We are excited to offer this new, highly advanced technology to patients throughout the Siteman Cancer Center system. Pencil-beam scanning technology – the most advanced form of radiation therapy available – delivers extremely precise treatments of proton therapy, a type of radiation therapy used to treat cancers of the head, chest, spine and other particularly sensitive areas, as well as pediatric cancers.
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Chen awarded Charlie Teo Foundation grant (Links to an external site)
Hong Chen, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Washington University in St. Louis McKelvey School of Engineering and of radiation oncology in the School of Medicine, will address the need for innovative approaches to treating pediatric brain cancer with a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Charlie Teo Foundation.
Perkins and Huang receive SIP awards
Congratulations to Stephanie Perkins, MD and Jiayi Huang, MD, who both received Siteman Investment Program grant awards this year.
Samson wins ASTRO award
Congratulations to Pamela Samson, MD, MPHS, for receiving the ASTRO Resident Recognition Award for Poster Viewing!
Prusator wins ASTRO award
Congratulations to Michael Prusator, PhD, for receiving the ASTRO Resident Recognition Award – Quick Pitch.
Blood test for metastatic prostate cancer could suggest better treatment options (Links to an external site)
A blood test developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis could help determine next steps for patients whose prostate cancer has spread despite treatment. Dr. Aadel Chaudhuri, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, is a co-senior author on this study. The study was just published in JCO Precision Oncology, a flagship journal from the American Society of […]
Baumann co-lead author in journal Cancer article about managing skin cancer during Covid-19
Two Washington University School of Medicine doctors were co-first authors of a commentary exploring how to assess risks in treating patients with skin cancer. Brian Baumann, MD, assistant professor of radiation oncology, and Kelly MacArthur, MD, assistant professor of dermatology, published the piece in the online June 1 issue of Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society.
Chen honored with Lizzi Award (Links to an external site)
Hong Chen, PhD, has been honored with the 2020 Lizzi Award from the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound.
The Frederic Lizzi Early Career Award was established in 2008 to honor Dr. Frederic L. Lizzi, a pioneer in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic applications of ultrasound.
Stanley awarded RSNA Resident Grant
Jennifer Stanley, MD, PhD, Holman Pathway resident, has been awarded a Research Resident/Fellow Grant from RSNA for her work “Exploiting Radiation Induced Anti-tumor Immunity in Advanced-stage and Metastatic Ovarian Cancer”.
Thank you for your leadership Dr. Mutic (Links to an external site)
After 24 years at Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Sasa Mutic will be leaving to help lead Varian. He will be greatly missed by our department and University!
Curiel receives LEAP Gap Award (Links to an external site)
David Curiel, MD, PhD – Professor of Radiation Oncology has received a LEAP Gap Award.
An approach to facilitate the promising cancer immunotherapy “CAR-T” that makes it cheaper and more patient-accessible.
Chen awarded RSNA & TL1 grants
Medical student Kevin Chen, who is a member of the Chaudhuri Lab, has been awarded a highly prestigious RSNA medical student grant.
Separately, Kevin was accepted into the highly prestigious TL1 predoctoral clinical research program to help support his year of research.
$2.5 million supports pancreatic cancer research (Links to an external site)
Changes to administrative leadership roles
We are pleased to announce two exciting changes to administrative leadership roles of clinical services.
Dr. Hyun Kim has accepted the role for Chief of the GI service, and Dr. Brian Baumann has accepted the role for Chief of the GU service. Both are effective April, 2020.
Curiel and DeSelm receive grant (Links to an external site)
David T, Curiel, MD, PhD, and Carl DeSelm, MD, PhD have been awarded a grant through a private donation administered by the Goldman Sachs Foundation for their work entitled “In vivo generation of CAR T-cells for cancer immunotherapy”. They will receive $200,000 for their research over two years.
Spraker receives grant (Links to an external site)
Matthew Spraker, MD, PhD, has received a grant award from a private donation administered by the Goldman Sachs Foundation for his work entitled “LITE SABR M2: A phase II trial of palliative Lattice SBRT”. He will receive $156,628 over two years for his research.
Altman receives prestigious award
Michael Altman, PhD, DABR,has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award! This award is given every year by the Graduate Student Senate. Michael was nominated by Lifei Zhu. Congratulations Michael!
Clinical Trial based on MRIdian technology offers complete treatment in fewer visits (Links to an external site)
Perkins named as director of S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center (Links to an external site)
Zhang awarded grant from ICTS (Links to an external site)
Tiezhi Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, has been awarded a grant for Proton Imaging Devices from the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences for $50,000 beginning March 1, 2020.
Hassanzadeh selected as ACRO Resident Committee Chair
Dr. Comron Hassanzadeh, Resident Physician, has been elected as the 2020 ACRO Resident Committee Chair
Harold Li, PhD named fellow of AAPM
Harold Li, PhD, has been selected as an AAPM Fellow and will be honored at #AAPMCOMP2020 in Vancouver, BC this summer. Congratulations, Harold!
Chaudhuri receives grant from ICTS (Links to an external site)
Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Cancer Biology Division), Genetics (by Courtesy) and Computer Science & Engineering (by Courtesy) has received a grant award from the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences. The award is for $50,000 over 1 year for researching “Urine tumor DNA as a biomarker for bladder sparing approaches to bladder cancer”.
Badiyan receives grant for pilot trial
Shahed Badiyan, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, has received a grant award for $188,189 over two years from the Barnes Jewish Hospital Foundation. This is for his work entitled “A Pilot Trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients with Lung or Esophageal Cancer Receiving Definitive Radiation Therapy”. Grant start date is January 1, 2020.
Chaudhuri receives grant for unique approach to advanced prostate cancer (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, along with Christopher Maher, PhD, and Russell Pachynski, MD, have received $600K from Siteman Cancer Center Fund for their innovative approach to detect a type of advanced prostate cancer bit.ly/2rEUmuW