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, and chief of the Section of GI Medical Oncology at the UA Cancer Center.

She was previously an assistant and then associate professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, 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, where she simultaneously obtained a master’s degree at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. She did her residency in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, serving also as chief resident at the VA Hospital there. 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.

Dr. Shroff grew up in Tucson and is a 1996 graduate of The Gregory School.

Rachna Shroff MD
Associate Professor, Medicine – (Clinical Scholar Track)
Chief, Section of GI Medical Oncology, UA Cancer Center
Leader, GI Disease-Oriented Team, UA Cancer Center
Director, Clinical Trials Office