Christopher Weil
Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Elson S Floyd College of Medicine, Spokane, WA
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2018 | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA, MD, Doctor of Medicine |
2013 | Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, New Haven, CT, USA, MS, Biomedical Engineering |
2011 | Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA, BS, Biomechanical Engineering |
Postgraduate Training
2019-2023 | Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
2018-2019 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, Memorial Healthcare System, Pembroke Pines, FL |
Honors & Awards
2023 | Rising Star Award, Huntsman Cancer Institute Breast & Gynecologic Cancers Center |
2022 | Best Abstract, American College of Radiation Oncology |
2022 | Best Abstract, American College of Radiation Oncology |
2021 | Best Abstract, American Radium Society |
2020 | Best Abstract, World Congress on Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine |
2020 | Best Abstract, Society of Palliative Radiation Oncology |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Gravbrot N, Rock CB, Weil CR, Rock CB, Burt LM, DeCesaris CM, Jensen RL, Shrieve DC, Cannon DM. Gross tumor and intracranial control benefits with fractionated radiotherapy compared to stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with WHO grade 2 meningioma. World Neurosurg 188:e259-e266, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38777319.
- Roach EA, Weil CR, Cannon G, Grant J, Van Meter M, Boothe D. The Role of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection versus Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients with Clinical N2b-N3c Disease Who Receive Adjuvant Radiotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol 31(7):4527-4539, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38647915.
- Gravbrot N, Weil CR, DeCesaris CM, Gaffney DK, Suneja G, Burt LM. Corrigendum to "Differentiation of survival outcomes by anatomic involvement and histology with the revised 2023 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system for endometrial cancer" Eur. J. Cancer (201) (April) 2024, 113913. Eur J Cancer 202:114017, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38570289.
- Roach EA, Weil CR, Cannon G, Grant J, Van Meter M, Boothe D. ASO Visual Abstract: The Role of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Versus Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients with Clinical N2b-N3c Disease Who Receive Adjuvant Radiotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38769212.
- Gravbrot N, Weil CR, DeCesaris CM, Gaffney DK, Suneja G, Burt LM. Differentiation of survival outcomes by anatomic involvement and histology with the revised 2023 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system for endometrial cancer. Eur J Cancer 201:113913, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38377777.
- Rock CB, Weil CR, Rock CB, Gravbrot N, Burt LM, DeCesaris C, Menacho ST, Jensen RL, Shrieve DC, Cannon DM. Patterns of failure after radiosurgery for WHO grade 1 or imaging defined meningiomas: Long-term outcomes and implications for management. J Clin Neurosci 120:175-180, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38262262.
- Hutten RJ, Weil CR, King AJ, Barney B, Bylund CL, Fagerlin A, Gaffney DK, Gill D, Scherer L, Suneja G, Tward JD, Warner EL, Werner TL, Whipple G, Evans J, Johnson SB. Multi-Institutional Analysis of Cancer Patient Exposure, Perceptions, and Trust in Information Sources Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine. JCO Oncol Pract 19(11):1000-1008, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37722084.
- Lee SS, Weil CR, Boyd LR, DeCesaris C, Gaffney D, Suneja G. Trends in use of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and combination chemoradiotherapy in advanced uterine cancer before, during, and after GOG 258. Int J Gynecol Cancer 33(9):1408-1418, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37487661.
- Rock CB, Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Lloyd S, Kerrigan KC, Cannon RB, Hitchcock YJ. Survival outcomes for patients with T3N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma of the glottis treated with definitive radiation alone versus chemoradiation. Head Neck 45(2):431-438, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36433726.
- Weil CR, Haroun F, Guo K, Humphries T, Zhao H, Burt LM, Suneja G, DeCesaris CM, Huang YJ, Gaffney DK.. Importance of radiographic tumor regression during radiotherapy in squamous cell versus adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix as assessed by MRI and cone beam CT. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 44(1):68-78, 2023.
- Weil CR, Parsons MJ, Hutten RJ, Lew FH, Johnson SB, Gaffney DK, Tao R. Patterns of care and outcomes of early stage I-II Hodgkin lymphoma treated with or without radiation therapy. Leuk Lymphoma 63(12):2847-2857, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35904407.
