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Diwakar D. Balachandran, M.D.

Professor Associate Professor

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Department Of Cardiology

Department Of Pulmonary Medicine

Department Of Pulmonology

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Diwakar D. Balachandran, M.d. is currently serving as a Cardiology Professor Associate Professor at The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center.

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Diwakar D. Balachandran, M.D.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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sleep oncology sleep disorders respiratory medicine sleep-related breathing disorders symptom management sleep medicine medicine thoracic oncology cancer care health sciences lung cancer immunology cancer research infectious diseases (medical specialty) thoracic surgery infectious respiratory disease pleural effusion pharmacology cancer immunotherapy pain management immunotherapy clinical evidence respiratory infections clinical infection pleural disease insomnia fatigue management cancer patients medicinal research pain research cellular therapy hospital infections pulmonary care cohort studies behavioral medicine interventional pulmonology covid-19 pandemic clinical case presentation cancer-related fatigue sleep duration within-person relationships enzyme inhibition neuroradiology jama oncology brain tumor research cancer cells clinical transplantation leukemia tumor targeting treatment effects receptor tyrosine kinases oral cancer pilot experiment pain therapy field trial neuropathic pain adaptive immune system clinical immunology t-regulatory cell laboratory immunology cancer management cancer treatment treatment options rare side effect thyroid cancer aerodigestive fistula formation lung abscess clinical comparison non-immunocompromised patients episodic exertional dyspnea pilot double-blind concomitant sleep disturbance leukemia patients bronchoalveolar lavage fluid hematologic malignancies internal medicine pediatric anesthesia neuropathology emergency medicine anesthesiology clinical epidemiology child neurology jama psychiatry pediatrics psychological medicine women's health translational medicine pediatric nursing neurology patient safety chronic diseases preventive healthcare chronic obstructive pulmonary disease critical care environmental health perspective pediatric pulmonology cardiology individualized medicine hospital medicine diagnosis nursing health psychology international health psychiatry movement disorders physiological measurements psychiatric epidemiology complementary medicine mortality integrative medicine health care pharmacotherapy world psychiatry alternative medicine clinical trials translational psychiatry clinical research intensive care interstitial lung disease nursing science cardiovascular disease

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Using Actigraphy to Evaluate Physical Activity in Patients With Pleural Effusion: A Pilot Study. Journal of Thoracic Disease (2026)

rehabilitationphysical exercisekinesiologyapplied physiologyphysical activityexercise physiologyexercise sciencepilot studyphysiological measurementspleural effusion

CORRECTION: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cell Percentages as Diagnostic Markers of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Pneumonitis. Frontiers in Medicine (2025)

immunologypulmonary diseasesbiomarkersthoracic oncologyinfectious respiratory diseasehistopathologyrespiratory medicineadvanced lung diseaselung cancerpathologydiagnostic markers

Intrathoracic Manifestations of Hematologic Malignancies: A Narrative Review. Annals of Translational Medicine (2025)

intrathoracic manifestationsanatomical pathologyhematologyclinical case presentationsurgical oncologylymphatic diseasehistopathologyoncologysurgical pathologypathologypleural disease

Study Protocol for Project Shine (Sleep Health Initiative for Equity): A Community-Based Pilot Rct to Promote Sleep and Physical Activity Among Black/African American Adults. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications (2025)

public healthhealth equitycommunity healthsleep medicinehealth planningproject shinephysical activityhealth promotionsleepsleep health initiativesocial science researchpreventive medicinecommunity-engaged researchhealth policy

Central Sleep Apnea (Csa) in a Treated Brainstem Chordoma. Sleep Medicine X (2024)

neurosurgeryneurologyneuropathologyclinical otolaryngologysleepneurotologyneuro-oncologyanesthesiologysleep-related breathing disorderscentral nervous systemcentral sleep apnea

Gravity- vs Wall Suction-Driven Large-Volume Thoracentesis. CHEST Journal (2024)

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surgerychest injuryradiologygravitythoracic oncologythoracic surgerythoracic ultrasound

Sleep Disturbances Based on Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients With Breast Cancer. Sleep And Breathing (2024)

outcomes researchsleep medicinecancer caresymptom managementsleep disturbancesnursingsleep disorderssleeppsychiatrybreast canceroncologyhealth sciencesbreast oncology

Two Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease Due to Legionella Cardiaca. ASM Case Reports (2024)

pathogenscommunicable diseaseslegionnaires ’ diseaseinfection controlclinical infectionclinical diseaseclinical microbiologypathogenic bacteriahospital infectionsmyositisinfectious diseasesinfectious diseases (medical specialty)emerging infectious diseases

Interstitial Lung Abnormalities After Hospitalization for Covid‐19 in Patients With Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study. Cancer Medicine (2023)

bronchial neoplasmmedicinelong covidcovid-19thoracic oncologycovid-19 pandemicinterstitial lung abnormalitiesoncologyrespiratory medicinecritical careinterstitial lung diseaselung cancerprospective cohort study

Sleep Disturbances in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. (2023)

medicinesleep medicinestem cell researchhematologyhaematopoiesissleep disturbancessleep disorderssleepstem cellsbone marrow transplantationcell transplantationstem cell transplantation

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Diwakar D. Balachandran, M.D.

Professor Associate Professor

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Affiliations

Department Of Cardiology

Department Of Pulmonary Medicine

Department Of Pulmonology

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Diwakar D. Balachandran, M.d. is currently serving as a Cardiology Professor Associate Professor at The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center.

Honors

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Diwakar D. Balachandran, M.D.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Professor Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Using Actigraphy to Evaluate Physical Activity in Patients With Pleural Effusion: A Pilot Study. Journal of Thoracic Disease (2026)

rehabilitationphysical exercisekinesiologyapplied physiologyphysical activityexercise physiologyexercise sciencepilot studyphysiological measurementspleural effusion

CORRECTION: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cell Percentages as Diagnostic Markers of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Pneumonitis. Frontiers in Medicine (2025)

immunologypulmonary diseasesbiomarkersthoracic oncologyinfectious respiratory diseasehistopathologyrespiratory medicineadvanced lung diseaselung cancerpathologydiagnostic markers

Intrathoracic Manifestations of Hematologic Malignancies: A Narrative Review. Annals of Translational Medicine (2025)

intrathoracic manifestationsanatomical pathologyhematologyclinical case presentationsurgical oncologylymphatic diseasehistopathologyoncologysurgical pathologypathologypleural disease

Central Sleep Apnea (Csa) in a Treated Brainstem Chordoma. Sleep Medicine X (2024)

neurosurgeryneurologyneuropathologyclinical otolaryngologysleepneurotologyneuro-oncologyanesthesiologysleep-related breathing disorderscentral nervous systemcentral sleep apnea

Gravity- vs Wall Suction-Driven Large-Volume Thoracentesis. CHEST Journal (2024)

surgerychest injuryradiologygravitythoracic oncologythoracic surgerythoracic ultrasound

Sleep Disturbances Based on Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients With Breast Cancer. Sleep And Breathing (2024)

outcomes researchsleep medicinecancer caresymptom managementsleep disturbancesnursingsleep disorderssleeppsychiatrybreast canceroncologyhealth sciencesbreast oncology

Two Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease Due to Legionella Cardiaca. ASM Case Reports (2024)

Interstitial Lung Abnormalities After Hospitalization for Covid‐19 in Patients With Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study. Cancer Medicine (2023)

Sleep Disturbances in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. (2023)

medicinesleep medicinestem cell researchhematologyhaematopoiesissleep disturbancessleep disorderssleepstem cellsbone marrow transplantationcell transplantationstem cell transplantation

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