Ralph Weichselbaum

Ralph Weichselbaum at Chicago has made major contributions to radiation oncology and radiobiology, including the oligometastasis hypothesis (proposing that a subset of patients with limited metastases can be cured with ablative therapy), the role of STING pathway activation in radiation-induced anti-tumor immunity, and the biological basis for the abscopal effect (distant tumor regression after local radiation). His translational research has influenced stereotactic radiation treatment paradigms.