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Kyle Wang, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Radiation Oncology | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Radiation Oncology Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Transitional Year Internship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Medical Degree: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Bachelor's Degree: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology) (Certification Date: 2019-05-07)

Specialties

Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Leukemia

Malignant Melanoma

Radiation Oncology

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli

Adenomatous Polyps

Adenomyosis

Adenosquamous Carcinoma

Advanced Skin Cancer

Ampullary Cancer

Anal Cancer

Appendix Cancer

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)

Biliary Tract Cancers

Bowen's Disease

Brain Cancers

Brain Metastases

Brain Stem Tumor

Brain Tumor

Cancer

Cecal Cancer

Central Nervous System Tumors

Chondrosarcoma

Chordoma

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Colon Cancer

Colorectal Cancer

Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma

Cutaneous Lymphoma

Cutaneous Melanoma

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP)

Eccrine Porocarcinoma

Ependymoblastoma

Experimental Liver Cancers

Gallbladder Cancer

Gastrinoma

Gastrointestinal Cancers

Glioma

Glioneuronal Tumor

Gliosarcoma

Hematologic Malignancies

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer

Hypothalamic Cancers

Ileal Cancers

Infratentorial Cancers

Intestinal Cancer

Islet Cell Adenoma

Islet Cell Carcinoma

Jejunal Cancers

Klatskin Tumor (Hilar cholangiocarcinoma)

Leptomeningeal Disease

Liver Cancer

Lymphoma

Lymphoma of the Abdomen

Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Meningeal Cancers

Meningeal Carcinomatosis

Metastasis Cancers

Metastatic Brain Cancer (Brain metastases)

Metastatic Brain Tumor

Metastatic Lesions to the Pancreas

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma

Neoplasm

Neurofibrosarcoma

Oligodendroglioma

Pancreas Neuroendocrine Tumors

Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma

Plasmacytoma

Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma

Skull-Base Tumors

Small Bowel Prolapse (Enterocele)

Small Intestine/Duodenum Cancer

Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors

Spinal Cancers

Spleen Cancer

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Stomach Cancer

Subependymal Glioma

T-cell lymphoma

T-Cell, Cutaneous Lymphoma

T-Cell, Peripheral Lymphoma

Peer Reviewed Publications

Keltner, Samuel J; Hallemeier, Christopher; Wang, Kyle; Tao, Randa; Shah, Shimul; Heimbach, Julie; Kharofa, Jordan R 2023. Neoadjuvant Therapy Regimens for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Before Liver Transplant. American journal of clinical oncology, 46 6, 276-278

Kharofa, Jordan; Haslam, David; Wilkinson, Rachael; Weiss, Allison; Patel, Sameer; Wang, Kyle; Esslinger, Hope; Olowokure, Olugbenga; Sohal, Davendra; Wilson, Greg; Ahmad, Syed; Apewokin, Senu 2023. Analysis of the fecal metagenome in long-term survivors of pancreas cancer. Cancer, 129 13, 1986-1994

Moon, Andrew M; Kim, Hannah P; Singal, Amit G; Owen, Dawn; Mendiratta-Lala, Mishal; Parikh, Neehar D; Rose, Steven C; McGinty, Katrina A; Agala, Chris B; Burke, Lauren M; Abate, Anjelica; Altun, Ersan; Beyer, Christian; Do, John; Folkert, Michael R; Forbes, Chalon; Hattangadi-Gluth, Jona A; Hayashi, Paul H; Jones, Keri; Khatri, Gaurav; Kono, Yuko; Lawrence, Theodore S; Maurino, Christopher; Mauro, David M; Mayo, Charles S; Pak, Taemee; Patil, Preethi; Sanders, Emily C; Simpson, Daniel R; Tepper, Joel E; Thapa, Diwash; Yanagihara, Ted K; Wang, Kyle; Gerber, David A 2023. Thermal ablation compared to stereotactic body radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter retrospective comparative study. Hepatology communications, 7 7,

Nelson, Bailey; Meier, Teresa; Zhang, Yin; Wang, Kyle; Mascia, Anthony E; Paquette, Ian; Thompson, Earl; Rafferty, Janice; Snyder, Jonathan; Olowokure, Olugbenga; Sohal, Davendra; Kharofa, Jordan 2023. Feasibility Trial of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy to Reduce Toxicity in Anal Cancer Patients. American journal of clinical oncology, 46 7, 293-299

Nelson, Bailey; Barrord, Michelle; Wang, Kyle; Wages, Nolan A; Sudhoff, Mickaela; Kharofa, Jordan 2022. Relationship of dose to vascular target volumes and local failure in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Frontiers in oncology, 12 , 906484

