BryanJamesTraughberMD(He/Him)

Radiation Oncology • Rochester, MN

Gynecologic Cancer, Urologic Cancer

Radiation Oncologist; Vice Chair for Innovation

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Office
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
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Summary

Dr. Bryan J. Traughber is a radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He received his medical degree from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and also completed fellowship training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He specializes in Genitourinary Radiation Oncology, LDR and HDR brachytherapy, MRgRT, drug delivery, and molecular radiotherapy. He has a track-record of over 17M in funding including venture capital, philanthropic, and federal grants for his translational research programs and spin-offs.

Education & Training

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2012 - 2016
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Case Center for Imaging Research (CCIR), 2010 - 2012
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2009 - 2010
The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2009
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2008
NIH Clinical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Medical Research Scholars Program - Center for Image Guided Intervention, 2005 - 2007
Wartburg CollegeB.A., Chemistry, Biochemistry, 1997 - 2001

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2016 - 2025
WI State Medical License 2023 - 2025
MN State Medical License 2022 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2020 - 2024
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2015
Roentgen Resident Research Award Radiologlical Society of North America (RSNA), 2013, 2016

Clinical Trials

Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Kidney Tumors Start of enrollment: 2007 Feb 20
Completed
Not Applicable
PET-MRI in Diagnosing Patients With Cancer, Cardiac Diseases, or Neurologic Diseases Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 07
Completed
Not Applicable
Magnetic Resonance Guided Focal Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 16
Completed
Not Applicable
Pilot Study Evaluating the Role of Histopathology Correlation in Treatment Planning Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 21
Completed
Not Applicable
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy or Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIA-B Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 Nov 16
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Enhancing SUV Accuracy of PET/MR for Clinical Trial Qualification Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 17
Completed
Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Atezolizumab in Treating Patients With Localized Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 03
Recruiting
Phase 3
A Study of Salvage Radiotherapy With or Without Enzalutamide in Recurrent Prostate Cancer Following Surgery Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Prostatic Urethral Lift (PUL) Pre-/Post-Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Dec 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Post Market Clinical Follow-up Study Venezia Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 10
Completed
Niraparib With Standard Combination Radiation Therapy and Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Treating Patients With High Risk Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 03
Suspended
Phase 2
Testing the Addition of the Drug Apalutamide to the Usual Hormone Therapy and Radiation Therapy After Surgery for Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2020 Mar 05
Recruiting
Phase 3
A Study of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Compared to Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Plus MEDI4736 (Durvalumab) Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer Which Has Spread to the Lymph Nodes (The INSPIRE Study) Start of enrollment: 2021 Mar 17
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Treating Prostate Cancer That Has Come Back After Surgery With Apalutamide and Targeted Radiation Based on PET Imaging Start of enrollment: 2020 Oct 08
Recruiting
Phase 3
Testing the Addition of Darolutamide to Hormonal Therapy (Androgen Deprivation Therapy [ADT]) After Surgery for Men With High-Risk Prostate Cancer, The ERADICATE Study Start of enrollment: 2021 Mar 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Two Studies for Patients With High Risk Prostate Cancer Testing Less Intense Treatment for Patients With a Low Gene Risk Score and Testing a More Intense Treatment for Patients With a High Gene Risk Score, The PREDICT-RT Trial Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 15
Recruiting
Phase 3
Daily Adaptive Post-Prostatectomy With Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy in Patients With Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2023 Jul 28
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Evaluation of the Impact of Empty Versus Full Bladder in Patients With Prostate Cancer, RELIEF Trial Start of enrollment: 2023 Sep 19
Recruiting
Not Applicable
A Multi-Center Trial of Androgen Suppression With Abiraterone Acetate, Leuprolide, PARP Inhibition and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 06
Recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Radiation Therapy Treatment Simulation and Planning.
Kiaran P McGee, Minsong Cao, Indra J Das, Victoria Yu, Robert J Witte, Amar U Kishan, Luca F Valle, Florian Wiesinger, Chiara De-Colle, Yue Cao, William G Breen, Bryan...> ;Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2024 Jan 24
Dose uncertainty due to needle-tip localization error in prostate seed implantation.
Zhengzheng Xu, Theodore H Arsenault, Bryan Traughber, Roger Ove, Tarun K Podder> ;Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2022 Dec 1
1 citations
Pattern of Radiotherapy Treatment in Low-Risk, Intermediate-Risk, and High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients: Analysis of National Cancer Database.
Asoke Dey, Sujay Datta, Ana Nassar, William Grubb, Bryan Traughber, Tithi Biswas, Roger Ove, Tarun Podder, Agrawal, R.> ;Cancers. 2022 Nov 9
Abdominopelvic MR to CT registration using a synthetic CT intermediate.
Jin Uk Heo, Feifei Zhou, Robert Jones, Jiamin Zheng, Xin Song, Pengjiang Qian, Atallah Baydoun, Melanie S Traughber, Jung-Wen Kuo, Rose Al Helo, Cheryl Thompson, Norbe...> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2022 Sep 1
3 citations
Effect of applicator removal from target volume for cervical cancer patients treated with Venezia high-dose-rate brachytherapy applicator.
ZhengZheng Xu, Bryan J Traughber, Eleanor Harris, Tarun K Podder> ;Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2022 Apr 1
