WalterJ.CurranMD

Radiation Oncology • Atlanta, GA

Global Chief Medical Officer, GenesisCare

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Office
242 The Prado NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone+1 215-421-6246

Fax+1 404-778-5152
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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1983 - 1986
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2008 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1983 - 2008
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
American Board of Radiology Therapeutic Radiology

Clinical Trials

Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 1994 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
Phase I Trial of Stereotactic Radiosurgery Following Surgical Resection of Brain Metastases Start of enrollment: 2011 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1
Hyperfractionated RT With BCNU Versus Conventional RT With BCNU for Supratentorial Malignant Glioma Start of enrollment: 1990 Nov 09
Completed
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

30 citations
Depatuxizumab mafodotin in EGFR-amplified newly diagnosed glioblastoma: A phase III randomized clinical trial.
Andrew B Lassman, Stephanie L Pugh, Tony J C Wang, Kenneth Aldape, Hui K Gan, Matthias Preusser, Michael A Vogelbaum, Erik P Sulman, Minhee Won, Peixin Zhang, Golnaz M...> ;Neuro-Oncology. 2023 Feb 14
29 citations
Higher Radiation Dose to the Immune Cells Correlates with Worse Tumor Control and Overall Survival in Patients with Stage III NSCLC: A Secondary Analysis of RTOG0617.
Jian-Yue Jin, Chen Hu, Ying Xiao, Hong Zhang, Rebecca Paulus, Susannah G Ellsworth, Steven E Schild, Jeffrey A Bogart, Michael Chris Dobelbower, Vivek S Kavadi, Samir ...> ;Cancers. 2021 Dec 8
9 citations
Multi-organ auto-delineation in head-and-neck MRI for radiation therapy using mask scoring regional convolutional neural network.
Xianjin Dai, Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Jun Zhou, Soumon Rudra, Mark W. McDonald, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021 Nov 18
3 citations
Surgical Outcomes for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at Facilities with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Programs.
Yusef A. Syed, William A. Stokes, Manali Rupji, Yuan Liu, Onkar V. Khullar, N. Sebastian, Kristin Higgins, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Suresh S. Ramalingam, ...> ;Chest. 2021 Nov 14
6 citations
Deep learning-based motion tracking using ultrasound images
Xianjin Dai, Yang Lei, Justin Roper, Yue Chen, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 Nov 13
1 citations
Learning-based synthetic dual energy CT imaging from single energy CT for stopping power ratio calculation in proton radiation therapy.
Serdar Charyyev, Tonghe Wang, Yang Lei, Beth Ghavidel, Jonathan J. Beitler, Mark W. McDonald, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Jun Zhou, Xiaofeng Yang> ;The British Journal of Radiology. 2021 Oct 28
9 citations
Deep learning-based thoracic CBCT correction with histogram matching.
Richard L.J. Qiu, Yang Lei, Joseph W. Shelton, Kristin Higgins, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Aparna H. Kesarwala, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express. 2021 Oct 29
6 citations
Synthetic CT-aided multiorgan segmentation for CBCT-guided adaptive pancreatic radiotherapy.
Xianjin Dai, Yang Lei, Jacob Wynne, James Janopaul-Naylor, Tonghe Wang, Justin Roper, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Pretesh Patel, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 Oct 13
1 citations
Artificial Intelligence in Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging: A Survey.
Boran Zhou, Xiaofeng Yang, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu> ;Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2021 Aug 31
14 citations
Automated delineation of head and neck organs at risk using synthetic MRI-aided mask scoring regional convolutional neural network.
Xianjin Dai, Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Jun Zhou, Justin Roper, Mark W. McDonald, Jonathan J. Beitler, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 Oct 1