Nelson, Bailey; Tadesse, Dawit G; Sudhoff, Mickaela; Wang, Kyle; Meier, Teresa; Mascia, Anthony; Kharofa, Jordan 2022. Hematologic Toxicity Comparison of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Anal Cancer Patients. American journal of clinical oncology, 45 6, 264-267

Wang, Kyle; Malkin, Hayley E; Patchett, Nicholas D; Pearlstein, Kevin A; Heiling, Hillary M; McCabe, Sean D; Deal, Allison M; Mavroidis, Panayiotis; Oakey, Mary; Fenoli, Jeffrey; Lee, Carrie B; Klein, J Larry; Jensen, Brian C; Stinchcombe, Thomas E; Marks, Lawrence B; Weiner, Ashley A 2022. Coronary Artery Calcifications and Cardiac Risk After Radiation Therapy for Stage III Lung Cancer. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 112 1, 188-196

Mavroidis, Panayiotis; Pearlstein, Kevin A; Moon, Dominic H; Xu, Victoria; Royce, Trevor J; Weiner, Ashley A; Shen, Colette J; Marks, Lawrence B; Chera, Bhishamjit S; Das, Shiva K; Wang, Kyle 2021. NTCP modeling and dose-volume correlations for acute xerostomia and dry eye after whole brain radiation. Radiation oncology (London, England), 16 1, 56

Mullins, Brandon T; Moore, Dominic T; Rivera, M Patricia; Marks, Lawrence B; Akulian, Jason; Pearlstein, Kevin A; Wang, Kyle; Burks, Allen C; Weiner, Ashley A 2021. The impact of pathologic staging of the hilar/mediastinal nodes on outcomes in patients with early-stage NSCLC receiving stereotactic body radiotherapy. Journal of thoracic disease, 13 2, 1045-1054

Wang, Kyle; Mavroidis, Panayiotis; Royce, Trevor J; Falchook, Aaron D; Collins, Sean P; Sapareto, Stephen; Sheets, Nathan C; Fuller, Donald B; El Naqa, Issam; Yorke, Ellen; Grimm, Jimm; Jackson, Andrew; Chen, Ronald C 2021. Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: An Overview of Toxicity and Dose Response. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 110 1, 237-248

Wang, Kyle; Tepper, Joel E 2021. Radiation therapy-associated toxicity: Etiology, management, and prevention. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 71 5, 437-454

Louie, Raphael J; Wang, Kyle; Royce, Trevor J; Beaty, Brian T; Esther, Robert J; Tepper, Joel E; Kim, Hong Jin 2020. Does Timing Matter? Surgical Outcomes in High-Grade Sarcomas after Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy. The Journal of surgical research, 254 , 118-124

Meyer, Colleen; Mitra, Sara; Ruebush, Ellen; Sisler, Laurel; Wang, Kyle; Goldstein, Adam O 2020. A Lean Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Tobacco Use Treatment in a Cancer Hospital. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17 6,

Royce, Trevor J; Mavroidis, Panayiotis; Wang, Kyle; Falchook, Aaron D; Sheets, Nathan C; Fuller, Donald B; Collins, Sean P; El Naqa, Issam; Song, Daniel Y; Ding, George X; Nahum, Alan E; Jackson, Andrew; Grimm, Jimm; Yorke, Ellen; Chen, Ronald C 2020. Tumor Control Probability Modeling and Systematic Review of the Literature of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, ,

Walburn, Tyler; Grover, Natalie S; Shen, Colette J; Ranganathan, Raghuveer; Dittus, Christopher; Beaven, Anne W; Wang, Andrew Z; Wang, Kyle 2020. Consolidative or palliative whole brain radiation for secondary CNS diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma. Leukemia & lymphoma, , 1-8

Walburn, Tyler; Moon, Andrew M; Hayashi, Paul H; Gerber, David; Sanoff, Hanna K; McGinty, Katrina A; Mauro, David; Tepper, Joel; Wang, Kyle 2020. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Recurrent, Isolated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Lymph Node Metastasis With or Without Prior Liver Transplantation. Cureus, 12 8, e9988

Pearlstein, Kevin A; Wang, Kyle; Amdur, Robert J; Shen, Colette J; Dagan, Roi; Weiss, Jared; Grilley-Olson, Juneko E; Zanation, Adam; Hackman, Trevor G; Thorp, Brian D; Blumberg, Jeffrey M; Patel, Samip; Sheets, Nathan; Weissler, Mark C; Mendenhall, William M; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2019. Quality of Life for Patients With Favorable-Risk HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer After De-intensified Chemoradiotherapy. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 103 3, 646-653

