Erin Healy
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
M.D., University of California Davis School of Medicine, 2014
M.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2009, Medical Sciences
B.S., University of California San Diego, 2006, Biology
M.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2009, Medical Sciences
B.S., University of California San Diego, 2006, Biology
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive South
Bldg 23
Orange, CA 92868
101 The City Drive South
Bldg 23
Orange, CA 92868
Research Interests
Breast cancer, Gynecologic cancer, Brachytherapy, Quality of Life
Academic Distinctions
ABR Board Certification
Awards and Honors
ARRO Educator of the Year, 2022-2023
Publications
Banks R, Park J, Doan L, Healy E, Harris JP. Metastatic pilomatrix carcinoma treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy. JAAD Case Rep. 2024 Mar 15;47:50-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2024.02.032. PMID: 38645801; PMCID: PMC11033044.
Upadhyay R, Klamer BG, Perlow HK, White JR, Bazan JG, Jhawar SR, Blakaj DM, Grecula JC, Arnett A, Mestres-Villanueva MA, Healy EH, Thomas EM, Chakravarti A, Raval RR, Lustberg M, Williams NO, Palmer JD, Beyer SJ. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Women Older than 65 with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Dec 27;16(1):137.
Ku E, Harada G, Chiao E, Rao P, Hosseinian S, Seyedin S, Healy E, Maxim P, Chow W, Stitzlein R, Limoli C, Harris J. The Correlation Between Lymphocyte Nadir and Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Defining Key Dosimetric Parameters and Outlining Clinical Significance. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2023 Jul 9;9(1):101309. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2023.101309. PMID: 38260229; PMCID: PMC10801664.
Chen, A. M., Garcia, A. D., Alexandrescu, M., Healy, E. (2023). Effect of a same day appointment initiative on racial disparities in access for radiation oncology. Journal of cancer policy, 38, 100445.
Lavasani S, Healy E, Kansal K. Locoregional Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Current Oncology. 2023; 30(8):7520-7531. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30080545
Harris JP, Ku E, Harada G, Hsu S, Chiao E, Rao P, Healy E, Nagasaka M, Humphreys J, Hoyt MA. Severity of Financial Toxicity for Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Jul 5:10499091231187999. doi: 10.1177/10499091231187999. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37406195.
Healy E, Beyer S, Jhawar S, White JR, Bazan JG. The Axillary Lateral Vessel Thoracic Junction Is Not an Organ at Risk for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Apr 13:S0360-3016(23)00362-0. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.04.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37059233.
Oppong, B. A., Lustberg, M. B., Nolan, T. S., Relation, T., Park, K. U., Healy, E., Trance, A., Klemanski, D. L. (2022). Utilization of cancer survivorship services during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary referral center. Journal of cancer survivorship: research and practice, 1–7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-022-01231-x
Wu AK, Damico NJ, Healy E, Kharouta MZ, Khandel G, Deshane A, Sipos J, Eckstein J, Zoller W, Ewing A, Ling S, Wobb J, Mitchell D, Grecula J, Jhawar S, Miller E, Gamez M, Diavolitsis V, Blakaj D, Bhatt AD. Thyroid-optimized and thyroid-sparing radiotherapy in oral cavity and oropharyngeal carcinoma: A dosimetric study. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. 2021 Nov 1;20:28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.10.003. PMID: 34765751; PMCID: PMC8571516.
Yaney A, Healy E, Pan X, Martin D, Quick A. Clinical outcomes of distal vaginal and vulvar cancer treated with image-guided brachytherapy. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2021 Aug;13(4):419-425. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2021.108596. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34484356; PMCID: PMC8407257.
Yaney A, Healy E, Wald P, Olsen M, Pan X, Martin D, Quick A. Toxicity and outcomes associated with high-dose rate brachytherapy for medically inoperable endometrial cancer. Brachytherapy. 2021 Mar-Apr;20(2):368-375. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.11.006. Epub 2021 Jan 19. PMID: 33353844.
