I am a Providence, RI native who proudly attended Brown University. I graduated with a B.A. in Biology followed by enrollment at Dartmouth Medical School. Post graduate training includes, Internal Medicine and Chief Residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and completed my Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Brown. My Professional interest include medical education, genitourinary oncology and international health. I am currently the Program Director for the Brown Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program.
My wife, Mary Ellen is an oncology nurse and we have two sons, Andrew and Joseph, I enjoy fishing and my year-round residence in East Matunuck, RI.
Al-Alao O, Mueller-Leonhard C, Kim SP, Amin A, Tucci C, Kott O, Mega A, Golijanin D, Gershman B. "Clinically node-positive (cN+) urothelial carcinoma of the bladder treated with chemotherapy and radical cystectomy: Clinical outcomes and development of a postoperative risk stratification model." Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, vol. 38, no. 3, 2020, pp. 76.e19-76.e28. |
Mega AE, Schiffman FJ. "Declining Cancer Rates, Inclining Local Expertise: We Are Pointed in the Right Direction but Work Remains." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 3, 2020, pp. 18-19. |
Brownlee Z, De Souza A, Koffer PP, DiPetrillo TA, Mega AE. "Prostate Cancer Therapeutics and Their Complications: A Primer for the Primary Care Provider." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 3, 2020, pp. 41-45. |
Petrylak DP, Vogelzang NJ, Chatta K, Fleming MT, Smith DC, Appleman LJ, Hussain A, Modiano M, Singh P, Tagawa ST, Gore I, McClay EF, Mega AE, Sartor AO, Somer B, Wadlow R, Shore ND, Olson WC, Stambler N, DiPippo VA, Israel RJ. "PSMA ADC monotherapy in patients with progressive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer following abiraterone and/or enzalutamide: Efficacy and safety in open-label single-arm phase 2 study." The Prostate, vol. 80, no. 1, 2020, pp. 99-108. |
Martínez Chanzá N, Xie W, Asim Bilen M, Dzimitrowicz H, Burkart J, Geynisman DM, Balakrishnan A, Bowman IA, Jain R, Stadler W, Zakharia Y, Narayan V, Beuselinck B, McKay RR, Tripathi A, Pachynski R, Hahn AW, Hsu J, Shah SA, Lam ET, Rose TL, Mega AE, Vogelzang N, Harrison MR, Mortazavi A, Plimack ER, Vaishampayan U, Hammers H, George S, Haas N, Agarwal N, Pal SK, Srinivas S, Carneiro BA, Heng DYC, Bosse D, Choueiri TK, Harshman LC. "Cabozantinib in advanced non-clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a multicentre, retrospective, cohort study." The Lancet Oncology, vol. 20, no. 4, 2019, pp. 581-590. |
Pelcovits, Aryeh, Mueller-Leonhard, Catrina, Mega, Anthony, Amin, Ali, Kim, Simon P., Golijanin, Dragan, Gershman, Boris. "Outcomes of upper tract urothelial carcinoma with isolated lymph node involvement following surgical resection: implications for multi-modal management." World Journal of Urology, vol. 38, no. 5, 2019, pp. 1243-1252. |
Petrylak DP, Kantoff P, Vogelzang NJ, Mega A, Fleming MT, Stephenson JJ Jr, Frank R, Shore ND, Dreicer R, McClay EF, Berry WR, Agarwal M, DiPippo VA, Rotshteyn Y, Stambler N, Olson WC, Morris SA, Israel RJ. "Phase 1 study of PSMA ADC, an antibody-drug conjugate targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen, in chemotherapy-refractory prostate cancer." The Prostate, vol. 79, no. 6, 2019, pp. 604-613. |
Golijanin B, Pereira J, Mueller-Leonhard C, Golijanin D, Amin A, Mega A, Boorjian SA, Thompson RH, Leibovich BC, Gershman B. "The natural history of renal cell carcinoma with isolated lymph node metastases following surgical resection from 2006 to 2013." Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, vol. 37, no. 12, 2019, pp. 932-940. |
Sahin I, Mega AE, Carneiro BA. "Androgen receptor-independent prostate cancer: an emerging clinical entity." Cancer Biology & Therapy, vol. 19, no. 5, 2018, pp. 347-348. |
Brito J 3rd, Pereira J, Moreira DM, Pareek G, Tucci C, Guo R, Zhang Z, Amin A, Mega A, Renzulli J 2nd, Golijanin D, Gershman B. "The association of lymph node dissection with 30-day perioperative morbidity among men undergoing minimally invasive radical prostatectomy: analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)." Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, vol. 21, no. 2, 2018, pp. 245-251. |
Apolo AB, Infante JR, Balmanoukian A, Patel MR, Wang D, Kelly K, Mega AE, Britten CD, Ravaud A, Mita AC, Safran H, Stinchcombe TE, Srdanov M, Gelb AB, Schlichting M, Chin K, Gulley JL. "Avelumab, an Anti-Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Antibody, In Patients With Refractory Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: Results From a Multicenter, Phase Ib Study." Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 35, no. 19, 2017, pp. 2117-2124. |
Yakirevich, Evgeny, Ali, Siraj M., Mega, Anthony, McMahon, Caitlin, Brodsky, Alexander S., Ross, Jeffrey S., Allen, Justin, Elvin, Julia A., Safran, Howard, Resnick, Murray B. "A Novel SDHA-deficient Renal Cell Carcinoma Revealed by Comprehensive Genomic Profiling." The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, vol. 39, no. 6, 2015, pp. 858-863. |
Leone, Andrew, Rotker, Katherine, Butler, Christi, Mega, Anthony, Li, Jianhong, Amin, Ali, Schiff, Stephen F., Pareek, Gyan, Golijanin, Dragan, Renzulli, Joseph F. "Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation: Repeat Biopsy and Detection of High Grade Prostate Cancer." Prostate Cancer, vol. 2015, 2015, pp. 1-5. |
1. Member of the Brown University Oncology Group - BrUOG
a. Scientific Review Committee
b. Chair of the Genitourinary Committee
Year | Degree | Institution |
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1988 | MD | Dartmouth College |
1984 | BA | Brown University |
Preceptorship Award- 2000-2003
Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award - 2001-2007
Top Doctor- Rhode Island Monthly Magazine- 2002, 2006, 2010
Brown Medical School Department of MedicineChairman’s Award for Outstanding Teaching- 2005
The Miriam Hospital Housestaff Teaching Award- 2006-2007
The Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award- 2008
Name | Title |
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Carneiro, Benedito | Associate Professor of Medicine |
DeSouza, Andre | Assistant Professor of Medicine |
Safran, Howard | Professor of Medicine |
Schiffman, Fred | Sigal Family Professor of Humanistic Medicine, Professor of Medicine |
Lifespan Cancer Institute The Miriam Hsopital and Newport Hospital
Brown Physicians Inc
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University