Kevin Choe, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-7600

kevin.choe@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

ResidencyUniversity of Chicago Hospitals, Radiation Oncology (2010)
InternshipYale-New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine (2006)
Medical SchoolAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (2005)

Research Interests

Cancer stem cells
Resistance to radiation and chemotherapy
Tumor imaging and Targeted therapy

Publications

Prior chemoradiotherapy adversely impacts outcomes of recurrent and second primary head and neck cancer treated with concurrent chemotherapy and reirradiation.

Choe KS, Haraf DJ, Solanki A, Cohen EE, Seiwert TY, Stenson KM, Blair EA, Portugal L, Villaflor VM, Witt ME, Vokes EE, Salama JK, Cancer, 2011 Jun;

Adjuvant chemotherapy prior to postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer

Choe KS, Salama JK, Stenson KM, Blair EA, Witt ME, Cohen EEW, Haraf DJ, Vokes EE , Radiotherapy and Oncology , November 2010; (97(2)):318-321

Radiotherapeutic strategies in the management of low-risk prostate cancer

Choe KS, Liauw SL , ScientificWorldJournal , September 2010; (10):1854-1869

The use of anticoagulants improves biochemical control of localized prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy

Choe KS, Correa D, Jani AB, Liauw SL. , Cancer , April 2010; (116(7)):1820-1826

External beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer patients on anticoagulation therapy: how significant is the bleeding toxicity?

Choe KS, Jani AB, Liauw SL. , International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology and Physics , March 2010; (76(3)):755-760

PU.1 directly regulates cdk6 gene expression, linking the cell proliferation and differentiation programs in erythroid cells.

Choe KS, Ujhelly O, Wontakal SN, Skoultchi AI. , Journal of Biological Chemistry , January 2010; (285(5)):3044-3052

Recent Advances in radiation therapy for tumors involving the mediastinum

Choe KS, Salama JK , Thorac Surg Clin , February 2009; (19(1)):133-141

PU.1 and pRB interact and cooperate to repress GATA-1 and block erythroid differentiation.

Rekhtman N, Choe KS, Matushansky I, Murray S, Stopka T, Skoultchi AI. , Molecular and Cellular Biology , November 2003; (23(21)):7460-7474

Reversal of tumorigenicity and the block to differentiation in erythroleukemia cells by GATA-1.

Choe KS, Radparvar F, Matushansky I, Rekhtman N, Han X, Skoultchi AI. , Cancer Research , October 2003; (63(19)):6363-6369

Activity of the farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor SCH66336 against BCR/ABL-induced murine leukemia and primary cells from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.

Peter DG, Hoover RR, Gerlach MJ, Koh EY, Zhang H, Choe K, Kirschmeier P, Bishop WR, Daley GQ. , Blood , March 2001; (97(5)):104-1412

Honors/Awards

American Brain Tumor Association Research Award

(2011)

PresidentÂ’s Research Council Distinguished Young Researcher Award (UTSW)

(2011)

Roentgen Research Award, RSNA Research and Education Foundation

(2010)

Young Scientist/Investigator Award, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

(2010)

Chief Resident, University of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology

(2009)

Intern of the Year, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine

(2006)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship

(2000)