Anai N. Kothari, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Location
- Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
- 8800 W. Doyne Ave.
- Milwaukee, WI 53226
Specialties
- Surgical Oncology
Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
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Overview
Diseases and Conditions
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Sarcoma
- Carcinomatosis
Treatments and Services
- Robotic Assisted Surgery
- HIPEC
Patients Ages Seen
- Adult
- Senior
Languages
- English
- Gujarati
Hospital Affiliations
- Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
Board Certifications
- Surgery
- Complex General Surgical Oncology
Clinic Locations
Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
- 8800 W. Doyne Ave.
- Milwaukee, WI 53226
- (414) 805-0505
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Biography
Anai N. Kothari, MD MS is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery. He holds additional faculty appointments in the Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast WI (CTSI) and the MCW Data Science Institute. He grew up in Manitowoc, WI and received his BS and MD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Kothari completed his General Surgery training at Loyola University Medical Center where he also earned a Master’s degree in Epidemiology. This was followed by a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Kothari’s clinical expertise is the surgical treatment of upper gastrointestinal tract and advanced cancers of the GI tract, including stomach, liver/bile duct, and peritoneum. This includes the use of advanced techniques such as minimally-invasive and robot-assisted surgery.
He is an active researcher with a focus on improving cancer care through personalizing treatment and digitizing care delivery. He is the Inaugural Director of the Bud and Sue Selig Hub for Surgical Data Science and Director of the MCW Cancer Center’s Integrated Cancer Data Resource. Dr. Kothari has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and is a member of several national societies including the Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons, Society of Asian Academic Surgeons, and the Association for Academic Surgery.
Education and Training
Doctor of Medicine - University of Wisconsin - Madison - Madison, WI (2012)
Residency in General Surgery - Loyola University Medical Center - Maywood, IL (2012-2019)
Fellowship in Surgical Oncology - University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, TX (2019-2021)
Publications
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Artificial Intelligence for the Treatment and Management of Colorectal Liver Metastases
(Weyman KM, Kothari AN.) Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 1 May 2026;39(3):235-241 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105026263263 05/01/2026
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Artificial Intelligence for the Treatment and Management of Colorectal Liver Metastases.
(Weyman KM, Kothari AN.) Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2026 May;39(3):235-241 PMID: 41948161 PMCID: PMC13053105 04/08/2026
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(Thalji SZ, Aldakkak M, Ramamurthi A, Jaraczewski TJ, Belbahri M, SenthilKumar G, Shaik T, Merrill JR, Banerjee A, Taylor BW, Kamgar M, George B, Erickson B, Hall WA, Lytle NK, Seo YD, Christians KK, Clarke CN, Evans DB, Tsai S, Kothari AN.) JAMA Surg. 2026 May 01;161(5):508-516 PMID: 41848749 PMCID: PMC13000744 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105034154038 03/18/2026
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Suitability of Large Language Models and Predicting Case Duration-Reply.
(Kothari AN.) JAMA Surg. 2026 Mar 01;161(3):308 PMID: 41499103 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105027339993 01/07/2026
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(Verhagen CT, Westerman G, Heaviland H, Lynch E, Brandenburg O, Adams-Patton J, Schwind R, Seo YD, Clarke CN, George B, Kothari AN.) Surgery. 2026 Mar;191:109915 PMID: 41318261 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105026193777 11/30/2025
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ChatClinic in Pharmacy Education: AI-Simulated Renal Cases for Enhanced Clinical Learning.
(Wolfrath N, Verhagen NB, Bhatt SN, Elftmann E, Tomlin C, Nimmer K, Boutris A, Pape Z, Kavanaugh R, Kothari AN, LaTourette B.) WMJ. 2026;125(1):75-78 PMID: 41980137 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105035820830 04/14/2026
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(Pritts TA, Rothermel L, Verhagen C, Kothari A, Wehrle C, Baker M.) Surgery United States. 1 March 2026;191 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105026474638 03/01/2026
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(Brown SA, Fang MZ, Sparapani R, Zhou Y, Osinski K, Taylor B, Yu D, Blessing J, Shah R, Collier P, BagheriMohamadiPour M, Zhang J, Kothari A, Echefu G, Rickards J, Otto C, Sanchez Z, Olson J, Arruda-Olson A, Cheng YC, Cheng F, Cardio‐Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics and Precision Equity, and Patient Similarity Algorithms in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Toxicity Research Team Investigators.) J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Dec 16;14(24):e030363 PMID: 41378455 PMCID: PMC12826905 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105025249869 12/11/2025
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SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade.
(Grippin AJ, Marconi C, Copling S, Li N, Braun C, Woody C, Young E, Gupta P, Wang M, Wu A, Jeong SD, Soni D, Weidert F, Xie C, Goldenberg E, Kim A, Zhao C, DeVries A, Castillo P, Lohray R, Rooney MK, Schrank BR, Wang Y, Ma Y, Chang E, Kouzy R, Dyson K, Jafarnia J, Nariman N, Gladish G, New J, Argueta A, Amaya D, Thomas N, Doty A, Chen J, Copling N, Alatrash G, Simon J, Davies AB, Dennis W, Liang R, Lewis J, Wei X, Rinsurongkawong W, Vaporciyan AA, Johns A, D3CODE Team, Lee J, Lee JH, Sun R, Sharma P, Tran H, Zhang J, Gibbons DL, Wargo J, Kim BYS, Heymach JV, Mendez-Gomez HR, Jiang W, Sayour EJ, Lin SH.) Nature. 2025 Nov;647(8089):488-497 PMID: 41125896 PMCID: PMC12611756 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105021659544 10/23/2025
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Applying Large Language Models for Surgical Case Length Prediction.
(Ramamurthi A, Neupane B, Deshpande P, Hanson R, Vegesna S, Cray D, Crotty BH, Somai M, Brown KR, Pawar SS, Taylor B, Kothari AN.) JAMA Surg. 2025 Aug 01;160(8):894-902 PMID: 40632526 PMCID: PMC12242817 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105013527436 07/09/2025
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Equity through efficiency: Automating patient to trial matching using AI and OncoLLM.
(Lynch EE, Heaviland H, Westerman G, Verhagen CT, Brandenburg O, Patton JA, Singh H, Schwind RM, Kothari A.) JCO Oncology Practice. 19 November 2025;21:144-144 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105023875341 11/19/2025
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Enterprise-level AI screening for oncology trials: Improving patient identification with OncoLLM.
(Westerman G, Verhagen CT, Heaviland H, Lynch E, Brandenburg O, Patton JA, Schwind RM, George B, Kothari A.) Journal of Clinical Oncology. June 2025;43(16):e13706-e13706 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105036966860 06/01/2025