Reshma L. Mahtani DO
Chief of Breast Medical Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FloridaDr. Reshma L. Mahtani is a medical oncologist practicing in South Florida. She serves as Chief of Breast Medical Oncology at the Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida (a Memorial Sloane Kettering affiliate). She specializes in the treatment of breast cancer.
Prior to assuming her role at the Miami Cancer Institute, Dr. Mahtani was an Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Leader of the Breast Cancer Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, where she oversaw the clinical trial program across the network. She is an active clinical researcher, and her research focuses on novel therapies for the treatment of breast cancer. She has made significant scientific and clinical practice contributions with numerous first-author publications in peer-reviewed journals.
She has served on the ASCO Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) Steering Committee and as a member of the editorial board of The Breast Journal. She has been Program Director for several officially licensed Best of ASCO programs and is the Director of the ASCO Highlights series.
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.
Disclosures
- Consultant/advisory role: Agendia; Amgen; AstraZeneca; Daiichi; Eisai; Gilead; Hologic; Lilly; Merck; Novartis; Pfizer; Puma; Sanofi; Sermonix; Stemline; Seagen
- Contracted research: Gilead
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- 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
- Primary Metastatic Breast Cancer in the Era of Targeted Therapy—Prognostic Impact and the Role of Breast Tumor Surgery