Rory Shallis, MD
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Dr. Shallis received his MD from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, completed his residency training at Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital and fellowship training at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
He is focused on the care and research of patients with myeloid malignancies, particularly acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). He also participated in the K12 Calabresi Immuno-Oncology Training Program and currently participates as an investigator in several clinical trials aimed at improving the outcomes of patients with AML and MDS.
Dr. Shallis also maintains research interest in epidemiological, outcomes and effectiveness research as it pertains to the hematologic malignancies with a goal of identifying barriers to effective care and ultimately strategies to improve the outcomes of patients with these malignant diseases. Dr. Shallis conducts research with the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center at Yale University.
Dr. Shallis has presented his research at multiple regional, national and international meetings and is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical guidelines for MDS and AML panels. He is an author on more than 75 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, most of which as first author and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for many journals including Leukemia, Haematologica, Blood Advances, Leukemia Research, Leukemia & Lymphoma, Acta Haematologica, Hematology, Therapeutic Advances in Hematology, Expert Review of Hematology, BMC Hematology, eJHaem and Future Oncology among others.
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- COPPER Center
- Developmental Therapeutics
- Hematology
- Internal Medicine
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Program
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Fellowship
- Yale - New Haven Hospital (2020)
- Internship
- Brown University - Rhode Island Hospital (2017)
- Residency
- Brown University - Rhode Island Hospital (2017)
- MD
- Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (2014)
- BA
- Rutgers College, Cell Biology & Neuroscience Psychology (2010)
Research
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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Epidemiology; Leukemia; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases; Myeloproliferative Disorders
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0000-0002-8542-2944
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Amer Zeidan, MBBS
Jan Philipp Bewersdorf, MD
Nikolai Podoltsev, MD, PhD
Rong Wang, PhD
Xiaomei Ma, PhD
Natalia Neparidze, MD
100Publications
2,024Citations
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Leukemia
Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases
Publications
Treatment approach and outcomes of patients with accelerated/blast-phase myeloproliferative neoplasms in the current era
Patel A, Yoon J, Johnston H, Davidson M, Shallis R, Chen E, Burkart M, Oh T, Iyer S, Madarang E, Muthiah C, Gross I, Dean R, Kassner J, Viswabandya A, Madero-Marroquin R, Rampal R, Guru Murthy G, Bradley T, Abaza Y, Garcia J, Gupta V, Pettit K, Cursio J, Odenike O. Treatment approach and outcomes of patients with accelerated/blast-phase myeloproliferative neoplasms in the current era. Blood Advances 2024, 8: 3468-3477. PMID: 38739724, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012880.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaOutcomes of patientsMyeloproliferative neoplasmsMPN-AP/BPAllo-HCTMedian OSIntensive chemotherapyOverall survivalEuropean LeukemiaNetSurvival outcomesAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationAssociated with poor survival outcomesHematopoietic stem cell transplantationInvestigate outcomes of patientsProgression of myeloproliferative neoplasmsMedian overall survivalStem cell transplantationFirst-line treatmentPoor survival outcomesMulti-center analysisAssociation of responseBlast-phaseMPN-BPCell transplantationAnalyzed patientsIntensive Induction Chemotherapy versus Hypomethylating Agents in Combination with Venetoclax in NPM1-mutant AML
Bewersdorf J, Shimony S, Shallis R, Liu Y, Berton G, Schaefer E, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Marcucci G, Bystrom R, Lindsley R, Chen E, Ramos Perez J, Stein A, Pullarkat V, Aldoss I, DeAngelo D, Neuberg D, Stone R, Garciaz S, Ball B, Stahl M. Intensive Induction Chemotherapy versus Hypomethylating Agents in Combination with Venetoclax in NPM1-mutant AML. Blood Advances 2024 PMID: 38941537, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsIntensive induction chemotherapyAcute myeloid leukemiaNPM1-Mutant Acute Myeloid LeukemiaInduction chemotherapyHypomethylating agentsMulticenter retrospective cohort study of patientsPatients treated with ICAllogeneic stem cell transplantationRetrospective cohort study of patientsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyCohort study of patientsComposite complete remissionStem cell transplantationYears-oldFLT3-ITD mutationStudy of patientsStandard of careNormal cytogeneticsComplete remissionCell transplantationNPM1 mutationsMyeloid leukemiaFLT3-ITDYounger patientsOlder patientsPrognostic impact of 'multi-hit' versus 'single hit' TP53 alteration in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: results from the Consortium on Myeloid Malignancies and Neoplastic Diseases.
