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Wajih Kidwai, MD, FACP

Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
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Medical Director, Smilow Cancer Hospital in Guilford

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)

Medical Director, Smilow Cancer Hospital in Guilford

Biography

I joined Yale New Haven hospital as a staff member in 2001 as a part of large oncology practice in greater New Haven area

I was able to develop a very busy practice fairly quickly and feel that our practice in Guilford with expansion into Old Saybrook is one of the busiest on the shoreline. We follow national and hospital quality guidelines and we provide state of the art oncology care at the shoreline.

I have had the honor and responsibility of working as the Medical Director of our office in Guilford and have maintained my position as it transitioned to Yale Smilow Guilford in 2012. As a result of great patient care development, quality of care and provision of state of the art cancer care here we have been able to expand our services with increased surgical and radiology services and by opening another office in Old Saybrook.

We have worked together with Radiation Oncology on development of a busy Breast Cancer program with Radiation Oncology, breast surgery and breast radiology.

We have worked together on a number of studies here and are part of Clinical Research Working Group (CRWG) bringing research to the Smilow care centers.

I also attend and contribute to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Oncology protocols and have been actively participating since 2012. I have placed a number of patients on practice changing clinical trials resulting in presentations, papers and abstracts.

I am also honored to represent Yale University/Smilow Cancer Center in the hematopoietic panel of NCCN. I previously was also on the NCCN Panel of Neuroendocrine Tumors.

I usually have a Yale Medical student with me as a part of their clerkship rotations (3-4 months per year since 2001). I also participate in the LCE program of Yale MD and PA students who spend one day a week at my office for about nine months in a year. I have mentored students on their career development and also projects or papers resulting in presentations. I also participate in the annual oncology workshop run by Dr. Michael Di Giovanna for first year medical students.

I have taken an active part in the Yale Quality program and in association with Dr. Anne Chiang and Dr. Kerin Adelson. In November of 2018 I presented our Goals of Care quality project at American Society of Clinical Oncology Palliative Care symposium in San Diego, CA.

I am also working closely with the Survivorship program and Breast cancer related Nutrition and Exercise related trials under the direction of Dr Tara Sanft.

We also are collaborating with Smoking cessation program and Yale palliative care program at the care center.

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Education & Training

Fellowship
North Shore University Hospital- Cornell University Medical Center (1995)
MD
King Edward Medical College (1984)

Research

Overview

Clinical trials.... see attached data of Clinical trial/ Investigator/ sub investigator

Clinical Research Working group

IRB oncology Yale University

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Breast Neoplasms; Colonic Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Lymphoma; Pancreatic Neoplasms

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Wajih Kidwai's published research.

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    National Comprehensive Cancer Network Panel for Hematopoietic growth factors

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    American Society of Clinical Oncology

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    American Society of Hematology

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    Institutional Review Board

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    Clinical Research Working Group (CRWG)

Clinical Care

Overview

Wajih Kidwai, MD, is a medical oncologist and serves as medical director of Smilow Cancer Center in Guilford.

He has expertise in medical oncology/hematology, breast oncology, gastrointestinal oncology, and hematologic oncology. Dr. Kidwai says the best part of his job is having direct discussions with patients and watching them get better.

“As a result of our great quality of care and provision of state-of-the-art cancer care, we have been able to expand our services with increased surgical and radiology services in Guilford and Old Saybrook,” Dr. Kidwai says.

Dr. Kidwai collaborated with radiation oncology, breast surgery, and breast radiology to develop a breast cancer program. He is a principal investigator of an immune therapy clinical trial for metastatic HER-2-positive breast cancer.

He has also worked closely with the Survivorship Program and is exploring nutrition- and exercise-related clinical trials related to breast cancer. Additionally, he collaborates with smoking cessation and palliative care programs.

Clinical Specialties

Medical Oncology; Hematology & Oncology; Breast Oncology; Gastrointestinal Oncology; Hematologic Oncology

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Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Latest Certification Date
    2011
    Original Certification Date
    1991

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