Walburn, Tyler; Wang, Kyle; Sud, Shivani; Zakrzewski, Alexandra; Roehm, Robyn; Sutton, Stephanie; Tan, Xianming; Adams, Robert; Mazur, Lukasz; Marks, Lawrence B; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2019. A Prospective Analysis of Radiation Oncologist Compliance With Early Peer Review Recommendations. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 104 3, 494-500

Wang, Kyle; Moon, Dominic H; Amdur, Robert J; Dagan, Roi; Sheets, Nathan C; Shen, Colette J; Green, Rebecca; Patel, Samip N; Zanation, Adam M; Thorp, Brian D; Hackman, Trevor G; Weissler, Mark C; Mendenhall, William M; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2019. Shoulder symptoms and quality of life impact of limited neck dissection after de-intensified chemoradiotherapy: Secondary analysis of two prospective trials. Head & neck, 41 5, 1213-1219

Wang, Kyle; Pearlstein, Kevin A; Moon, Dominic H; Mahbooba, Zahra M; Deal, Allison M; Wang, Yue; Sutton, Stephanie R; Motley, Britni B; Judy, Gregory D; Holmes, Jordan A; Sheets, Nathan C; Kasibhatla, Mohit S; Pacholke, Heather D; Shen, Colette J; Zagar, Timothy M; Marks, Lawrence B; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2019. Assessment of Risk of Xerostomia After Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy and Association With Parotid Dose. JAMA oncology, 5 2, 221-228

Wang, Kyle; Tobillo, Rachel; Mavroidis, Panayiotis; Pappafotis, Ryan; Pearlstein, Kevin A; Moon, Dominic H; Mahbooba, Zahra M; Deal, Allison M; Holmes, Jordan A; Sheets, Nathan C; Kasibhatla, Mohit S; Pacholke, Heather D; Royce, Trevor J; Weiner, Ashley A; Shen, Colette J; Zagar, Timothy M; Marks, Lawrence B; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2019. Prospective Assessment of Patient-Reported Dry Eye Syndrome After Whole Brain Radiation. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 105 4, 765-772

Warren, Graham W; Wang, Kyle; Goldstein, Adam O 2019. Smoking Cessation and Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening: A Necessary Pair. Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 14 9, 1495-1497

Myung, Ja Hye; Eblan, Michael J; Caster, Joseph M; Park, Sin-Jung; Poellmann, Michael J; Wang, Kyle; Tam, Kevin A; Miller, Seth M; Shen, Colette; Chen, Ronald C; Zhang, Tian; Tepper, Joel E; Chera, Bhishamjit S; Wang, Andrew Z; Hong, Seungpyo 2018. Multivalent Binding and Biomimetic Cell Rolling Improves the Sensitivity and Specificity of Circulating Tumor Cell Capture. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 24 11, 2539-2547

Wang, Kyle; Chen, Ronald C; Kane, Brent L; Medbery, Clinton A; Underhill, Kelly J; Gray, James R; Peddada, Anuj V; Fuller, Donald B 2018. Patient and Dosimetric Predictors of Genitourinary and Bowel Quality of Life After Prostate SBRT: Secondary Analysis of a Multi-institutional Trial. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 102 5, 1430-1437

Wang, Kyle; Wong, Terence Z; Amdur, Robert J; Mendenhall, William M; Sheets, Nathan C; Green, Rebecca; Thorp, Brian D; Patel, Samip N; Hackman, Trevor G; Zanation, Adam M; Weissler, Mark C; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2018. Pitfalls of post-treatment PET after de-intensified chemoradiotherapy for HPV-associated oropharynx cancer: Secondary analysis of a phase 2 trial. Oral oncology, 78 , 108-113

Yegya-Raman, Nikhil; Wang, Kyle; Kim, Sinae; Reyhan, Meral; Deek, Matthew P; Sayan, Mutlay; Li, Diana; Patel, Malini; Malhotra, Jyoti; Aisner, Joseph; Marks, Lawrence B; Jabbour, Salma K 2018. Dosimetric Predictors of Symptomatic Cardiac Events After Conventional-Dose Chemoradiation Therapy for Inoperable NSCLC. Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 13 10, 1508-1518

Chera, Bhisham; Wang, Kyle; Monroe, Alan; Galloway, Tom; Amdur, Robert; Hayes, D Neil; Zevallos, Jose; Mendenhall, William M 2017. Truth or myth: Definitive chemoradiotherapy doesn't work for HPV/p16 negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma? Oral oncology, 65 , 125-126

Moon, Dominic H; Moon, Sung Ho; Wang, Kyle; Weissler, Mark C; Hackman, Trevor G; Zanation, Adam M; Thorp, Brian D; Patel, Samip N; Zevallos, Jose P; Marks, Lawrence B; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2017. Incidence of, and risk factors for, mandibular osteoradionecrosis in patients with oral cavity and oropharynx cancers. Oral oncology, 72 , 98-103

