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

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Corynebacterium glutamicum as an Efficient Omnivorous Microbial Host for the Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass.
Mhatre A, Shinde S, Jha AK, Rodriguez A, Wardak Z, Jansen A, Gladden JM, George A, Davis RW, Varman AM, Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022 10 827386
Dose kernel decomposition for spot-based radiotherapy treatment planning.
Chen M, Yang Z, Wardak Z, Stojadinovic S, Gu X, Lu W. Medical physics 2022 49(2):1196-208
Vestibular Schwannoma Tumor Size and Growth Rate Predict Response with Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery.
Killeen DE, Tolisano AM, Isaacson B, Kutz JW, Barnett S, Wardak Z, Hunter JB Journal of neurological surgery Part B, Skull base 2022 83(1):11-8.
Primary Tumor Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxydglucose (18F-FDG) Is Associated With Cancer-Associated Weight Loss in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Portends Worse Survival.
Olaechea S, Gannavarapu BS, Alvarez C, Gilmore A, Sarver B, Xie D, Infante R, Iyengar P, Front Oncol 2022 12 900712
Deep-learning and radiomics ensemble classifier for false positive reduction in brain metastases segmentation.
Yang Z, Chen M, Kazemimoghadam M, Ma L, Stojadinovic S, Timmerman RD, Dan T, Wardak Z, Lu W, Gu X, Phys Med Biol 2021 Dec
Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Enabled Total Body Irradiation (VMAT-TBI): Six-year Clinical Experience and Treatment Outcomes.
Zhang-Velten ER, Parsons D, Lee P, Chambers E, Abdulrahman R, Desai NB, Dan T, Wardak Z, Timmerman R, Vusirikala M, Patel P, Simms-Waldrip T, Aquino V, Koh A, Tan J, Iqbal Z, Zhang Y, Reynolds R, Chiu T, Joo M, Hrycushko B, Ouyang L, Lamphier R, Yan Y, Jiang SB, Kumar KA, Gu X, Transplant Cell Ther 2021 Nov
Preoperative radiosurgery for resected brain metastases: the PROPS-BM multicenter cohort study.
Prabhu RS, Dhakal R, Vaslow ZK, Dan T, Mishra MV, Murphy ES, Patel TR, Asher AL, Yang K, Manning MA, Stern JD, Patel AR, Wardak Z, Woodworth GF, Chao ST, Mohammadi A, Burri SH, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021 May
A general algorithm for distributed treatments of multiple brain metastases.
Chen M, Wardak Z, Stojadinovic S, Gu X, Lu W, Med Phys 2021 Apr 48 4 1832-1838
Expanded Radiosurgery Capabilities Utilizing Gamma Knife Icon™.
Mendel JT, Schroeder S, Plitt A, Patel A, Joo M, Stojadinovic S, Dan T, Timmerman R, Patel TR, Wardak Z, Cureus 2021 Mar 13 3 e13998
Margin-Free Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors.
Mohamad O, Wardak Z, Bowers DC, Le AH, Dan T, Abdulrahman R, Gargan L, Klesse L, Weprin B, Swift D, Price A, Ding C, Stojadinovic S, Sklar F, Braga B, Timmerman R, Pract Radiat Oncol 2020 Nov - Dec 10 6 e485-e494