Badar T, Nanaa A, Atallah E, Shallis R, Craver E, Li Z, Goldberg A, Saliba A, Patel A, Bewersdorf J, Duvall A, Burkart M, Bradshaw D, Abaza Y, Stahl M, Palmisiano N, Murthy G, Zeidan A, Kota V, Patnaik M, Litzow M. Prognostic impact of 'multi-hit' versus 'single hit' TP53 alteration in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: results from the Consortium on Myeloid Malignancies and Neoplastic Diseases. Haematologica 2024 PMID: 38813716, DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.285000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaMyelodysplastic syndromeComplex cytogeneticsMyeloid leukemiaAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesHematopoietic stem cell transplantationHigher-risk myelodysplastic syndromesOutcomes of SHStem cell transplantationAllo-HCTTP53 alterationsPrognostic impactMyeloid malignanciesTP53 mutationsCell transplantationFLT3-ITDIDH1 mutationMultivariate analysisSupportive careUS academic institutionsNeoplastic diseasePatientsSuperior EFSPredicting outcomeCombination therapy with hypomethylating agents and venetoclax versus intensive induction chemotherapy in IDH1‐ or IDH2‐mutant newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia—A multicenter cohort study
Bewersdorf J, Shimony S, Shallis R, Liu Y, Berton G, Schaefer E, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Marcucci G, Bystrom R, Lindsley R, Chen E, Ramos J, Stein A, Pullarkat V, Aldoss I, DeAngelo D, Neuberg D, Stone R, Garciaz S, Ball B, Stahl M. Combination therapy with hypomethylating agents and venetoclax versus intensive induction chemotherapy in IDH1‐ or IDH2‐mutant newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia—A multicenter cohort study. American Journal Of Hematology 2024, 99: 1640-1643. PMID: 38751104, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricChallenges in management of older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia
Stempel J, Shallis R, Wong R, Podoltsev N. Challenges in management of older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-14. PMID: 38652861, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2342559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsChronic myeloid leukemiaTyrosine kinase inhibitorsTreatment-free remissionOlder patientsMyeloid leukemiaTyrosine kinase inhibitor dosingGeneration tyrosine kinase inhibitorsManagement of older patientsSecond-line agentsSurvival of patientsSide effect profileFront-line optionPrevalence of comorbiditiesImproved survivalCardiovascular toleranceEffect profileFavorable outcomeKinase inhibitorsPrevent progressionPatientsPersonalized treatmentQuality of lifeTreatment goalsOptimal careDiscontinuation strategiesCost-effectiveness of adding quizartinib to induction chemotherapy for patients with FLT3-mutant acute myeloid leukemia
Bewersdorf J, Patel K, Shallis R, Podoltsev N, Kewan T, Stempel J, Mendez L, Stahl M, Stein E, Huntington S, Goshua G, Zeidan A. Cost-effectiveness of adding quizartinib to induction chemotherapy for patients with FLT3-mutant acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-9. PMID: 38648559, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2344052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality-adjusted life yearsCompletion of consolidation therapyFLT3-mutant acute myeloid leukemiaAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantationIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioProbabilistic sensitivity analysesImproved overall survivalHematopoietic cell transplantationPartitioned survival analysis modelAcute myeloid leukemiaCost-effectiveness ratioFLT3 inhibitor quizartinibHealth economic implicationsConsolidation therapyInduction chemotherapyAverage wholesale priceOverall survivalCell transplantationContinuous therapyMyeloid leukemiaITD mutationQuizartinibIncremental costCost-effective optionLife yearsComparing venetoclax in combination with hypomethylating agents to hypomethylating agent-based therapies for treatment naive TP53-mutated acute myeloid leukemia: results from the Consortium on Myeloid Malignancies and Neoplastic Diseases (COMMAND)
Badar T, Nanaa A, Atallah E, Shallis R, Guilherme S, Goldberg A, Saliba A, Patel A, Bewersdorf J, DuVall A, Bradshaw D, Abaza Y, Murthy G, Palmisiano N, Zeidan A, Kota V, Litzow M. Comparing venetoclax in combination with hypomethylating agents to hypomethylating agent-based therapies for treatment naive TP53-mutated acute myeloid leukemia: results from the Consortium on Myeloid Malignancies and Neoplastic Diseases (COMMAND). Blood Cancer Journal 2024, 14: 32. PMID: 38378617, PMCID: PMC10879201, DOI: 10.1038/s41408-024-01000-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsHypomethylating agents plus venetoclax compared with intensive induction chemotherapy regimens in molecularly defined secondary AML
Shimony S, Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Liu Y, Schaefer E, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Marcucci G, Lindsley R, Chen E, Ramos Perez J, Stein A, DeAngelo D, Neuberg D, Stone R, Ball B, Stahl M. Hypomethylating agents plus venetoclax compared with intensive induction chemotherapy regimens in molecularly defined secondary AML. Leukemia 2024, 38: 762-768. PMID: 38378841, DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02175-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsAssociated with improved OSHypomethylating agentsCPX-351Overall survivalSplicing factor mutationsCo-mutationsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationAssociated with better OSAssociated with worse OSSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaHematopoietic stem cell transplantationMedian overall survivalStem cell transplantationPatients aged >Acute myeloid leukemiaTreated with daunorubicinLiposomal daunorubicinMonosomal karyotypeNRAS/KRAS mutationsImproved OSSecondary AMLMyeloid diseasesMyeloid neoplasmsAML patientsAML treatmentClinical outcomes of hypomethylating agents plus Venetoclax as frontline treatment in patients 75 years and older with acute myeloid leukemia: Real‐world data from eight US academic centers