- Kraus RD, Weil CR, Abdel-Wahab M. Benefits of Adopting Hypofractionated Radiotherapy as a Standard of Care in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. JCO Glob Oncol 8:e2200215, 2022. PMID: 36525619.
- Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Gaffney DK, Kokeny K, Lloyd S, Rogers CR, Suneja G. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Delay to Initiation of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy. JCO Oncol Pract 18(10):e1694-e1703, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35930751.
- Kraus RD, Weil CR, Frances Su FC, Cannon DM, Burt LM, Mendez JS. Incidence and extent of disease progression on MRI between surgery and initiation of radiotherapy in glioblastoma patients. Neurooncol Pract 9(5):380-389, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36134015.
- Fenlon JB, Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Lloyd S, Cannon DM, Kerrigan K, Cannon RB, Hitchcock YJ. Comparing adjuvant radiation to adjuvant chemoradiation in postsurgical p16+ oropharyngeal carcinoma patients with extranodal extension or positive margins. Head Neck 44(3):606-614, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34931386.
- Kraus R, Weil C, Abdel-Wahab M. Quality Assurance in Radiation Oncology: Addressing a Changing Treatment Landscape. Appl Radiat Oncol 11(1):32-34, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Kraus RD, Weil CR, Wells S, Tward JD, Groundland JS, Jones KB, Cannon DM. Radiation Therapy in Conjunction With Surgical Stabilization of Impending or Pathologic Fractures Secondary to Metastasis: Is There a Difference Between Single and Multifraction Regimens?. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(2):100795, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35128177.
- Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Gaffney DK, Kokeny K, Lloyd S, Rogers CR, Suneja G. Worsening Racial Disparities in Utilization of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(3):100887, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35360509.
- Rock CB, Chipman JJ, Parsons MW, Weil CR, Hutten RJ, Tao R, Tward JD, Shah HR, Hu B, Stephens DM, Gaffney DK. Second Primary Malignancies in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Survivors with 40 Years of Follow Up: Influence of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(6):101035, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36420188.
- Weil CR, Lew FH, Williams VM, Burt LM, Ermoian RP, Poppe MM. Patterns of Care and Utilization Disparities in Proton Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Central Nervous System Malignancies. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(6):100868, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36420204.
- Hutten RJ, Parsons MW, Weil CR, Tward JD, Lloyd S, Sanchez A, Lester-Coll N, Johnson SB. Temporal Trends and Predictors in Diagnosing Pathologic Node-Positive Prostate Cancer in Clinically Node-Negative Patients. Clin Genitourin Cancer 19(6):e360-e366, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34130915.
- Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Tward JD, Lloyd S, Johnson SB. Patterns of Care and Treatment Outcomes in Locoregional Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate. Eur Urol Open Sci 23:30-33, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34337486.
- Weil CR, Qian Y, Von Eyben R, Daadi SE, Corbelli KS, Rosenberg SA, Advani RH, Hoppe RT. Long-term outcomes of patients with unfavorable stage I-II classic Hodgkin lymphoma treated with Stanford V chemotherapy and limited field irradiation. Leuk Lymphoma 61(10):2428-2434, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32476541.
- Rodriguez JA, Weil CR, Ramirez JF. A Rare Cause of Cough: Tracheobronchial Myxoid Spindle Cell Lipoma. Case Rep Pulmonol 2020:9727281, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32551146.
Other Articles
- Okwundu N, Weil CR, Soares HP, Fine GC, Cannon DM. Case report: Efficacy of lutetium-177 oxodotreotide for neuroendocrine tumor with central nervous system metastases. Front. Nucl. Med 3, 2023.
Abstracts
- Rock CB, Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Lloyd S, Hitchcock Y.. Survival outcomes for patients with T3N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma of the glottis treated with definitive radiation alone versus chemoradiation. Head Neck 45(2):431-438, 2022. PMID: 36433726.
