Megan Kassick
Megan Kassick, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pa 19104
Philadelphia, Pa 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
Northeastern University, 2012.
MD
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2017.
MPH
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2017.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
Northeastern University, 2012.
MD
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2017.
MPH
Tufts University School of Medicine, 2017.
Selected Publications
Mendes de Sousa CFP, Pasetsky J, Marta GN, Kassick M, Ynoe Moraes F, Dad LK: Smart Solutions to Address the Global Gap in Radiation Oncology Through Trainee Engagement and Partnerships with Industry. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. S0889-8588(23): 00097-7, Jul 2023.Li JY, Tien CJ, Kassick M, Peters GW, Damast S: Implementing a simulation-based curriculum for hybrid intracavitary/interstitial brachytherapy using a new, commercially available, US/MR/CT-compatible gynecologic phantom. Brachytherapy 22(2): 157-165, Mar-Apr 2023.
Salerno M, Trevillian R, Anamalayil S, Kassick M, Seol S, Taunk N, Hubley E: Dosimetric Evaluation Of A Single-implant HDR Cervical Brachytherapy Overnight Procedure Demonstrates Minimal Interfraction Changes To OARs American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting 2023.
Mokhtech M, Gao SJ, Kassick M, Menderes G, Damast S: Declining use of inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy in the treatment of clinically negative, pathologic node positive vulvar cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 166(1): 61-68, Jul 2022.
Kassick M, Abdel-Wahab M: Efforts to improve radiation oncology collaboration worldwide. Lancet Oncol 22(6): 751-753, Jun 2021.
Kassick, M: IAEA conducts cervical cancer radiotherapy educational sessions for Morocco. IAEA News Center March 2021.
Kassick ME, Simonds H: Reflection on a journey from the USA to Cape Town: the experiences of a radiation oncology resident. South Afr J Gynaecol Oncol 12(1): 5-10, Dec 2020.
Kassick M, Gao S, Qian J, Tien CJ, and Damast S: Evaluating clinical outcomes in 3D vs. 2D vaginal brachytherapy. American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Annual Meeting, Virtual Oct 2020 Notes: Poster.
Loganadane G, Kassick M, Kann BH, Young MR, Knowlton CA, Evans SB, Higgins SA, Belkacemi Y, Potenziani M, Saltmarsh N, Wilson LD, and Moran MS: Standard Tangential Radiation Fields Do Not Provide Incidental Coverage to the Internal Mammary Nodes. Pract Radiat Oncol 10(1): 21-28, Jan-Feb 2020.
Kassick M, Gao S, Park HSM, Kelly JR, Young MR, Tien CJ, and Damast S: Does use of bowel prep improve HDR cervix implant dosimetry? American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Oct 2019 Notes: Poster.