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Zabi Wardak, MD $$

Radiation Oncologist

Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English
UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

Education and Training

Medical School
State University of New York (SUNY) at Syracuse (2011)
Internship
Loma Linda University School of Medicine (2012), General Surgery
Residency
UTSW - Harold C. Simmons Radiation Oncology (2016), Radiation Oncology
Allegheny General Hospital (2013), Radiation Oncology
Board Certification
American Board of Radiology/Radiation Oncology
  • Research Interests

    • Acoustic neuromas
    • Brain and spinal cord cancer
    • Brain metastases
    • Gliomas
    • Meningiomas
    • Pediatric brain tumors
    • Pituitary tumors
    • Radiation therapy for brain tumors
    • Radiation therapy for leukemia
    • Skull base tumors
  • Publications

    • Radiotherapy Plan Quality Assurance in NRG Oncology Trials for Brain and Head/Neck Cancers: An AI-Enhanced Knowledge-Based Approach. Wang D, Geng H, Gondi V, Lee NY, Tsien CI, Xia P, Chenevert TL, Michalski JM, Gilbert MR, Le QT, Omuro AM, Men K, Aldape KD, Cao Y, Srinivasan A, Barani IJ, Sachdev S, Huang J, Choi S, Shi W, Battiste JD, Wardak Z, Chan MD, Mehta MP, Xiao Y Cancers 2024 Jun 16
    • Where Does Auto-Segmentation for Brain Metastases Radiosurgery Stand Today? Kim M, Wang JY, Lu W, Jiang H, Stojadinovic S, Wardak Z, Dan T, Timmerman R, Wang L, Chuang C, Szalkowski G, Liu L, Pollom E, Rahimy E, Soltys S, Chen M, Gu X Bioengineering 2024 May 11
    • Single-Fraction Versus Fractionated Preoperative Radiosurgery for Resected Brain Metastases: A PROPS-BM International Multicenter Cohort Study. Prabhu RS, Akinyelu T, Vaslow ZK, Matsui JK, Haghighi N, Dan T, Mishra MV, Murphy ES, Boyles S, Perlow HK, Palmer JD, Udovicich C, Patel TR, Wardak Z, Woodworth GF, Ksendzovsky A, Yang K, Chao ST, Asher AL, Burri SH International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Mar 118 650-661
    • Novel radiotherapeutic strategies in the management of brain metastases: Challenging the dogma. Palmer JD, Perlow HK, Lehrer EJ, Wardak Z, Soliman H Neuro-oncology 2024 Mar 26 S46-S55
    • Modeling gamma knife radiosurgical toxicity for multiple brain metastases. Hsu EJ, Yan Y, Timmerman RD, Wardak Z, Dan TD, Patel TR, Vo D, Stojadinovic S Radiotherapy and Oncology 2023 Nov 188
    • Impact of Cochlear Dose on Hearing Preservation Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Treatment of Vestibular Schwannomas: A Multi-Center Study. Chang SD, Muacevic A, Klein AL, Sherman JH, Romanelli P, Santa Maria PL, Fuerweger C, Bossi Zanetti I, Beltramo G, Vaisbush Y, Tran E, Feng A, Teng H, Meola A, Gibbs I, Tolisano AM, Kutz JW, Wardak Z, Nedzi LA, Hong R, MacRae D, Sohal P, Kapoor E, Sabet-Rasekh P, Maghami S, Moncada PX, Zaleski-King A, Amdur R, Monfared A World neurosurgery 2023 Oct 178 e24-e33
    • Risk Factors for Progression and Toxic Effects after Preoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients with Resected Brain Metastases. Prabhu RS, Akinyelu T, Vaslow ZK, Matsui JK, Haghighi N, Dan T, Mishra MV, Murphy ES, Boyles S, Perlow HK, Palmer JD, Udovicich C, Patel TR, Wardak Z, Woodworth GF, Ksendzovsky A, Yang K, Chao ST, Asher AL, Burri SH JAMA Oncology 2023 Aug 9 1066-1073
