Professional Bio
Rajiv Agarwal, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
He completed his undergraduate studies at Columbia University, and his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He earned his two fellowships in Medical Oncology and in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is the first faculty member at Vanderbilt who is a dual-trained and dual-boarded medical oncologist and palliative care specialist.
Dr. Agarwal specializes in treating malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract, with specific interest in colorectal, hepatobiliary, pancreas, and peritoneal disease. He also attends on the inpatient Palliative Care Consultation service.
His research interests are to improve quality of life outcomes, illness understanding, decision-making, and communication for patients and families facing cancer. He aims to design supportive oncology interventions and open clinical trials that address cancer-related symptoms and treatment-related toxicity at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Publications
Education
MD - University of Chicago, 2013
Internship - Internal Medicine - Duke University, 2014
Residency - Internal Medicine - Duke University, 2016
Fellowship - Medical Oncology - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2018
Fellowship - Hospice & Palliative Medicine - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2019
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307