Zabihullah Wardak, M.D.

Chief of Central Nervous System Radiation Oncology Service; Medical Director of Gamma Knife Program

Associate Professor

School: Medical School
Department: Radiation Oncology

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Education

Medical School: SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse (2011)
Internship: Loma Linda University Medical Center (2012), Surgery
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital (2013), Radiation Oncology
Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016), Radiation Oncology

Publications

Gradient-Based Radiomics for Outcome Prediction and Decision-Making in PULSAR: A Preliminary Study: Zhang H, Liu J, Dohopolski M, Wardak Z, Timmerman R, Peng H International Journal of Particle Therapy 2025 Mar 15
Multiomics-Based Outcome Prediction in Personalized Ultra-Fractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy (PULSAR): Zhang H, Dohopolski M, Stojadinovic S, Schmitt LG, Anand S, Kim H, Pompos A, Godley A, Jiang S, Dan T, Wardak Z, Timmerman R, Peng H Cancers 2024 Oct 16
Radiotherapy Plan Quality Assurance in NRG Oncology Trials for Brain and Head/Neck Cancers: An AI-Enhanced Knowledge-Based Approach: Wang D, Geng H, Gondi V, Lee NY, Tsien CI, Xia P, Chenevert TL, Michalski JM, Gilbert MR, Le QT, Omuro AM, Men K, Aldape KD, Cao Y, Srinivasan A, Barani IJ, Sachdev S, Huang J, Choi S, Shi W, Battiste JD, Wardak Z, Chan MD, Mehta MP, Xiao Y Cancers 2024 Jun 16
Where Does Auto-Segmentation for Brain Metastases Radiosurgery Stand Today?: Kim M, Wang JY, Lu W, Jiang H, Stojadinovic S, Wardak Z, Dan T, Timmerman R, Wang L, Chuang C, Szalkowski G, Liu L, Pollom E, Rahimy E, Soltys S, Chen M, Gu X Bioengineering 2024 May 11
Single-Fraction Versus Fractionated Preoperative Radiosurgery for Resected Brain Metastases: A PROPS-BM International Multicenter Cohort Study: Prabhu RS, Akinyelu T, Vaslow ZK, Matsui JK, Haghighi N, Dan T, Mishra MV, Murphy ES, Boyles S, Perlow HK, Palmer JD, Udovicich C, Patel TR, Wardak Z, Woodworth GF, Ksendzovsky A, Yang K, Chao ST, Asher AL, Burri SH International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Mar 118 650-661
Novel radiotherapeutic strategies in the management of brain metastases: Challenging the dogma: Palmer JD, Perlow HK, Lehrer EJ, Wardak Z, Soliman H Neuro-oncology 2024 Mar 26 S46-S55
Exploratory Evaluation of Personalized Ultrafractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiation Therapy (PULSAR) With Central Nervous System-Active Drugs in Brain Metastases Treatment: Dohopolski M, Schmitt LG, Anand S, Zhang H, Stojadinovic S, Youssef M, Shaikh N, Patel T, Patel A, Barnett S, Lee DS, Ahn C, Lee MJ, Timmerman R, Peng H, Cai X, Dan T, Wardak Z International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024
Modeling gamma knife radiosurgical toxicity for multiple brain metastases: Hsu EJ, Yan Y, Timmerman RD, Wardak Z, Dan TD, Patel TR, Vo D, Stojadinovic S Radiotherapy and Oncology 2023 Nov 188
Impact of Cochlear Dose on Hearing Preservation Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treatment of Vestibular Schwannomas: A Multi-Center Study: Chang SD, Muacevic A, Klein AL, Sherman JH, Romanelli P, Santa Maria PL, Fuerweger C, Bossi Zanetti I, Beltramo G, Vaisbush Y, Tran E, Feng A, Teng H, Meola A, Gibbs I, Tolisano AM, Kutz JW, Wardak Z, Nedzi LA, Hong R, MacRae D, Sohal P, Kapoor E, Sabet-Rasekh P, Maghami S, Moncada PX, Zaleski-King A, Amdur R, Monfared A World neurosurgery 2023 Oct 178 e24-e33
Risk Factors for Progression and Toxic Effects after Preoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients with Resected Brain Metastases: Prabhu RS, Akinyelu T, Vaslow ZK, Matsui JK, Haghighi N, Dan T, Mishra MV, Murphy ES, Boyles S, Perlow HK, Palmer JD, Udovicich C, Patel TR, Wardak Z, Woodworth GF, Ksendzovsky A, Yang K, Chao ST, Asher AL, Burri SH JAMA Oncology 2023 Aug 9 1066-1073