Education

Other Post Graduate Training
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2006)
Graduate School
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2006), Chemical Biology
Medical School
University of Minnesota (2009)
Residency
University of Michigan Health System (2012), General Surgery
Research Fellowship
University of Michigan Medical School (2014), Translational Oncology
Residency
University of Michigan Health System (2017), Radiation Oncology

Research Interest

  • Mechanisms of treatment resistance in breast cancer
  • New approaches for early detection and mitigation of radiation-induced cardiotoxicity
  • Novel combination approaches to promote anti-tumor immunity
  • Precision Radiation Oncology

Publications

Towards precision radiation oncology: endocrine therapy response as a biomarker for personalization of breast radiotherapy
Udden SM, Baek GH, Pandey K, Vidal C, Liu Y, Rahimi AS, Kim DN, Nwachukwu CR, Mani RS, Alluri PG npj Precision Oncology 2023 Dec 7
Aspirin use is associated with improvement in distant metastases outcome in patients with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Johns C, Montalvo SK, Cauble MK, Liu YL, All S, Rahimi AS, Alluri PG, Leitch M, Unni N, Wooldridge RD, Farr D, Nwachukwu C, Kim DW Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2023 Jun 199 381-387
A deep learning approach for automatic delineation of clinical target volume in stereotactic partial breast irradiation (S-PBI)
Kazemimoghadam M, Yang Z, Chen M, Rahimi A, Kim N, Alluri P, Nwachukwu C, Lu W, Gu X Physics in medicine and biology 2023 May 68
Aspirin Use Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients
Johns C, Yen A, Rahimi A, Liu YL, Leitch AM, Spangler A, Alluri P, Nwachukwu C, Wooldridge R, Farr D, Nathan Kim DW Journal of Breast Cancer 2023 Feb 26 14-24
Feasibility and efficacy of active breathing coordinator assisted deep inspiration breath hold technique for treatment of locally advanced breast cancer
All S, Zhao B, Montalvo S, Maxwell C, Johns C, Gu X, Rahimi A, Alluri P, Parsons D, Chiu T, Schroeder S, Kim DN Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2023 Feb 24
On the feasibility of improved target coverage without compromising organs at risk using online adaptive stereotactic partial breast irradiation (A-SPBI)
Montalvo SK, Kim N, Nwachukwu C, Alluri P, Parsons D, Lin MH, Cai B, Zhuang T, Hrycushko B, Chen L, Timmerman R, Rahimi A Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2023 Feb 24
On the Possibility of Estimating Myocardial Fiber Architecture from Cardiac Strains
Usman M, Mendiola EA, Mukherjee T, Mehdi RR, Ohayon J, Alluri PG, Sadayappan S, Choudhary G, Avazmohammadi R 2023 74-83
Targeting ESR1 mutation–induced transcriptional addiction in breast cancer with BET inhibition
Udden SN, Wang Q, Kumar S, Malladi VS, Wu SY, Wei S, Posner BA, Geboers S, Williams NS, Liu Y, Sharma JK, Mani RS, Malladi S, Parra K, Hofstad M, Raj GV, Larios JM, Jagsi R, Wicha MS, Park BH, Gupta GP, Chinnaiyan AM, Chiang CM, Alluri PG JCI Insight 2022 Sep 7
In Reply to Hannoun-Levi et al.
Rahimi A, Simmons A, Kim DN, Leitch M, Haas J, Gu X, Ahn C, Gao A, Spangler A, Morgan HE, Goudreau S, Seiler S, Farr D, Wooldridge R, Haley B, Bahrami S, Neufeld S, Mendez C, Alluri P, Rao R, Timmerman RD International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2022 Jun 113 475-477
Targeting radioresistance and replication fork stability in prostate cancer
Li X, Baek GH, Carreira S, Yuan W, Ma S, Hofstad M, Lee S, Gao Y, Bertan C, de los Dolores Fenor de la Maza M, Alluri PG, Burma S, Chen BP, Raj GV, de Bono J, Pommier Y, Mani RS JCI Insight 2022 May 7

Honors & Awards

  • Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Radiation Oncology
    (2023)
  • METAvivor Breast Cancer Translational Research Award
    (2023)
  • Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Radiation Oncology
    (2022)
  • Charles Y.C. Pak Foundation Breast Cancer - Bone Initiative Research Award
    (2022)
  • Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award from Department of Defense
    (2021)
  • METAVivor Early Career Investigator Award
    (2020)
  • Conquer Cancer Foundation Research Award
    Top abstract at the Annual Conquer Cancer Scientific and Career Development Retreat (2019)
  • DocStar Award from Cary Council of Southwestern Medical Foundation
    (2018)
  • Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO/Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Young Investigator Award
    (2017)
  • American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholar
    (2012)
  • Making a Difference Award, Outstanding Clinical Care
    (2012)
  • Making a Difference Award, Outstanding Clinical Care
    (2011)
  • University of Minnesota Medical School Chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society
    (2008)
  • Meritorious Research in Biomedical Sciences Award
    (2004)
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
    (2004)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
  • American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)