Christine Hill-Kayser, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Staff Physician, Chester County Hospital
Chief, Pediatric Radiation Oncology Service, University of Pennsylvania
Editor-in-Chief, OncoLink, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
Christine.Hill@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania
Radiation Oncology Administrative Offices
2nd Floor West
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
University of Pennsylvania
Radiation Oncology Administrative Offices
2nd Floor West
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-7771
Fax: 215-349-5445
Fax: 215-349-5445
Education:
BA (English Language and Literature)
University of Michigan, 2000.
MD (Medicine)
School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
Permanent linkBA (English Language and Literature)
University of Michigan, 2000.
MD (Medicine)
School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
Selected Publications
Linkowski L, Iocolano M, Marchesani F, Misher C, Metz JMM: Evaluation of a Halo Effect Following Implementation of Community-Based, Single-Vault Proton Centers. Particle Therapy Cooperative Group Annual Meeting, Normandy, France June 2026.Lin M, Chen JJ, Bagatell R, Shaaban SG,Lerman BJ, Shusterman S, Ioakeim-Ioannidou M, Yock TI, Catalano P, Elhalawani H, Dusenbery KE, Vo KT, Huang MS, Friedmann AM, Diller LR, Marcus KJ, MacDonald SM, Terezakis SA, Braunstein SE, Hill-Kayser CE, Haas-Kogan DA, DuBois SG and Liu KX: Characterization of Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Relapsed High-Risk Neuroblastoma After Autologous Stem Cell Transplant and External Beam Radiotherapy. Cancers. MDPI, Feb 2026.
Song J, Chavez Perez CG, Baron JA, Hill-Kayser CE, Lustig RA, LaRiviere MJ: Feasibility and Safety of Proton Re-irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric CNS Tumors: A Single-institution Retrospective Study. Particle Therapy Cooperative Group North America 2025 Meeting, Shreveport, Louisiana Nov 2025.
Choi A, Kao GD, Hill-Kayser CE, Hubbeling HG, Lebow ES, Ramesh S, Rochetti JR, McBeth R, LaRiviere MJ : Clinical Evaluation of AI-Generated Contours for Pediatric Proton CSI: A Blinded Expert Review. American Society for Radiation Oncology 2025 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California October 2025.
Almohtasib J, Indelicato DJ, Paulino AC, Mihalcik S, Lee J, Ermoian R, Chang JH, Kwok Y, Perentesis J, Perkins SM, Hill-Kayser CE, Wael Z, Laack NN, Yock TI, Gargollo PC: Assessing Acute and Long-Term Toxicities of Proton Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Pelvic Tumors: Findings from the Pediatric Proton Consortium Registry. Pediatr Blood & Cancer 72(10): e31811, Oct 2025.
Ramesh S, Rocchetti, Li B, Gao Y, Kim M, Plastaras JP, Hill-Kayser, CE, Kurtz G, Hubbeling HG, LaRiviere MJ: MR vs CT-Based Cardiac Delineation in Pediatric Patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma. American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2025 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA October 2025.
E. Cha1, S. Mihalcik2, D. J. Indelicato3, N. Laack4, R. P. Ermoian5, V. Mangona6, S. Perkins7, S. Wolden8, J. Lee9, J. Perentesis10, J. Palmer11, D. Tsang12, C. Hill-Kayser13, Y. Kwok14, I. MacEwan15, B. Eaton16, H. Le17, A. C. Paulino1, T. I. Yock18: Outcomes and Toxicities in Patients with Intracranial Germ Germinoma Enrolled on the Pediatric Proton Photon Consortium Registry American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2025 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California October 2025.
Kahalley, L.; Gao, X.; Guo, K; Stancel, H; Lucas, B; Christopher, K; Raghubar, K; O'Brien, K; Hill-Kayser, C; Minturn, J; Fisher, M; Okcu, M.F; Grosshans, D; Chintagumpala, M; Paulino, A; & Paltin, I: Neurocognitive sparing after whole ventricular versus whole brain proton radiotherapy for pediatric intracranial germ cell tumors. International Society of Paediatric Oncology Annual Meeting (SIOP), Amsterdam, the Netherlands October 2025 Notes: Oral presentation by Co-Author.
Kurtz GA, Kalbasi A, Amit U, Hartl B, Bieda B, LaRiviere M, Hill-Kayser CE: Life-threatening Malignancy in Pregnancy: A Case Series of Three Patients Treated with Proton Radiotherapy with Long Term Follow-up. Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, Calgary, Alberta Sept 2025.
Jackson CB, Xue W, Gupta AA, Qumseya A, Dasgupta R, Hill-Kayser CE, Spalding AC, Rodeberg DA, Harrison DJ, Venkatramani R, Wolden SL. : Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation Failed to Improve Local Control for Intermediate-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma on ARST1431: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 123(1): 54-62, September 2025.