Education & Training
Medical School
Ntr University Of Health Sciences
Residency
Internal Medicine
- University of Missouri School of Medicine GME
Family Medicine
- University of Missouri School of Medicine GME
Fellowship
Hematology & Oncology
- University of Missouri School of Medicine GME
Boards
American Board of Internal Medicine/Hematology
American Board of Internal Medicine/Medical Oncology
Insurances
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Academic Information
Director of Medical Oncology Breast Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
Areas of Expertise
- Breast cancer
Awards & Honors
- 2009-2010: Best APD Faculty Preceptor of the year Residency
- 2005-2006: Recognition award by Family Medicine for teaching medical students
- 2005: Chosen for “Residents as Teachers” role model
Publications
Peer-reviewed manuscripts
- Nistala P, Nistala R, Lastra G, Manrique CM and Sowers JR. Hypertension and Diabetes: Emphasis on the Renin-Angiotensin System and Insulin Resistance. Current Hypertension Reports Invitation only issue. 2009: August: 5(3):210-221
- Regunath H, Shortridge J, Raza S, Nistala P, Huffman BM, Wang MX and Xiang D. Occult pulmonary mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma presenting as catastrophic anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. 2013: Oncology Letters- In press
- Nistala P, Bansal P, Ramasubbaiah R. Primary Squamous cell carcinoma of liver with leukocytosis as a paraneoplastic manifestation – Case report and review of literature of rare disease – manuscript in submission
Peer-reviewed abstracts
- Shin J, Nistala P, Gupta D, Tiwari P, Mohamed K and Doll DC. Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Multicentric Castleman's Disease. American College of Physicians, Missouri 2008
- Nistala P, Freter CE, Doll D, and Hossain AM. Epidemiological and Survival Disparities of Multiple Myeloma in Different Ethnicities in the USA: A SEER Database Based Analysis From 1973 to 2009. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts), Nov 2012; 120: 4967
- Baillargeon PAJ, Nistala P, Doll DC. Can clinical parameters predict bone marrow involvement in DLBCL? Submitted to ASH 2013
Current projects
- Book chapter on Targetted therapies for cancer - Anti Cancer Drug, Bentham Science Publication group, in press