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Sravana Chennupati

Undergraduate:
BA, Molecular and Cellular Biology, emphasis in Immunology, University of California, Berkeley, 2004

Medical School:
MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 2009

Interest and Accomplishments:
GI and CNS malignancies

Other Interests
Include being outdoors, hiking, reading, traveling, architecture and sports

Education/Training
Residency: Oregon Health & Science University, July 2010 - Department of Radiation Medicine
Internship: Kaiser Permananente--San Francisco, July 2009 to July 2010 - Department of Internal Medicine
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine, Class of 2009 - Scholarly Concentration in Community Health and Public Service
Undergraduate: University of California at Berkeley, Class of 2004 - B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology, emphasis in Immunology
High School: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Class of 2001

Research Experience
Department of Radiation Oncology, Oregon Health and Science University (7/11-
  Mentor: Arthur Hung, M.D., Martin Fuss, M.D., Ph.D. and Samuel Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University (12/07-12/08)
  Mentor: Daniel T. Chang, M.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California at San Francisco (7/08-9/08)
  Mentor: Penny Sneed, M.D. and Daphne Haas-Kogan M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University (5/06-8/06)
  Mentor: Ben Barres, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (9/03-6/05)
  Mentor: Andrew T. Parsa, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (6/03-8/03)
  Mentor: Michael T. Lawton, M.D., Ph.D.

Awards and Honors
2008 Bertram V.A. Low-Beer Memorial Fellowship in Radiation Oncology (UCSF)
2008 Medical Scholars Research Grant, Stanford University School of Medicine
2006 Spanish Language Study Scholarship (Guatemala), Latino Medical Students Association
2006 Medical Scholars Research Grant, Stanford University School of Medicine
2006 Coordinator, Fall Forum on Community Health & Public Service, Stanford University
2006 Coordinator, SWEAT— 1st year medical student hiking/camping trip in Stanislaus, CA
2006 Authored $80,000 grant for Pacific Free Clinic from Health Trust
2004 Hopkins4K Team Leader, organized 4,000 mile bicycle ride with American Cancer Society
2004 Graduated Biology Scholars Program, U.C. Berkeley
2004 Founder and editor of Bienestar, a bilingual health newsletter for communities in the East Bay
2003 Coordinator, Minorities in Healthcare Conference, U.C. Berkeley
2002 Varsity Oarsman, U.C. Berkeley Lightweight Crew
2002 Editor, One Vision—U.C. Berkeley Lightweight Crew alumni newsletter
2001 Graduated with Honors, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
2001 Senior Class president, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

Teaching Experience
Practice of Medicine Teaching Assistant (9/06-6/07)
  Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Pre-Calculus and SAT Math Instructor (6/03-5/04)
  Upward Bound Program, University of California, Berkeley

Book Chapters
Sravana Chennupati and Arthur Hung. Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: Role of Androgen Deprivation, Radiation Medicine Rounds:
Prostate Cancer 2011, p27-34

Publications
Chennupati SK, Quon A, Kamaya A, Pai RK, La T, Krakow TE, Graves E, Koong AC, Chang DT. Positron Emission
Tomography for Predicting Pathologic Response Following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal
Cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2011 Mar 17

Chennupati SK, Kamaya A, Fisher GA, Ford JM, Kunz P, Itakura H, Welton ML, Shelton A, Van Dam J, Koong AC, Chang
DT.Pathological response after chemoradiation for T3 rectal cancer. Colorectal Dis. 2010 Jul;12(7 Online):e24-30

Yang I, Aranda D, Han SJ, Chennupati S, Sughrue ME, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT.. Hearing preservation after stereotactic
radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: A systematic review. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Jun;16(6):742-7

Sanchez-Mejia RO, Chennupati SK, Gupta N, Fullerton H, Young WL, Lawton MT. Superior Outcomes in Children versus
Adults After Microsurgical Resection of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations. J Neurosurg. 2006 Aug;105(2 Suppl):82-7

Abstracts
Chennupati SK, Siddiqui FA, McDonald TL, Thomas CR, Wood LJ. TNF-α Deficiency does not Protect Mice From Sickness
Behavior Related to External Beam Radiation of the Pelvis

Chennupati SK, Merz B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Wissel A, Wang SJ. Variations in Point Dose Specification in 3-Dimensional
Planning for Intracavitary Cervical Brachytherapy. American Society for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology (ASTRO), October
2011. Poster Presentation.

Chennupati SK, Marquez C, Fuss M. A Comparison of Tumor Volume Coverage between Intensity-Modulated Arc Technique
(IMAT) and 7 & 9 Field Intensity Modulated Therapy Posterior Fossa Boost Plans that Spare the Auditory Apparatus in Pediatric
Patients. American Society for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology (ASTRO), October 2011. Poster Presentation.

Siddiqui FA, Chennupati SK, McDonald TL, Thomas CR, Hung AY, Wood LJ. Prospective Phase II Study Evaluating the
Relationship of Fatigue and Plasma Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing External Beam
Radiation Therapy. American Society for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology (ASTRO), October 2011. Poster Presentation.

Chennupati SK, Choi M, Rhodes S, Zhang J, Sandler A, Fuss M. Treatment of Symptomatic Local Recurrence and Bulky
Pleural Metastases from Thymoma using Heterogeneously Prescribed Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Techniques (IG-IMRT). International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) Annual Meeting, July 2011

Pejavar S,Polley MY, Rosenberg-Wahl S, Chennupati S, Wara WM, Prados MD, Berger MS, Banerjee A, Gupta N, Haas-Kogan
D. Pediatric Intracranial Ependymoma: Importance of complete resection upfront or at second-look surgery. American Society
for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology (ASTRO), September 2009. Poster Presentation.

Chennupati SK, Welton M, Shelton A, Fisher GA, Ford JM, Pai RK, Quon A, Kamaya A, Koong AC, Chang DT. Positron
Emission Tomography for Predicting Pathologic Response Following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced
Rectal Cancer. American Society for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology (ASTRO), September 2008. Poster Presentation.

Prasad G, Chennupati SK, McDermott MW, Sneed PK. Outcomes Following Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Primary or
Metastatic Intracranial Sarcomas. American Society for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology (ASTRO), September 2008. Poster
Presentation
Chennupati SK, Welton M, Shelton A, Fisher GA, Ford JM, Pai RK, Quon A, Kamaya A, Koong AC, Chang DT. The
Effectiveness of Pre-operative Chemoradiation Therapy at Treating Nodal Disease in
Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) GI symposium, January 2009.

Chennupati SK, Janka DP, Saber SS, Tran DT, Stern-Nezer SJ. Portable Medical Records for Underserved Populations.
Stanford Medical Student Research Symposium, April 2005.

Sanchez-Mejia RO, Chennupati SK, Lawton MT. Recent Microsurgical Treatment of Pediatric Arteriovenous Malformations:
The UCSF Experience. Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), October 2004. Poster Presentation.

Chennupati SK, Love TD, Sison C, Parney IF, Parsa AT. VEGF is regulated at the level of translation in high-grade glioma.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), October 2004. Poster Presentation.

Links of Interest:

• Positron Emission Tomography for Predicting Pathologic Response After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
  
• Pathological Response after Chemoradiation for T3 Rectal Cancer