2 citations
Focal Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy With Correlative Pathological and Radiographic-Based Treatment Planning.
Elisha T. Fredman, Bryan Traughber, M.Z. Kharouta, Tarun Podder, Simon S. Lo, Lee Ponsky, Gregory T. MacLennan, Raj Mohan Paspulati, Bradley Ellis, Mitchell Machtay, R...> ;Frontiers in Oncology. 2021 Jan 1
21 citations
Final results of a dose escalation protocol of stereotactic body radiotherapy for poor surgical candidates with localized renal cell carcinoma
William Grubb, Lee Ponsky, Simon S. Lo, M.Z. Kharouta, Bryan Traughber, Kate Sandstrom, Gregory T. MacLennan, Eswar Shankar, Sanjay Gupta, Mitchell Machtay, Rodney J. ...> ;Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2021 Feb 1
9 citations
Synthetic CT Generation of the Pelvis in Patients With Cervical Cancer: A Single Input Approach Using Generative Adversarial Network
Atallah Baydoun, Ke Xu, Jin Uk Heo, Huan Yang, Feifei Zhou, Latoya A. Bethell, Elisha T. Fredman, Rodney J. Ellis, Tarun Podder, Melanie Traughber, Raj Mohan Paspulati...> ;IEEE Access. 2021 Jan 1
1 citations
Feasibility of improving patient's safety with in vivo dose tracking in intracavitary and interstitial HDR brachytherapy.
Jessica Muenkel, Zhengzheng Xu, Bryan Traughber, Tanvir Baig, Keying Xu, Christian Langmack, E.E. Harris, Tarun Podder> ;Brachytherapy. 2021 Mar 1
20 citations
Adjusting to the new reality: Evaluation of early practice pattern adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Nakayama, Sherif A. El-Nashar, Steven E. Waggoner, Bryan Traughber, Joshua Kesterson> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2020 Aug 1
15 citations
mDixon-Based Synthetic CT Generation for PET Attenuation Correction on Abdomen and Pelvis Jointly Using Transfer Fuzzy Clustering and Active Learning-Based Classification
Pengjiang Qian, Yangyang Chen, Jung-Wen Kuo, Yudong Zhang, Yizhang Jiang, Kaifa Zhao, Rose Al Helo, Harry T. Friel, Atallah Baydoun, Feifei Zhou, Jin Uk Heo, Norbert A...> ;IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 2020 Apr 1
6 citations
Transforming UTE-mDixon MR Abdomen-Pelvis Images Into CT by Jointly Leveraging Prior Knowledge and Partial Supervision
Pengjiang Qian, Jiamin Zheng, Qiankun Zheng, Yuan Liu, Tingyu Wang, Rose Al Helo, Atallah Baydoun, Norbert Avril, Rodney J. Ellis, Harry T. Friel, Melanie Traughber, A...> ;IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. 2021 Jan 1
8 citations
k-space sampling optimization for ultrashort TE imaging of cortical bone: Applications in radiation therapy planning and MR-based PET attenuation correction
Lingzhi Hu, Kuan-Hao Su, G Pereira, Anu Grover, Bryan Traughber, Melanie Traughber, Raymond F. Muzic> ;Medical Physics. 2014 Oct 1
35 citations
Generation of brain pseudo-CTs using an undersampled, single-acquisition UTE-mDixon pulse sequence and unsupervised clustering
Kuan-Hao Su, Lingzhi Hu, Christian Stehning, Michael Helle, Pengjiang Qian, Cheryl L. Thompson, G Pereira, David W. Jordan, Karin A. Herrmann, Melanie Traughber, Raymo...> ;Medical Physics. 2015 Aug 1
11 citations
UTE‐mDixon‐based thorax synthetic CT generation
Kuan-Hao Su, Harry T. Friel, Jung-Wen Kuo, Rose Al Helo, Atallah Baydoun, Christian Stehning, Adina N. Crisan, Melanie Traughber, Ajit Devaraj, David W. Jordan, Pengji...> ;Medical Physics. 2019 Aug 1
1 citations
Appropriate Methodology for EBRT and HDR Intracavitary/Interstitial Brachytherapy Dose Composite and Clinical Plan Evaluation for Patients With Cervical Cancer.
Zhengzheng Xu, Bryan Traughber, Elisha T. Fredman, David Albani, Rodney J. Ellis, Tarun Podder> ;Practical Radiation Oncology. 2019 Nov 1
4 citations
Comparison of multiparametric MRI-based and transrectal ultrasound-based preplans with intraoperative ultrasound-based planning for low dose rate interstitial prostate...
Elisha T. Fredman, Bryan Traughber, Andrew Gross, Tarun Podder, Valdir C. Colussi, Robert Vinkler, Mitchell Machtay, Rodney J. Ellis> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2019 Jun 1
25 citations
Abdominal, multi-organ, auto-contouring method for online adaptive magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy: An intelligent, multi-level fusion approach
Fan Liang, Pengjiang Qian, Kuan-Hao Su, Atallah Baydoun, Asha Leisser, Steven Van Hedent, Jung-Wen Kuo, Kaifa Zhao, Parag J. Parikh, Yonggang Lu, Bryan Traughber, Raym...> ;Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 2018 Jul 24
19 citations
Machine learning-based dual-energy CT parametric mapping.
Kuan-Hao Su, Jung-Wen Kuo, David W. Jordan, Steven Van Hedent, Paul Klahr, Zhouping Wei, Rose Al Helo, Fan Liang, Pengjiang Qian, G Pereira, Negin Rassouli, Robert C. ...> ;Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2018 Jun 8
3 citations
Reduction of seed motion using a bio-absorbable polymer coating during permanent prostate brachytherapy using a mick applicator technique
Gregory R. Warrell, Yan Xing, Tarun Podder, Bryan Traughber, Rodney J. Ellis> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2018 Apr 17
9 citations
Comparative analysis for renal stereotactic body radiotherapy using Cyberknife, VMAT and proton therapy based treatment planning.
Atallah Baydoun, Neha Vapiwala, Lee Ponsky, Musaddiq J. Awan, A Kassaee, David Sutton, Tarun Podder, Y. Zhang, Donald Dobbins, Raymond F. Muzic, Bryan Traughber, Mitch...> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2018 Mar 14
6 citations
Evaluation of interfractional variation of organs and displacement of catheters during high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies.
Soyoung Lee, Ellis Rodney, Bryan Traughber, Tithi Biswas, Valdir C. Colussi, Tarun Podder> ;Brachytherapy. 2017 Nov 1
8 citations
3T multiparametric MRI-guided high-dose-rate combined intracavitary and interstitial adaptive brachytherapy for the treatment of cervical cancer with a novel split-rin...
Elisha T. Fredman, Bryan Traughber, Tarun Podder, Valdir C. Colussi, Y. Zheng, Suzanne Russo, Karin A. Herrmann, Raj Mohan Paspulati, Steven E. Waggoner, Kristine M. Z...> ;Brachytherapy. 2017 Oct 1
15 citations
Outcomes and toxicities in patients treated with definitive focal therapy for primary prostate cancer: systematic review.
Atallah Baydoun, Bryan Traughber, Nathan Morris, Michella Abi Zeid Daou, Michael McGraw, Tarun Podder, Raymond F. Muzic, Simon S. Lo, Lee Ponsky, Mitchell Machtay, Rod...> ;Future Oncology. 2017 Mar 1
9 citations
Real-time in vivo dosimetry for SBRT prostate treatment using plastic scintillating dosimetry embedded in a rectal balloon: a case study.
Justin L. Cantley, Chee-Wai Cheng, Fredrick B. Jesseph, Tarun Podder, Valdir C. Colussi, Bryan Traughber, Lee Ponsky, Rodney J. Ellis> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2016 Nov 8
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Press Mentions