- Lew FH, Weil CR, Rock CB, Rock CB, Burt LM, DeCesaris C, Jensen RL, Shrieve DC, Cannon DM.. Effects of expansion size from gross tumor volume to planning target volume on control rates and patterns of recurrence in conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for WHO grade I meningiomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 114(3):e45-e46, 2022.
- SS Lee, CR Weil, L Boyd, LM Burt Jr, F Chino, DK Gaffney, F Shaikh, G Suneja. Trends in IMRT Utilization for Definitive Treatment of Cervical Cancer, 2004-2018. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 114(3):E342-E343, 2022.
- Haroun F, Weil CR, Guo K, Zhao H, Burt LM, Suneja G, DeCesaris C, Huang YJ, Gaffney DK. Importance of radiographic tumor regression during radiotherapy in squamous cell versus adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix as assessed by MRI, CT and conebeam CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys(114):3, 2022.
- Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Gaffney DK, Kokeny K, Lloyd S, Rogers CR, Suneja G. Racial and ethnic disparities in delay to initiation of intensity-modulated radiotherapy. JCO Oncol Pract 18(10):e1694-e1703, 2022. PMID: 35930751.
- Lee J, Cole S, Weil CR, White H, DeVries C. Off study utilization of an unpublished trial regimen: A real-world analysis of GOG258-eligible cohorts. JCO Oncol Pract 40(16), 2022.
- Hardikar S, Weil CR, Lloyd S, Cohan JN, Supiano MA, Ose J, Peoples AR, Pelletier K, Extermann M, Siegel EM, Shibata D, Ulrich CM. Treatment patterns in stage I-III colorectal cancer patients over 65 years of age. Cancer Res 82(12):36, 2022.
- Weil CR, Hutten RJ, Barney B, Fagerlin A, Gaffney D, Gill D, Whipple G, Rhodes T, Scherer L, Suneja G, Tward JD, Werner T, Johnson SB, Evans J.. Shifting perceptions of alternative therapies in cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Exposure in Oncology (CAMEO) Study. JCO Oncol Pract 40(16), 2022.
- Weil CR, Lew FH, Williams VM, Burt LM, Ermoian RP, Poppe MM. Patterns of Care and Utilization Disparities in Proton Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Central Nervous System Malignancies. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(6), 2022. PMID: 36420204.
- Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Gaffney DK, Kokeny K, Lloyd Shane, Rogers CR, Suneja G. Worsening Racial Disparities in Utilization of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(3), 2022. PMID: 35360509.
- Hutten RJ, Weil CR, Barney B, Fagerlin A, Gaffney D, Gill D, Whipple G, Rhodes T, Scherer L, Suneja G, Tward JD, Werner T, Evans J, Johnson SB. Complementary and alternative medicine exposure in oncology (CAMEO) study: A multi-institutional cross-sectional analysis of patients receiving cancer treatment. JCO Oncol Pract 40(16), 2022.
- Weil CR, Parsons MW, Chipman J, Kraus RD, Suneja G, Burt LM, Dood R, Gaffney DK. Secondary malignancy risk in cervical cancer survivors after 40 years of follow up stratified by treatment modality and radiation technique. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 111(13):e624, 2021.
- Weil CR, Lew FH, Gaffney DK, Suneja G, Williams VM. Patterns of practice for adjuvant treatment of FIGO 1B grade 3 endometrial adenocarcinoma following publication of ASTRO 2014 guidelines for postoperative treatment in women with early stage high risk endometrial cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 111(3):e635, 2021.
- Kraus RD, Weil CR, Su FC, Burt LM, Mendez JS.. Incidence and Extent of Disease Progression on MRI Between Surgery and Initiation of Radiotherapy in Glioblastoma Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 111(3):e592-e593, 2021.
- Kraus R, Weil CR, Wells S, Tward JD, Cannon DM. Radiation Therapy in Conjunction With Surgical Stabilization of Impending or Pathologic Fractures Secondary to Metastasis: Is There a Difference Between Single and Multifraction Regimens?. Adv Radiat Oncol 7(2), 2021. PMID: 35128177.
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CV information above last modified July 25, 2024