Edgar Ben-Josef

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Eli Glatstein, M.D., Professor
Vice-Chair for Translational Research, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology

Contact information
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
2 West
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3932
Education:
B.Med.Sc.
The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, 1980.
M.D.
The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, 1983.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel, 1984-1984.
Resident, Oncology, Belinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel, 1989-1989.
Resident, Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University, Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1990-1993.
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Description of Itmat Expertise

pancreatic cancer biology; wnt and c-met signaling and invasion/treatment resistance in pancreatic cancer; samll bowel radiation injury

Selected Publications

Kyle Kim, Uri Amit, Edgar Ben-Josef, Steven Feigenberg, Bonnie Ky, Constantinos Koumenis, Ioannis Verginadis : “Image-guided radiation-induced injury models using the SARRP” 6th Conference on Small Animal Precision Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Antwerp, Belgium, 8-10 April 2024 2024.

Melinda D. Jing; Michelle Iocolano MD; Wei Xu MB, MBE; Wencesley Paez MD, MSHS; Steven Feigenberg MD; Peter Gabriel, MD, MSE; Constantinos Koumenis PhD; Edgar Ben-Josef MD & John P. Plastaras MD, PhD: Implementation of a Radiation Oncology Protocol Committee for Clinical Trial Review and Prioritization. ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting 2024.

Uri Amita, Ugur Uslub, Ioannis I. Verginadisa, Michele M. Kima, Seyyedeh Azar Oliaei Motlagh, Eric S. Diffenderfer, Charles-Antoine Assenmacher, Sandra Bicher, Edgar Ben-Josef, Regina M. Young, Carl H. Juneb, Constantinos Koumenisa: Proton Radiation Boosts Efficacy of Mesothelin-targeting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer. ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting 2024.

Timothy J Brown, Uri Amit, Edgar Ben-Josef, Thomas B Karasic : Evaluating the safety and efficacy of the addition of liver radiation (RT) to atezolizumab and bevacizumab (A/B) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): a retrospective cohort analysis. ASCO GI Cancers Symposium 2024 2024.

Grace Lee MDa, Bailey Nelson MDb, Julie Koenig MDa, John P. Plastaras MDc, James M. Metz MDc, Beow Y. Yeap ScDa, Lorraine C. Drapek DNPa, Christian Baglini NPb, David P Ryan MDd, Aparna R Parikh MDd, Jill N Allen MDd, Jeffrey W. Clark MD PhDd, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky MDd, Edgar Ben-Josef MDc, Theodore S. Hong MDa, Jordan R. Kharofa MDb*, Jennifer Y. Wo MD: Long -term Outcomes of Definitive Chemoradiation with Proton Therapy for Treatment of Carcinoma of the Anal Canal: Combined Analysis of Two Prospective Trials. ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting 2024.

Uri Amit MD MPH PhD 1, Misra Shagun MD2, John P Plastaras MD PhD1, James M Metz MD1, Thomas B Karasic MD3, Maryanne J Lubas MD4 and Edgar Ben-Josef MD1: Clinical Outcomes and Risk Stratification in Unresectable Biliary Tract Cancers Undergoing Radiation Therapy. ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting 2024.

Gregory T Everson, MD, Steve Helmke PhD, Maarouf Hoteit, MD, Edgar Ben-Josef, MD, David Bourdet MD, Jitendra Kanovia MD.: How Measuring Liver Function Can Aid Clinical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 4TH Annual HCC-TAG Conference 2023.

Uri Amit, Jahan J Mohiuddin, Andrzej P Wojcieszynski, Joanna Harton, Graeme Williams, Shwetha Manjunath, Nikhil Grandhi, Abigail Doucette, John P Plastaras, James M Metz, Edgar Ben-Josef: Radiation dose is associated with improved local control for large, but not small, hepatocellular carcinomas. Radiat Oncol 18(1): 133, 2023.

Martin Tobi, Irwin Bradley, Sumana Moole, Harvinder Talwar, Benita McVicker, Esperanza Kintanar, Paula Sochacki, and Edgar Ben-Josef: Start Early and See Inflammatory; Late, Nothing Save RAVE: How to Appreciate Radiation Proctitis as a Continuum. Gastro Hep Advances 2: 362–369, 2023.

Uri Amit, Andrea Facciabene, Edgar Ben-Josef: Radiation Therapy and the Microbiome; More Than a Gut Feeling. Cancer J. 29(2): 84-88, 2023.

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Last updated: 03/07/2024
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