Physicians

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine - Oncology

Address
DUMC 3436
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-6688

Office Telephone
919-684-3561

Fax Telephone
919-681-7985

Training

• MD, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, 2005

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education (Minnesota), 2005-2008

Fellowship

• Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education (Minnesota), 2008-2009
• Hematology-Oncology, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2009-2012

Clinical Interests
Breast oncology, supportive oncology, palliative care

Research Interests
health services and outcomes research, information-technology enabled registries, supportive oncology and palliative care, quality assessment and improvement

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Kamal, AH; Camacho, F; Anderson, R; Wei, W; Balkrishnan, R; Kimmick, G. Similar survival with single-agent capecitabine or taxane in first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2012;134:371-378. (2012) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Maguire, JM; Wheeler, JL; Currow, DC; Abernethy, AP. Dyspnea review for the palliative care professional: treatment goals and therapeutic options. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2012;15:106-114. (2012) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Miriovsky, BJ; Currow, DC; Abernethy, AP. Improving the management of dyspnea in the community using rapid learning approaches. Chronic Respiratory Disease. 2012;9:51-61. (2012) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Swetz, KM; Dy, S; Tien, AY; Temel, JS; Abernethy, AP. Integrating technology into palliative care research. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care. 2012;6:525-532. (2012) Abstract

Swetz, KM; Kamal, AH. In the clinic. Palliative care. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2012;156:ITC2-T15. (2012) Abstract

Abernethy, AP; Kamal, AH; Wheeler, JL; Cox, C. Management of dyspnea within a rapid learning healthcare model. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care. 2011;5:101-110. (2011) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Baron, TH. Large gallstone ileus. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2011;6:47. (2011) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Bull, J; Kavalieratos, D; Taylor, DH; Downey, W; Abernethy, AP. Palliative care needs of patients with cancer living in the community. Journal of Oncology Practice. 2011;7:382-388. (2011) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Bull, J; Stinson, C; Blue, D; Smith, R; Hooper, R; Kelly, M; Kinsella, J; Philbrick, M; Gblokpor, A; Wheeler, JL; Downey, W; Abernethy, AP. Collecting data on quality is feasible in community-based palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2011;42:663-667. (2011) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Currow, DC; Ritchie, C; Bull, J; Wheeler, JL; Abernethy, AP. The value of data collection within a palliative care program. Current Oncology Reports. 2011;13:308-315. (2011) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Loprinzi, CL; Reynolds, C; Dueck, AC; Geiger, XJ; Ingle, JN; Carlson, RW; Hobday, TJ; Winer, EP; Goetz, MP. Breast medical oncologists' use of standard prognostic factors to predict a 21-gene recurrence score. The Oncologist. 2011;16:1359-1366. (2011) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Maguire, JM; Wheeler, JL; Currow, DC; Abernethy, AP. Dyspnea review for the palliative care professional: assessment, burdens, and etiologies. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2011;14:1167-1172. (2011) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Swetz, KM; Carey, EC; Cheville, AL; Liu, H; Ruegg, SR; Moynihan, TJ; Sloan, JA; Kaur, JS. Palliative care consultations in patients with cancer: a mayo clinic 5-year review. Journal of Oncology Practice. 2011;7:48-53. (2011) Abstract

Kapoor, P; Greipp, PT; Schaefer, EW; Mandrekar, SJ; Kamal, AH; Gonzalez-Paz, NC; Kumar, S; Greipp, PR. Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (Clarkson's disease): the Mayo clinic experience. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2010;85:905-912. (2010) Abstract

Holtan, SG; Allen, RD; Henkel, DM; Kamal, AH; Novak, GD; O'Cochlain, F; Chandrasekaran, K; Mullany, CJ; Wright, RS. Angiosarcoma of the pericardium presenting as hemorrhagic pleuropericarditis, cardiac tamponade, and thromboembolic phenomena. International Journal of Cardiology. 2007;115:e8-e9. (2007) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Holtan, SG. Reflections: when the disease hits home. Journal of Cancer Education. 2007;22:67-69. (2007) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Prakash, UB. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2007;82:1364. (2007) Abstract

Kamal, AH; Tefferi, A; Pruthi, RK. How to interpret and pursue an abnormal prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, and bleeding time in adults. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2007;82:864-873. (2007) Abstract