Education

Research Fellowship
National Cancer Institute/NIH (2013)
Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School (2014)
Internship
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2015), Transitional Year
Residency
University of North Carolina Hospitals (2019), Radiation Oncology

Research Interest

  • Clinical trials of novel radiation techniques to reduce treatment time, burden, and toxicity
  • Development of biomarkers to help assess response to therapy, guide treatment decisions, and detect early recurrence
  • Investigation of patient-reported outcomes and toxicities related to radiation therapy

Publications

HYPORT: Phase 1 Study of 3-Week Hypofractionated Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Moon DH, Avkshtol V, Vo D, Ahn C, Sumer B, Day AT, Tillman B, Myers L, Truelson J, Sher DJ International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Jan 118 157-164
Leave No Cancer Behind: The Conformal Hypofractionation Era and Head and Neck Cancer
Lester SC, Moon DH, Patel SH, Awan MJ, Bakst RL International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Jan 118 165-168
In Silico Analysis of Adjuvant Head and Neck Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy
All S, Zhong X, Choi B, Kim JS, Zhuang T, Avkshtol V, Sher D, Lin MH, Moon DH Advances in Radiation Oncology 2024 Jan 9
Early Experience of Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Definitive Radiation of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Avkshtol V, Meng B, Shen C, Choi BS, Okoroafor C, Moon D, Sher D, Lin MH Advances in Radiation Oncology 2023 Sep 8
Efficacy and Quality-of-Life Following Involved Nodal Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The INRT-AIR Phase II Clinical Trial
Sher DJ, Moon DH, Vo D, Wang J, Chen L, Dohopolski M, Hughes R, Sumer BD, Ahn C, Avkshtol V Clinical Cancer Research 2023 Sep 29 3284-3291
Evaluating machine learning enhanced intelligent-optimization-engine (IOE) performance for ethos head-and-neck (HN) plan generation
Visak J, Inam E, Meng B, Wang S, Parsons D, Nyugen D, Zhang T, Moon D, Avkshtol V, Jiang S, Sher D, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2023 Jul 24
Artificial intelligence guided physician directive improves head and neck planning quality and practice Uniformity: A prospective study
Mashayekhi M, McBeth R, Nguyen D, Yen A, Trivedi Z, Moon D, Avkshtol V, Vo D, Sher D, Jiang S, Lin MH Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 2023 May 40
Oligometastasis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Moon DH, Sher DJ International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2022 Nov 114 803-811
Long-term opioid use in patients treated with head and neck intensity-modulated radiotherapy
Zhao L, Moon DH, Avkshtol V, Siropaides CH, Terauchi S, Day AT, Sumer BD, Hughes R, Sher DJ Supportive Care in Cancer 2022 Sep 30 7517-7525
Registration-guided deep learning image segmentation for cone beam CT–based online adaptive radiotherapy
Ma L, Chi W, Morgan HE, Lin MH, Chen M, Sher D, Moon D, Vo DT, Avkshtol V, Lu W, Gu X Medical physics 2022 Aug 49 5304-5316

Books

Featured Books Legend Featured Books

Ovarian Cancer. In The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology

Lee J-M, Buckley de Meritens A, Moon DH, Kohn EC. (2014). Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Glioblastoma. In Hypofractionated and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy: A Practical Guide

Moon DH, Zagar TM. (2018). Springer International Publishing

Secondary Malignant (Metastases). In Hypofractionated and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy: A Practical Guide

Moon DH, Zagar TM. (2018). Springer International Publishing

Honors & Awards

  • Pope Clinical Trainee Award, University of North Carolina
    (2019)
  • RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award
    (2019)
  • Society for Translational Oncology Rising Star in Oncology
    (2018)
  • Medical Research Scholars Program, National Institutes of Health
    (2012-2013)
  • J. Griswold and Margery H. Ruth Scholarship, University of Michigan Medical School
    (2009-2013)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)