- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Arhanti Sadanand, M.D.
- Pediatrics - Hematology-Oncology
- Pediatric solid tumors
- Neuroblastoma
Biography
Arhanti Sadanand, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in pediatric solid tumors and neuroblastoma.
Dr. Sadanand earned her medical degree at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Washington University in Saint Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.
Dr. Sadanand is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
She says, “I'm passionate about pediatric oncology and am honored by the opportunity to care for children and their families during difficult moments.”
Education & Training
- Fellowship - Emory University School of Medicine (2019-2022), Pediatric Hematology/oncology
- Residency - Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2016-2019), Pediatrics
- Medical School - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2012-2016)
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Honors & Awards
- Best of Winship at Virtual Poster Session 2021, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Resident Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Showcase Award 2018, Saint Louis Children’s Hospital
- James P. Keating Outstanding Resident Award 2017, Saint Louis Children’s Hospital
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Brown-Séquard Chapter 2015, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Surveillance Alone After a Subtotal Resection of Disseminated Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
Mu A, Prasad S, Rakheja D, Timmons C, Madsen N, Avula S, Davies R, Sadanand A Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2026 Mar 73 -
A Case Series of Peritoneal Mesothelioma in Pediatric Patients
Merritt A, Ludwig K, Polanco PM, Sengupta A, Sadanand A Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2026 Mar 48 e105-e108 -
Feasibility of Atezolizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy for Children With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors
Campbell ME, Stutzman S, Primeaux S, Sida D, Lee M, Shah AT, Sadanand A, Sokol E, Collins NB, Turpin B, Navai S, Albert K, Laetsch TW, Rakheja D, Chen KS, Gerber DE, Koh AY Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2025 Dec 72 -
Therapeutic plasma exchange as an intervention for gemtuzumab ozogamicin impaired hemoglobin scavenging: A case and systematic review
Adkins BD, Noland DK, Slone T, Sadanand A Journal of Clinical Apheresis 2024 Jun 39 -
Bartonella henselae Infection and Lymphadenopathy in a Patient with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Sadanand A, Patel P, Riedesel E, Berkowitz F, Keller FG Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 2024 Apr 46 E241-E243 -
A phase 1 study of simvastatin in combination with topotecan and cyclophosphamide in pediatric patients with relapsed and/or refractory solid and CNS tumors
Cash T, Jonus HC, Tsvetkova M, Beumer JH, Sadanand A, Lee JY, Henry CJ, Aguilera D, Harvey RD, Goldsmith KC Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2023 Aug 70 -
A single-center retrospective review of pediatric cases of progressive transformation of germinal centers
Sadanand A, Aljudi A, Bergsagel DJ, Keller FG Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2023 Jun 70 -
Identification and targeting of protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) as an immunotherapy candidate for neuroblastoma
Lee JY, Jonus HC, Sadanand A, Branella GM, Maximov V, Suttapitugsakul S, Schniederjan MJ, Shim J, Ho A, Parwani KK, Fedanov A, Pilgrim AA, Silva JA, Schnepp RW, Doering CB, Wu R, Spencer HT, Goldsmith KC Cell Reports Medicine 2023 Jun 4 -
Progression-Free Survival and Patterns of Response in Patients with Relapsed High-Risk Neuroblastoma Treated with Irinotecan/Temozolomide/Dinutuximab/Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Lerman BJ, Li Y, Carlowicz C, Granger M, Cash T, Sadanand A, Somers K, Ranavaya A, Weiss BD, Choe M, Foster JH, Pinto N, Morgenstern DA, Rafael MS, Streby KA, Zeno RN, Mody R, Yazdani S, Desai AV, Macy ME, Shusterman S, Federico SM, Bagatell R Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023 Jan 41 508-516 -
Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting as a Paraneoplastic Demyelinating Disorder in a Child
Sadanand A, Jain J, Elkins K, Bergsagel DJ Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2022 Apr 20 113-114 -
Teaching scripts via smartphone app facilitate resident-led teaching of medical students
Zessis NR, Dube AR, Sadanand A, Cole JJ, Hrach CM, Daud YN BMC Medical Education 2021 Dec 21 -
Practice patterns and incidence of adenovirus infection in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: Multicenter survey of transplant centers in the United States
Papanicolaou GA, Dvorak CC, Dadwal S, Maron G, Prasad VK, Giller R, Abdel-Azim H, Sadanand A, Casciano R, Chandak A, Huang S, Nichols G, Brundage T, Vainorius E, Mozaffari E, Hutcheson R Transplant Infectious Disease 2020 Aug 22 -
Non-Neural (S-100 Negative) Bronchial Granular Cell Tumor Causing Acute Respiratory Failure
Chen SY, Sadanand A, Dillon PA, He M, Dehner LP, Leonard DS Fetal and Pediatric Pathology 2020 Jan 39 85-89 -
Safety of Probiotics Among High-Risk Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Sadanand A, Newland JG, Bednarski JJ Infectious Diseases and Therapy 2019 Jun 8 301-306 -
Syncope in a 16-year-old girl
Sadanand A, Ladell M, Fischer K Pediatrics in review 2019 Jan 40 37-39 -
Memory's Penumbra: Episodic memory decisions induce lingering mnemonic biases
Duncan K, Sadanand A, Davachi L Science 2012 Jul 337 485-487
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Surveillance Alone After a Subtotal Resection of Disseminated Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
Research
- Improving survival from neuroblastoma
Clinical Focus
- Pediatric solid tumors
- Neuroblastoma