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Abhineet Uppal

  • Department of Surgery
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 778-1900
  • abhineet.uppal@emory.edu
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Overview

Abhineet Uppal, M.D. recently joined Emory University from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Associate Medical Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center.
At MD Anderson, Dr. Uppal played a key role in optimizing multi-disciplinary care and clinical research for colorectal cancer patients, and was actively involved in translational research, quality improvement initiatives, and fellowship training.

Dr. Uppal earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and completed his General Surgery residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals. He pursued fellowship training in Complex General Surgical Oncology at the John Wayne Cancer Institute and in Colon and Rectal Surgery at UC Irvine.

Dr. Uppals clinical and research interests focus on optimizing outcomes in colorectal cancer surgery using machine learning, multi-disciplinary research into the biological underpinnings of colorectal metastases, and early detection of metastases using circulating tumor DNA.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research

Publications

  • Does Extramural Vascular Invasion Predict Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer?
    Clin Colorectal Cancer Volume: 24 Page(s): 272 - 279.e2
    06/01/2025 Authors: Bhutiani N; Yousef MM; Yousef AM; Haque EU; Chang GJ; Konishi T; Bednarski BK; You YN; Shen JP; Uppal A
  • ASO Visual Abstract: Risk Factors for Regrowth After Nonoperative Management for Rectal Cancer.
    Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 32 Page(s): 4257 - 4258
    06/01/2025 Authors: Bhutiani N; Ochiai K; Peacock O; You YN; Bednarski BK; Messick C; Skibber JM; White MG; Chang GJ; Konishi T
  • Risk Factors for Regrowth After Nonoperative Management for Rectal Cancer.
    Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 32 Page(s): 3098 - 3105
    05/01/2025 Authors: Bhutiani N; Ochiai K; Peacock O; You YN; Bednarski BK; Messick C; Skibber JM; White MG; Chang GJ; Konishi T
  • Tumoral and circulating genomic landscape inform survival differences in colorectal carcinomatosis.
    Transl Oncol Volume: 55 Page(s): 102379
    05/01/2025 Authors: White MG; Ayabe RI; Zeineddine MA; Zeineddine FA; Yousef AMG; Yousef M; Galbraith NJ; Iorgulescu JB; Scally C; Fournier K
  • The Landscape of ctDNA in Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma.
    Clin Cancer Res Volume: 31 Page(s): 551 - 560
    02/03/2025 Authors: White MG; Zeineddine MA; Fallon EA; Zeineddine FA; Dansby J; Chowdhury S; Hornstein N; Yousef A; Yousef M; Bhutiani N
  • Early Postoperative Prediction of Complications and Readmission After Colorectal Cancer Surgery Using an Artificial Neural Network.
    Dis Colon Rectum Volume: 67 Page(s): 1341 - 1352
    10/01/2024 Authors: Agnes A; Nguyen ST; Konishi T; Peacock O; Bednarski BK; You YN; Messick CA; Tillman MM; Skibber JM; Chang GJ
  • Testing Machine Learning Models to Predict Postoperative Ileus after Colorectal Surgery.
    Curr Oncol Volume: 31 Page(s): 3563 - 3578
    06/19/2024 Authors: Brydges G; Chang GJ; Gan TJ; Konishi T; Gottumukkala V; Uppal A
  • Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer: Which Regimens to Use?
    Cancers (Basel) Volume: 16
    05/31/2024 Authors: Ochiai K; Bhutiani N; Ikeda A; Uppal A; White MG; Peacock O; Messick CA; Bednarski BK; You Y-QN; Skibber JM
  • Application of Machine Learning in Predicting Perioperative Outcomes in Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Review for Clinicians.
    Curr Oncol Volume: 31 Page(s): 2727 - 2747
    05/11/2024 Authors: Brydges G; Uppal A; Gottumukkala V
  • Automated, High-Throughput Platform to Generate a High-Reliability, Comprehensive Rectal Cancer Database.
