Rachna T. Shroff

Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS, joined the faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson in April 2018 as an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, and chief of the Section of GI Medical Oncology at the UA Cancer Center.

She was previously an assistant and then associate professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where she specialized in pancreatic and biliary cancers. While on faculty, she helped build one of the largest clinical and research programs in biliary tract malignancies in the country. Dr. Shroff also served as the quality officer for the GI Medical Oncology Department where she developed an interest in patient safety and quality.

Dr. Shroff has been a member of the ASCO Scientific Committee, Noncolorectal Track, as well as the ASCO Gastrointestinal Guidelines Advisory Group. She participates in the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) GI Committee, and the NCI Hepatobiliary Taskforce being the national Principal Investigator on SWOG 1815. She is also involved in the International Cholangiocarcinoma Research Network (ICRN) where she participates in the Novel Targets Working Group.