Rachna Shroff

Biography

Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS, joined the faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson in April 2018 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Chief of the Section of GI Medical Oncology.

Previously, she was an Assistant and then Associate Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX where she specialized in pancreatic and biliary cancers. While on faculty, she helped build one of the largest clinical and research programs in biliary tract malignancies in the country. Dr. Shroff also served as the Quality Officer for the GI Medical Oncology Department where she developed an interest in patient safety and quality.

Dr. Shroff has been a member of the ASCO Scientific Committee, Noncolorectal Track as well as the ASCO Gastrointestinal Guidelines Advisory Group. She participates in the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) GI Committee, and the NCI Hepatobiliary Taskforce being the national Principal Investigator on SWOG 1815. She is also involved in the International Cholangiocarcinoma Research Network (ICRN) where she participates in the Novel Targets Working Group.

Dr. Shroff completed her fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She simultaneously obtained a Master's Degree at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. She did her residency in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis where she also served as Chief Resident at the VA Hospital. Dr. Shroff earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry and graduated with honors from Brown University.

Degrees

• M.S. Patient-Based Biological Research
• The University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States
• M.D. Medicine
• Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• B.S. Biochemistry
• Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Awards

• The John F. and Valli S. Duval Endowed Professorship for Gastrointestinal Oncology.
• Winter 2026
• Arizona Champion
• Winter 2025
• Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) GRACE Excellence Award
• Winter 2025
• 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctor
• Fall 2025
• Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Torchbearer Award
• Fall 2025
• 2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctor
• Fall 2024
• Emcee
• U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani’s roundtable on Women’s Health, University of Arizona, Fall 2024
• Woman Disruptor of the Year
• Healio, Summer 2023
• Fellows of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
• ASCO, Spring 2023
• ASCO Board of Directors and Nominating Committee
• ASCO, Winter 2022
• COM-T Ambassador
• International Certificate Course in Translational Medicine, Winter 2022
• Sidney Kimmel Medical College Alumni Association Early Career Alumni Award
• Sidney Kimmel Medical College Alumni Association Early Career Alumni Award – Thomas Jefferson University, Spring 2020
• The Indo-American Cancer Association Rising Star Award
• The Indo-American Cancer Association (IACA), Winter 2017
• ASCO Merit Award for GI ASCO
• American Society of Clinical Oncology, Winter 2010
• ASCO Young Investigator Award
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Winter 2010
• The A. Lavoy Moore Endowment Fund Fellowship Award
• Cancer Medicine MDA, Summer 2010
• AACR Scholar-in-Training
• Spring 2010
• Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Award
• The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Spring 2010
• Invitation to Present at Cancer Medicine Grand Rounds
• Spring 2009
• Chief Resident, John Cochran VA Hospital
• Spring 2006
• Beach Memorial Scholarship
• Spring 2004
• Excellence in Hematology
• Spring 2004
• Hobart Amory Hare Honor Society
• Summer 2000