Verma, Vivek; Shostrom, Valerie K; Kumar, Sameera S; Zhen, Weining; Hallemeier, Christopher L; Braunstein, Steve E; Holland, John; Harkenrider, Matthew M; S Iskhanian, Adrian; Neboori, Hanmanth J; Jabbour, Salma K; Attia, Albert; Lee, Percy; Alite, Fiori; Walker, Joshua M; Stahl, John M; Wang, Kyle; Bingham, Brian S; Hadzitheodorou, Christina; Decker, Roy H; McGarry, Ronald C; Simone, Charles B 2017. Multi-institutional experience of stereotactic body radiotherapy for large (?5 centimeters) non-small cell lung tumors. Cancer, 123 4, 688-696

Verma, Vivek; Shostrom, Valerie K; Zhen, Weining; Zhang, Mutian; Braunstein, Steve E; Holland, John; Hallemeier, Christopher L; Harkenrider, Matthew M; Iskhanian, Adrian; Jabbour, Salma K; Attia, Albert; Lee, Percy; Wang, Kyle; Decker, Roy H; McGarry, Ronald C; Simone, Charles B 2017. Influence of Fractionation Scheme and Tumor Location on Toxicities After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Large (?5 cm) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-institutional Analysis. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 97 4, 778-785

Wang, Kyle; Eblan, Michael J; Deal, Allison M; Lipner, Matthew; Zagar, Timothy M; Wang, Yue; Mavroidis, Panayiotis; Lee, Carrie B; Jensen, Brian C; Rosenman, Julian G; Socinski, Mark A; Stinchcombe, Thomas E; Marks, Lawrence B 2017. Cardiac Toxicity After Radiotherapy for Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Pooled Analysis of Dose-Escalation Trials Delivering 70 to 90 Gy. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 35 13, 1387-1394

Wang, Kyle; Mullins, Brandon T; Falchook, Aaron D; Lian, Jun; He, Kelei; Shen, Dinggang; Dance, Michael; Lin, Weili; Sills, Tiffany M; Das, Shiva K; Huang, Benjamin Y; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2017. Evaluation of PET/MRI for Tumor Volume Delineation for Head and Neck Cancer. Frontiers in oncology, 7 , 8

Wang, Kyle; Pearlstein, Kevin A; Patchett, Nicholas D; Deal, Allison M; Mavroidis, Panayiotis; Jensen, Brian C; Lipner, Matthew B; Zagar, Timothy M; Wang, Yue; Lee, Carrie B; Eblan, Michael J; Rosenman, Julian G; Socinski, Mark A; Stinchcombe, Thomas E; Marks, Lawrence B 2017. Heart dosimetric analysis of three types of cardiac toxicity in patients treated on dose-escalation trials for Stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 125 2, 293-300

Wang, Kyle; Zanation, Adam M; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2017. The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies. Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 50 2, 419-432

Wang, Kyle; Amdur, Robert J; Mendenhall, William M; Green, Rebecca; Aumer, Shannon; Hackman, Trevor G; Zanation, Adam M; Zevallos, Jose P; Patel, Samip N; Weissler, Mark C; Chera, Bhishamjit S 2016. Impact of post-chemoradiotherapy superselective/selective neck dissection on patient reported quality of life. Oral oncology, 58 , 21-6

Wang, Kyle; Sheets, Nathan C; Basak, Ramsankar; Chen, Ronald C 2016. Ascertainment of postprostatectomy radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Cancer, 122 19, 3069-74

Shtessel, Ludmila; Lowden, Mia Rochelle; Cheng, Chen; Simon, Matt; Wang, Kyle; Ahmed, Shawn 2013. Caenorhabditis elegans POT-1 and POT-2 repress telomere maintenance pathways. G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 3 2, 305-13

Wang, Kyle; Heron, Dwight E; Clump, David A; Flickinger, John C; Kubicek, Gregory J; Rwigema, Jean-Claude M; Ferris, Robert L; Ohr, James P; Quinn, Annette E; Ozhasoglu, Cihat; Branstetter, Barton F 2013. Target delineation in stereotactic body radiation therapy for recurrent head and neck cancer: a retrospective analysis of the impact of margins and automated PET-CT segmentation. Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 106 1, 90-5

Wang, Kyle; Heron, Dwight E; Flickinger, John C; Rwigema, Jean-Claude M; Ferris, Robert L; Kubicek, Gregory J; Ohr, James P; Quinn, Annette E; Ozhasoglu, Cihat; Branstetter, Barton F 2012. A retrospective, deformable registration analysis of the impact of PET-CT planning on patterns of failure in stereotactic body radiation therapy for recurrent head and neck cancer. Head & neck oncology, 4 , 12