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Luke E. Pater, MD

Professor of Clinical

Associate Professor of Clinical and Vice Chair of Clinical

Radiation Oncology | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Residency: The University Hospital
  • Internship: The Christ Hospital (Internal Medicine)
  • Medical Degree: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Bachelor's Degree: Miami University
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology) (Certification Date: 2012-05-22)

Specialties

Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Leukemia

Radiation Oncology

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Adenocarcinoma

Adenosquamous Carcinoma

Advanced Skin Cancer

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Basosquamous Carcinoma

Bone Marrow Cancers

Bowen's Disease

Brain Cancers

Brain Metastases

Brain Stem Tumor

Brain Tumor

Cancer

Central Nervous System Tumors

Cerebellar Cancers

Cerebral Arterial Disease

Cerebral Contusion

Cerebral Hemorrhage

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Cerebral Ventricle Tumor

Chondrosarcoma

Chordoma

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma

Cutaneous Lymphoma

Cutaneous Melanoma

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP)

Eccrine Porocarcinoma

Ependymoblastoma

Ewing Sarcoma

Ganglioneuroblastoma

Glioma

Glioneuronal Tumor

Gliosarcoma

Hypothalamic Cancers

Infratentorial Cancers

Leptomeningeal Disease

Liposarcoma

Lymphoma

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Medulloblastoma

Melanoma

Meningeal Cancers

Metastasis Cancers

Metastatic Brain Cancer (Brain metastases)

Metastatic Brain Tumor

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma

Neoplasm

Nerve Sheath Tumors

Nerve Tumors

Neurilemmoma

Neuroblastoma

Neurocytoma

Neurofibrosarcoma

Olfactory Neuroblastoma (Esthesioneuroblastoma)

Oligodendroglioma

Osteogenic Sarcoma (Osteosarcoma)

Pineoblastoma

Plexiform Neurofibroma

Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors

Retinoblastoma

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Sebaceous Carcinoma

Skin Cancer

Skin Cancer Melanoma

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

T-cell lymphoma

T-Cell, Cutaneous Lymphoma

T-Cell, Peripheral Lymphoma

Peer Reviewed Publications

McAleer, Mary Frances; Melchior, Patrick; Parkes, Jeannette; Pater, Luke; Rübe, Christian; Saunders, Daniel; Paulino, Arnold C; Janssens, Geert O; Kalapurakal, John 2023. Harmonica consensus, controversies, and future directions in radiotherapy for pediatric Wilms tumors. Pediatric blood & cancer, 70 Suppl 2 , e30090

Pater, Lotte; Kollen, Ciska; Damen, Femke W M; Zandstra, Elizabeth H; Fogliano, Vincenzo; Steenbekkers, Bea L P A 2022. The perception of 8- to 10-year-old Dutch children towards plant-based meat analogues. Appetite, 178 , 106264

Shah, Sanjit; Manzoor, Saima; Rothman, Yehudit; Hagen, Matthew; Pater, Luke; Golnik, Karl; Mahammedi, Abdelkader; Lin, Andrew L; Bhabhra, Ruchi; Forbes, Jonathan A; Sengupta, Soma 2022. Complete Response of a Patient With a Mismatch Repair Deficient Aggressive Pituitary Adenoma to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: A Case Report. Neurosurgery, 91 2, e51-e56

van der Perk, M E Madeleine; Cost, Nicholas G; Bos, Annelies M E; Brannigan, Robert; Chowdhury, Tanzina; Davidoff, Andrew M; Daw, Najat C; Dome, Jeffrey S; Ehrlich, Peter; Graf, Norbert; Geller, James; Kalapurakal, John; Kieran, Kathleen; Malek, Marcus; McAleer, Mary F; Mullen, Elizabeth; Pater, Luke; Polanco, Angela; Romao, Rodrigo; Saltzman, Amanda F; Walz, Amy L; Woods, Andrew D; van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M; Fernandez, Conrad V 2022. White paper: Oncofertility in pediatric patients with Wilms tumor. International journal of cancer, 151 6, 843-858

Frankart, Andrew J; Breneman, John C; Pater, Luke E 2021. Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Head and Neck Rhabdomyosarcoma. Cancers, 13 14,

Frankart, Andrew J; Nagarajan, Rajaram; Pater, Luke 2021. The impact of proton therapy on cardiotoxicity following radiation treatment. Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 51 4, 877-883

Holt, Douglas E; Hiniker, Susan M; Kalapurakal, John A; Breneman, John C; Shiao, Jay C; Boik, Nicole; Cooper, Benjamin T; Dorn, Paige L; Hall, Matthew D; Logie, Natalie; Lucas, John T; MacEwan, Iain J; Olson, Adam C; Palmer, Joshua D; Patel, Samir; Pater, Luke E; Surgener, Stephanie; Tsang, Derek S; Vogel, Jennifer H; Wojcik, Alyssa; Wu, Cheng-Chia; Milgrom, Sarah A 2021. Improving the Pediatric Patient Experience During Radiation Therapy-A Children's Oncology Group Study. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 109 2, 505-514

