Nimish A. Mohile, M.D.

Dr. Mohile completed his residency training at Northwestern University, followed by a fellowship in Neuro-oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is certified in Neurology and Neuro-oncology. In 2007, he joined the neurology department at the University of Rochester where he built and fostered the neuro-oncology division and multi-disciplinary brain tumor program. His mission is to teach, elevate clinical care and perform research that extends and improves the lives of patients with brain tumors.

Dr. Mohile sees patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors and is involved in administering chemotherapy, treating seizures and managing side effects of brain tumors and brain tumor therapy. In addition, he does consultations on patients with neurologic complications of cancer or cancer treatments.

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Neurology, Neuro-Oncology (SMD)

Ann Aresty Camhi Professorship in Neurology - Department of Neurology, Neuro-Oncology (SMD)

Professor - Cancer Center - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 2005 - 2007

Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. 2004 - 2005

Residency, Neurology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. 2001 - 2004

Internship, Internal Medicine, Norwalk Hospital. 2000 - 2001

Education

MD | St. George's University School of Medicine (Grenada). 2000

Awards

A. B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award. 2015

Neurology Faculty Teaching Award. 2011

SWOG Travel Award Recipient. 2011

American Neurological Association Junior Academic Scholarship Award. 2009

American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Merit Award. 2007

Graduate Medical Education Award for excellence in teaching medical students. 2004

AAN Resident Annual Meeting Scholarship. 2004

Dean's List. 1996 - 2000

Dean's List. 1994

Research

His research focuses on developing and testing therapeutic and supportive care interventions to improve and extend the lives of patients with malignant gliomas. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications. He is currently the principal investigator of several industry-sponsored, investigator-initiated and NCI- funded clinical trials. He has developed a body of work that explores the burdens experienced by patients with brain tumors and caregivers, related to hospitalizations, seizures, decision-making and end of life care.

Clinical Trials

Early Telehealth Visits for Discussion of Advanced Directives for Patients Newly Diagnosed With High Grade Glioma: Impact on Patient Care and Satisfaction

Lead Researcher: Nimish A Mohile

High grade gliomas (HGGs) are rapidly progressive brain tumors resulting in death for most patients between 6 months and 2 years after diagnosis. It is important for patients with HGG to discuss and document their wishes at the end of life. However, ...

Genomically-Guided Treatment Trial in Brain Metastases

Lead Researcher: Nimish A Mohile

This phase II trial studies how well genetic testing works in guiding treatment for patients with solid tumors that have spread to the brain. Several genes have been found to be altered or mutated in brain metastases such as NTRK, ROS1, CDK, PI3K, or...

Publications

Journal Articles

Kleckner IR, Manuweera T, Lin PJ, Chung KH, Kleckner AS, Gewandter JS, Culakova E, Tivarus ME, Dunne RF, Loh KP, Mohile NA, Kesler SR, Mustian KM

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.. 2024 September 2132 (10):677. Epub 09/21/2024.

Schick A, Hardy S, Strawderman M, Zheng D, Cummings M, Milano MT, Magnuson A, Behr J, Sammons S, Usuki K, Mohile N, O'Regan R, Anders CK, Hicks D, Dhakal A

NPJ breast cancer.. 2024 August 210 (1):69. Epub 08/02/2024.

Batchelor TT, Giri S, Ruppert AS, Geyer S, Smith SE, Mohile N, Swinnen LJ, Friedberg JW, Kahl BS, Bartlett NL, Hsi ED, Cheson BD, Wagner-Johnston ND, Nayak L, Leonard JP, Rubenstein JL

Blood advances.. 2024 June 258 (12):3189-3199. Epub 1900 01 01.

Ranjan S, Leung D, Ghiaseddin AP, Taylor JW, Lobbous M, Dhawan A, Budhu JA, Coffee E, Melnick K, Chowdhary SA, Lu-Emerson C, Kurz SC, Burke JE, Lam K, Patel MP, Dunbar EM, Mohile NA, Peters KB

Cancer.. 2024 May 1130 (9):1577-1589. Epub 01/30/2024.

Gewandter JS, Culakova E, Davis JN, Gada U, Guido JJ, Bearden JD, Burnette B, Shah D, Morrow G, Mustian K, Sluka K, Mohile N

The journal of pain.. 2024 May 25 (5):104431. Epub 11/21/2023.

Kleckner IR, Manuweera T, Lin PJ, Chung KH, Kleckner AS, Gewandter JS, Culakova E, Tivarus ME, Dunne RF, Loh KP, Mohile NA, Kesler SR, Mustian KM

Research square.. 2024 March 13 Epub 03/13/2024.

