P, Batra V, Russell MR, Tsang M, Gagliardi M, Chen L, Martinez D, Li Y, Wood A, Kim S, Parasuraman S, Delach S, Cole KA, Krupa S, Boehm M, Peters M, Caponigro G, Maris JM. Preclinical therapeutic synergy of MEK1/2 and CDK4/6 inhibition in neuroblastoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2017;23(7):1785-1796.

2015

Armstrong AE, Weese-Mayer DE, Mian A, Maris JM, Batra V, Gosiengfiao Y, et al. Treatment of neuroblastoma in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome with a PHOX2B polyalanine repeat expansion mutation: New twist on a neurocristopathy syndrome. Pediatric blood & cancer. 2015 May 22. PubMed PMID: 26011159.

2013

Batra V, Sands SA, Holmes E, Geyer JR, Yates A, Becker L, et al. Long-term survival of children less than six years of age enrolled on the CCG-945 phase III trial for newly-diagnosed high-grade glioma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatric blood & cancer. 2013 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 24038913.

Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)

2014

Hart L, Rader J, Raman P, Batra V et al Combined inhibition of CDK4/6 and MEK1/2 in preclinical models of neuroblastoma. Poster, ANR, Cologne, Germany, May 2014.

Batra V et al Preclinical development of meta-[211At] astatobenzylguanidine ([211At] MABG) targeted radiotherapy for neuroblastoma. Poster, AACR Pediatric Oncology Conference November 2013, Pediatric Cancer at the Crossroads: Translating Discovery into Improved Outcomes and Poster Presentation at CHOP Poster day February 2014.

2013

Hart L, Batra V et al MEK 1/2 inhibition and biomarkers of response in preclinical models of neuroblastoma. Poster, AACR Pediatric Oncology Conference November 2013, Pediatric Cancer at the Crossroads: Translating Discovery into Improved Outcomes.

Lectures by Invitation
2014

Rob Forrest Memorial Symposium on Medical Health Physics ‘Targeted Radiotherapy for the childhood cancer Neuroblastoma’ Thomas Jefferson University. December 2014

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters

Batra V, Deyell R, Maris JM chapter: Molecular oncology of neuroblastoma in Molecular Oncology: Causes of Cancer and Targets for Treatment Charles Sawyers, Frank Rauscher and Edward Gelmann (eds.). Cambridge University Press.

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