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
Staff Physician, Chestnut Hill Memorial 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
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.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 Cell Tumors American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2025 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California October 2025.
Sadeghi S, Netherton T, Paulino A, Chung C, Khan M, Owens CA, Mayers T, Bates JE, Hill-Kayser CE, Dong L, Ermoian R, Koufigar S, Fu J, Lucas J, Merchant T, Armstrong GT, Howell RM: Evaluating Commercial Auto-Segmentation Software: Is Performance on Pediatric Organs-At-Risk Accurate? American Association of Physicists in Medicine 67th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC July 2025.
Sadeghi S, Netherton T, Paulino A, Chung C, Khan M, Owens CA, Mayers T, Bates JE, Hill-Kayser CE, Dong L, Ermoian R, Koufigar S, Fu J, Lucas J, Merchant T, Armstrong GT, Howell RM: Do we need pediatric-specific models for radiotherapy auto-contouring? A comparative study of pediatric and adult-trained tools. American Association of Physicists in Medicine 67th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC July 2025.
Choi A, LaRiviere M, Hill-Kayser CE, Kao G: Advancing Pediatric Craniospinal Irradiation: Artificial Intelligence Driven Segmentation for Clinical Efficacy and Precision in Proton Therapy. American Association of Physicists in Medicine 67th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC July 2025.
Iocolano M, Arnold-Korzeniowski K, Vachani C, Rodriquez A, Bach C, Metz JM, Hill-Kayser CE: Trends in Survivorship Care Plan Receipt in Cancer Patients Treated with Proton vs Non-Proton Therapy. Particle Therapy Cooperative Group 63nd Annual Meeting, Buenos Aires June 2025.
Ioannis I Verginadis 1, Deborah E Citrin 2, Bonnie Ky 3, Steven J Feigenberg 4, Alexandros G Georgakilas 5, Christine E Hill-Kayser 6, Constantinos Koumenis 4, Amit Maity 7, Jeffrey D Bradley 4, Alexander Lin 4: Radiotherapy toxicities: mechanisms, management, and future directions. Lancet 405(10475): 338-352, Jan 2025.
Wong D, Lin F, Cole KA, Kline C, Wu J, Schubert J, Chen J, Golenberg N, Patel M, Cao K, Fu W, Denenberg E, Fanning E, Gallo D, Zelley K, Belasco J, Desai K, Foster J, Kotch C, Minturn J, Shah A, Chen SL, Madsen PJ, Hill-Kayser CE, LaRiviere M, Li Y, Wertheim G, Luo M, Surrey L, Zhong Y, Viaene A, Brodeur G, MacFarland S, Santi M, Resnick A, Storm PB, fisher M, Li M: Integrated Molecular and Clinical Analysis of over 500 Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors. Neuro-Oncology 2025 Notes: In press.
Sanft T, Day AT, Goldman M, Ansbaugh S, Armenian S, Baker KS, Ballinger TJ, Demark-Wahnefried W, Fairman NP, Feliciano J, Flores TF, Friedman DL, Gabel N, Hill-Kayser C, Koura D, Lee K, Lee N, McDonough AL, Melisko M, Mooney K, Moore HCF, Moryl N, Neuman H, Overholser L, Patel C, Peterson L, Pirl W, Porpiglia A, Schapira L, Schwartz A, Smith S, Tevaarwerk A, Von Ah D, Wake R, Yang E, Zee P, McMillian N, Freedman-Cass D: NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Survivorship, Version 2.2024. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 22(10): 648-658, Dec 2024.