    • Ensemble learning for glioma patients overall survival prediction using pre-operative MRIs. Yang Z, Chen M, Kazemimoghadam M, Ma L, Stojadinovic S, Wardak Z, Timmerman R, Dan T, Lu W, Gu X Physics in medicine and biology 2022 Dec 67
    • Impact of CDKN2A/B, MTAP, and TERT Genetic Alterations on Survival in IDH Wild Type Glioblastomas. Hsu EJ, Thomas J, Maher EA, Youssef M, Timmerman RD, Wardak Z, Dan TD, Patel TR, Vo D Discover Oncology 2022 Dec 13
    • Socioeconomic and demographic determinants of radiation treatment and outcomes in glioblastoma patients. Hsu EJ, Thomas J, Timmerman RD, Wardak Z, Dan TD, Patel TR, Sanford NN, Vo D Frontiers in Neurology 2022 Nov 13
    • Neutrophilia and post-radiation thrombocytopenia predict for poor prognosis in radiation-treated glioma patients. Hsu EJ, Thomas J, Maher EA, Youssef M, Timmerman RD, Wardak Z, Lee M, Dan TD, Patel TR, Vo D Frontiers in Oncology 2022 Sep 12
    • Hearing Preservation After Intervention in Vestibular Schwannoma. Yancey KL, Barnett SL, Kutz W, Isaacson B, Wardak Z, Mickey B, Hunter JB Otology and Neurotology 2022 Sep 43 E846-E855
    • Rare solid and cystic presentation of hemangiopericytoma/ solitary fibrous tumor: A case report. Hayenga HN, Cai C, Fetzer D, White S, Kuban J, Wardak Z, Benjamin RS, Pan E, Strauss J, Gao B, Minna J, Martin-Broto J, Hinshaw JL Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports 2022 Jun 6
    • 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 Feb 83 11-18
    • Dose kernel decomposition for spot-based radiotherapy treatment planning. Chen M, Yang Z, Wardak Z, Stojadinovic S, Gu X, Lu W Medical physics 2022 Feb 49 1196-1208
    • 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 PA, Simms-Waldrip T, Aquino V, Koh A, Tan J, Iqbal Z, Zhang Y, Reynolds Jr. RR, Chiu T, Joo M, Hrycushko B, Ouyang L, Lamphier R, Yan Y, Jiang SB, Kumar KA, Gu X Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 2022 Feb 28 113.e1-113.e8
    • 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 R, Dan T, Wardak Z, Lu W, Gu X Physics in medicine and biology 2022 Jan 67
    • 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 International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2021 Nov 111 764-772
    • A general algorithm for distributed treatments of multiple brain metastases. Chen M, Wardak Z, Stojadinovic S, Gu X, Lu W Medical physics 2021 Apr 48 1832-1838
    • 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 Practical Radiation Oncology 2020 Nov 10 e485-e494
    • The reintroduction of radiotherapy into the integrated management of kidney cancer. Dohopolski M, Hannan R, Wardak Z, Hammers H, Garant A Cancer Journal 2020 Sep 26 448-459
    • A web-based brain metastases segmentation and labeling platform for stereotactic radiosurgery. Yang Z, Liu H, Liu Y, Stojadinovic S, Timmerman R, Nedzi L, Dan T, Wardak Z, Lu W, Gu X Medical physics 2020 Aug 47 3263-3276
    • Extraneural metastatic anaplastic ependymoma: A systematic review and a report of metastases to bilateral parotid glands. Umbach G, El Ahmadieh TY, Plitt AR, Aoun SG, Neeley OJ, Lyon KA, Fonkem E, Raisanen JM, Bishop JA, Wardak Z, Patel TR, Myers L, Mickey BE Neuro-Oncology Practice 2020 Mar 7 218-227

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