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Ramya Ramaswami, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

Ramya Ramaswami, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

  • Center for Cancer Research
  • National Cancer Institute
Lasker Clinical Research Scholar
HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch
NIH Distinguished Scholar

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Dr. Ramaswami is an expert in the management of patients with Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV)-associated diseases, such as Kaposi sarcoma and multicentric Castleman disease, and other HIV-associated cancers. Her clinical and translational research is focused on developing novel diagnostic methods and therapeutic strategies for patients with HIV and cancer.

Dr. Ramaswami also investigates ways to reduce cancer care disparities among people living with HIV within the United States and beyond.

Areas of Expertise

Multicentric Castleman Disease
Kaposi Sarcoma
Viral Oncology

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Publications

Selected Key Publications

Tocilizumab in Patients with Symptomatic Kaposi sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV)- associated Multicentric Castleman disease

Ramaswami R, Lurain K, Peer CJ, Serquiña A, Wang VY, Widell A, Goncalves P, Steinberg SM, Marshall V, George J, Figg WD, Whitby D, Ziegelbauer J, Uldrick TS, Yarchoan R.
Blood. [Epub ahead of print], 2020. [ Journal Article ]

Signatures of oral microbiome in HIV-infected individuals with oral Kaposi's sarcoma and cell-associated KSHV DNA

Gruffaz M, Zhang T, Marshall V, Gonçalves P, Ramaswami R, Labo N, Whitby D, Uldrick TS, Yarchoan R, Huang Y, Gao SJ.
PLoS Pathog. 16(1): e1008114, 2020. [ Journal Article ]

A Pilot Study of Liposomal Doxorubicin Combined with Bevacizumab followed by Bevacizumab Monotherapy in Patients with Advanced Kaposi Sarcoma

Ramaswami R, Uldrick TS, Polizzotto MN, Wyvill KM, Goncalves P, Widell A, Lurain K, Steinberg SM, Figg WD, Tosato G, Whitby D, Yarchoan R.
Clin Cancer Res. 25(14): 4238-47, 2019. [ Journal Article ]

Discovery of Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus-encoded circular RNAs and a human antiviral circular RNA

Tagawa T, Gao S, Koparde VN, Gonzalez M, Spouge JL, Serquiña AP, Lurain K, Ramaswami R, Uldrick TS, Yarchoan R, Ziegelbauer JM.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115(50): 12805-10, 2018. [ Journal Article ]

Characteristics and outcomes of KSHV-associated multicentric Castleman disease with or without other KSHV diseases

Ramya Ramaswami, Kathryn Lurain, Mark N. Polizzotto, Irene Ekwede, Kirsta Waldon, Seth M. Steinberg, Ralph Mangusan, Anaida Widell, Adam Rupert, Jomy George, Priscila H. Gonçalves, Vickie A. Marshall, Denise Whitby, Hao-Wei Wang, Stefania Pittaluga, Elaine S. Jaffe, Richard F. Little, Thomas S. Uldrick, Robert Yarchoan
Blood Adv.. 5(6): 1660-1670, 2021.
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