    JCO Clin Cancer Inform Volume: 8 Page(s): e2300219
    05/01/2024 Authors: Bhutiani N; Yousef MMG; Yousef A; Zeineddine M; Knafl M; Ratliff O; Fernando UP; Turin A; Zeineddine FA; Jin J
  • Oncologic Outcomes of Multi-Institutional Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection for Melanoma Compared with Open Inguinal Dissection in the Second Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT-II).
    Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 29 Page(s): 5910 - 5920
    09/01/2022 Authors: Jakub JW; Lowe M; Howard JH; Farma JM; Sarnaik A; Tuttle T; Neuman HB; Ariyan CE; Uppal A; Trocha S
  • Adoption of Telemedicine for Postoperative Follow-Up After Inpatient Cancer-Related Surgery.
    JCO Oncol Pract Volume: 18 Page(s): e1091 - e1099
    07/01/2022 Authors: Uppal A; Kothari AN; Scally CP; Roland CL; Bednarski BK; Katz MHG; Vauthey J-N; Chang GJ; D3CODE Team
  • ASO Visual Abstract: Oncologic Outcomes of Multi-Institutional Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection for Melanoma Compared with Open Inguinal Dissection in MSLT-II.
    Ann Surg Oncol
    05/12/2022 Authors: Jakub JW; Lowe M; Harrison Howard J; Farma JM; Sarnaik A; Tuttle T; Neuman HB; Ariyan CE; Uppal A; Trocha S
  • ASO Author Reflections: Peritoneal Metastases After Curative-Intent Radical Resection of T4 Colon Cancers.
    Ann Surg Oncol
    04/06/2022 Authors: Uppal A
  • Comment on: "Determining Which Patients Require Preoperative Pelvic Radiotherapy Before Curative Intent Surgery and/or Ablation for Metastatic Rectal Cancer".
    Ann Surg Oncol
    03/28/2022 Authors: Uppal A
  • What is the Risk for Peritoneal Metastases and Survival Afterwards in T4 Colon Cancers?
    Ann Surg Oncol
    03/19/2022 Authors: Uppal A; Helmink B; Grotz TE; Konishi T; Fournier KF; Nguyen S; Taggart MW; Shen JP; Bednarski BK; You Y-QN
  • Surgical Outcomes in Cancer Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery After Recovering from Mild-to-Moderate SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
    Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 28 Page(s): 8046 - 8053
    12/01/2021 Authors: Kothari AN; DiBrito SR; Lee JJ; Caudle AS; Clemens MW; Gottumukkala VN; Katz MHG; Offodile AC; Uppal A; D3CODE Team
  • Prognostic Impact and Utility of Immunoprofiling in the Selection of Patients with Colorectal Peritoneal Carcinomatosis for Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC).
    J Gastrointest Surg Volume: 25 Page(s): 233 - 240
    01/01/2021 Authors: Garland-Kledzik M; Uppal A; Naeini YB; Stern S; Erali R; Scholer AJ; Khader AM; Santamaria-Barria JA; Cummins-Perry K; Zhou Y
  • Inaccurate pretreatment staging can impact survival in early stage esophageal adenocarcinoma.
    J Surg Oncol Volume: 122 Page(s): 914 - 922
    10/01/2020 Authors: Scholer AJ; Uppal A; Chang S-C; Ghosh D; Garland-Kledzik M; Santamaria-Barria J; Khader A; Dehal A; Fischer T; Goldfarb M
  • Facilities that service economically advantaged neighborhoods perform surgical metastasectomy more often for patients with colorectal liver metastases.
    Cancer Volume: 126 Page(s): 281 - 292
    01/15/2020 Authors: Uppal A; Smieliauskas F; Sharma MR; Maron SB; Polite BN; Posner MC; Turaga K
  • The Immune Microenvironment Impacts Survival in Western Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma.
    J Gastrointest Surg Volume: 24 Page(s): 28 - 38
    01/01/2020 Authors: Uppal A; Dehal A; Chang S-C; Barrak D; Naeini Y; Jalas JR; Bilchik AJ
  • Duodenal GI stromal tumors: Is radical resection necessary?
    J Surg Oncol Volume: 120 Page(s): 940 - 945
    11/01/2019 Authors: Uppal A; Wang M; Fischer T; Goldfarb M
  • Temozolomide Treatment Induces lncRNA MALAT1 in an NF-B and p53 Codependent Manner in Glioblastoma.
    Cancer Res Volume: 79 Page(s): 2536 - 2548
    05/15/2019 Authors: Voce DJ; Bernal GM; Wu L; Crawley CD; Zhang W; Mansour NM; Cahill KE; Szymura SJ; Uppal A; Raleigh DR
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