Jose G. Bazan MD MS; Dominic DiCostanzo, MS; Karen Hock, MS; Sachin Jhawar, MD MSci; Erin Healy, MD; Sasha Beyer, MD PhD; Julia R. White MD. Analysis of Radiation Dose to the Shoulder by Treatment Technique and Correlation with Patient Reported Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Regional Nodal Irradiation. Front Oncol. 2021 Mar 11;11:617926. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.617926. eCollection 2021.
Yaney A, Ayan AS, Pan X, Jhawar S, Healy E, Beyer S, Lindsey K, Kuhn K, Tedrick K, White JR, Bazan JG. Dosimetric parameters associated with radiation-induced esophagitis in breast cancer patients undergoing regional nodal irradiation. Radiother Oncol. 2021 Feb;155:167-173. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.10.042. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33157173.
Jose G. Bazan MD MS; Sachin R. Jhawar MD MSci; Daniel Stover, MD; Ko Un Park, MD; Sasha Beyer, MD PhD; Erin Healy, MD; Julia R. White, MD. De-Escalation of Radiation Therapy in Patients with Stage I, Node-Negative, HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Patterns of Care and Survival Outcomes using the National Cancer Database. NPJ Breast Cancer. npj Breast Cancer 7, 33 (2021).
Jose G. Bazan, MD MS; Erin Healy, MD; Sasha Beyer, MD PhD; Karla Kuhn, CMD; Dominic DiCostanzo, MS; Tammy L. Smith, MD; Sachin Jhawar, MD MSCi, Julia R. White, MD. Clinical Effectiveness of an Adaptive Treatment Planning Algorithm for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy for Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Regional Nodal Irradiation/Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Dec 1;108(5):1159-1171. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.027. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Eckstein J, Healy E, Jain A, Hawkins D, Quoc-Anh H, Agrawal A, Ozer E, Rupert R, Diavolitsis V, Bhatt AD. A series of typical and atypical cases of Bazex syndrome: Identifying the red herring to avoid delaying cancer treatment. Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jul 15;8(11):2259-2264. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3133. eCollection 2020 Nov.
Eckstein J, Nolan N, Healy E, Wright CL, Jain A, Barney C, Washington I, McElroy JP, Grecula JC, Wobb JL, Mitchell DL, Miller E, Gamez M, Blakaj D, Diavolitsis V, Bhatt AD. Primary vs nodal site PET/CT response as a prognostic marker in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Head Neck. 2020 Sep;42(9):2405-2413. doi: 10.1002/hed.26242. Epub 2020 May 11.
Barney CL, Walston S, Zamora P, Healy EH, Nolan N, Diavolitsis VM, Neki A, Rupert R, Savvides P, Agrawal A, Old M, Ozer E, Carrau R, Kang S, Rocco J, Teknos T, Grecula JC, Wobb J, Mitchell D, Blakaj D, Bhatt AD. Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in cisplatin versus cetuximab chemoradiation for locally advanced p16 positive oropharyngeal carcinoma. Oral Oncol 2018 Apr;79:9-14. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
Thind, Balkarn S. MS; Mullen, Thomas D. MD, PhD; Healy, Erin MD; Serrano, Nicholas MS; Christensen, Diana M. MS; Miller, Trevor T. MS; Zeng, Jing MD; Oelschlager, Brant K. MD; Patel, Shilpen A. MD. Trimodality therapy for resectable gastric cancer: analysis of the benefit in radiation. IJS Oncology 2(1):e06, January 2017.
Paravati AJ, Healy E, Murphy JD, Song W, Hattangadi-Gluth J. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary hepatic malignancies and liver metastases. Transl Cancer Res 2013;2(6):507-520.
Erin Healy, Shawnee Anderson, Jing Cui, Laurel Beckett, Allen M. Chen, Julian Perks, Robin Stern, Jyoti Mayadev. Skin dose effects of postmastectomy chest wall radiation therapy using brass mesh as an alternative to tissue equivalent bolus. Practical Radiation Oncology 3(2):e45-53, April 2013. Epub 29 June 2012.
