
Carmen Kut, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Carmen Kut
Primary Academic Title
Instructor in Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Background
Dr. Carmen Kut is a radiation oncologist with expertise in the treatment of head and neck cancer and central nervous system cancers. She is passionate about patient-centered care, finding the best plan for each patient through targeted therapies, including proton therapy, when appropriate.
In addition to her clinical expertise, Dr. Kut is an innovative researcher, conducting translational research in biomedical engineering to help bring new treatment options to her patients. In particular, she is interested in utilizing innovative imaging technologies to enable precision radiotherapy.
Selected Publications
Kut C.*, Chang L.* (co-first authors), Song D., Hales R., Voong K., Greco S., Halthore A., Alcorn S., Briner V., McNutt T., Viswanathan A., Wright J. “Improving Quality Metrics in Radiation Oncology: Implementation of Pre-Treatment Peer Review for Stereotactic body Radiation Therapy in Thoracic Cancer Patients”, Advances in Radiation Oncology (2022): 101004.
Kut C., Chaichana K.L., Xi J.F., Raza S.M., Ye X.B., McVeigh E.R., Rodriguez F.J., Quinones- Hinojosa A., Li X.D., “ Detection of Human Brain Cancer Infiltration ex vivo and in vivo Using Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography”, Science Translational Medicine 7.292 (2015): 292ra100.
Chen D., Nauen D.W., Park H.C., Li D., Yuan W., Li A., Guan H., Kut C., Chaichana K.L., Bettegowda C., Quinones-Hinojosa A., Li X.D., “Label-free imaging of human brain tissue at subcellular resolution for potential rapid intra-operative assessment of glioma surgery. Theranostics 2021; 11(15): 7222-7234
Juarez-Chambi R, Kut C., Rico-Jimenez J., Chaichana K., Xi J.F., Campos-Delgado D.U., Rodriguez F.J., Quinones-Hinojosa A., Li X.D., Jo J. “AI-Assisted In Situ Detection of Human Glioma Infiltration Using a Novel Computational Method for Optical Coherence Tomography.” Clinical Cancer Research, 25.21 (2019): 6329-6339
Rincon-Torroella, J., Rakovec, M., Khalafallah, A.M., Liu, A., Bettegowda, A., Kut, C., Rodriguez, F.J., Weingart, J., Luciano, M., Olivi, A. and Jallo, G.I., 2022. “Clinical features and surgical outcomes of intracranial and spinal cord subependymomas”. Journal of Neurosurgery, 1(aop), pp.1-12.
Xie D., Kut C., Quon H., Seiwert T., Fakhry C. “Clinical Uncertainties of Circulating Tumor DNA in HPV-related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Absence of NCCN Guidelines”, Journal of Clinical Oncology (2022): JCO-22.
Yuan W., Kut C., Liang W.X., Li X.D., Robust and fast characterization of OCT-based optical attenuation using a novel frequency-domain algorithm for brain cancer detection. Scientific Reports (Nature), 7 (2017): 44909.
Locations
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- 5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20016
- phone: 410-502-8000
- fax: 202-243-5271
- Sibley Memorial Hospital
- 5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20016
- phone: 410-502-8000
- fax: 202-919-2490
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Radiation Oncology, 2023Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Medical Education, Medical Education, MD, 2018Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Graduate School, Biomedical Engineering, PhD, 2018Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)