Biography

Prof. Anthony J. Cmelak

Department of Radiation Oncology

Vanderbilt University, USA

Full Professor


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

2011 Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA, Radiation Oncology

2002 Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA, Radiation Oncology

1996 Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA, Radiation Oncology

1996 Residency, Stanford Univerity, USA, Radiation Oncology

1992 M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, USA

1988 B.S., Biological Sciences, U. California at Irvine, USA


Publications (Selected)

  1. Colevas, A. D., Cmelak, A. J., Pfister, D. G., Spencer, S., Adkins, D., Birkeland, A. C., ... & Darlow, S. D. (2025). NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Head and Neck Cancers, Version 2.2025: Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 23(2), 2-11.
  2. Machtay, M., Torres-Saavedra, P. A., Thorstad, W., Nguyen-Tân, P. F., Siu, L. L., Cmelak, A. J., ... & NRG Oncology RTOG 0920 Collaborating Team. (2025). Postoperative Radiotherapy±Cetuximab for Intermediate-Risk Head and Neck Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, JCO-24.
  3. Lockney, N. A., Smith, D., Mundy, L., Kilpatrick, P., Butler, T., Cmelak, A. J., ... & Murphy, B. A. (2024). Phase I/II trial of gabapentin plus intranasal ketamine for the prevention and treatment of pain in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
  4. Gupta, R., Chen, J. W., Hughes, N. C., Hamo, M., Jean-Baptiste, S.,Cmelak, A. J., ... & Bick, S. K. (2024). Benefits of stereotactic radiosurgical anterior capsulotomy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis. Journal of Neurosurgery, 141(2), 394-405.
  5. De Vis, J. B., Cmelak, A. J., & Osmundson, E. C. (2024). Chemoimmunotherapy for Untreated Lung Cancer Brain Metastases: Systemic Before Local Therapy?. Journal of clinical oncology: official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 42(7), 858-859.
  6. McComas, K. N., Darrow, K. R., Rajkumar, A. W., Dove, A., Kluwe, C., Netterville, J., ... & Cmelak, A. J. (2023). Tailoring Radiation to the Contralateral Neck for Midline HPV-Mediated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (p16+ OPSCC). International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 117(2), e605-e606.
  7. Darrow, K. R., McComas, K. N., Rajkumar, A. W., Dove, A., Kluwe, C., Murphy, B., ... & Cmelak, A. J. (2023). Definitive Chemoradiation with Concurrent Carboplatin and Paclitaxel for HPV-Mediated Oropharyngeal Cancer (p16+ OPSCC): Survival and Local Control. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 117(2), e577.
  8. Khattab, M. H., Sherry, A. D., Devan, S. P., Luo, G., Chaballout, B. H., Jean-Baptiste, S., ... & Cmelak, A. J. (2022). Noninvasive capsulotomy for refractory depression by frameless stereotactic radiosurgery. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 113(5), 960-966.
  9. Deng, J., Murphy, B. A., Niermann, K. J., Sinard, R. J., Cmelak, A. J., Rohde, S. L., ... & Dietrich, M. S. (2022). Validity testing of the head and neck lymphedema and fibrosis symptom inventory. Lymphatic research and biology, 20(6), 629-639.
  10. Dove, A. P., Cmelak, A., Darrow, K., McComas, K. N., Chowdhary, M., Beckta, J., & Kirschner, A. N. (2022). The use of low-dose radiation therapy in osteoarthritis: a review. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 114(2), 203-220.
  11. Caudell, J. J., Gillison, M. L., Maghami, E., Spencer, S., Pfister, D. G., Cmelak, A. J., ... & Darlow, S. D. (2022). NCCN Guidelines® insights: Head and neck cancers, version 1.2022: Featured updates to the NCCN guidelines. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 20(3), 224-234.
  12. Stevens, M. N., Patro, A., Rahman, B., Gao, Y., Liu, D., Cmelak, A., ... & Topf, M. C. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on presentation, staging, and treatment of head and neck mucosal squamous cell carcinoma. American Journal of Otolaryngology, 43(1), 103263.
  13. Khattab, M. H., Cmelak, A. J., Sherry, A. D., Luo, G., Wang, L., Yu, H., ... & Kirschner, A. N. (2022). Noninvasive thalamotomy for refractory tremor by frameless radiosurgery. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 112(1), 121-130.
  14. Totten, D. J., Sherry, A. D., Manzoor, N. F., Perkins, E. L., Cass, N. D., Cmelak, A. J., ... & Aulino, J. M. (2021). Diameter-Based Volumetric Models May Inadequately Calculate Jugular Paraganglioma Volume Following Sub-Total Resection. Otology & Neurotology, 42(9), e1339-e1345.
  15. Cmelak, A. J., Ferris, R. L., Chen, A. M., Seiwert, T., & Burtness, B. (2021). Treatment de-intensification for HPV-positive oropharynx cancer: what is currently acceptable?. Journal of Clinical Oncology: Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 39(24), 2732-2733.


Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: KRP-2052-2024

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-313X

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