Portrait: Daphne Haas-Kogan

Daphne Adele Haas-Kogan

MD
Professional Focus Dr. Daphne Haas-Kogan is board certified in Radiation Oncology specializing in childhood brain tumors. Dr. Haas-Kogan's medical interests include recurrent solid tumors in children and young adults, cancer screening, brain metastases, and central nervous system tumors.

After receiving her medical degree, Dr. Haas-Kogan completed an internship and a residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of California San Francisco. She then completed a fellowship in Research at the Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center through the University of California San Francisco.

Currently, Dr. Haas-Kogan serves as the Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Boston Children's Hospital. She is also a Professor of Oncology at the prestigious Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Haas-Kogan's research focuses on childhood brain tumors. She has an active laboratory-based research program that investigates novel therapeutic agents for adult and childhood brain tumors, as well as pediatric malignancies. Dr. Haas-Kogan is the principle investigator for several clinical trials, including investigator-initiated studies and cooperative group trials run by the Children's Oncology Group NCI and the Pacific-Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium. A widely published author, she has also received accolades for excellence in teaching and exceptional care delivery.
Research & Publications Selected Publications:

Tsai JW, Manoharan N, Alexandrescu S, Zimmerman MA, Scully J, Chordas C, Clymer J, Wright KD, Filbin M, Ullrich NJ, Marcus KJ, Haas-Kogan D, Chi SN, Bandopadhayay P, Yeo KK. Outcomes after first relapse of childhood intracranial ependymoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Feb 09; e28930.

Tošic I, Heppler LN, Egusquiaguirre SP, Boehnke N, Correa S, Costa DF, Grossman Moore EA, Pal S, Richardson DS, Ivanov AR, Haas-Kogan DA, Nomura DK, Hammond PT, Frank DA. Lipidome-based Targeting of STAT3-driven Breast Cancer Cells Using Poly-L-glutamic acid-coated Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles. Mol Cancer Ther. 2021 Feb 03.

Lamba N, Catalano PJ, Cagney DN, Haas-Kogan DA, Bubrick EJ, Wen PY, Aizer AA. Seizures Among Patients with Brain Metastases: A Population- and Institutional-level Analysis. Neurology. 2021 Jan 05.

Burns ZT, Bitterman DS, Perni S, Boyle PJ, Guss CE, Haas-Kogan DA, Liu KX. Clinical Characteristics, Experiences, and Outcomes of Transgender Patients With Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Jan 01; 7(1):e205671.

Mehanna EK, Catalano PJ, Cagney DN, Haas-Kogan DA, Alexander BM, Tulsky JA, Aizer AA. Hospice Utilization in Elderly Patients With Brain Metastases. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 Dec 14; 112(12):1251-1258.

Tinkle CL, Singh C, Lloyd S, Guo Y, Li Y, Pappo AS, DuBois SG, Lucas JT, Haas-Kogan DA, Terezakis SA, Braunstein SE, Krasin MJ. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Metastatic and Recurrent Solid Tumors in Children and Young Adults. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Nov 28.

Ma SJ, Oladeru OT, Wang K, Attwood K, Singh AK, Haas-Kogan DA, Neira PM. Prostate Cancer Screening Patterns Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals. Eur Urol. 2020 Nov 26.

Liu KX, Ioakeim-Ioannidou M, Susko MS, Rao AD, Yeap BY, Snijders AM, Ladra MM, Vogel J, Zaslowe-Dude C, Marcus KJ, Yock TI, Grassberger C, Braunstein SE, Haas-Kogan DA, Terezakis SA, MacDonald SM. A Multi-institutional Comparative Analysis of Proton and Photon Therapy-Induced Hematologic Toxicity in Patients With Medulloblastoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Mar 01; 109(3):726-735.

Lamba N, Kearney RB, Catalano PJ, Hassett MJ, Wen PY, Haas-Kogan DA, Aizer AA. Population-based estimates of survival among elderly patients with brain metastases. Neuro Oncol. 2020 Oct 17.

Lamba N, Catalano PJ, Haas-Kogan DA, Wen PY, Aizer AA. Utility of claims data for delineation of intracranial treatment among patients with brain metastases. Neuro Oncol. 2020 10 14; 22(10):1547-1548.
Conditions
Pediatric brain tumors
Pediatric cancer
Brain cancer
Central nervous system tumors
Craniopharyngioma
Ependymoma
Ewing sarcoma
Glioma
Hodgkins disease
Hodgkins lymphoma
Intracranial germ cell tumor
Medulloblastoma
Neuroblastoma
Neurofibromatosis type 1 ( NF1 )
Neurofibromatosis type 2 ( NF2 )
Wilms tumor
Procedures
Computed tomography scan ( CT )
Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) scan
Radiation therapy
University of California San Francisco | Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center | Research
Fellowship
University of California San Francisco | Radiation Oncology
Residency
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Medical School
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology
Radiation Oncology
Other Certifications
Radiation Oncology
Hospital Affiliation
Boston Children’s Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Place of Work
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School | Academic | Current
Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Hospital Based | Current
Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Hospital Based | Current
Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital | Hospital Based | Current
Languages
English
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