Sameer Nath, MD

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (2010)
Internship
  • University of California (San Diego) Program (2011)
Residency
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program, Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology (2015)
Languages
English
Department
Radiation Oncology

Professional Titles

  • Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
  • Clinical Practice Director, Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Medical Director of Radiation Oncology, Highlands Ranch Hospital

Publications

  • Robin TP, Camidge DR, Stuhr K, Nath SK, Breeze RE, Pacheco J, Liu AK, Gaspar LE, Purcell WT, Doebele RC, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. Excellent Outcomes with Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases in Oncogene-Addicted Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Dec 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29269007
  • Sheridan AD, Nath SK, Syed JS, Aneja S, Sprenkle PC, Weinreb JC, Spektor M. Risk of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer Associated With Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Category 3 (Equivocal) Lesions Identified on Multiparametric Prostate MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Nov 7;:1-11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29112469
  • Sheridan AD, Nath SK, Huber S, Rosasco S, Weinreb JC, Israel GM. Role of MRI in the Use of an Absorbable Hydrogel Spacer in Men Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Oct;209(4):797-799. PubMed PMID: 28742383
  • Johnson SB, Lester-Coll NH, Kelly JR, Kann BH, Yu JB, Nath SK. Brachytherapy Boost Utilization and Survival in Unfavorable-risk Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2017 Nov;72(5):738-744. PubMed PMID: 28688613
  • Bledsoe TJ, Nath SK, Decker RH. Radiation Pneumonitis. Clin Chest Med. 2017 Jun;38(2):201-208. PubMed PMID: 28477633
  • Stahl JM, Corso CD, Verma V, Park HS, Nath SK, Husain ZA, Simone CB 2nd, Kim AW, Decker RH. Trends in stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2017 Jan;103:11-16. PubMed PMID: 28024690
  • Kelada OJ, Decker RH, Nath SK, Johung KL, Zheng MQ, Huang Y, Gallezot JD, Liu C, Carson RE, Oelfke U, Carlson DJ. High Single Doses of Radiation May Induce Elevated Levels of Hypoxia in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Sep 1;102(1):174-183. PubMed PMID: 30102194
  • Robin TP, Breeze RE, Smith DE, Rusthoven CG, Lewis KD, Gonzalez R, Brill A, Saiki R, Stuhr K, Gaspar LE, Karam SD, Raben D, Kavanagh BD, Nath SK, Liu AK. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and radiosurgery for newly diagnosed melanoma brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2018 Oct;140(1):55-62. PubMed PMID: 29909499
  • Robin TP, Jones BL, Amini A, Koshy M, Gaspar LE, Liu AK, Nath SK, Kavanagh BD, Camidge DR, Rusthoven CG. Radiosurgery alone is associated with favorable outcomes for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2018 Jun;120:88-90. PubMed PMID: 29748022
  • Nath SK, Rose BS, Pugh TJ. Who benefits most from early salvage radiation therapy after prostatectomy?. Transl Androl Urol. 2018 Mar;7(Suppl 1):S124-S127. PubMed PMID: 29644179
  • Sheridan AD, Nath SK, Aneja S, Syed JS, Pahade J, Mathur M, Sprenkle P, Weinreb JC, Spektor M. MRI-Ultrasound Fusion Targeted Biopsy of Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2 Category 5 Lesions Found False-Positive at Multiparametric Prostate MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 May;210(5):W218-W225. PubMed PMID: 29489409
  • Goldberg SB, Narayan A, Kole AJ, Decker RH, Teysir J, Carriero NJ, Lee A, Nemati R, Nath SK, Mane SM, Deng Y, Sukumar N, Zelterman D, Boffa DJ, Politi K, Gettinger SN, Wilson LD, Herbst RS, Patel AA. Early Assessment of Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Response via Circulating Tumor DNA. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Apr 15;24(8):1872-1880. PubMed PMID: 29330207
  • Robin TP, Camidge DR, Stuhr K, Nath SK, Breeze RE, Pacheco JM, Liu AK, Gaspar LE, Purcell WT, Doebele RC, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. Excellent Outcomes with Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases in ALK and EGFR Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 May;13(5):715-720. PubMed PMID: 29269007
  • Sheridan AD, Nath SK, Syed JS, Aneja S, Sprenkle PC, Weinreb JC, Spektor M. Risk of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer Associated With Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Category 3 (Equivocal) Lesions Identified on Multiparametric Prostate MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Feb;210(2):347-357. PubMed PMID: 29112469
