Mario Tavakoli, DO, MPH
Transplant Hepatology Fellow
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Education
Medical School: TouroCOM - Middletown
Residency: University of Illinois - Chicago
Fellowship: University of Illinois - Chicago
Research Currently in Progress
NIH R38 Grant (NIH: R38HL155729)
Tavakoli M, Modi Z, Woghiren O, Hussain S, Nwachukwu D, Saeed A. Targeting Cancer-associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. In: Nagaraju GP, Farran B, ed. Immune Landscape of Pancreatic Cancer Development and Drug Resistance. Elsevier; 2024:55-69.
Tavakoli M, Raza H, Ukwade D, Nwachukwu D, Mohamed S, Saeed A. Overcoming immunotherapeutic drug resistance in pancreatic and colon cancers. In: Nagaraju GP, Dakshinamurthy S, Ahmad S, ed. Immune Therapy for Pancreatic and Colon Cancers. Elsevier; 2025:305-324.
Tavakoli M, Papasotiriou S, Fraidenburg D. Less is more: Nasogastric tube perforation in a patient with prior Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. December 2025; 2025(1):2949430. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 41427265.
Tavakoli M, Chitturu G. Disseminated blastomycosis infection in an immunocompetent patient. Cureus. March 2026; 18(3):104679. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 41939558.