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Rajiv Agarwal, MD

Division of Hematology Oncology

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Rajiv Agarwal
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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.
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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

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Email 
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org 
Address 
777 Preston Research Building 
2220 Pierce Ave 
Nashville, TN 37232-6307

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