Category: Department News

The department of radiation oncology at Siteman Cancer Center has treated its 2,000th patient using the MRIdian, MRI-guided radiation therapy system by ViewRay. Patients treated at Siteman Cancer Center benefit from MRI on-table adaptive radiotherapy, real-time tissue tracking, and automated beam control which allows for delivering the prescribed dose to the target while sparing surrounding healthy tissue and critical structures, and results in minimizing toxicities. In January 2014, Siteman Cancer Center became the first in the world to treat patients using the MRI-guided radiation therapy system. Over the past nine years, the clinical team at Washington University has been a leader in publishing clinical evidence related to treating using the MRI-guided system. They were the first to publish prospective clinical trial data in MRI-guidance with pancreatic cancer and the first to publish prospective data on CT simulation-free MRI-guided treatment of palliative treatments. The department currently completes over 100 adaptive treatments per month.

In the most recent Castle Connolly Top Doctors edition, sixteen WashU Radiation Oncology physicians have been named to their list. Physicians can’t pay to be a Castle Connolly Top Doc. Honors are given by providing the best possible patient care, earning the respect of peers & being nominated.

Siteman Cancer Center kicked off the new year by celebrating the 10-year anniversary of our South St. Louis County location. At the celebration, all staff received a symbolic T-shirt along with coffee and cookies to show appreciation for all the hard work that goes into providing exceptional care to our patients at Siteman – South […]

Arash Darafsheh, PhD, has been recognized by Optica Publishing Group for his outstanding efforts and indispensable contributions in the peer review process. He is one of only several referees chosen to receive this award, which is selected by the Editors-in-Chief of their core publications.

Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine is expanding proton therapy for patients by adding the latest, most innovative technology to its S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center with the addition of a second MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System® with HYPERSCAN® pencil beam scanning technology and Adaptive Aperture® pMLC.

The world’s first nasal vaccine for COVID-19 was approved Tuesday, Sept. 6, in India for emergency use. The vaccine, called iNCOVACC, is based on technology licensed from Washington University in St. Louis and developed in collaboration with Bharat Biotech International Limited in India.

Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology, has been interviewed and profiled by the Soros Foundation after he won the Michael Fry Award from the Radiation Research Society. The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program honors the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Each year, […]

Liyun (Michelle) Chen, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Stephanie Markovina, MD, PhD, has received a Scholar-in-Training (SIT) Travel Award to attend the 2022 Radiation Research Society’s annual meeting held in Hawaii this October. She will also be giving an oral presentation entitled “T cell responses to squamous cell carcinoma antigen in cervical cancer […]

Vaishali Kapoor, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology, has received an Early Career Investigator (ECI) Travel Award to attend the 2022 RRS Annual Meeting held in Hawaii this October. She will also be giving an oral presentation entitled “Targeted delivery of radiation sensitizers by antibodies to enhance the efficacy of radiation therapy”.

Abhay Singh, PhD, instructor of radiation oncology, has received an Early Career Investigator (ECI) Travel Award to attend the 2022 RRS Annual Meeting held in Hawaii this October. He will also be giving an oral presentation entitled “89Zr-labeled human anti-tip1 antibody as a novel cancer-targeting agent in patient-derived xenografts”.

Lauren Henke, MD, MSCI, has received an Early Career Investigator (ECI) Travel Award to attend the 2022 RRS Annual Meeting held in Hawaii this October. She will also give an invited talk entitled “Building an Adaptive Program and Workflows: The Physician Perspective”.

Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD was just awarded the 2022 Michael Fry Research Award from the Radiation Research Society, which recognizes an individual early in their career who has made significant contributions in one or more areas of radiation oncology research. Dr. Chaudhuri will deliver the Michael Fry Award Lecture at the Radiation Research Society’s annual […]

Paul Jones, PhD student researching in the lab of Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, has won a Young Investigator Award from the Children’s Tumor Foundation.