Dr. Akhila Reddy joined the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2010. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, Integrative Medicine. Dr. Reddy's research interests include opioids, opioid rotation, and pain management in cancer patients. Dr. Reddy has authored/co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, appearing in prestigious journals like JCO, Cancer, The Oncologist, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Journal of Palliative Medicine, and JAMA. She was the recipient of the 2021 Steven M Grunberg Memorial Award, awarded to the candidate with the highest scored abstract by the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. Her research has yielded several opioid rotation ratios currently used to safely convert one opioid to another in cancer patients. She is the Vice-Chair for the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer's Cancer Pain sub-group. She is a USTA NTRP rating 4.0 tennis player.