Rachna T. Shroff, MD, an AACR member and researcher at the University of Arizona who specialized in gastrointestinal and biliary cancers, died October 11, 2026, at the age of 47.
A member of the AACR since 2008, Shroff was noted for her work on cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, serving as principal investigator on landmark clinical trials that expanded the options for patients with that cancer. She was also renowned for her work in developing novel therapies for pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancers.
Born in Tucson, Arizona, in 1979, Shroff earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2000, a medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 2004, and a master’s degree in patient-based biological research from the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Houston in 2012.
She completed a residency in internal medicine at Washington University and St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis in 2007 and a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in 2010.
Shroff joined the faculty of MD Anderson and served as an associate professor of gastrointestinal medical oncology until she moved to the University of Arizona (UA) in 2018.
At UA, Shroff rose to become associate director of clinical investigations and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal Clinical Research Team at the Comprehensive Cancer Center. She was a tenured professor and chief of the division of hematology and oncology in College of Medicine – Tucson and was the inaugural John F. and Valli S. Duval Endowed Professor for Gastrointestinal Oncology. She was also medical director for the Oncology Service Line at Banner Health.
Early in her career, Dr. Shroff received a Young Investigator Award from Conquer Cancer. In 2023, she was elected a fellow of the American Society for Clinical Oncology.
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