CURRICULUM VITAE Chandrakanth Are, MBBS CAMPUS ADDRESS: Department of Surgical Oncology 986880 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-6880 Phone: (402) 559-8941 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION 1983 - 1990 MBBS, Medicine/Surgery, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 1991 - 1994 FRCS, Fellowship in General Surgery, The Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland 2012 - 2013 MBA, Business, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE POST DEGREE TRAINING 1/1990 - 2/1991 Senior House Officer, General Surgery with Dr. CL Venkat Rao, Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, India 7/1991 - 12/1992 Senior House Officer, Orthopaedics with Dr. FG Kenny, Navan Hospital, Ireland 1/1993 - 6/1993 Senior House Officer, Accident & Emergency with Dr. FO Cunningham, Navan Hospital, Ireland 7/1993 - 12/1993 Senior House Officer, Neurosurgery with Dr. DJ Rawluk, Beaumont Hospital, Duplin, Ireland 1/1994 - 6/1994 Senior House Officer, Thoracic/Vascular Surgery with Dr. PJ Broe, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 7/1994 - 12/1994 Senior House Officer, Colorectal Surgery with Dr. J Deasy, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 1/1995 - 6/1995 Senior House Officer, Plastic Surgery with Dr. Gearoid Lynch, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 7/1995 - 12/1995 Senior House Officer, Orthopaedics with Dr. SJO Flanagan, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 1/1996 - 6/1996 Locum Registrar, General Surgery, Charring Cross Hospital, London England & Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 7/1996 - 6/1997 Halsted Surgery Junior Assistant Resident, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 7/1997 - 6/1998 Halsted Surgery Junior Assistant Resident, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 7/1998 - 6/1999 Halsted Surgery Senior Assistant Resident, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 7/1999 - 6/2001 Research Fellow, Lab of Minimal Access Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital/Baltimore, MD 7/2001 - 12/2001 Halsted Surgical Resident, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital/Baltimore, MD 1/2002 - 6/2002 Registrar, General and Thoracic Surgery, Beaumont Hospital/Dublin, Ireland 7/2002 - 6/2003 Halsted Surgery Chief Resident, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital/Baltimore, MD 7/2003 - 6/2004 Halsted Assistant Chief of Service, Instructor with Dr. John L Cameron, Johns Hopkins Hospital/Baltimore, MD 7/2004 - 6/2006 Fellow, Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2015 - Present Professor (Courtesy), Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2015 - Present Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2015 - Present Jerald L & Carolynn J Varner Professor, Surgical Oncology and Global Health, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2013 - Present Vice-Chair of Education, Department of Surgery, Eppley Cancer Center, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2011 - Present Program Director, General Surgery, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2011 - Present Associate Professor (Courtesy), Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2011 - 2015 Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2008 - 2011 Associate Program Director, General Surgery, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2007 - 2011 Assistant Professor (Courtesy), Genetics Cell Biology & Anatomy, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2007 - 2011 Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology, UNMC, Omaha, NE CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES 2018 DEA, United States 2004 - Present General Surgery 49375 Present India Present England Present Republic of Ireland 2016 State of Nebraska 23999 2000 - Present State of Maryland D0055770 2004 - Present Diplomate, American Board of Surgery 2006 - Present State of Arizona 35755 GRANTS AND CONTRACT SUPPORT ACTIVE Title: SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer ID Number: 5P50CA127297-10 Funding Agency: DHHS/NIH/NCI Project Period: 2008 - 2025 Total Dollars: $17,068,380 Direct Cost: $1,528,998 Role: Co Investigator (Hollingsworth) Title: Validation of Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis and Risk Prediction of Pancreatic Neoplasms ID Number: CNVA00058337 (133 Funding Agency: University of Pittsburgh Project Period: 2016 - 2021 Total Dollars: $1,573,928 Direct Cost: $75,000 Role: Co Investigator (Batra) Title: Addiction Medicine Fellowship ID Number: 52290 Y3 Funding Agency: NE DHHS Project Period: 2018 - 2020 Total Dollars: $1,647,555 Direct Cost: $558,104 Role: Co Investigator (Zoucha) Title: LB595 Tobacco Tax Center Research Grant ID Number: 48836 Y3 Funding Agency: NE DHHS - LB595 Project Period: 2019 - 2020 Total Dollars: $35,204,831 Direct Cost: $1,300,000 Role: Co Investigator (Cowan) COMPLETED Title: Mechanism of Action of Differentiation Agents ID Number: 5R01CA038173-28 Funding Agency: DHHS/NIH/NCI Project Period: 2007 - 2016 Total Dollars: $2,303,729 