Jean MJ, Samkoff L, Mohile N

Current treatment options in oncology.. 2024 January 25 (1):42-65. Epub 01/10/2024.

Goldlust SA, Nabors LB, Hsu S, Mohile N, Duic PJ, Benkers T, Singer S, Rao M, Cappello L, Silberman SL, Farmer G

Neuro-oncology advances.. 2024 6 (1):vdae009. Epub 01/18/2024.

Brody DL, Gottesman RF, Griffin G, Khaliq ZM, Lackland DT, Ling G, Mohile N

Neurology.. 2023 August 15101 (7 Suppl 1):S59-S66. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hardy SJ, Finkelstein AJ, Tivarus M, Culakova E, Mohile N, Weber M, Lin E, Zhong J, Usuki K, Schifitto G, Milano M, Janelsins-Benton MC

BMJ open.. 2023 February 1513 (2):e066458. Epub 02/15/2023.

Hardy SJ, Bandyopadhyay S, Yang H, Williams A, Gudina A, Cummings MA, Zhang H, Singh DP, Chen Y, Mohile NA, Janelsins MC, Milano MT

Frontiers in oncology.. 2023 13 :1111764. Epub 06/15/2023.

Schiff D, Messersmith H, Brastianos PK, Brown PD, Burri S, Dunn IF, Gaspar LE, Gondi V, Jordan JT, Maues J, Mohile N, Redjal N, Stevens GHJ, Sulman EP, van den Bent M, Wallace HJ, Zadeh G, Vogelbaum MA

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2022 July 1040 (20):2271-2276. Epub 05/13/2022.

Strowd RE, Dunbar EM, Gan HK, Kurz S, Jordan JT, Mandel JJ, Mohile NA, Nevel KS, Taylor JW, Ullrich NJ, Welch MR, Wasilewski A, Mrugala MM

Neuro-oncology practice.. 2022 April 9 (2):91-104. Epub 01/17/2022.

Chung KH, Park SB, Streckmann F, Wiskemann J, Mohile N, Kleckner AS, Colloca L, Dorsey SG, Kleckner IR

Cancers.. 2022 February 2614 (5)Epub 02/26/2022.

Vogelbaum MA, Brown PD, Messersmith H, Brastianos PK, Burri S, Cahill D, Dunn IF, Gaspar LE, Gatson NTN, Gondi V, Jordan JT, Lassman AB, Maues J, Mohile N, Redjal N, Stevens G, Sulman E, van den Bent M, Wallace HJ, Weinberg JS, Zadeh G, Schiff D

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2022 February 1040 (5):492-516. Epub 12/21/2021.

Mohile NA, Messersmith H, Gatson NT, Hottinger AF, Lassman A, Morton J, Ney D, Nghiemphu PL, Olar A, Olson J, Perry J, Portnow J, Schiff D, Shannon A, Shih HA, Strowd R, van den Bent M, Ziu M, Blakeley J

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2022 February 140 (4):403-426. Epub 12/13/2021.

Wasilewski A, Mohile N

Current oncology reports.. 2022 January 24 (1):99-103. Epub 01/20/2022.

Griguer CE, Oliva CR, Coffey CS, Cudkowicz ME, Conwit RA, Gudjonsdottir AL, Ecklund DJ, Fedler JK, Neill-Hudson TM, Nabors LB, Benge M, Hackney JR, Chase M, Leonard TP, Patel T, Colman H, de la Fuente M, Chaudhary R, Marder K, Kreisl T, Mohile N, Chheda MG, McNeill K, Kumthekar P, Dogan A, Drappatz J, Puduvalli V, Kowalska A, Graber J, Gerstner E, Clark S, Salacz M, Markert J

Neuro-oncology advances.. 2022 4 (1):vdab186. Epub 12/24/2021.

Gelb DJ, Kraakevik J, Safdieh JE, Agarwal S, Odia Y, Govindarajan R, Quick A, Soni M, , Bickel J, Gamaldo C, Hannon P, Hatch HAM, Hernandez C, Merlin LR, Noble JM, Reyes-Iglesias Y, Marie E Salas R, Sandness DJ, Treat L, , Benameur K, Brown RD, DeLuca GC, Garg N, Goldstein LB, Gutmann L, Henchcliffe C, Hessler A, Jordan JT, Kilgore SM, Khan J, Levin KH, Mohile NA, Nevel KS, Roberts K, Said RR, Simpson EP, Sirven JI, Smith AG, Southerland AM, Wilson RB

Neurology.. 2021 October 497 (14):675-684. Epub 10/04/2021.