Husband-and-Wife Team Bring Expertise to MR-Guided Radiotherapy ProgramOctober 6th, 2021
Ohio Clinic Adopts New Solution for Treating Women with Cervical CancerNovember 7th, 2017
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center Launches Use of Elekta’s Venezia Gynecological Applicator for Patients with Advanced Cervical CancerAugust 8th, 2017
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Grant Support

Exploring SGLTs as Theranostic Targets for Cancer MetastasisNational Institutes of Health2023–2024
ACCURATE MR-BASED PET ATTENUATION CORRECTION FOR QUANTITATIVE CLINICAL TRIALSNational Institutes of Health2015–2020
IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS WITH THE DIGITAL EZ BOARDNational Institutes of Health2015–2017
ADVANCING PATIENT CALL LIGHT SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMESNational Institutes of Health2012–2014
IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS WITH THE DIGITAL EZ BOARDNational Institutes of Health2012–2013
ADVANCING PATIENT CALL LIGHT SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMESNational Institutes of Health2010–2011

Committees

Member, RTOG Foundation Communications Committee 2022 - Present
Member, NRG Oncology 2020 - Present
GU Early Modality Committee, ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group 2017 - Present
Robotic Brachytherapy Committee Member, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2017 - Present
Committee Member, Radiation Safety Committee, Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC 2018 - 2019
Committee Member, Radiation Safety Committee, University Hospitals of Cleveland 2015 - 2017
Panel Member, American College of Radiology (ACR) Appopriateness Criteria Expert Panel in Bone Metastasis 2013 - 2020

Professional Memberships

Radiological Society of North America - RSNA
Member
American Society for Radiation Oncology - ASTRO
Member
American Radium Society
Member

Hospital Affiliations

Mayo Clinic Hospital - RochesterRochester, Minnesota

External Links

LinkedIn Profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US&trk=prof-0-sb-preview-primary-button
Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y1gB5ZIAAAAJ&hl=en