
Ralph E Vatner , MD,PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
UC Health Barrett Cancer Center
Department of Radiation Oncology
234 Goodman Street, ML 0757
Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0757
Phone 513-584-5327
Fax 513-584-4007
Email vatnerrh@ucmail.uc.edu
Education
Bachelor of Arts: Haverford College Pennsylvania , 2000 (Chemistry)
Ph.D.: University of Connecticut School of Medicine Connecticut, 2010 (Biomedical Science, Immunology)
Medical Degree: University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT, 2010 (Medicine)
Intern: Mount Sinai Medical Center Florida, 2011 (Internal Medicine)
Residency: New York University School of Medicine New York, 2014 (Radiation Oncology)
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Francis H. Burr Proton Center Massachusetts, 2016 (Pediatric Proton Therapy )
Certifications
American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology) (Certification Date: 05-17-2016 )
Clinical Interests
Leukemia
Radiation Oncology
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Adenocarcinoma
Adenosquamous Carcinoma
Bone Marrow Cancers
Brain Cancers
Brain Metastases
Brain Stem Tumor
Brain Tumor
Cancer
Central Nervous System Tumors
Cerebellar Cancers
Cerebral Arterial Disease
Cerebral Contusion
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Cerebral Ventricle Tumor
Chondrosarcoma
Chordoma
Ependymoblastoma
Ewing Sarcoma
Ganglioneuroblastoma
Glioma
Glioneuronal Tumor
Gliosarcoma
Infratentorial Cancers
Leptomeningeal Disease
Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
Medulloblastoma
Metastasis Cancers
Neoplasm
Nerve Sheath Tumors
Nerve Tumors
Neurilemmoma
Neuroblastoma
Neurocytoma
Neurofibrosarcoma
Olfactory Neuroblastoma (Esthesioneuroblastoma)
Osteogenic Sarcoma (Osteosarcoma)
Pineoblastoma
Plexiform Neurofibroma
Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
Retinoblastoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Skull-Base Tumors
Spinal Cord Cancer
Spinal Tumors
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Subependymal Glioma
T-cell lymphoma
T-Cell, Cutaneous Lymphoma
T-Cell, Peripheral Lymphoma
Specialities
Radiation Oncology
Positions and Work Experience
08-2015 -07-2016 Pediatric Proton Therapy Fellow, Francis H. Burr Proton Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
07-2014 -06-2015 Chief Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
07-2011 -06-2014 Residency, Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
06-2010 -06-2011 Intern, Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Research Support
Grant: #Contract No. 475524 Investigators:Ionascu, Traian; Lamba, Michael; Takiar, Vinita; Vatner, Ralph 08-02-2019 -07-31-2020 Department of Energy Evaluating Equivalence of Cellular Response to X-ray and Gamma Irradiation of Varying Energies Role:Collaborator $53,489.25 Active Level:Federal
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Medek, Sara; De, Brian; Pater, Luke; Breneman, John; Mahajan, Anita; Wolden, Suzanne; Vatner, Ralph E (2019. ) Practice patterns among radiation oncologists treating pediatric patients with proton craniospinal irradiation.Practical radiation oncology, , More Information
Vatner, Ralph E; Janssen, Edith M (2019. ) STING, DCs and the link between innate and adaptive tumor immunity.Molecular immunology, , 110 ,13-23 More Information
Turpin, Brian; Pressey, Joseph G; Nagarajan, Rajaram; Weiss, Brian D; Trout, Andrew T; Gelfand, Michael J; Pater, Luke; Vatner, Ralph E; Breneman, John C; Dasgupta, Roshni (2019. ) Sentinel lymph node biopsy in head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma.Pediatric blood & cancer, , 66 (3 ) ,e27532 More Information
