Neil Kanth Taunk, MD, MSCTS
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor, Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Brachytherapy, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Imaging Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
Department of Radiation Oncology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-6515
Email:
taunk@upenn.edu
taunk@upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Economics and Biology (Dual Major))
Cornell University, 2007.
MS (Clinical and Translational Science)
Robert Wood Johnson Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers University, 2011.
MD (Distinction in Research)
Robert Wood Johson Medical School, Rutgers University, 2012.
Permanent linkBA (Economics and Biology (Dual Major))
Cornell University, 2007.
MS (Clinical and Translational Science)
Robert Wood Johnson Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers University, 2011.
MD (Distinction in Research)
Robert Wood Johson Medical School, Rutgers University, 2012.
Description of Clinical Expertise
My research falls into three broad categories 1) development and translation of novel molecular imaging agents primarily PET tracers 2) imaging radiation treatment response include imaging biomarkers and radiogenomic analysis and 3) clinical trials in breast, gynecologic, and prostate cancers to improve therapeutic ratio. I work establish interdisciplinary collaborations with radiology, medical physics, and the clinical teams in medical and surgical oncology.Description of Research Expertise
My research falls into three broad categories 1) development and translation of novel molecular imaging agents primarily PET tracers 2) imaging radiation treatment response include imaging biomarkers and radiogenomic analysis and 3) clinical trials in breast, gynecologic, and prostate cancers to improve therapeutic ratio. I work establish interdisciplinary collaborations with radiology, medical physics, and the clinical teams in medical and surgical oncology.Selected Publications
Nasioudis D, Rush M, Taunk NK, Ko EM, Haggerty AF, Cory L, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Kim SH, Latif NA.: Oncologic outcomes of surgical para-aortic lymph node staging in patients with advanced cervical carcinoma undergoing chemoradiation. Int J Gynecol Cancer 32: 823-827, Jul 2022.N.Taunk: 18F-FluorThanatrace (18F-FTT) positron emission tomography (PET/CT) in prostate cancer measures in vivo PARP-1 expression and is associated with adverse clinicopathologic features. American Society of Clinical Oncology ; McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. Poster presentation.(5030), June 2022.
Rhodes SS, Shah NK, Gray K, Lahav J, Ryan T, Rivera M, Freedman GM, Taunk NK.: Nursing Telemedicine Educational Encounters: Improved Patient Satisfaction in Radiation Therapy Clinics. Clin J Oncol Nurs 26: 275-282, Jun 2022.
N.Taunk: Evaluation of in vivo PARP-1 Expression with 18F-FluorThanatrace (18F-FTT) Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT) in Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Publication Society Of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging. Vancouver, Canada. Oral Presentation. June 2022 Notes: (Program ID): 2267.
LaVigne A.W., Fields E.C., Gillespie E.F., Green W.R., Hughes R.T., Kahn J.M., Lally B.E., Mansy G.J., Remick J.S., Schutz A.N., Taunk N.K. and Corteville J.D. : Power of Pedaling: Physician Well-being as a Collaborative Effort in Social Media-based Cycling. Radiation Oncology Education Collaborative Study Group, Asynchronous Virtual Oral Presentation. May 2022.
N.Taunk: Preliminary results of a phase Ib/2 window of opportunity clinical trial (NCT04454528) assessing the effects of preoperative (preop) pembrolizumab +/- radiation in early-stage breast cancer (eBC). Society Of Surgical Oncology 2022, Dallas, Texas , oral presentation. March 2022.
Jacobsen MC, Beriwal S, Dyer BA, Klopp AH, Lee SI, McGinnis GJ, Robbins JB, Rauch GM, Sadowski EA, Simiele SJ, Stafford RJ, Taunk NK, Yashar CM, Venkatesan AM.: Contemporary image-guided cervical cancer brachytherapy: Consensus imaging recommendations from the Society of Abdominal Radiology and the American Brachytherapy Society. Brachytherapy 2022.
Yoon J, Fitzgerald H, Wang Y, Wang Q, Vergalasova I, Elshaikh MA, Dimitrova I, Damast S, Li JY, Fields EC, Beriwal S, Keller A, Kidd EA, Usoz M, Jolly S, Jaworski E, Leung EW, Donovan E, Taunk NK, Chino J, Natesan D, Russo AL, Lea JS, Albuquerque KV, Lee LJ, Hathout L.: Does Prophylactic Paraortic Lymph Node Irradiation Improve Outcomes in Women With Stage IIIC1 Endometrial Carcinoma? Pract Radiat Oncol 2022.
Shah NK, Kim KN, Grewal A, Wang X, Ben-Josef E, Plastaras JP, Metz JM, Goel A, Taunk NK, Shabason JE, Lukens JN, Berman AT, Wojcieszynski AP.: Activity Monitoring for Toxicity Detection and Management in Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation for Gastrointestinal Malignancies. JCO Oncol Pract 2022.
Taunk N.: The role of proton therapy in gynecological radiation oncology. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2022.