Nawaid Usmani
Contact
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Oncology Dept
- nawaid@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 432-8518
- Address
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Cross Cancer Institute
11560 University AvenueEdmonton ABT6G 1Z2
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
About
Clinical InterestsProstate brachytherapy, Genito-urinary malignancies, Gastro-intestinal malignancies.
Research
Dr. Usmani's main focus on research is in prostate brachytherapy. Currently, prostate brachytherapy is an increasingly popular treatment option for localized prostate cancer due to its excellent efficacy, good toxicity profile and convenience. However, there remains a great deal of potential to improve the current technique. Dr. Usmani's main objective for this research is to characterize current brachytherapy techniques and identify strategies for improving this treatment. This includes quantifying inaccuracies in current brachytherapy techniques, identifying patient populations at a higher risk of toxicity from this treatment, and finding ways to improve our outcomes with brachytherapy implants (using technical and translational approaches).
In addition to this research in prostate brachytherapy, Dr. Usmani is involved in a number of other research endeavours. His other research includes:
� Investigating the potential benefits of metformin in preventing metabolic complications of hormonal therapy and improving prostate cancer outcomes.
� Identifying new prognostic or predictive biomarkers in prostate cancer.
� Investigating the utility of magnetic resonant imaging and PET imaging in the management of prostate cancer.
� Investigating the potential benefits of exercise in rectal cancer patients.
Teaching
Usmani is an active member of the department in teaching medical students, residents and other students.Featured Publications
Tumor volume predicts for pathological complete response in rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2022 October;
. Effects of exercise during and after neoadjuvant chemoradiation on symptom burden and quality of life in rectal cancer patients: A phase II randomized controlled trial.
Alberta Cancer Research Conference. 2022 October;
Conventional versus hypofractionation radiation for high risk prostate cancer patients (CHIRP): 24 months patient-reported quality of life outcomes of the randomized phase II CHIRP trial.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2022 October;
Predictors of higher radiation dose in rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2022 September;
Usmani N, Ghosh S, Sanghera KP, Ong AD, Koul R, Dubey A, Ahmed S, Quon H, Yee D, Parliament M, Sivananthan G, Hunter W, Danielson B, Rowe L, McDonald M, Kim JO
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS. 2022 July; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.035
Rossa C, Carriere J, Khadem M, Sloboda R, Usmani N, Tavakoli M
Brain and Cognitive Intelligence Control in Robotics. 2022 May; doi.org/10.1201/9781003050315
Yang F, Ghosh S, Yee D, Patel S, Pervez N, Parliament M, Usmani N, Danielson B, Amanie J, Pearcey R, Field C, Fallone G, Murtha A
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2022. 2022 April; doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.04.045.
Orton E, Ali E, Mayorov K, Brown C, Usmani N, Lefresne S, Peacock M, Dennis K
Advances in Radiation Oncology 2022. 2022 January; doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2022.101031
Carriere J., Sloboda R., Usmani N., Tavakoli M.
Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 2021 December; 12 (6) 10.3390/app12062994
Menon A., Abraham A.G., Mahfouz M., Thachuthara J.J., Usmani N., Warkentin H., Ghosh S., Nijjar T., Severin D., Tankel K., Paulson K., Mulder K., Roa W., Joseph K.
American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials. 2021 December; 44 (9):487-494 10.1097/COC.0000000000000850
Morielli A.R., Boulé N.G., Usmani N., Tankel K., Joseph K., Severin D., Fairchild A., Nijjar T., Courneya K.S.
Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2021 December; 10.1007/s11764-021-01149-w
Yang L., Morielli A.R., Heer E., Kirkham A.A., Cheung W.Y., Usmani N., Friedenreich C.M., Courneya K.S.
Cancer Research. 2021 December; 81 (19):4889-4895 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-1258
Kim J.O., McDonald M.O., Ong A., Koul R., Dubey A., Hunter W., Ahmed S., Quon H., Yee D., Parliament M., Sivananthan G., Danielson B., Rowe L., Ghosh S., Usmani N.
Radiation Oncology. 2021 December; 16 (1) 10.1186/s13014-021-01935-x
Akbari M., Carriere J., Sloboda R., Meyer T., Usmani N., Husain S., Tavakoli M.
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2021 December; 10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9636401
Liu W., Carriere J., Meyer T., Sloboda R., Husain S., Usmani N., Yang Z., Tavakoli M.
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2021 October; 16 (6):1027-1035 10.1007/s11548-021-02350-z
The use of proton pump inhibitors does not adversely influence pathological and clinical outcomes when used with capecitabine in the neo-adjuvant chemo-radiation treatment of locally advanced rectal cancers.
Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2021 October;
Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2021 October; 10.1016/S0167-8140(21)08910-6
Wang V, Geybels MS, Jordahl K, Gerke T, Hamid A, Penney KL, Markt SC, Freedman M, Pomerantz M, Lee GSM, Rana H, Bornigen D, Rebbeck TR, Huttenhower C, Eeles RA, Standford JL, PRACTICAL Consortium, Berndt SI, Claessens F, Sorensen KD, Park JY, Vega A, Usmani N, Mucci L, Sweeney CJ.
The Prostate. 2021 October; doi.org/10.1002/pros.24148
Five-year survival, toxicity and patient reported quality of life after intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced anal cancer.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2021 October;
Morielli A.R., Usmani N., Boulé N.G., Severin D., Tankel K., Joseph K., Nijjar T., Fairchild A., Courneya K.S.
Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 2021 September; 20 (3):216-226 10.1016/j.clcc.2021.05.004
Farooq O., Farooq A., Ghosh S., Qadri R., Steed T., Quinton M., Usmani N.
Healthcare (Switzerland). 2021 September; 9 (7) 10.3390/healthcare9070855
Abraham A, Joseph K, Ghosh S, Yun J, Warkentin B, Thai J, Cheung W, Xu Y, Nijjar T, Severin D, Tankel K, Fairchild A, Usmani N.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 2021 June; 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001986
Wang V, Geybels MS, Jordahl K, Gerke T, Hamid A, Penney KL, Markt SC, Freedman M, Pomerantz M, Lee GSM, Rana H, Bornigen D, Rebbeck TR, Huttenhower C, Eeles RA, Standford JL, PRACTICAL Consortium, Berndt SI, Claessens F, Sorensen KD, Park JY, Vega A, Usmani N, Mucci L, Sweeney CJ
The Prostate. 2021 May; 10.1002
Morielli A.R., Usmani N., Boulé N.G., Severin D., Tankel K., Joseph K., Nijjar T., Fairchild A., Courneya K.S.
Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 2021 May; 10.1016/j.clcc.2021.05.004
Akbari M., Carriere J., Meyer T., Sloboda R., Husain S., Usmani N., Tavakoli M.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 2021 March; 8 10.3389/frobt.2021.645424
Huynh-Le M.P., Fan C.C., Karunamuni R., Thompson W.K., Martinez M.E., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Muir K., Schleutker J., Pashayan N., Batra J., Grönberg H., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G., Wiklund F., Tangen C.M., Giles G.G., Wolk A., Albanes D., Travis R.C., Blot W.J., Zheng W., Sanderson M., Stanford J.L., Mucci L.A., West C.M.L., Kibel A.S., Cussenot O., Berndt S.I., Koutros S., Sørensen K.D., Cybulski C., Grindedal E.M., Menegaux F., Khaw K.T., Park J.Y., Ingles S.A., Maier C., Hamilton R.J., Thibodeau S.N., Rosenstein B.S., Lu Y.J., Watya S., Vega A., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Huff C., Teixeira M.R., Multigner L., Leach R.J., Cannon-Albright L., Brenner H., John E.M., Kaneva R., Logothetis C.J., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Pandha H., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Fowke J.H., Gamulin M., Usmani N., Claessens F., Gago-Dominguez M., Townsend P.A., Bush W.S., Roobol M.J., Parent M.É., Hu J.J., Mills I.G., Andreassen O.A., Dale A.M., Seibert T.M.
Nature Communications. 2021 February; 12 (1) 10.1038/s41467-021-21287-0
Abraham A.G., Usmani N., Warkentin B., Thai J.A., Yun J., Ghosh S., Cheung W., Xu Y., Nijjar T., Severin D., Tankel K., Fairchild A., Joseph K.
Practical Radiation Oncology. 2021 January; 11 (1):e70-e79 10.1016/j.prro.2020.07.004
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2020 November; 10-1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1914
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2020 November; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1613
Fallahi B., Sloboda R., Usmani N., Tavakoli M.
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2020 November; 28 (6):2673-2680 10.1109/TCST.2019.2944117
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2020 November; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2014
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2020 November; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1849
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics . 2020 November; 1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1975
Vasquez C, Kolinsky M, Donnelly B, Fairey A, Usmani N, Hyndman E, Wu J, Reuther D, Todd G, Chetner M, Djebah R, Crump T, Beatty PH, Lewis JD, APCaRI Consortium
BMJ Open. 2020 October; 10 (10) 10.1136/bmjopem-2020-037222
Yang R., Younis M., Joseph K., Ghosh S., Nijjar T., Severin D., Tankel K., Tamhane Y., Fairchild A., Spratlin J., Mulder K., Usmani N.
Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2020 October; 10.1177/1078155220962192