
Reshma L. Mahtani DO
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Interim Co-Leader Breast Cancer Program; Director of Community Outreach, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FloridaBiographical Sketch:
Dr.Reshma L. Mahtani is a medical oncologist practicing in South Florida. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Deerfield Beach, Florida. She is Interim Co-Leader of the Breast Cancer Program and Director of Community Outreach.
After completing her master of science degree in neuroscience at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Mahtani went on to the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she received her medical degree. She completed internship at Greenwich Hospital, a Yale-affiliate, in Greenwich, Connecticut, and undertook residency training at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in New York, where she also completed her fellowship in Hematology/Oncology. She is a graduate of the Harvard Global Clinical Scholars Training Program.
Dr. Mahtani is committed to medical education. She speaks nationally and internationally and has served as Program Director for several officially licensed Best of ASCO programs. She is an active clinical researcher and her research focuses on novel therapies for the treatment of breast cancer. As Interim Co-Leader of the Breast Cancer Program at Sylvester, she oversees the clinical trial program across the network. She has served on the ASCO Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) Steering Committee and is a member of the editorial board of The Breast Journal.
Positions:
Interim Co-Leader Breast Cancer Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, Florida
Degrees:
DO: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
MS (Neuroscience): University of Connecticut
Postgraduate Training:
Fellowship: St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, New York, New York
Certificate: Harvard Global Clinical Scholars Training Program
Clinical Interests:
Breast cancer, novel therapeutics
Disclosures
Reshma L. Mahtani, D.O. has served as a consultant/advisor for Agendia, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Biotheranostics, Daiichi, Eisai, Genentech, Immunomedics, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, Puma and Seattle Genetics. Contracted grant/research support (to institution) from Genentech.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- SABCS 2017: Recommendations From Dr. Reshma Mahtani: Treatment
- SABCS 2017: Recommendations From Dr. Reshma Mahtani: Endocrine Therapy
- Avelumab Is Clinically Active and Safe in Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Abemaciclib as Initial Therapy for Advanced Breast Cancer
- Clinical Utility of Biomarkers for Endrocrine Therapy for Breast Cancers
- Fasting Glucose and BMI Predict Activity in Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Everolimus-Exemestane
- Durable Complete Response in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Following Trastuzumab Discontinuation
- A Contextual Review of New Data on CDK 4/6 Inhibitors
- ESMO 2017: Recommendations From Dr. Reshma Mahtani
- Neratinib Efficacy and ctDNA Detection of HER2 Mutations in HER2 Non-Amplified Metastatic Breast Cancer