Milan G. Chheda, MD

Milan G. Chheda, MD

Medical Oncologist, Neuro-Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Medical Oncology, Director of Neuro-oncology, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

As a member of our brain tumor specialist team, Dr. Chheda cares for patients diagnosed with brain tumors through treatment and recovery. Learn more about Dr. Chheda and the Brain Tumor Center at Siteman.

Research Interest

I have a particular research interest in identifying the genes that drive tumor-initiating cells, sometimes known as cancer stem cells, in order to discover new ways to treat adult and pediatric brain tumors.

Education

  • 2001: MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Training

  • 2001 - 2002: Intern, internal medicine, Yale - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
  • 2002 - 2005: Resident, neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
  • 2005 - 2007: Fellow, neuro-oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
  • 2006 - 2015: Postdoctoral fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass.; and Broad Institute, Cambridge, Mass.
  • 2010 - 2015: Postdoctoral fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Board Certification

  • 2008: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • 2015: United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Neuro-Oncology

Selected Research Publications

Differential chromatin accessibility and transcriptional dynamics define breast cancer subtypes and their lineages.
  • Iglesia MD, Jayasinghe RG, Chen S, [...] Chheda MG, [...] Ding L
  • Nat Cancer 2024
Tumour evolution and microenvironment interactions in 2D and 3D space.
  • Mo CK, Liu J, Chen S, [...] Chheda MG, [...] Ding L
  • Nature 2024
Multi-scale signaling and tumor evolution in high-grade gliomas.
  • Liu J, Cao S, Imbach KJ, [...] Chheda MG, [...] Ding L
  • Cancer Cell 2024
Epigenetic regulation during cancer transitions across 11 tumour types.
  • Terekhanova NV, Karpova A, Liang WW, [...] Chheda MG, [...] Ding L
  • Nature 2023
Pan-cancer proteogenomics connects oncogenic drivers to functional states.
  • Li Y, Porta-Pardo E, Tokheim C, [...] Chheda MG, [...] Ding L
  • Cell 2023
Using mass spectrometry imaging to map fluxes quantitatively in the tumor ecosystem.
  • Schwaiger-Haber M, Stancliffe E, Anbukumar DS, [...] Chheda MG, [...] Patti GJ
  • Nat Commun 2023
NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 2.2022.
  • Horbinski C, Nabors LB, Portnow J, [...] Chheda MG, [...] Darlow S
  • J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2023

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Contact Information

  • Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

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