  • Nath S.K., Trifiletti D.M., Zaorsky N.G., Rusthoven C.G. Central Nervous System. In Daniel Trifiletti and Nicholas Zaorsky’s (Ed.) Absolute Clinical Radiation Oncology Review. Media, PA.
  • Stokes W.A., Robin T., Nath S.K., Rusthoven C.G. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Lung Metastases in Daniel Trifiletti, Samuel Chao, Arjun Saghal and Jason Sheehan’s (Ed.) Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.
  • Nath S.K., Bledsoe T., Decker R.D. Curative Intent Treatment of Stage III NSCLC. In Frank Detterbeck and Lynn Tanoue’s (Ed.) Lung Cancer: A Practical Approach to Evidence-Based Clinical Evaluation and Management. Philadelphia, PA. Elsevier. In press for 2018.
  • Ladbury CJ, Rusthoven CG, Camidge DR, Kavanagh BD, Nath SK. Impact of Radiation Dose to the Host Immune System on Tumor Control and Survival for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Oct 1;105(2):346-355. PubMed PMID: 31175902
  • Coit DG, Thompson JA, Albertini MR, Barker C, Carson WE, Contreras C, Daniels GA, DiMaio D, Fields RC, Fleming MD, Freeman M, Galan A, Gastman B, Guild V, Johnson D, Joseph RW, Lange JR, Nath S, Olszanski AJ, Ott P, Gupta AP, Ross MI, Salama AK, Skitzki J, Sosman J, Swetter SM, Tanabe KK, Wuthrick E, McMillian NR, Engh AM. Cutaneous Melanoma, Version 2.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Apr 1;17(4):367-402. PubMed PMID: 30959471
  • Robin TP, Breeze RE, Smith DE, Rusthoven CG, Lewis KD, Gonzalez R, Brill A, Saiki R, Stuhr K, Gaspar LE, Karam SD, Raben D, Kavanagh BD, Nath SK, Liu AK. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and radiosurgery for newly diagnosed melanoma brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2018 Oct;140(1):55-62. PubMed PMID: 29909499
  • Gupta A, Pugh TJ, Lam E, Sheridan AD, Nath S. The Role of Primary Tumor Treatment and Metastasis-Directed Therapy in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer. Oncology (Williston Park). 2019 May 14;33(5):187-91. PubMed PMID: 31095719
  • Moskalenko M, Zaccone J, Fiscelli C, Wieworka J, Anderson R, Choflet A, Goodman K, Golden D, Nath S. Needs Assessment of Radiation Oncology Nurse Education: A Critical Gap. Accepted at the 61st annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Chicago, IL 2019.
  • Bidikov L., Maroni P., Pugh T.J., Kukreja J., Nath S.K., Pessoa R., Kim S.P. A National Survey of Radiation Oncologists and Urologists on Proton Beam Therapy and Robotic Surgery for Localized Prostate Cancer. Presented at the 98th annual meeting of the South Central Section of the American Urologic Society. Colorado Springs, CO 2019.
  • Thomas DH, Schubert LK, Vinogradskiy Y, Nath S, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Jones B. Technical Note: Deep Learning approach for automatic detection and identification of patient positioning devices for radiation therapy. Med Phys. 2020 Oct;47(10):5061-5069. PubMed PMID: 32562501
  • Moskalenko M, Zaccone J, Fiscelli CA, Wieworka J, Anderson R, Choflet A, Martens S, Goodman KA, Golden DW, Nath SK. Assessment of Radiation Oncology Nurse Education in the United States. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Jul 1;110(3):667-671. PubMed PMID: 33524544
  • Fakhoury KR, Schubert LK, Coyne MD, Aldridge W, Zeiler S, Stuhr K, Waxweiler TV, Robin TP, Schefter TE, Kavanagh BD, Nath SK. Practical Implementation of Emergent After-Hours Radiation Treatment Process Using Remote Treatment Planning on Optimized Diagnostic CT Scans. Cureus. 2022 Dec;14(12):e33100. PubMed PMID: 36721584
  • Shiao J, Gao D, Mueller A, Holt D, Moskalenko M, Zaccone J, Robin T, Waxweiller T and Nath SK. Pilot Curriculum for Continued Professional Development of Radiation Oncology Nurses. Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2023

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Radiation Oncology, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Radiation Oncology - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0100

CU Medicine Radiation Oncology - Highlands Ranch Specialty Care Center
1500 Park Central Drive
Suite 101
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-516-0150

Rocky Mountain Gamma Knife Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-1290

Hospital Affiliation
  • UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Radiation Oncology, Board Certification
Care Philosophy
Cancer is a deeply personal experience. My goal is to find the best treatment for you based on your beliefs and to communicate clearly about how our treatments may impact your life.

Public Speaking
Yes



School of Medicine

CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

School
General
Students