Maravelia, Panagiota; Frelin, Lars; Ni, Yi; Caro Pérez, Noelia; Ahlén, Gustaf; Jagya, Neetu; Verch, Georg; Verhoye, Lieven; Pater, Lena; Johansson, Magnus; Pasetto, Anna; Meuleman, Philip; Urban, Stephan; Sällberg, Matti 2021. Blocking Entry of Hepatitis B and D Viruses to Hepatocytes as a Novel Immunotherapy for Treating Chronic Infections. The Journal of infectious diseases, 223 1, 128-138

Pater, Luke; Melchior, Patrick; Rübe, Christian; Cooper, Benjamin T; McAleer, Mary Fran; Kalapurakal, John A; Paulino, Arnold C 2021. Wilms tumor. Pediatric blood & cancer, 68 Suppl 2 , e28257

Weiss, Brian D; Yanik, Gregory; Naranjo, Arlene; Zhang, Fan F; Fitzgerald, Wendy; Shulkin, Barry L; Parisi, Marguerite T; Russell, Heidi; Grupp, Stephan; Pater, Luke; Mattei, Peter; Mosse, Yael; Lai, Hollie A; Jarzembowski, Jason A; Shimada, Hiroyuki; Villablanca, Judith G; Giller, Roger; Bagatell, Rochelle; Park, Julie R; Matthay, Katherine K 2021. A safety and feasibility trial of 131 I-MIBG in newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma: A Children's Oncology Group study. Pediatric blood & cancer, 68 10, e29117

DeWire, Mariko; Fuller, Christine; Hummel, Trent R; Chow, Lionel M L; Salloum, Ralph; de Blank, Peter; Pater, Luke; Lawson, Sarah; Zhu, Xiaoting; Dexheimer, Phil; Carle, Adam C; Kumar, Shiva Senthil; Drissi, Rachid; Stevenson, Charles B; Lane, Adam; Breneman, John; Witte, David; Jones, Blaise V; Leach, James L; Fouladi, Maryam 2020. A phase I/II study of ribociclib following radiation therapy in children with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Journal of neuro-oncology, 149 3, 511-522

Kurniawan, Dhadhang Wahyu; Booijink, Richell; Pater, Lena; Wols, Irene; Vrynas, Aggelos; Storm, Gert; Prakash, Jai; Bansal, Ruchi 2020. Fibroblast growth factor 2 conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (FGF2-SPIONs) ameliorate hepatic stellate cells activation in vitro and acute liver injury in vivo. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 328 , 640-652

Pressey, Joseph G; Dandoy, Christopher E; Pater, Luke E; Sroga Rios, Julie; Sisson, Rebecca; Dasgupta, Roshni; Szabo, Sara 2020. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT): Comprehensive management of a newly diagnosed young adult. Gynecologic oncology, 158 3, 538-546

Ten Hove, Marit; Pater, Lena; Storm, Gert; Weiskirchen, Sabine; Weiskirchen, Ralf; Lammers, Twan; Bansal, Ruchi 2020. The hepatic lipidome: From basic science to clinical translation. Advanced drug delivery reviews, 159 , 180-197

Agresta, Laura; Salloum, Ralph; Hummel, Trent R; Ratner, Nancy; Mangano, Francesco T; Fuller, Christine; McMasters, Richard L; Pater, Luke; Jones, Blaise V; Szabo, Sara; Pressey, Joseph G 2019. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: Transformation in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2. Pediatric blood & cancer, 66 2, e27520

Medek, Sara; De, Brian; Pater, Luke; Breneman, John; Mahajan, Anita; Wolden, Suzanne; Vatner, Ralph E 2019. Practice Patterns Among Radiation Oncologists Treating Pediatric Patients With Proton Craniospinal Irradiation. Practical radiation oncology, ,

Forster, Neil; Warnick, Ronald; Takiar, Vinita; Pater, Luke; Breneman, John 2018. Debulking surgery of pituitary adenoma as a strategy to facilitate definitive stereotactic radiosurgery. Journal of neuro-oncology, 138 2, 335-340

Prasad, Rahul N; Breneman, John C; Struve, Timothy; Warnick, Ronald E; Pater, Luke E 2018. Linac-based fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for high-risk meningioma. Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT, 5 4, 269-276

Pater, Luke; Turpin, Brian; Mascia, Anthony 2017. Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Biliary Tract. Cureus, 9 10, e1747

Pater, Luke E; Hart, Kimberly W; Blonigen, Brian J; Lindsell, Christopher J; Barrett, William L 2012. Relationship between prostate-specific antigen, age, and body mass index in a prostate cancer screening population. American journal of clinical oncology, 35 5, 490-2

Nelson, Bailey; Lamba, Michael; Ewart, Steven; Ike, Nnamdi; Lewis, Luke; Pater, Luke . Normal tissue exposure and second malignancy risk in vertebral-body-sparing craniospinal irradiation. Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists, 47 2, 142-145