Monica Chatwal, MD

Cancer Focus:
Bladder Cancer, Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer

Dr. Chatwal earned her MD at Florida State University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Emory University School of Medicine, followed by a Hematology Oncology Fellowship at Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Chatwal’s clinical focus is the medical oncology management of patients with genitourinary malignancies, particularly prostate cancer.  Her research focus is on prostate cancer clinical trials and outcomes. Dr. Chatwal also has a practical and research interest in the important issue of provider burnout. She has published data on approaches to improve individual resiliency and will explore both individual and system-dependent approaches to help combat and alleviate this ongoing issue.  Dr. Chatwal has a part-time appointment at the James A. Haley VA in Tampa as the lead for PoPCaP, the precision oncology in prostate cancer program, to help expand clinical trial access for prostate cancer patients.

Clinical Trial 20010
IRONMAN: International Registry for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Condition: Genitourinary
Status: Open

If you believe you are eligible for one of these trials or studies, please call
813-745-6100 or toll-free 1-800-679-0775.

• Chatwal MS, Camacho P, Symington B, Rosenberg A, Hinyard L, Chavez Mac Gregor M, Gallagher C, El-Jawahri A, McGinnis M, Lee RT. Ethics of Patient-Clinician Boundaries in Oncology: Communication Strategies for Promoting Clinician Well-Being and Quality Patient Care. JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 Mar.OP2300650. Pubmedid: 38484207.
• Chatwal MS, Chahoud J, Spiess PE. Revisiting mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapies in metastatic clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma. Cancer Drug Resist. 2023 May.6(2):314-326. Pubmedid: 37457132. Pmcid: PMC10344725.
• Chatwal MS, Kamal AH, Marron JM. Fear of Saying No (FOSNO): Setting Boundaries With Our Patients and Ourselves. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2023 May.43:e390598. Pubmedid: 37253213.
• Zhang J, Gallaher J, Cunningham JJ, Choi JW, Ionescu F, Chatwal MS, Jain R, Kim Y, Wang L, Brown JS, Anderson AR, Gatenby RA. A Phase 1b Adaptive Androgen Deprivation Therapy Trial in Metastatic Castration Sensitive Prostate Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Oct.14(21). Pubmedid: 36358643. Pmcid: PMC9656891.
• Martin RL, Grant MJ, Kimani S, Midha S, May J, Patell R, Collier E, Furfaro D, Bodine C, Reap L, Shah N, DeLaune J, Brusca S, Olazagasti C, Goyal S, Rubinstein S, Hakim N, Qin S, Browning SL, Sena L, Gilbert J, Davidson M, Lovly CM, Seetharamu N, Rangachari D, Murphy M, Chatwal M, Paschal R, Henry E, Collichio F, Green JR. Forming the Hematology-Oncology Collaborative Videoconferencing (CO-VID) Learning Initiative: Experiential Lessons Learned From a Novel Trainee-Led Multidisciplinary Virtual Learning Platform. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 Jan.18(1):e36-e46. Pubmedid: 34242082. Pmcid: PMC8758064.
• Marji N, Dhillon J, Lauwers GY, Feuerlein S, Nikfar R, Chatwal M, Vosoughi A. Colonic Adenocarcinoma with Plasmacytoid Feature: Histopathology and Molecular Characteristics of a Rare Neoplasm with an Unusual Presentation. Case Rep Pathol. 2022 Feb.2022:2640456. Pubmedid: 35178262. Pmcid: PMC8847023.
• Hlubocky FJ, Shanafelt TD, Back AL, Paice JA, Tetzlaff ED, Friese CR, Kamal AH, McFarland DC, Lyckholm L, Gallagher CM, Chatwal M, Saltzman J, Dudzinski D, Burke JM, James TA, Page RD, Boyle DA, Gonzalez MM, Srivastava P. Creating a Blueprint of Well-Being in Oncology: An Approach for Addressing Burnout From ASCO's Clinician Well-Being Taskforce. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2021 Jun.41:e339-e353. Pubmedid: 34061565.
• Bui KM, Zhang H, Boac BM, Chatwal MS, Dhillon J. Pathology of Seminoma Coinciding With Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Cureus. 2021 Jul.13(7):e16509. Pubmedid: 34430123. Pmcid: PMC8374996.
• Hlubocky FJ, Taylor LP, Marron JM, Spence RA, McGinnis MM, Brown RF, McFarland DC, Tetzlaff ED, Gallagher CM, Rosenberg AR, Popp B, Dragnev K, Bosserman LD, Dudzinski DM, Smith S, Chatwal M, Patel MI, Markham MJ, Levit K, Bruera E, Epstein RM, Brown M, Back AL, Shanafelt TD, Kamal AH. A Call to Action: Ethics Committee Roundtable Recommendations for Addressing Burnout and Moral Distress in Oncology. JCO Oncol Pract. 2020 Apr.16(4):191-199. Pubmedid: 32223701. Pmcid: PMC7351333.
• Chatwal MS, Tanvetyanon T. Combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a setback for personalized medicine?. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2018 Sep.7(Suppl 3):S208-S210. Pubmedid: 30393603. Pmcid: PMC6193911.
• Chatwal MS, Tanvetyanon T. Malignant mesothelioma clinical trial combines immunotherapy drugs. Immunotherapy. 2018 Apr.10(5):341-344. Pubmedid: 29473471.
• Puri S, Chatwal M, Gray JE. Anti PD-L1 combined with other agents in non-small cell lung cancer: combinations with non-immuno-oncology agents. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2017 Oct.11(10):791-805. Pubmedid: 28786318.