Hastings RH, Montgrain PR, Quintana R, Rascon Y, Deftos LJ, Healy E. Cell cycle actions of parathyroid hormone-related protein in non-small cell lung carcinoma. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2009 Oct; 297(4): L578-85. Epub 2009 Jul 24.
Upadhyay R, Klamer BG, Perlow HK, White JR, Bazan JG, Jhawar SR, Blakaj DM, Grecula JC, Arnett A, Mestres-Villanueva MA, Healy EH, Thomas EM, Chakravarti A, Raval RR, Lustberg M, Williams NO, Palmer JD, Beyer SJ. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Women Older than 65 with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Dec 27;16(1):137.
Ku E, Harada G, Chiao E, Rao P, Hosseinian S, Seyedin S, Healy E, Maxim P, Chow W, Stitzlein R, Limoli C, Harris J. The Correlation Between Lymphocyte Nadir and Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Defining Key Dosimetric Parameters and Outlining Clinical Significance. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2023 Jul 9;9(1):101309. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2023.101309. PMID: 38260229; PMCID: PMC10801664.
Chen, A. M., Garcia, A. D., Alexandrescu, M., Healy, E. (2023). Effect of a same day appointment initiative on racial disparities in access for radiation oncology. Journal of cancer policy, 38, 100445.
Lavasani S, Healy E, Kansal K. Locoregional Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Current Oncology. 2023; 30(8):7520-7531. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30080545
Harris JP, Ku E, Harada G, Hsu S, Chiao E, Rao P, Healy E, Nagasaka M, Humphreys J, Hoyt MA. Severity of Financial Toxicity for Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Jul 5:10499091231187999. doi: 10.1177/10499091231187999. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37406195.
Healy E, Beyer S, Jhawar S, White JR, Bazan JG. The Axillary Lateral Vessel Thoracic Junction Is Not an Organ at Risk for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Apr 13:S0360-3016(23)00362-0. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.04.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37059233.
Oppong, B. A., Lustberg, M. B., Nolan, T. S., Relation, T., Park, K. U., Healy, E., Trance, A., Klemanski, D. L. (2022). Utilization of cancer survivorship services during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary referral center. Journal of cancer survivorship: research and practice, 1–7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-022-01231-x
Wu AK, Damico NJ, Healy E, Kharouta MZ, Khandel G, Deshane A, Sipos J, Eckstein J, Zoller W, Ewing A, Ling S, Wobb J, Mitchell D, Grecula J, Jhawar S, Miller E, Gamez M, Diavolitsis V, Blakaj D, Bhatt AD. Thyroid-optimized and thyroid-sparing radiotherapy in oral cavity and oropharyngeal carcinoma: A dosimetric study. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. 2021 Nov 1;20:28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.10.003. PMID: 34765751; PMCID: PMC8571516.
Yaney A, Healy E, Pan X, Martin D, Quick A. Clinical outcomes of distal vaginal and vulvar cancer treated with image-guided brachytherapy. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2021 Aug;13(4):419-425. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2021.108596. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34484356; PMCID: PMC8407257.
Yaney A, Healy E, Wald P, Olsen M, Pan X, Martin D, Quick A. Toxicity and outcomes associated with high-dose rate brachytherapy for medically inoperable endometrial cancer. Brachytherapy. 2021 Mar-Apr;20(2):368-375. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.11.006. Epub 2021 Jan 19. PMID: 33353844.
Jose G. Bazan MD MS; Dominic DiCostanzo, MS; Karen Hock, MS; Sachin Jhawar, MD MSci; Erin Healy, MD; Sasha Beyer, MD PhD; Julia R. White MD. Analysis of Radiation Dose to the Shoulder by Treatment Technique and Correlation with Patient Reported Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Regional Nodal Irradiation. Front Oncol. 2021 Mar 11;11:617926. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.617926. eCollection 2021.
