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Ankur Varma

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentCOM | Internal Med Hem-Onc
Address4301 W Markham
Little Rock AR 72205
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0003-4524-9451 Additional info
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    SWOG 297609     (VARMA, ANKUR)Jul 19, 2024 - Jul 18, 2034
    NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute - Pass Through: SouthWest Oncology Group
    MYELOMATCH, Master Screening and Reassessment Protocol (MSRP) for Tier Advancement in the NCI myeloMATCH Clinical Trials
    Role: Principal Investigator
    SWOG Varma 59955     (VARMA, ANKUR)May 16, 2024 - May 15, 2025
    NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute - Pass Through: SouthWest Oncology Group
    MYELOMATCH, Master Screening and Reassessment Protocol (MSRP) for Tier Advancement in the NCI myeloMATCH Clinical Trials
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Vellanki S, Thalambedu N, Kumar AKTA, Vellanki S, Honhar M, Hendrix R, Harris D, Gaddam M, Singh SRK, Jain S, Kumaran M, Gentille C, Varma A. Navigating Hyperhemolysis in Sickle Cell Disease: Insights from Literature. Diagnostics (Basel). 2025 Jul 21; 15(14). PMID: 40722584.
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    2. Muddasani A, Surendranath A, Varma A. The Effect of Sickle Cell Disease on Seizure-Related Hospitalizations: An Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2021. Cureus. 2025 Jun; 17(6):e86025. PMID: 40535953.
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    3. Thalambedu N, Mohan Lal B, Harbaugh B, Alapat DV, Gaddam M, Gentille Sanchez CG, Kumaran M, Varma A. Unveiling Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Exploring Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Advances. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Feb 03; 17(3). PMID: 39941875.
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    4. Pandey T, Inamdar S, Jeffus S, Pandey S, Varma A. Simultaneous Presentation of Relapsed Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in a Patient With HIV: A Case Report. Cureus. 2025 Jan; 17(1):e78263. PMID: 40026931.
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    5. Kongtim P, Vittayawacharin P, Zou J, Srour S, Shaffer B, Shapiro RM, Varma A, McGuirk J, Dholaria BR, McCurdy SR, DeZern AE, Bejanyan N, Bashey A, Furst S, Castagna L, Mariotti J, Ruggeri A, Bailen R, Teshima T, Xiao-Jun H, Bonfim C, Aung F, Cao K, Carpenter PA, Hamadani M, Askar M, Fernandez-Vina M, Girnita A, Ciurea SO. ASTCT Consensus Recommendations on Testing and Treatment of Patients with Donor-specific Anti-HLA Antibodies. Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 12; 30(12):1139-1154. PMID: 39260570.
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    6. Fugere T, Baltz A, Mukherjee A, Gaddam M, Varma A, Veeraputhiran M, Gentille Sanchez CG. Immune Effector Cell-Associated HLH-like Syndrome: A Review of the Literature of an Increasingly Recognized Entity. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Oct 26; 15(21). PMID: 37958323.
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    7. Gannamani V, Varma A, Nathan S, Ustun C. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) associated permanent hyponatremia in umbilical cord blood transplant recipient. Transpl Immunol. 2023 02; 76:101742. PMID: 36372142.
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    8. Baranwal A, Byun J, Ritz E, Kadanagowd A, Murphy D, Marinovic DA, Wang D, Okwuosa T, Katz D, Varma A, Nathan S, Ustun C. Myeloablative TBI is associated with increased risk of pulmonary GVHD in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2022 10; 57(10):1632-1634. PMID: 35970875.
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    9. Shah MV, Saliba RM, Varma A, Ciurea SO, Oran B, Olson A, Bose P, Bashir Q, Masarova L, Alousi AM, Srour S, Mehta RS, Daver N, Pemmaraju N, Verstovsek S, Champlin RE, Popat UR. Allogeneic stem cell transplant for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms in blast phase: improving outcomes in the recent era. Br J Haematol. 2021 06; 193(5):1004-1008. PMID: 33821472.
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    10. Yassa G, Varma A, Baptista J, Myers R, Reimer A, Forrest GN, Nathan S, Ustun C. Human Herpesvirus-6 Infection and Calcineurin Inhibitor Pain Syndrome Interaction after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant. Transplant Cell Ther. 2021 05; 27(5):439-440. PMID: 33789834.
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    11. Varma A, Kosuri S, Ustun C, Ibrahim U, Moreira J, Bishop MR, Nathan S, Mehta J, Moncayo D, Heng J, Osman K, Adekola KUA. COVID-19 infection in hematopoietic cell transplantation: age, time from transplant and steroids matter. Leukemia. 2020 10; 34(10):2809-2812. PMID: 32801310.
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    12. Varma A, Loya J, Junaid Hussain M, Don Yun H, Gobbi EK, Reimer A, Nathan S, Ustun C, Muffly L. Calcineurin-inhibitor induced pain syndrome after stem cell transplant. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 09; 61(9):2230-2233. PMID: 32431182.
