Medical Oncology

Arif H Kamal, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Business Administratin
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Campus mail Box 2715, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 681-0333
Email address arif.kamal@duke.edu

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

In Their Words

Education and Training

  • Fellowship, Hematology/ Oncology, Mayo Medical School, 2008 - 2009
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Mayo Medical School, 2005 - 2008
  • M.B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2016
  • M.H.S., Duke University, 2015
  • M.D., University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, 2005

Grants

Publications

Kamal, AH, Kirkland, KB, Meier, DE, Morgan, TS, Nelson, EC, and Pantilat, SZ. "A Person-Centered, Registry-Based Learning Health System for Palliative Care: A Path to Coproducing Better Outcomes, Experience, Value, and Science." Journal of palliative medicine 21, no. S2 (March 2018): S61-S67.

PMID
29091509
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Kolmar, A, and Kamal, AH. "Developing a Path to Improve Cultural Competency in Islam Among Palliative Care Professionals." Journal of pain and symptom management 55, no. 3 (March 2018): e1-e3. (Letter)

PMID
29154889
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Ast, K, Kamal, AH, Lindley, LC, Matzo, M, and Rotella, JD. "Maintaining the Momentum of Measuring What Matters: Overcoming Hurdles To Develop Electronic Clinical Quality Measures." Journal of palliative medicine 21, no. 2 (February 2018): 123-124.

PMID
29064305
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Davidson, BA, Moss, HA, and Kamal, AH. "Top 10 Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know When Caring for Patients with Ovarian Cancer." Journal of palliative medicine 21, no. 2 (February 2018): 250-254.

PMID
29319389
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Foote, J, Lopez-Acevedo, M, Samsa, G, Lee, PS, Kamal, AH, Alvarez Secord, A, and Havrilesky, LJ. "Predicting 6- and 12-Month Risk of Mortality in Patients With Platinum-Resistant Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer: Prognostic Model to Guide Palliative Care Referrals." International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society 28, no. 2 (February 2018): 302-307.

PMID
29360690
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Jones, CA, and Kamal, AH. "The Palliative Care Specialists Series: Equipping the Field for Upstream Care." Journal of palliative medicine 21, no. 2 (February 2018): 249-.

PMID
29393771
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Patel, RV, Kelley, AS, and Kamal, AH. "The Denominator: Evolving the Electronic Medical Record To Discover Who Needs Palliative Care." Journal of palliative medicine 21, no. 1 (January 2018): 9-10.

PMID
28885081
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Hochman, MJ, Yu, Y, Wolf, SP, Samsa, GP, Kamal, AH, and LeBlanc, TW. "Comparing the Palliative Care Needs of Patients With Hematologic and Solid Malignancies." Journal of pain and symptom management 55, no. 1 (January 2018): 82-88.e1.

PMID
28887271
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Dy, SM, Al Hamayel, NA, Hannum, SM, Sharma, R, Isenberg, SR, Kuchinad, K, Zhu, J, Smith, K, Lorenz, KA, Kamal, AH, Walling, AM, and Weaver, SJ. "A Survey to Evaluate Facilitators and Barriers to Quality Measurement and Improvement: Adapting Tools for Implementation Research in Palliative Care Programs." Journal of pain and symptom management 54, no. 6 (December 2017): 806-814.

PMID
28801007
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Lindley, LC, Rotella, JD, Ast, K, Matzo, M, and Kamal, AH. "The Quality Improvement Environment: Results of the 2016 AAHPM/HPNA Membership Needs Assessment Survey." Journal of pain and symptom management 54, no. 5 (November 2017): 766-771.

PMID
28751078
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