The current research focus of Andrew Hendifar, MD, is on developing new therapies for pancreatic cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. Dr Hendifar has helped form multidisciplinary teams that specialize in the treatments of pancreatic cancer, and carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors. Dr Hendifar is the primary investigator for several groundbreaking therapies, including radioimmunotherapy for neuroendocrine tumors, anti-inflammatory therapy for pancreatic cancer and novel approaches to cancer cachexia. His national roles include SWOG GI Committee Member and a member of NIH Neuroendocrine Tumor Task Force. He also serves on the steering committee member for the Precision Promise Consortium and chairs the associated Supportive Care Committee.
He abandoned me in the middle of a critical treatment for cancer because I would not agree to the use of a contrast for CT/PET scans to which I had suffered anaphylactic shock in the past and nearly died. Hendifar stated to my PCP I was "non-compliant" to his treatment order. Hendifar never provided an alternative doctor for treatment, never looked at my medical records and was very aware of the significant allergies I had to contrast used in scans.