Abaza Y, Winer E, Murthy S, Shallis R, Matthews A, Badar T, Geramita E, Kota V, Swaroop A, Doukas P, Bradshaw D, Helenowski I, Liu Y, Zhang H, Im A, Litzow M, Perl A, Atallah E, Altman J. Clinical outcomes of hypomethylating agents plus Venetoclax as frontline treatment in patients 75 years and older with acute myeloid leukemia: Real‐world data from eight US academic centers. American Journal Of Hematology 2024, 99: 606-614. PMID: 38342997, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaHypomethylating agentsOverall survivalElderly patientsMedian OSMyeloid leukemiaTP53-mutated acute myeloid leukemiaNewly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemiaFailure of hypomethylating agentsMedian duration of responseDiagnosed AMLVIALE-A trialMedian overall survivalIncomplete count recoveryDuration of responseMulticenter retrospective studySingle-center studyTreatment of patientsStandard of careCR/CRi rateIntensive chemotherapyCount recoveryMedian durationFrontline treatmentRetrospective studyIntegrated genetic, epigenetic, and immune landscape of TP53 mutant AML and higher risk MDS treated with azacitidine
Zeidan A, Bewersdorf J, Hasle V, Shallis R, Thompson E, de Menezes D, Rose S, Boss I, Halene S, Haferlach T, Fox B. Integrated genetic, epigenetic, and immune landscape of TP53 mutant AML and higher risk MDS treated with azacitidine. Therapeutic Advances In Hematology 2024, 15: 20406207241257904. PMID: 38883163, PMCID: PMC11180421, DOI: 10.1177/20406207241257904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsHigher-risk myelodysplastic syndromesAcute myeloid leukemiaBone marrowMutation statusImmune landscapeImmunological landscapeAnti-PD-L1 antibody durvalumabHR-MDS patientsWild-type acute myeloid leukemiaTP53-mutant acute myeloid leukemiaMutant acute myeloid leukemiaAzacitidine-based therapyWild-type patientsImmune checkpoint proteinsImmune checkpoint expressionT cell populationsWild-typeStatistically significant decreaseAZA therapyImmunosuppressive microenvironmentPD-L1Mutant patientsDNA methylation arraysCheckpoint expressionMyelodysplastic syndrome
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Study of Tamibarotene Plus Azacitidine Versus Placebo Plus Azacitidine in Newly Diagnosed, Adult Patients Selected for RARA-positive Higher-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (SELECT MDS-1)
HIC ID2000033381RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2023Recruiting ParticipantsAn Open-Label Phase 1a/1b Dose Escalation and Expansion Cohort Study of SL-172154 (SIRPα-Fc-CD40L) in Combination With Azacitidine or With Azacitidine and Venetoclax for the Treatment of Subjects With Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) or Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
HIC ID2000032415RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date02/28/2024Recruiting ParticipantsBLockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease in Acute Myeloid Leukemia 1 (BLAST MRD AML-1): A Randomized Phase 2 Study of the Anti-PD-1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Combination With Conventional Intensive Chemotherapy as Frontline Therapy in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
HIC ID2000028858RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date07/31/2024Recruiting ParticipantsA Phase IB/II Study of Venetoclax (ABT-199) in Combination With Liposomal Vincristine in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory T-Cell or B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
HIC ID2000023819RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2028Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18+ yearsPhase II Study of Adding the Anti-PD-1 Pembrolizumab to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Persistently Detectable Minimal Residual Disease
HIC ID2000024356RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2023Recruiting Participants
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
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CommitteesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) - Myelodysplastic Syndromes Guideline PanelDetails12/01/2020 - Presentactivity Member
Peer Review Groups and Grant Study SectionsOlder Adult AML Working Group - National Cancer Institute (NCI) Myeloid Precision Medicine InitiativeDetails09/01/2020 - Presentactivity Member
CommitteesECOG-ACRIN Leukemia CommitteeDetails07/23/2020 - Presentactivity Member
Professional OrganizationsAmerican Society of Hematology (ASH)Details07/03/2017 - Presentactivity Member
Professional OrganizationsAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)Details07/03/2017 - Present
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Overview
Rory Shallis, MD, received his medical degree from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, completed his residency training at Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, and fellowship training at Yale New Haven Hospital.
He is focused on the care and research of patients with myeloid malignancies, particularly acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). He participated in the K12 Calabresi Immuno-Oncology Training Program and currently participates as an investigator in several clinical trials aimed at improving the outcomes of patients with AML and MDS.
Dr. Shallis also maintains research interest in epidemiological, outcomes, and effectiveness research as it pertains to the hematologic malignancies with a goal of identifying barriers to effective care and ultimately strategies to improve the outcomes of patients with these malignant diseases. Dr. Shallis conducts research with the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center at Yale University.
Dr. Shallis has presented his research at multiple regional, national, and international meetings and is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical guidelines for MDS and AML panels. He is an author on more than 75 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, most of which as first author. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer for many journals including Leukemia, Haematologica, Blood Advances, Leukemia Research, Leukemia & Lymphoma, Acta Haematologica, Hematology, Therapeutic Advances in Hematology, Expert Review of Hematology, BMC Hematology, eJHaem, and Future Oncology.
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