Yaney A, Ayan AS, Pan X, Jhawar S, Healy E, Beyer S, Lindsey K, Kuhn K, Tedrick K, White JR, Bazan JG. Dosimetric parameters associated with radiation-induced esophagitis in breast cancer patients undergoing regional nodal irradiation. Radiother Oncol. 2021 Feb;155:167-173. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.10.042. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33157173.
Jose G. Bazan MD MS; Sachin R. Jhawar MD MSci; Daniel Stover, MD; Ko Un Park, MD; Sasha Beyer, MD PhD; Erin Healy, MD; Julia R. White, MD. De-Escalation of Radiation Therapy in Patients with Stage I, Node-Negative, HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: Patterns of Care and Survival Outcomes using the National Cancer Database. NPJ Breast Cancer. npj Breast Cancer 7, 33 (2021).
Jose G. Bazan, MD MS; Erin Healy, MD; Sasha Beyer, MD PhD; Karla Kuhn, CMD; Dominic DiCostanzo, MS; Tammy L. Smith, MD; Sachin Jhawar, MD MSCi, Julia R. White, MD. Clinical Effectiveness of an Adaptive Treatment Planning Algorithm for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy for Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Regional Nodal Irradiation/Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Dec 1;108(5):1159-1171. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.027. Epub 2020 Jul 22.
Eckstein J, Healy E, Jain A, Hawkins D, Quoc-Anh H, Agrawal A, Ozer E, Rupert R, Diavolitsis V, Bhatt AD. A series of typical and atypical cases of Bazex syndrome: Identifying the red herring to avoid delaying cancer treatment. Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jul 15;8(11):2259-2264. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3133. eCollection 2020 Nov.
Eckstein J, Nolan N, Healy E, Wright CL, Jain A, Barney C, Washington I, McElroy JP, Grecula JC, Wobb JL, Mitchell DL, Miller E, Gamez M, Blakaj D, Diavolitsis V, Bhatt AD. Primary vs nodal site PET/CT response as a prognostic marker in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Head Neck. 2020 Sep;42(9):2405-2413. doi: 10.1002/hed.26242. Epub 2020 May 11.
Barney CL, Walston S, Zamora P, Healy EH, Nolan N, Diavolitsis VM, Neki A, Rupert R, Savvides P, Agrawal A, Old M, Ozer E, Carrau R, Kang S, Rocco J, Teknos T, Grecula JC, Wobb J, Mitchell D, Blakaj D, Bhatt AD. Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in cisplatin versus cetuximab chemoradiation for locally advanced p16 positive oropharyngeal carcinoma. Oral Oncol 2018 Apr;79:9-14. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
Thind, Balkarn S. MS; Mullen, Thomas D. MD, PhD; Healy, Erin MD; Serrano, Nicholas MS; Christensen, Diana M. MS; Miller, Trevor T. MS; Zeng, Jing MD; Oelschlager, Brant K. MD; Patel, Shilpen A. MD. Trimodality therapy for resectable gastric cancer: analysis of the benefit in radiation. IJS Oncology 2(1):e06, January 2017.
Paravati AJ, Healy E, Murphy JD, Song W, Hattangadi-Gluth J. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary hepatic malignancies and liver metastases. Transl Cancer Res 2013;2(6):507-520.
Erin Healy, Shawnee Anderson, Jing Cui, Laurel Beckett, Allen M. Chen, Julian Perks, Robin Stern, Jyoti Mayadev. Skin dose effects of postmastectomy chest wall radiation therapy using brass mesh as an alternative to tissue equivalent bolus. Practical Radiation Oncology 3(2):e45-53, April 2013. Epub 29 June 2012.
Hastings RH, Montgrain PR, Quintana R, Rascon Y, Deftos LJ, Healy E. Cell cycle actions of parathyroid hormone-related protein in non-small cell lung carcinoma. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2009 Oct; 297(4): L578-85. Epub 2009 Jul 24.
Professional Societies
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Society of Women in Radiation Oncology (SWRO)
Other Experience
Residency Program Director
2023
2023
Medical Director
2024
2024
Graduate Programs
Radiation Oncology
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Last updated
08/27/2024
08/27/2024