
Katie Lichter MD MPH (She/Her)
Resident Physician, Radiation Oncology
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505 Parnassus AveSan Francisco, CA 94143
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Summary
- Dr. Katie Lichter is a Radiation Oncologist based in San Francisco, CA. She completed her residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of California (San Francisco) in 2025, following an internship at St Marys Hospital and Medical Center in San Francisco. She earned her medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and an MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. Her professional focus includes oncology, breast, gynecologic , gastrointestinal oncology, and stereotactic body radiotherapy. Dr. Lichter has several publications, including studies on the impact of wildfires on lung cancer patient survival, the effects of travel distance on radiation therapy outcomes, and environmentally sustainable practices in radiation therapy, reflecting her research interest in both clinical outcomes and environmental impacts.
Education & Training
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Radiation Oncology, 2020 - 2025
- St Marys Hospital and Medical CenterInternship, Preliminary Year, 2020 - 2021
- Johns Hopkins UniversityMPH, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2019 - 2020
- Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 2020
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Corrigendum to "Towards estimating the carbon footprint of external beam radiotherapy" [Phys. Med. 112 (2023) 102652].Robert Chuter, Catherine Stanford-Edwards, James Cummings, Clare Taylor, Gerry Lowe
Physica Medica. 2025-04-01 - Erratum to: Tracking and Reducing SFUsage in Radiation Oncology: A Step Toward Net-Zero Health Care Emissions Lichter KE, Bloom JR, Sheu RD, et al. Pract Radiat Oncol....Katie E Lichter, Julie R Bloom, Ren-Dih Sheu, Laszlo Tibor Zalavari, Kayla Leung
Practical Radiation Oncology. 2025-03-28 - The NorCal brachytherapy waste audit: A simple, validated, toolkit for clinician led waste reduction.Claire C Baniel, Katie E Lichter, Melissa A Frick, Jaclyn Wu, Eniola Oladipo
Brachytherapy. 2025-03-01
Press Mentions
- The Biggest Energy Users in Cancer Treatment Aren’t What You ThinkJune 22nd, 2024
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