Benjamin A. Gartrell, MD
Medical Oncology
About
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Benjamin A. Gartrell, MD, is Director, Genitourinary Malignancy Program at Montefiore and an Assistant Professor of Oncology and Urology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team in 2012, his expertise has been in treating genitourinary malignancies including prostate cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell cancer, and testicular cancer. He is also very active in translating science findings in collaboration with research colleagues at Einstein.
In 2000, Dr. Gartrell received his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Following this, he attended the Northwestern University?s Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 2005. His postgraduate training began in 2005 with an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, which he completed in 2008. He then completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2012 and became Chief Fellow from 2010-2011.
With a vast range of research interests, Dr. Gartrell focuses on translational research evaluating the significance of a novel immune checkpoint molecule in bladder cancer, evaluating the role of the autonomic nervous system in?prostate cancer, toxicities associated with anticancer therapies, and the impact of bone metastasis on patients with prostate cancer. His work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Urologic Oncology, and European Urology. Dr. Gartrell also participates in community outreach to promote Prostate Cancer Awareness.
In 2015, Dr. Gartrell received Most Outstanding Faculty Educator, selected by the graduating oncology fellows at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is also a recipient of the Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology (PCACO). He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Medical Oncology and Hematology, and is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Gender: Male
Credentials
Education and Training
- Medical Education Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
- Fellowship Mount Sinai Hospital
- Residency University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Areas of Expertise
Specialties
Clinical Focus
Research Focus
Locations
Primary Location
Montefiore Medical Center
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Additional Locations
Montefiore Medical Park at Eastchester
1695 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461
718-405-8505
Montefiore Medical Park at 1575 Blondell
1575 Blondell Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461-2601
718-862-8840
Research
Publications
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Influential Factors Impacting Treatment Decision-making and Decision Regret in Patients with Localized or Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Literature ReviewBenjamin A. GartrellDec 2024Benjamin A. Gartrell; Angaja Phalguni; Paulina Bajko; Suneel D. Mundle; Sharon A. McCarthy; Sabine D. Brookman-May; Francesco De Solda; Ruhee Jain; Wellam Yu Ko; Guillaume Ploussard; Boris Hadaschik
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18F-Flotufolastat Positron Emission Tomography in African American Patients With Suspected Prostate Cancer Recurrence: Findings From the Phase 3 SPOTLIGHT StudyBenjamin GartrellSep 2024Soroush Rais-Bahrami; Mark Fleming; Benjamin Gartrell; William C. Lavely; Albert Chau; Phillip Davis; David M. Schuster
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PrECOG PrE0807: A Phase 1b Feasibility Trial of Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Without and with Lirilumab in Patients with Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Ineligible for or Refusing Cisplatin-based Neoadjuvant ChemotherapyBenjamin A. GartrellAug 2024Petros Grivas; Vadim S. Koshkin; Xiangying Chu; Suzanne Cole; Rohit K. Jain; Robert Dreicer; Jeremy P. Cetnar; Debasish Sundi; Benjamin A. Gartrell; Matthew D. Galsky; Brianna Woo; Elsa Li-Ning-Tapia; Noah M. Hahn; Michael A. Carducci
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Molecular analysis of primary and metastatic sites in patients with renal cell carcinomaBenjamin Adam GartrellJul 2024Shuchi Gulati; Pedro C. Barata; Andrew Elliott; Mehmet Asim Bilen; Earle F. Burgess; Toni K. Choueiri; Sourat Darabi; Nancy Ann Dawson; Benjamin Adam Gartrell; Hans J. Hammers; Elisabeth I. Heath; Daniel Magee; Arpit Rao; Charles J. Ryan; Przemyslaw Twardowski; Shuanzeng Wei; James Brugarolas; Tian Zhang; Matthew R. Zibelman; Chadi Nabhan; Rana R. McKay
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Renal cell carcinoma histologic subtypes exhibit distinct transcriptional profilesBenjamin A. GartrellJun 2024Pedro Barata; Shuchi Gulati; Andrew Elliott; Hans J. Hammers; Earle Burgess; Benjamin A. Gartrell; Sourat Darabi; Mehmet A. Bilen; Arnab Basu; Daniel M. Geynisman; Nancy A. Dawson; Matthew R. Zibelman; Tian Zhang; Shuanzeng Wei; Charles J. Ryan; Elisabeth I. Heath; Kelsey A. Poorman; Chadi Nabhan; Rana R. McKay
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