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    13. Varma A, Abraham SC, Mehta RS, Saini NY, Honhar M, Rashid M, Chen J, Srour SA, Bashir Q, Rondon G, Oran B, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Kebriaei P, Alousi AM, Ahmed S, Marin D, Khouri IF, Ciurea SO, Qazilbash MH, Rezvani K, Anderlini P, Andersson BS, Shpall EJ, Champlin RE, Popat UR. Idiopathic refractory ascites after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a previously unrecognized entity. Blood Adv. 2020 04 14; 4(7):1296-1306. PMID: 32236526.
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    14. Varma A, Rondon G, Srour SA, Chen J, Ledesma C, Champlin RE, Ciurea SO, Saliba RM. Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) at Admission Predicts Fluid Overload in Recipients of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 05; 26(5):1013-1020. PMID: 32045652.
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    15. Varma A, Sui D, Milton DR, Tang G, Saini N, Hasan O, Mukherjee A, Joseph JJ, Bashir Q, Rondon G, Srour S, Popat UR, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Kebriaei P, Alousi AM, Ahmed S, Mehta R, Khouri IF, Ahmed H, Iyer S, Weber DM, Thomas SK, Manasanch E, Lee HC, Patel K, Ciurea SO, Shpall EJ, Orlowski RZ, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Outcome of Multiple Myeloma with Chromosome 1q Gain and 1p Deletion after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Propensity Score Matched Analysis. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 04; 26(4):665-671. PMID: 31881283.
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    16. Nathan S, Hussain MJ, Baptista J, Yun HD, Varma A, Vardouniotis A, Weber M, Miller I, Ustun C. DLBCL After Allogeneic HCT in a Patient With Transformed DLBCL: Does It Matter Whether Relapse or PTLD? Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2020 04; 20(4):264-266. PMID: 32115402.
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    17. Yun HD, Nathan S, Larson M, Hussain MJ, Katz DA, Varma A, Miller I, Ustun C. Erythroid differentiation of myeloblast induced by gilteritinib in relapsed FLT3-ITD-positive acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2019 11 26; 3(22):3709-3712. PMID: 31765477.
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    18. Yun HD, Varma A, Hussain MJ, Nathan S, Brunstein C. Clinical Relevance of Immunobiology in Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. J Clin Med. 2019 Nov 14; 8(11). PMID: 31739455.
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    19. Saini N, Ma J, Milton DR, Patel R, Varma A, Bashir Q, Delgado R, Mukherjee A, Rondon G, Popat UR, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Kebriaei P, Alousi AM, Ahmed S, Tang G, Mehta R, Srour S, Khouri IF, Iyer S, Weber DM, Thomas SK, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Patel KK, Orlowski RZ, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Impact of Autologous Transplantation in Patients with Multiple Myeloma with t(11;14): A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 11 15; 25(22):6781-6787. PMID: 31481508.
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    20. Saini NY, Patel RD, Varma A, Bashir Q, Delgado R, Rondon G, Mukherjee A, Popat U, Hosing C, Nieto Y, Kebriaei P, Weber DM, Thomas SK, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Orlowski RZ, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH, Patel KK. Outcomes of autologous stem cell transplantation in Waldenstr?m's macroglobulinemia. Ann Hematol. 2019 Sep; 98(9):2233-2235. PMID: 31243571.
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    21. Saini NY, Patel RD, Varma A, Bashir Q, Delgado R, Rondon G, Popat U, Hosing C, Nieto Y, Kebriaei P, Weber DM, Thomas SK, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Orlowski RZ, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH, Patel KK. Long-term durable efficacy of autologous stem cell transplantation in POEMS syndrome. Am J Hematol. 2019 03; 94(3):E72-E74. PMID: 30548467.
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    22. Saini NY, Patel R, Varma A, Bashir Q, Delgado R, Rondon G, Popat UR, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Kebriaei P, Alousi AM, Ahmed S, Weber DM, Thomas SK, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Patel KK, Orlowski RZ, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Melphalan-based autologous transplant in octogenarian multiple myeloma patients. Am J Hematol. 2019 01; 94(1):E2-E5. PMID: 30300461.
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    23. Afrough A, Saliba RM, Hamdi A, Honhar M, Varma A, Cornelison AM, Rondon G, Parmar S, Shah ND, Bashir Q, Hosing C, Popat U, Weber DM, Thomas S, Orlowski RZ, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Impact of Induction Therapy on the Outcome of Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 11; 24(11):2197-2203. PMID: 30016656.
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    24. Varma A, Biritxinaga L, Saliba RM, Stich M, Jauch SF, Afrough A, Honhar M, Popat UR, Shafi MA, Shah N, Bashir Q, Dinh Y, Hosing C, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Impact of Hepatitis B Core Antibody Seropositivity on the Outcome of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Apr; 23(4):581-587. PMID: 28063964.
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    25. Afrough A, Saliba RM, Hamdi A, El Fakih R, Varma A, Dinh YT, Rondon G, Cornelison AM, Shah ND, Bashir Q, Shah JJ, Hosing C, Popat U, Orlowski RZ, Champlin RE, Parmar S, Qazilbash MH. Outcome of Patients with Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis with Lung, Liver, Gastrointestinal, Neurologic, and Soft Tissue Involvement after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Aug; 21(8):1413-7. PMID: 25842049.
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