Xu H, Kadambi S, Mohile SG, Yang S, Kehoe LA, Wells M, Culakova E, Kamen C, Obrecht S, Mohamed M, Gilmore NJ, Magnuson A, Grossman VA, Hopkins JO, Geer J, Berenberg J, Mustian K, Cupertino A, Mohile N, Loh KP

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2021 September 12 (7):1015-1021. Epub 04/12/2021.

Mohile NA, Spector AR, Ebong IM, Flippen C, Gutierrez C, Leacock RO, Marulanda-Londoño E, Mejia NI, Thomas R, Hamilton RH

Neurology.. 2021 February 2296 (8):386-394. Epub 02/22/2021.

Wasilewski A, Mohile N

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2021 January 12 (1):1-5. Epub 06/17/2020.

Wasilewski A, Alam A, Mohile N

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2021 January 12 (1):134-138. Epub 07/14/2020.

Omran M, Belcher EK, Mohile NA, Kesler SR, Janelsins MC, Hohmann AG, Kleckner IR

Frontiers in molecular biosciences.. 2021 8 :693133. Epub 06/11/2021.

Warren KT, Liu L, Liu Y, Strawderman MS, Hussain AH, Ma HM, Milano MT, Mohile NA, Walter KA

CNS oncology.. 2020 December 19 (4):CNS64. Epub 10/28/2020.

Liu Y, Strawderman MS, Warren KT, Richardson M, Serventi JN, Mohile NA, Milano MT, Walter KA

Anticancer research.. 2020 October 40 (10):5801-5806. Epub 1900 01 01.

Lukas RV, Taylor JW, Kurz SC, Mohile NA

Neurology. Clinical practice.. 2020 October 10 (5):458-465. Epub 1900 01 01.

Liu Y, Wasilewski A, Mohile NA

CNS oncology.. 2020 June 9 (2):CNS59. Epub 06/30/2020.

Cloughesy TF, Brenner A, de Groot JF, Butowski NA, Zach L, Campian JL, Ellingson BM, Freedman LS, Cohen YC, Lowenton-Spier N, Rachmilewitz Minei T, Fain Shmueli S, , Wen PY

Neuro-oncology.. 2020 May 1522 (5):705-717. Epub 1900 01 01.

Mohile NA, Blakeley JO, Gatson NTN, Hottinger AF, Lassman AB, Ney DE, Olar A, Schiff D, Shih HA, Strowd R, van den Bent MJ, Ziu M

Neuro-oncology.. 2020 April 1122 (7):912-7. Epub 04/11/2020.

Wasilewski A, Serventi J, Ibegbu C, Wychowski T, Burke J, Mohile N

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.. 2020 March 28 (3):1405-1409. Epub 07/02/2019.

Kluger BM, Ney DE, Bagley SJ, Mohile N, Taylor LP, Walbert T, Jones CA

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2020 March 23 (3):415-421. Epub 10/15/2019.

Occhiogrosso J, Hemminger L, Burke J, Ibegbu C, Serventi J, Mohile N

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2020 February 23 (2):264-267. Epub 07/30/2019.

Liu X, Tian W, Kolar B, Johnson MD, Milano M, Jiang H, Lin S, Li D, Mohile NA, Li YM, Walter KA, Ekholm S, Wang H

Magnetic resonance imaging.. 2020 January 65 :129-135. Epub 10/20/2019.

Gewandter JS, Chaudari J, Ibegbu C, Kitt R, Serventi J, Burke J, Culakova E, Kolb N, Sluka KA, Tejani MA, Mohile NA

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.. 2019 May 27 (5):1765-1774. Epub 08/27/2018.

Kleckner IR, Kamen C, Gewandter JS, Mohile NA, Heckler CE, Culakova E, Fung C, Janelsins MC, Asare M, Lin PJ, Reddy PS, Giguere J, Berenberg J, Kesler SR, Mustian KM

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.. 2019 January 27 (1):7-8. Epub 10/29/2018.

Wasilewski A, Mohile N

CNS oncology.. 2018 July 17 (3):CNS26. Epub 04/09/2018.

Chinnaiyan P, Won M, Wen PY, Rojiani AM, Werner-Wasik M, Shih HA, Ashby LS, Michael Yu HH, Stieber VW, Malone SC, Fiveash JB, Mohile NA, Ahluwalia MS, Wendland MM, Stella PJ, Kee AY, Mehta MP

Neuro-oncology.. 2018 April 920 (5):666-673. Epub 1900 01 01.

Jordan JT, Sanders AE, Armstrong T, Asher T, Bennett A, Dunbar E, Mohile N, Nghiemphu PL, Smith TR, Ney DE

Neurology.. 2018 April 390 (14):652-658. Epub 03/02/2018.