26 citations
Knowledge-based radiation treatment planning: A data-driven method survey.
Shadab Momin, Yabo Fu, Yang Lei, Justin Roper, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2021 Aug 1
10 citations
Artificial intelligence in tumor subregion analysis based on medical imaging: A review
Mingquan Lin, Jacob Wynne, Boran Zhou, Tonghe Wang, Yang Lei, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2021 Jul 1
8 citations
Learning-based dose prediction for pancreatic stereotactic body radiation therapy using dual pyramid adversarial network.
Shadab Momin, Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Jiahan Zhang, Justin Roper, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Pretesh Patel, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021 Jun 21
10 citations
Fully automated segmentation of brain tumor from multiparametric MRI using 3D context deep supervised U-Net.
Mingquan Lin, Shadab Momin, Yang Lei, Hesheng Wang, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 Aug 1
4 citations
Self-supervised learning for accelerated 3D high-resolution ultrasound imaging
Xianjin Dai, Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Marian Axente, Dong Xu, Pretesh Patel, Ashesh B. Jani, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 Jul 1
6 citations
High through-plane resolution CT imaging with self-supervised deep learning.
Huiqiao Xie, Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Zhen Tian, Justin Roper, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Xiangyang Tang, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021 May 28
MRI classification using semantic random forest with auto-context model
Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Xue Dong, Sibo Tian, Yingzi Liu, Hui Mao, Walter J. Curran, Hui-Kuo Shu, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 2021 May 10
3 citations
BRCA1 Protein Expression Predicts Survival in Glioblastoma Patients from an NRG Oncology RTOG Cohort
Maria Vassilakopoulou, Minhee Won, Walter J. Curran, Luis Souhami, Michael D. Prados, Corey J. Langer, David L. Rimm, Jason A. Hanna, Veronique Neumeister, Edward Meli...> ;Oncology. 2021 May 6
52 citations
A review of deep learning based methods for medical image multi-organ segmentation.
Yabo Fu, Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Physica Medica. 2021 May 1
5 citations
Head and neck multi-organ segmentation on dual-energy CT using dual pyramid convolutional neural networks.
Tonghe Wang, Yang Lei, Justin Roper, Beth Ghavidel, Jonathan J. Beitler, Mark W. McDonald, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021 May 20
7 citations
Male pelvic multi-organ segmentation on transrectal ultrasound using anchor-free mask CNN.
Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Justin Roper, Ashesh B. Jani, Sagar A. Patel, Walter J. Curran, Pretesh Patel, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 Jun 1
7 citations
Male pelvic CT multi-organ segmentation using synthetic MRI-aided dual pyramid networks
Yang Lei, Tonghe Wang, Sibo Tian, Yabo Fu, Pretesh Patel, Ashesh B. Jani, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2021 Apr 16
35 citations
Immunomodulatory Low-Dose Whole-Lung Radiation for Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Pneumonia.
Clayton B. Hess, Tahseen H. Nasti, Vishal R. Dhere, Troy Kleber, Jeffrey M. Switchenko, Zachary S. Buchwald, William A. Stokes, Brent D. Weinberg, Nadine Rouphael, Jam...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2021 Mar 15
6 citations
Echocardiographic image multi-structure segmentation using Cardiac-SegNet.
Yang Lei, Yabo Fu, Justin Roper, Kristin Higgins, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 May 1
14 citations
Automatic delineation of cardiac substructures using a region-based fully convolutional network.
Joseph Harms, Yang Lei, Sibo Tian, N.S. McCall, Kristin Higgins, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Walter J. Curran, Tian Liu, Xiaofeng Yang> ;Medical Physics. 2021 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

