Mona Arbab, M.D. Associate Program Director, Medical Residency Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Radiation Oncology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Mona Arbab, M.D., M.Ed., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, earned her medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran and her master’s degree in adult education from Indiana University. She completed two research fellowships at Harvard Medical School in radiation biology and immunology after receiving the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA T32) grant and completed an internship in surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Arbab completed clinical training in radiation oncology at Indiana University’s Radiation Oncology Program, and was Chief Resident in 2021. Her research interests include translational research, novel techniques that can reduce treatment-related toxicities, patient-reported outcomes, and medical education. Dr. Arbab treats breast cancer patients with several techniques, including adaptive radiotherapy on the Ethos adaptive platform and the GammaPod, as well as partial breast irradiation and whole-breast radiation on the FAST-Forward regimen. She is also co-director of the Department of Radiation Oncology’s Adaptive Training Course. Her work has been published in many journals including the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Advances in Radiation Oncology, Applied Radiation Oncology, and Dysphagia. She serves as the reviewer for Advances in Radiation Oncology and International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (Red Journal). She was also selected among the top reviewers for Red Journal in 2020. Education Medical School Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2014) Residency Indiana University School of Medicine (2022) Research Interest Medical education Patient education Patient-reported outcomes Personalized medicine Translational research Treatment toxicities Publications On the Construction of Confidence Regions for Uncertain Planar Displacements Yu Z, Ge QJ, Langer MP, Arbab M Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 2024 Aug 16 Master Breast Radiation Planning: Simple Guide for Radiation Oncology Residents Arbab M, Frame R, Alluri P, Parsons D, Lin MH, Cleaton J, Rahimi A Advances in Radiation Oncology 2024 Jun 9 Multimodal radiotherapy dose prediction using a multi-task deep learning model Maniscalco A, Mathew E, Parsons D, Visak J, Arbab M, Alluri P, Li X, Wandrey N, Lin MH, Rahimi A, Jiang S, Nguyen D Medical physics 2024 Jun 51 3932-3949 Meatal stenosis following three types of circumcision with frenular artery preservation (FAP), the Plastibell device (PD), and frenular artery ligation (FAL): a long-term follow-up Shokri Varniab Z, Pourabhari Langroudi A, Neishabouri A, Torabinavid P, Arbab M, Heidari F, Milani SM, Eftekharzadeh S, Sabetkish S, Kajbafzadeh AM Irish Journal of Medical Science 2023 Apr 192 707-711 On the Construction of Kinematic Confidence Ellipsoids for Uncertain Spatial Displacements Yu Z, Ge QJ, Langer MP, Arbab M 2023 777-785 ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONFIDENCE REGIONS FOR UNCERTAIN PLANAR DISPLACEMENTS Yu Z, Ge QJ, Langer MP, Arbab M 2023 The Dosimetric Outcome of a Rotational Planning Target Volume in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancers Arbab M, Bartlett G, Dawson B, Ge J, Langer M Dysphagia 2022 Aug 37 848-855 Neuroblastoma: Essential genetic pathways and current therapeutic options Salemi F, Alam W, Hassani MS, Hashemi SZ, Jafari AA, Mirmoeeni SM, Arbab M, Mortazavizadeh SM, Khan H European Journal of Pharmacology 2022 Jul 926 Association between radiation dose to organs at risk and acute patient reported outcome during radiation treatment for head and neck cancers Arbab M, Chen YH, Tishler RB, Gunasti L, Glass J, Fugazzotto JA, Killoran JH, Sethi R, Rettig E, Annino D, Goguen L, Uppaluri R, Hsu C, Burke E, Hanna GJ, Lorch J, Haddad RI, Margalit DN, Schoenfeld JD Head and Neck 2022 Jun 44 1442-1452 Literature review of management of brain metastases from germ cell tumors Le A, Arbab M, Adra N, Miller JC, Watson GA, Shiue K Chinese Clinical Oncology 2022 Apr 11 Results 1-10 of 37 1 2 3 4 Next Last Honors & Awards AT Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics, IDETC MR Conference (2022) American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) Travel Award (2021) The International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics Top Reviewers (2020) Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Trainee Research Prize (2019) The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) (2016) Dean's Award for Top Ranked Medical Student, Tehran University Medical Sciences, Iran (2008) Iran Presidential Award for Academic Achievement in National University Entrance Exam, Iran (2006) Professional Associations/Affiliations Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) (2018-2022) The American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) (2021-2022) The American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) (2020-2021) The American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) (2022)
