Devika G. Das, MD
Associate Professor-Clinical
Department:
SOM-Medicine-HEM
Email:
ddas@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5678
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Mobile lung cancer screening implementation for Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, VA VISN 7 Office | 09/2022 - Present |
| Extramural, Southeastern VA Lung Cancer Screening and Precision Oncology Consortium (LPOP), VA CSP | 04/2020 - 05/2025 |
| Extramural, VISN 7 Community Care Value Assessment Project, VA HSRD | 01/2019 - 01/2022 |
| Extramural, Implementation of Care Management Plans Using Education and Technology: A Feasibility Study with Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Carevive | 01/2018 - 01/2020 |
Publications
Letter | |
| Nguyen J, Das D, Shah CV, Afatinib, Dose Reduction, and Pseudo-Acute Kidney Injury. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2025 Sep 20;43(27):3052 | 2025 |
Journal Article | |
| Braithwaite D, Karanth SD, Bian J, Meza R, Jeon J, Tammemagi M, Wheeler M, Cao P, Rackauskas M, Shrestha P, Yoon HA, Borondy Kitts A, Verma H, Blair MC, Chen A, Das D, Lou X, Wu Y, Han S, Hochhegger B, Guo Y, Gould MK, Protocol for an observational cohort study integrating real-world data and microsimulation to assess imaging surveillance strategies in stage I-IIIA NSCLC patients in OneFlorida. BMJ open, 2025 Sep 28;15(9):e101324 | 2025 |
| Bourne G, Das D, Jacobson JO, Sadeghi N, Risk of Knowledge Gaps Among Nononcologists Caring for Patients With Cancer: The Example of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. JCO oncology practice, 2024 Oct;20(10):1331-1335 | 2024 |
| Metge BJ, Alsheikh HAM, Kammerud SC, Chen D, Das D, Nebane NM, Bostwick JR, Shevde LA, Samant RS, Targeting EMT using low-dose Teniposide by downregulating ZEB2-driven activation of RNA polymerase I in breast cancer. Cell death & disease, 2024 May 8;15(5):322 | 2024 |
| Kumar M, Das D, Mulvey TM, Sadeghi N, Physician Disruptive Behavior Compromising Safe Care Delivery. JCO oncology practice, 2024 Mar;20(3):329-334 | 2024 |
| Roberts TJ, McGuire J, Clark JW, Drutchas AE, Photopoulos R, Das D, Mulvey TM, Preventing Future Harm: Identifying the Drivers of an Unsafe Discharge to Improve Safety on an Inpatient Oncology Service. JCO oncology practice, 2023 Sep;19(9):724-730 | 2023 |
| Desai A, Das D, Hear Me Out: Mitigating Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity. JCO oncology practice, 2023 May;19(5):284-285 | 2023 |
| Hatic H, Hearld KR, Das D, Deshane J, Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients Treated with Immunotherapy. Cancers, 2022 Dec 1;14(23) | 2022 |
| Huang Q, Kemnade J, Cornwell L, Kheradmand F, Sabichi AL, Das D, Non-small cell lung cancer in the era of immunotherapy. Seminars in oncology, 2022 Jun;49(3-4):337-343 | 2022 |
| Schneider CS, Hatic H, Das D, Cardan RA, Stahl JM, Bonner JA, Kole AJ, Patterns of Failure and Optimal Treatment Paradigm for Large, Inoperable, Node-Negative Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical lung cancer, 2022 Nov;23(7):e408-e414 | 2022 |
| Velazquez AI, Durani U, Weeks LD, Major A, Reynolds R, Kumbamu A, Das DG, Murphy MC, Henry E, Lee AI, Marshall AL, Impact of COVID-19 on Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Programs: A Quantitative and Qualitative Survey Assessment of Fellowship Program Directors. JCO oncology practice, 2022 Apr;18(4):e551-e563 | 2022 |
| Durani U, Major A, Velazquez AI, May J, Nelson M, Zheng Z, Hall AG, Alam ST, Reynolds R, Thompson JC, Kumbamu A, Das DG, Murphy MC, Henry E, Lee AI, Marshall AL, Wun T, Weeks LD, Impact of COVID-19 on Hematology-Oncology Trainees: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment. JCO oncology practice, 2022 Apr;18(4):e586-e599 | 2022 |
| Blayney DW, Bariani G, Das D, Dawood S, Gnant M, De Guzman R, Martin SE, O'Mahony D, Roach A, Ruff P, Sampaio C, Sanchez JA, Vanderpuye V, Kamal A, Hendricks C, Spotlight on International Quality: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Quality Improvement in Cancer Care. JCO global oncology, 2021 Sep;7:1513-1521 | 2021 |
| George DJ, Halabi S, Heath EI, Sartor AO, Sonpavde GP, Das D, Bitting RL, Berry W, Healy P, Anand M, Winters C, Riggan C, Kephart J, Wilder R, Shobe K, Rasmussen J, Milowsky MI, Fleming MT, Bearden J, Goodman M, Zhang T, Harrison MR, McNamara M, Zhang D, LaCroix BL, Kittles RA, Patierno BM, Sibley AB, Patierno SR, Owzar K, Hyslop T, Freedman JA, Armstrong AJ, A prospective trial of abiraterone acetate plus prednisone in Black and White men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Cancer, 2021 Aug 15;127(16):2954-2965 | 2021 |
| Mir NA, Hull O, Bothwell S, Das D, Guideline Concordance With Durvalumab in Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single Center Veterans Hospital Experience. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 2021 Feb;38(2):74-78 | 2021 |
| Blayney DW, Albdelhafeez N, Jazieh AR, Pinto CF, Udrea A, Roach A, Das D, Grubbs S, Hamm J, Jahanzeb M, Kamal AH, Kelly RJ, Martin SE, O'Mahony D, Birch W, Bowman R, Crist STS, Evers A, Gilmore T, Klein M, Siegel R, International Perspective on the Pursuit of Quality in Cancer Care: Global Application of QOPI and QOPI Certification. JCO global oncology, 2020 May;6:697-703 | 2020 |
| Das D, Wilfong L, Enright K, Rocque G, How Do We Align Health Services Research and Quality Improvement? American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting, 2020 Mar;40:1-10 | 2020 |
| Plourde CL, Varnado WT, Gleaton BJ, Das DG, Reducing Infusion Clinic Wait Times Using Quality Improvement. JCO oncology practice, 2020 Aug;16(8):e807-e813 | 2020 |
| Desai A, Hegde A, Das D, Change in Reporting of USMLE Step 1 Scores and Potential Implications for International Medical Graduates. JAMA, 2020 May 26;323(20):2015-2016 | 2020 |
| Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G, Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes. Biochemical pharmacology, 1975 Sep 1;24(17):1639-41 | 1975 |
| Kirksey ER, Pagels JF, Blem CR, The role of the tail in temperature regulation of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology, 1975 Dec 1;52(4):707-11 | 1975 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Fellow of American Society of Clinical Oncology, ASCO | 2025 |
| ASCO Advocacy Champion, ASCO | 2023 |
| Outstanding Student Award-MSHQS, UAB School of Health Professions | 2020 |
| C Glenn Cobb Edwin Rutsky Award for Clinical Excellence, UAB Department of Medicine | 2019 |
| Outstanding Teacher Award, UAB Division of Hematology and Oncology | 2019 |
| Teaching Excellence Award, UAB Department of Medicine | 2018 |
Professional Membership and Service
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation, Patient Education and Engagement Committee | 2023 - Present |
| ASCO, Member, Committee member | 2019 - 2023 |
| American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member | |
| IASLC, Member |