Direct Cost: $1,565,381 Role: Co Investigator (Brattain) Title: Heterogeneity of Human Colon Carcinoma ID Number: 5R01CA034432-28 Funding Agency: DHHS/NIH/NCI Project Period: 2008 - 2014 Total Dollars: $1,544,470 Direct Cost: $1,040,779 Role: Co Investigator (Brattain) Title: Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer Administrative Supplement ID Number: 155022 Funding Agency: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Project Period: 2012 - 2014 Total Dollars: $297,000 Direct Cost: $200,000 Role: Co Investigator (Hollingsworth) Title: Development of Portable Laparoscope ID Number: Funding Agency: UNeMed Project Period: 2009 - 2009 Total Dollars: $10,000 Direct Cost: $10,000 Role: Principal Investigator NON-SPONSORED / OUTSIDE GRANTS INFORMATION Title: Educational grant to assess educational gaps and needs for cancer professionals in India Funding Agency: Pfizer Institution: Project Period: 2009 - 2009 Total Dollars: $25,000 Direct Cost: $25,000 Role: Co-Investigator (Lois Colburn (Co-PI)) Title: Educational grant for Oncology educational capacity building in India Funding Agency: Pfizer Institution: Project Period: 2010 - 2011 Total Dollars: $244,584 Direct Cost: $244,854 Role: Co-Investigator (Lois Colburn (Co-PI)) Title: New Innovations Grant for development of technology and instruments in Minimally Invasive Surgery Funding Agency: UneMed-UNMC Institution: Project Period: 2009 - 2009 Total Dollars: $10,000 Direct Cost: $10,000 Role: Principal Investigator Title: Educational grant toward education of M1 medical students Funding Agency: UNMC Institution: Project Period: 2009 - 2009 Total Dollars: $5,000 Direct Cost: $5,000 Role: Principal Investigator PATENTS 1 Laparoscope and Method of Use Thereof. (International Publication Number WO 2012/078872) 06/14/2012. HONORS AND AWARDS INTERNATIONAL 2006 Young Investigator Award, International Hepato-pancreato biliary Association LOCAL Finished with Honours, The Hyderabad Private School, Hyderabad, India 2001 Upjohn Award for Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 2001-2002 Outstanding Resident award, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 2002-2003 Outstanding Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 2003 Alpha Omega Alpha, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2003 Anthony L Imbembo Surgical Residents Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 2012 Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2013 Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2014 Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Medicine, UNMC, Omaha, NE 2015 Outstanding Teaching & Instructional Creativity Award/OTICA, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 2015 Distinguished Teacher ad perpeteum, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE NATIONAL 2002 Abstract Award, Society of American Gastro-intestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2005 Abstract Award, SAGES REGIONAL 2011 President, India Association of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 2015 Award of Excellence for Community Service, India Association of Nebraska, Omaha, NE MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Present Member, IHPBA Present Member, SAGES Present Member, American College of Surgeons (ACS) Present Member, Old Hands Club - The Johns Hopkins Hospital Present Member, Society of Surgery of Alimentary Tract (SSAT) Present Member, The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Society Present Member, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Present Member, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHBPA) 2009 - Present Member, SSO 2012 - Present Member, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Hepatobiliary Cancer Guidelines Panel 2013 - Present Member, Overseas Coordinator, Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2014 - 2016 Member, Surgical Education Committee, Society of University Surgeons 2015 - Present Member, Continuing Medical Education, SSO 2015 - Present Member, Education and Training Committee, AHPBA 2016 - Present Member, European SSO/SSO, Global Curriculum Committee COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL 2006 - 2011 Continuing Medical Education, SAGES 2008 - Present Publications Committee, AHPBA 2008 - Present Associate Editor, ACS International Committee 2009 - Present Membership Committee, SSO 2009 - Present International Relations, SAGES 2009 - Present Website Stakeholders Task Force, SSO 2010 - Present Membership Committee, SSAT 2010 - Present Member, SSO International Committee 2010 - Present Professional Development Committee, AHPBA 2015 - Present Member, Global Oncology Curriculum Committee, European Society of Surgical Oncology/SSO 2015 - 2016 Co-Chair, SSO International Committee 2016 - Present Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery 2016 - 2018 Chair, SSO International Committee UNMC Present Member, OR Committee 2012 Member, Search Committee, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology 2012 Member, Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee for Supplemental