I am a board-certified radiation oncologist who provides oncology services at the UPMC/St. Clair Hospital Cancer Center. I have a special interest and background in using advanced modalities including stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT). I work closely with colleagues in medical oncology and surgical specialties from both the community and large hospital networks to care for my patients.
Education & Training
- Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
- Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Representative Publications
- Jacobs CD, Gao J, Wang X, Clarke JM, Tong B, Ready NE, Suneja G, Kelsey CR, Torok JA. Definitive radiotherapy for inoperable stage IIB non-small-cell lung cancer: patterns of care and comparative effectiveness. Clinical Lung Cancer 2020; 21(3): 238-246 [PMID 31757764]
- Moravan MJ, Fecci PE, Anders CK, Clarke JM, Salama AKS, Adamson JD, Floyd SR, Torok JA, Salama JK, Sampson JH, Sperduto PW, Kirkpatrick JP. Current multidisciplinary management of brain metastases. Cancer 2020; 126(7): 1390-1406 [PMID 31971613]
- Lafata KJ, Hong JC, Geng R, Ackerson BG, Liu JG, Zhou Z, Torok J, Kelsey CR, Yin FF. Association of pre-treatment radiomic features with lung cancer recurrence following stereotactic body radiation therapy. Phys Med Biol 2019; 64(2): 025007. [PMID 30524018]
- Torok JA, Salama JK. Combining immunotherapy and radiotherapy for the STAR treatment. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2019; 16(11): 666-667 [PMID 31541199]
- Torok JA, Oh P, Castle KD, Reinsvold M, Ma Y, Luo L, Lee CL, Kirsch DG. Deletion of ATM in tumor but not endothelial cells improves radiation response in a primary mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research 2019; 79(4): 773-782 [PMID 30315114]
- Torok JA, Wu Y, Chino J, Prosnitz LR, Beaven AW, Kim GJ, Kelsey CR. Chemotherapy or combined modality therapy for early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. Anticancer Research 2018; 38(5): 2875-2881 [PMID 29715111]
- Song EJ, Torok J, Wu Y, Chino J, Prosnitz LR, Beaven AW, Kelsey CR. Consolidation radiation therapy for patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma in complete metabolic response according to PET-CT or gallium imaging. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia 2018; 18(2): 145-151 [PMID 29358045]