Maria Werner-Wasik, M.D.

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111 South 11th Street
Room G-301, Bodine Center
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-6702
(215) 955-0412 fax

Medical School
Wroclaw Medical Academy, Wroclaw, Poland

Residency
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston (3 years)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (1 year)

Board Certification
American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology), 1994

University Appointment
1995 - 2001: Assistant Professor
2001 - 2009: Associate Professor
2010 - Present: Professor

Research and Clinical Interests
Dr. Werner-Wasik is a board certified radiation oncologist, specializing in thoracic and central nervous system malignancies. She is particularly interested in the delicate balance between therapeutic intensification and toxicity management, as well as in PET-based response to radiation therapy in lung cancer. She serves as a Co-Director of the Brain Tumor Center and the Director of the Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program at the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and the Residency Program Director in the Department of Radiation Oncology.

In 2009 Maria was appointed the Institutional Principal Investigator for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) at Thomas Jefferson University & Hospitals and in 2011, the Vice Chair of the RTOG Publications Committee. SheI has been the principal investigator of several clinical trials which help define the standard of care for lung cancer.

Dr. Werner-Wask frequently lectures on lung cancer or brain tumors at national and international conferences such as the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) World Conference.

She also serves as an Oral Examiner during the Radiation Oncology Specialty Board annual examination in Louisville, KY.

In the Radiation Oncology Department, Maria leads the program of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for early stage lung cancer and lung metastases. This is an extension of our Department’s long term experience in brain stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy for both benign and malignant brain tumors, as well as tumors metastatic to the spine.

Between 2009 and 2011, She was fortunate to have been awarded several "Best Doctor" titles (Philadelphia Top Doctor; America's Top Doctors for Cancer; America's Top Doctors).

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. The addition of amifostine to carboplatin and paclitaxel based chemoradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Long-term follow-up of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) randomized trial 9801
2. Impact of a radiation oncology elective on the careers of young physicians: Update on a prospective cohort study
3. ALK inhibitor PF02341066 (Crizotinib) increases sensitivity to radiation in non-small cell lung cancer expressing EML4-ALK
4. Radiosurgery for the treatment of dominant hemisphere periventricular heterotopia and intractable epilepsy in a series of three patients
5. Decline in Tested and Self-Reported Cognitive Functioning After Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Lung Cancer: Pooled Secondary Analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Randomized Trials 0212 and 0214
6. A phase 3 trial of whole brain radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery alone versus WBRT and SRS with temozolomide or erlotinib for non-small cell lung cancer and 1 to 3 brain metastases: Radiation therapy oncology group 0320
7. Lack of a dose-effect relationship for pulmonary function changes after stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
8. Predictors of radiation oncology resident research productivity
9. Treatment-related acute esophagitis for patients with locoregionally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with involved-field radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy
10. A phase i study of the combination of sorafenib with temozolomide and radiation therapy for the treatment of primary and recurrent high-grade gliomas
11. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy and volumetric-modulated arc therapy for adult craniospinal irradiation-A comparison with traditional techniques
12. Fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy improves cranial neuropathies in patients with skull base meningiomas: A retrospective cohort study
13. Evaluating changes in radiation treatment volumes from post-operative to same-day planning MRI in High-grade gliomas
14. Modeling local control after hypofractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: A report from the Elekta Collaborative Lung Research Group
15. Implementation and experimental results of 4D tumor tracking using robotic couch
16. Improving prognosis of glioblastoma in the 21st century: Who has benefited most?
17. Reirradiation of recurrent meningioma
18. A collaborative analysis of stereotactic lung radiotherapy outcomes for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer using daily online cone-beam computed tomography image-guided radiotherapy
19. Stereotactic radiotherapy for trigeminal schwannomas
20. Assessing the value of an optional radiation oncology clinical rotation during the core clerkships in medical school

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