Baldassarre Stea, MD, PhD

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Department Head, Radiation Oncology
Biography
Born in Italy (Bari), educated at UCLA (BS, PhD in Biochemistry); Medical School at the George Washington University; Internship (Medicine) at GWUMC in Washington DC, Radiation Oncology residency at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD. Came to the U of A College of Medicine as an assistant professor, rose to the rank of Professor with tenure, now Department Head for the past 16 years
Cancer Focus
Clinical: I specialize in treatment of pediatric cancer and brain tumors, utilizing different radiation modalities
Research: Clinical trials for malignant and benign brain tumors
Selected Publications
Brown, P. D., V. Gondi, S. Pugh, W. A. Tome, J. S. Wefel, T. S. Armstrong, J. A. Bovi, C. Robinson, A. Konski, D. Khuntia, et al., "Hippocampal Avoidance During Whole-Brain Radiotherapy Plus Memantine for Patients With Brain Metastases: Phase III Trial NRG Oncology CC001.", J Clin Oncol, vol. 38, issue 10, pp. 1019-1029, 2020 04 01. PMCID: PMC7106984 PMID: 32058845
Katsanis, E., L. N. Sapp, S. Cienfuegos Reid, N. Reddivalla, and B. Stea, "T-Cell Replete Myeloablative Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation Is an Effective Option for Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With High-Risk Hematologic Malignancies.", Front Pediatr, vol. 8, pp. 282, 2020. PMCID: PMC7295947 PMID: 32582591
Famoso, J., G. Lemole, S. Sundararajan, and B. Stea, "Targeting PD-L1 After Adjuvant Radiation in Subtotally Resected Primary Pineal Melanoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.", J Natl Compr Canc Netw, vol. 17, issue 10, pp. 1148-1153, 2019 10 01. PMID: 31590158
Katsanis, E., L. N. Sapp, N. Varner, S. Koza, B. Stea, and Y. Zeng, "Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation with Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide/Bendamustine in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients with Hematologic Malignancies.", Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, vol. 24, issue 10, pp. 2034-2039, 2018 Oct. PMID: 29908231
Knitter, J. R., W. K. Erly, B. D. Stea, G. M. Lemole, I. M. Germano, A. H. Doshi, and K. Nael, "Interval Change in Diffusion and Perfusion MRI Parameters for the Assessment of Pseudoprogression in Cerebral Metastases Treated With Stereotactic Radiation.", AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 211, issue 1, pp. 168-175, 2018 Jul. PMID: 29708785