Kleckner IR, Kamen C, Gewandter JS, Mohile NA, Heckler CE, Culakova E, Fung C, Janelsins MC, Asare M, Lin PJ, Reddy PS, Giguere J, Berenberg J, Kesler SR, Mustian KM

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.. 2018 April 26 (4):1019-1028. Epub 12/14/2017.

Jordan JT, Sanders AE, Armstrong T, Asher T, Bennett A, Dunbar E, Mohile N, Nghiemphu PL, Smith TR, Ney DE

Neuro-oncology.. 2018 March 2720 (4):531-537. Epub 1900 01 01.

Mohile NA

Continuum : lifelong learning in neurology.. 2017 December 23 (6, Neuro-oncology):1635-1652. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wasilewski A, Serventi J, Kamalyan L, Wychowski T, Mohile N

Neuro-oncology practice.. 2017 December 4 (4):248-254. Epub 03/08/2017.

Thomas AA, Abrey LE, Terziev R, Raizer J, Martinez NL, Forsyth P, Paleologos N, Matasar M, Sauter CS, Moskowitz C, Nimer SD, DeAngelis LM, Kaley T, Grimm S, Louis DN, Cairncross JG, Panageas KS, Briggs S, Faivre G, Mohile NA, Mehta J, Jonsson P, Chakravarty D, Gao J, Schultz N, Brennan CW, Huse JT, Omuro A

Neuro-oncology.. 2017 October 119 (10):1380-1390. Epub 1900 01 01.

Weller M, Butowski N, Tran DD, Recht LD, Lim M, Hirte H, Ashby L, Mechtler L, Goldlust SA, Iwamoto F, Drappatz J, O'Rourke DM, Wong M, Hamilton MG, Finocchiaro G, Perry J, Wick W, Green J, He Y, Turner CD, Yellin MJ, Keler T, Davis TA, Stupp R, Sampson JH,

The Lancet. Oncology.. 2017 October 18 (10):1373-1385. Epub 08/23/2017.

Hemminger LE, Pittman CA, Korones DN, Serventi JN, Ladwig S, Holloway RG, Mohile NA

Neuro-oncology practice.. 2017 September 4 (3):182-188. Epub 09/27/2016.

Gewandter JS, Freeman R, Kitt RA, Cavaletti G, Gauthier LR, McDermott MP, Mohile NA, Mohlie SG, Smith AG, Tejani MA, Turk DC, Dworkin RH

Neurology.. 2017 August 2289 (8):859-869. Epub 07/26/2017.

Gewandter JS, Dworkin RH, Finnerup NB, Mohile NA

Pain.. 2017 January 158 (1):30-33. Epub 1900 01 01.

Trusheim J, Dunbar E, Battiste J, Iwamoto F, Mohile N, Damek D, Bota DA, Connelly J

CNS oncology.. 2017 January 6 (1):29-43. Epub 09/15/2016.

Gewandter JS, Dworkin RH, Finnerup NB, Freeman R, Mohile NA

Pain.. 2017 January 158 (1):182-183. Epub 1900 01 01.

Herr MM, Mohile NA, Barr PM, van Wijngaarden E, Brown EB, Rich DQ

Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia.. 2016 September 16 (9):e123-e127. Epub 06/08/2016.

Herr MM, Mohile NA, van Wijngaarden E, Brown EB, Rich DQ

Journal of neuro-oncology.. 2016 August 129 (1):179-87. Epub 06/11/2016.

Bashir R, Mohile NA

Neurology.. 2016 June 1486 (24):2220-1. Epub 05/25/2016.

Robins HI, Zhang P, Gilbert MR, Chakravarti A, de Groot JF, Grimm SA, Wang F, Lieberman FS, Krauze A, Trotti AM, Mohile N, Kee AY, Colman H, Cavaliere R, Kesari S, Chmura SJ, Mehta M

Journal of neuro-oncology.. 2016 January 126 (2):309-16. Epub 10/27/2015.

Mohile NA

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2016 January 7 (1):1-6. Epub 12/22/2015.

Severe radiation-induced leukoencephalopathy:Case report and literature review

Cummings M; Dougherty D;Mohile N;Walter K;Usuki K; Milano M.

Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2016; 1: 17-20.

Lauryn E Hemminger; Christine A Pittman; David N Korones; Jennifer N Serventi; Susan Ladwig; Robert G Holloway; Nimish A Mohile.

Neuro-Oncology Practice. 2016; .

Connelly J; Hormigo A; Mohile, Hu J, Chaudhry A and Blondin N.