Vatner, Ralph E; Niemierko, Andrzej; Misra, Madhusmita; Weyman, Elizabeth A; Goebel, Claire P; Ebb, David H; Jones, Robin M; Huang, Mary S; Mahajan, Anita; Grosshans, David R; Paulino, Arnold C; Stanley, Takara; MacDonald, Shannon M; Tarbell, Nancy J; Yock, Torunn I (2018. ) Endocrine Deficiency As a Function of Radiation Dose to the Hypothalamus and Pituitary in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Brain Tumors.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, , 36 (28 ) ,2854-2862 More Information
4. Sertorio M, Perentesis JP, Vatner RE, Mascia AE, Zheng Y, Wells SI. (2018. ) Cancer cell metabolism: implications for X-ray and particle radiation therapy. .Cancer cell metabolism: implications for X-ray and particle radiation therapy. International Journal of Particle Therapy, , 5 (1 ) ,
Shin SM, Vatner RE, Tam M, Golfinos JG, Narayana A, Kondziolka D, Silverman JS (2015. ) Resection Followed by Involved-Field Fractionated Radiotherapy in the Management of Single Brain Metastasis. .Front Oncol. , , 5 (206 ) , More Information
Vatner RE, Cooper BT, Vanpouille-Box C, Demaria S, Formenti SC. (2014. ) Combinations of Immunotherapy and Radiation in Cancer Therapy.Front Oncol. , , 4 (325 ) , More Information
Vatner RE and Formenti SC (2015. ) Myeloid Derived Cells in Tumors: Effects of Radiation.Semin Radiat Oncol, , 25 (1 ) ,18 More Information
Vatner RE, Srivastava PK (2010. ) The tailless complex polypeptide-1 ring complex of the heat shock protein 60 family facilitates cross-priming of CD8 responses specific for chaperoned peptides.J Immunol, , 185 (11 ) ,6765 More Information
Vatner, Ralph; James, Charles D; Sathiaseelan, Vythialingam; Bondra, Kathryn M; Kalapurakal, John A; Houghton, Peter J (2020. ) Radiation therapy and molecular-targeted agents in preclinical testing for immunotherapy, brain tumors, and sarcomas: Opportunities and challenges.Pediatric blood & cancer, , e28439 More Information
Eaton, Bree R; Schwarz, Rudolf; Vatner, Ralph; Yeh, Brian; Claude, Line; Indelicato, Daniel J; Laack, Nadia (2020. ) Osteosarcoma.Pediatric blood & cancer, , e28352 More Information
Sabulski, Anthony; Bartlett, Allison L; Koch, Bernadette L; Vatner, Ralph; Mizukawa, Benjamin; Phillips, Christine L (2020. ) Hyperdiploid Precursor B-acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Presenting as a Cavernous Sinus Mass in a 4-Year-old Male.Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, , More Information
Lawell, Miranda P; Indelicato, Daniel J; Paulino, Arnold C; Hartsell, William; Laack, Nadia N; Ermoian, Ralph P; Perentesis, John P; Vatner, Ralph; Perkins, Stephanie; Mangona, Victor S; Hill-Kayser, Christine E; Wolden, Suzanne L; Kwok, Young; Chang, John Han-Chih; Wilkinson, J Ben; MacEwan, Iain; Chang, Andrew L; Eaton, Bree R; Ladra, Matthew M; Gallotto, Sara L; Weyman, Elizabeth A; Bajaj, Benjamin V M; Baliga, Sujith; Yeap, Beow Y; Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy; Yock, Torunn I (2020. ) An open invitation to join the Pediatric Proton/Photon Consortium Registry to standardize data collection in pediatric radiation oncology.The British journal of radiology, , 93 (1107 ) ,20190673 More Information
Sertorio, Mathieu; Perentesis, John P; Vatner, Ralph E; Mascia, Anthony E; Zheng, Yi; Wells, Susanne I (2018. ) Cancer Cell Metabolism: Implications for X-ray and Particle Radiation Therapy.International journal of particle therapy, , 5 (1 ) ,40-48 More Information
Professional Affiliation
Member American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO),
Member Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society,
Contact Information
Academic - UC Health Barrett Cancer Center
Department of Radiation Oncology
CincinnatiĀ
Ohio, 45267-0757
Phone: 513-584-5327
Fax: 513-584-4007
vatnerrh@ucmail.uc.edu