Christopher Weil
Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Assistant Professor, Elson S Floyd College of Medicine, Spokane, WA
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2018 | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, US, Medicine, MD |
| 2013 | Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, New Haven, Connecticut, US, Biomedical Engineering, MS |
| 2011 | Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, US, Biomechanical Engineering, BS |
| 2011 | Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, US, Music, Science & Technology, BA |
Postgraduate Training
| 2019-2023 | Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2018-2019 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, Memorial Healthcare System, Pembroke Pines, Florida |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2023 | Texas Medical Board |
Honors & Awards
| 2025 | Educator of the Year, Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology |
| 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, Society of Palliative Radiation Oncology |
| 2020 | Best Abstract, World Congress on Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Urias E, Lee J, Weil CR, Roach E, Lloyd S, Hashibe M, Facciabene A, Maity A, Tao R. Combined immune checkpoint inhibitors and ablative radiotherapy in metastatic cancers: a meta-analysis of prospective clinical trials. BMJ Oncol 4(1):e000732, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40357050.
- Weil CR, Rock CB, Sarkar V, Gravbrot N, Lew FH, Rock CB, Burt LM, DeCesaris CM, Jensen RL, Shrieve DC, Cannon DM. Lack of impact of expansion size from gross tumor volume to planning target volume on control rates and patterns of recurrence in fractionated radiotherapy for WHO grade 1 meningiomas. Am J Clin Oncol 48(8):403-409, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40266822.
- Cruttenden, J, Weil, CR, Byer, D, Burt, L, Suneja, G, Gaffney, D, DeCesaris, C. Patterns of Care in Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Stage II Endometrioid Endometrial Adenocarcinoma. Adv Radiat Oncol 10(2), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39810994.
- Kasera, S, Weil, CR, Wada, DA, Bowling, M, Hu, B, Gaffney, D, Maity, A, Tao, R. Ultra-low dose radiation therapy for primary cutaneous indolent B-cell lymphomas. JEADV Clinical Practice 3(4):1190-1194, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- 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.
- Gaffney D, Suneja G, Weil C, Creutzberg C. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Endometrial 2023 Is Better For Radiation Oncology Patients. Pract Radiat Oncol 14(6):574-581, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39019210.
- 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, 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.
- Kasera S, Weil CR, Wada D, Bowling M, Hu B, Gaffney DK, Maity A, Kasera RT, Weil CR, Wada D, Bowling M, Hu B, Gaffney DK, Maity A, Tao R. Ultra-low dose radiation therapy for primary cutaneous indolent B-cell lymphomas. JEADV Clin Pract, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- 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 2023. 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. e-Pub 2023.
- 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. Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine 3, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 39355023.
- 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, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 2022. 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.
- 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, 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.
- 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.
- 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, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35128177.
- 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.
Review Articles
- 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. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36525619.
Editorials
- Gaffney DK, Suneja G, Weil C, Creutzberg C. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics endometrial 2023 is better for radiation oncology patients. Pract Radiat Oncol, 2024. PMID: 39019210.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 26, 2025