Rachna Shroff: key obituary facts
Is Rachna Shroff dead? Yes. Rachna Shroff died on October 11, 2026, at age 47.
Cause of death: Rachna Shroff's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Rachna Shroff known for?
She was an American oncologist.
More about Rachna Shroff
Gender: female.
Occupation: oncologist.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Brown University, Thomas Jefferson University.
Employer: University of Arizona Cancer Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Also known as: Rachna Shroff, Rachna Trivedi.
Born: Rachna Trivedi1978 or 1979.
Rachna Shroff, an American oncologist, died October 11, 2026, aged 47.
Born Rachna Trivedi, she grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where her father worked as a biochemist and her mother as a nephrologist; both were of Indian heritage. As a high school student, she received a fellowship that allowed her to work in a University of Arizona oncologist’s laboratory.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University, then completed a fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She joined MD Anderson’s faculty in 2010, serving there through 2018, and later became the John F. and Valli S. Duval Endowed Professor in Gastrointestinal Oncology at the University of Arizona. While at MD Anderson, she also pursued and earned a master’s degree in patient-based biological research. Her clinical and research work centered on cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, and other gastrointestinal cancers. She endowed an award for investigators studying bile duct cancers. Alongside her medical career, Shroff was a competitive Bollywood dancer and choreographer in a troupe, and she was invited to the 2014 Academy Awards.