
Michael Pennock MD MBiot
Attending Physician, Assistant Clinical Professor - UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
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1000 Dutch Ridge RdBeaver, PA 15009
Phone+1 724-773-7616
Fax+1 724-773-4673
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Summary
- Dr. Michael Pennock is a Radiation Oncologist located in Beaver, PA. He completed his medical education at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2018, followed by an internship in general surgery and a residency in radiation oncology at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center/Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is currently an attending physician at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Pennock has several publications in prominent journals, and his research focuses on proton therapy, hepatic radiotherapy, thoracic oncology, and stereotactic radiosurgery, among other topics. He has received several honors and awards, including the Naugle Award for Translational Research, a research grant from the American Parkinson’s Disease Association, AstraZeneca funding for lung cancer research, and the "New Era of Radiotherapy" research grant from Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI). He currently practices at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at Heritage Valley Beaver, and treats primarily lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, brain and spine malignancies, rectal cancer, anal cancer, and bone metastases. He provides 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, and SRS treatment modalities, and is committed to cutting-edge, cost-effective oncologic care.
Education & Training
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2020 - 2024
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineInternship, Surgery, 2018 - 2019
- Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 2018
Work Experience
- UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterAttending Physician, Assistant Clinical Professor · August 2024 - Current
- Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, NY)Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology · July 2023 - June 2024
- Montefiore Health SystemResident Physician · July 2020 - June 2023
- Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, NY)Research Fellow · July 2019 - June 2020
- Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, NY)Internship | General Surgery · July 2018 - June 2019
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2019 - 2024
- UPMCGamma-Knife
- UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterSBRT/SABR
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- “New Era of Radiotherapy” Research Grant Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI), 2023
- Industry Research Grant AztraZeneca, 2022-2023
- Penn State College of Medicine - Naugle Award for Translational Research Penn State College of Medicine, 2015
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pre-treatment tumour PET metrics and clinical outcomes of anal cancer in patients living with and without HIV.Michael Pennock, N Patrik Brodin, Christian Velten, Megi Gjini, Nitin Ohri
Acta Oncologica. 2025-04-24 - 4 citationsWhole Abdominal Pencil Beam Scanned Proton FLASH Increases Acute Lethality.Brett I Bell, Christian Velten, Michael Pennock, Minglei Kang, Kathryn E Tanaka
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2025-02-01 - 3 citationsThe Potential and Challenges of Proton FLASH in Head and Neck Cancer Reirradiation.Chingyun Cheng, Liming Xu, Hao Jing, Balaji Selvaraj, Haibo Lin
Cancers. 2024-09-24
Journal Articles
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Management of Brain Metastases: A Case-Based Radiosurgery Society (RSS) Practice Guideline. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2023.101402Ladbury, Colton, Pennock, Michael, Yilmaz, Tugba, Ankrah, Nii, Andraos, Therese, Gogineni, Emile, Kim, Grace Gew-Ya, Lo, Simon S., Gibbs, Iris, Shih, Helen A., Hattang..., Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2024
- Radiation-Induced Organizing Pneumonia after Hypofractionated Whole Breast Radiotherapy for Breast CancerKohilakis, Eleni, Pennock, Michael, Tang, Justin, Fox, Jana, Ann Breast Cancer, 2024
- Exploring Causes and Consequences of Early Discontinuation of Durvalumab after Chemoradiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. doi: 10.1016/j.ctro.2023.100643Pennock, Michael, Halmos, Balazs, Bodner, William, Cheng, Haiying, Gucalp, Rasim, Ohri, Nitin, Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology (CTRO), 2023
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Abstracts/Posters
- The Interaction of Radiotherapy and Dual-Inhibition of BET and HAT/p300 in Colorectal CancerPennock, Michael, Pandey, Sanjay, Wahlestedt, Claes, Guha, Chandan, Kuang, Chaoyuan., American Society of Clinical Oncology, Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI) meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2024
- Characterizing First Events in LA-NSCLC Patients Treated with ChemoradiotherapyPennock, Michael, Bodner, William, Halmos, Balazs, Cheng, Haiying, Ohri, Nitin, ASTRO 2023, San Diego, CA, 2023
- Proton Bragg Peak FLASH Enables Organ Sparing and Ultra-High Dose Rate Delivery: Proof-of-Principle in Base of Skull TumorsPennock, Michael, Selvaraj, Balaji, Kyler, Alex, Lin, Haibo, Hasan, Shaakir, Chhabra, Arpit, Choi, J. Isabelle, Bakst, Richard, Kabarriti, Rafi, Garg, Madhur, Lee, Nan..., FLASH Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy (FRPT) annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2023
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Lectures
- Bragg Peak FLASH Proton Therapy Enables OAR Sparing and Ultra-High Dose Rate Delivery: Proof-of-Principle for Head and Neck TumorsParticle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG) 2022; Miami, FL.
- Dosimetric Comparison of Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy and VMAT in the Adjuvant Treatment of Gynecological TumorsParticle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG) 2022; Miami, FL.
- Does Increased Caprini Score Predict a Higher Rate of Flap Failure in Free Tissue Transfer to the Lower Extremity?American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Phoenix, AZ. - 2018
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Grant Support
- "New Era of Radiotherapy” Research GrantRadiation Oncology Institute (ROI)2023–2024
- Industry GrantAstraZeneca2022–2023
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