Learning‐Based CBCT Correction Using Alternating Random Forest Based on Auto‐Context Model
Robert Press, Tian Liu, Walter J Curran, Jolinta Lin, Kristin Higgins, Medical Physics
T Cell Receptor Sequencing of Activated CD8 T Cells in the Blood Identifies Tumor-Infiltrating Clones That Expand After PD-1 Therapy and Radiation in a Melanoma Patient
Jonathan J Masor, Juan Sarmiento, Walter J Curran, David H Lawson, Rafi Ahmed, Yue Xue, Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
Targeted Sequencing and Intracranial Outcomes of Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma Brain Metastases Treated with Radiotherapy
Gabriel L Sica, Matthew J Ferris, Walter J Curran, Shannon Kahn, Suresh S Ramalingam, Pretesh R Patel, Rathi N Pillai, Robert H Press, Jim Zhong, Conor E Steuer, Taofe..., Cancer
Post-Treatment Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts for Overall Survival in Brain Metastases Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Dian Wang, Jeffrey J Olson, Jaymin Jhaveri, Walter J Curran, Robert H Press, Zachary S Buchwald, Aidnag Diaz, Philip A Blumenfeld, Gaurav Marwaha, Ross A Abrams, Kirte..., Journal of Neuro-Oncology
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Authored Content

Does Size Matter? Investigating the Optimal Planning Target Volume Margin for Postoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery to Resected Brain MetastasesApril 2018
Does Size Matter? Investigating the Optimal Planning Target Volume Margin for Postoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery to Resected Brain Metastases RelatedApril 2018
Does Size Matter? Investigating the Optimal Planning Target Volume Margin for Postoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery to Resected Brain Metastases RelatedApril 2018

Press Mentions

Abstract Session Highlights Important Supportive, Palliative Care ResearchAugust 8th, 2022
Walter Curran, MD, on Integration of Immunotherapy with Radiation TherapyFebruary 22nd, 2020
$A Randomized Phase III Study of Accelerated Hyperfractionation Versus Standard in Patients with Unresected Brain Metastases: A Report of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 9104$
A Randomized Phase III Study of Accelerated Hyperfractionation Versus Standard in Patients with Unresected Brain Metastases: A Report of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 9104October 1st, 2019
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Grant Support

Radiation Therapy Oncology GroupNational Cancer Institute1987–2012
RTOG Biospecimen RepositoryNational Cancer Institute2011
Emory Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support GrantNational Cancer Institute2009–2011
Towards A Refined Molecular Recursive Partitioning Analysis Model For GlioblastomNational Cancer Institute2009–2010
RTOG Tissue BankNational Cancer Institute2005–2010
Community Clinical Oncology Program Research BaseNational Cancer Institute1987–2010
RTOG CCOP Research Base - Foreign AccrualNational Cancer Institute2006
Foreign Accrual For RTOG 5u10ca02166 2006 LoadNational Cancer Institute2006
RTOG - Foreign AccrualNational Cancer Institute2005
Community Clinical Oncology Research Base - Foreign AccrualNational Cancer Institute2005
RTOG Foreign AccrualsNational Cancer Institute2004
RTOG Foreign AccraulNational Cancer Institute2004
Relevance Of Genomic Alterations In Colorectal CancerNational Cancer Institute2000–2004
RTOG Foreign AccrualNational Cancer Institute2003
Foreign Accrual - RTOGNational Cancer Institute2003
Innovative Approaches To Patients With AdenocarcinomaNational Cancer Institute2000–2002
Radiation Therapy OncologyNational Cancer Institute1997
Community Clinical Oncology Research BaseNational Cancer Institute1994–1997
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (Rtog)--HeadquartersNational Cancer Institute1994–1996
3D CRT In Prostate Cancer--Operations/Statistical CenterNational Cancer Institute1993–1996
Breast Cancer Research Program Intergration/FormalizatioNational Cancer Institute1994–1995
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) HeadquartersNational Cancer Institute1994
Breast Cancer Research Program Intergration/FormalizatioNational Cancer Institute1994
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group-Rtog-HeadquartersNational Cancer Institute1992–1993
Community Clinical Oncology ProgramNational Cancer Institute1988–1990
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (H/P)National Cancer Institute1989

Committees

Member, Definitive and Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Guideline Panel, American Society for Radiation Oncology 2015 - Present