BMC Cancer. 2016; 16: 842.

Cummings M, Dougherty DW, Mohile NA, Walter KA, Usuki KY, Milano MT

Advances in radiation oncology.. 2016 1 (1):17-20. Epub 02/02/2016.

Patrick LB, Mohile NA

Current oncology reports.. 2015 December 17 (12):60. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wen PY, Omuro A, Ahluwalia MS, Fathallah-Shaykh HM, Mohile N, Lager JJ, Laird AD, Tang J, Jiang J, Egile C, Cloughesy TF

Neuro-oncology.. 2015 September 17 (9):1275-83. Epub 05/26/2015.

Ray S, Bonafede MM, Mohile NA

American health & drug benefits.. 2014 May 7 (3):140-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Wychowski T, Wang H, Buniak L, Henry JC, Mohile N

Clinical neurology and neurosurgery.. 2013 November 115 (11):2365-9. Epub 09/01/2013.

Somers KE, Almast J, Biemiller RA, Silberstein HJ, Johnson MD, Mohile NA

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2013 January 131 (1):e9-11. Epub 11/19/2012.

Mohile NA, Zoccoli CM, Glantz M

Neurology.. 2011 March 2976 (13):1118-20. Epub 02/23/2011.

Milano MT, Okunieff P, Donatello RS, Mohile NA, Sul J, Walter KA, Korones DN

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2010 November 1578 (4):1147-55. Epub 03/06/2010.

Milano MT, Johnson MD, Sul J, Mohile NA, Korones DN, Okunieff P, Walter KA

Journal of neuro-oncology.. 2010 May 98 (1):83-92. Epub 11/07/2009.

Gutin PH, Iwamoto FM, Beal K, Mohile NA, Karimi S, Hou BL, Lymberis S, Yamada Y, Chang J, Abrey LE

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2009 September 175 (1):156-63. Epub 01/23/2009.

Mohile NA, Deangelis LM, Abrey LE

Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O.. 2008 November 6 (11):818-20, 840. Epub 1900 01 01.

Mohile NA, Forsyth P, Stewart D, Raizer JJ, Paleologos N, Kewalramani T, Louis DN, Cairncross JG, Abrey LE

Journal of neuro-oncology.. 2008 September 89 (2):187-93. Epub 05/06/2008.

Mohile NA, Deangelis LM, Abrey LE

Neuro-oncology.. 2008 April 10 (2):223-8. Epub 02/20/2008.

Mohile NA, Abrey LE

Neurologic clinics.. 2007 November 25 (4):1193-207, xi. Epub 1900 01 01.

Mohile NA, Abrey LE

Seminars in radiation oncology.. 2007 July 17 (3):223-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bassuk AG, Mohile NA, Stack C

Pediatric neurology.. 2006 November 35 (5):314-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Brain Tumors: Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment (2007)

Chapter: Principles of Chemotherapy

Authors: Abrey LE and Mohile NA

Publisher: Informa Health Care, USA, New York 2007

Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy (2006)

Chapter: Chemotherapy of Neuronal Tumors

Authors: Mohile, N.A.; Raizer, J.J.

Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam: Boston 2006

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During this visit, did this provider spend enough time with you?

4.6

During this visit, did this provider show respect for what you had to say?

4.8

During this visit did this provider give you easy to understand information about these health questions or concerns?

4.7

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4.8

Patient Comments

5.0

Excellent experience, kind caring. Gave us the time to explain condition and gave us options

Feb 24, 2024

DR. MOHILE AND HIS STAFF ARE THE BEST

Nov 03, 2023

5.0

Dr. Mohile and Jennifer Serventi are awesome. We are so happy and blessed to have them as [...] provider.

Nov 01, 2023

3.8

Doctor seemed to be in a rush to finish the appointment. [...]

Sep 22, 2023

[...] Dr. Mohile answered my questions and he will reach out after reviewing my image if there are impressions he would like to discuss.

Aug 11, 2023

1.0

Provider was polite and formal. He did have something difficult to explain that was not good news, but he was not empathetic. He left after telling me to sit in the visit room I was in and compose myself before leaving.

Apr 20, 2023

5.0

Great crew of oncology care

Mar 18, 2023

5.0

All options discussed, always asked if more questions needed for understanding.

Jan 26, 2023

Dr. Mohile's expertise brings me comfort in my care plan. I appreciate Dr. Mohile's flexibility with scheduling online and that he'd see me in person if that were my perference.

Nov 22, 2022

5.0

Mohile is a great doctor

Nov 03, 2022

5.0

The MD is excellent. [...]

Sep 01, 2022