Description of Research Expertise

Dr. Michael J. LaRiviere is an attending radiation oncologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. He did his undergraduate work in neuroscience at Amherst College, medical school at Emory University, and residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He treats pediatric patients and adult patients with hematologic malignancies, using conventional photon radiotherapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy, proton therapy, reirradiation, total skin electron therapy, and total body irradiation. Dr. LaRiviere leads research programs in translational pediatric and hematologic radiation oncology, including preclinical work with FLASH radiotherapy and clinical trials to understand the interactions between immunotherapy and radiation, and chimeric antigen T-cell (CART) therapy and radiation. Dr. LaRiviere has received research funding from the Radiological Society of North America to explore how 3D-printing can be used to improve oncology education for medical students. He is a member of the Children's Oncology Group (COG), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (Société Internationale d'Oncologie Pédiatrique - SIOP), Paediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS), International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG), and University of Pennsylvania Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Committee.

Selected Publications

Baron, Jonathan A, Wright, Christopher M, Dreyfuss, Alexandra D, Chong, Elise A, Svoboda, Jakub, LaRiviere, Michael J, Jones, Joshua A, Maity, Amit, Plastaras, John P, Paydar, Ima: Radiotherapy dose response in bulky relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma Practical Radiation Oncology : 2024.

Zhu, Yifeng, Byrd, Brook, Alexander, Daniel, Maity, Amit, Plastaras, John P, LaRiviere, Michael, Pogue, Brian W, Zhu, Timothy C: Validation of the Cherenkov converted dose using multiple Cherenkov images on TSET patients SPIE : PC1282302,2024.

Svoboda, Jakub, Landsburg, Daniel J, Nasta, Sunita Dwivedy, Barta, Stefan K, Chong, Elise A, Lariviere, Michael J, Shea, Joanne, Cervini, Amanda, Hexner, Elizabeth O, Marshall, Amy: Safety and efficacy of armored huCART19-IL18 in patients with relapsed/refractory lymphomas that progressed after anti-CD19 CAR T cells Journal of Clinical Oncology : 2024.

Jiang, C, Hoover, T, Kim, M, Han, X, Plastaras, J, LaRiviere, M: Outcomes of proton therapy for patients with infradiaphragmatic lymphoma International Journal of Particle Therapy 11 : 100033,2024.

Dastgheyb, Sana S, Dreyfuss, Alexandra D, LaRiviere, Michael J, Mohiuddin, Jahan J, Baumann, Brian C, Shabason, Jacob, Lustig, Robert A, Dorsey, Jay F, Lin, Alexander, Grady, Sean M: A Prospective Phase I/II Clinical Trial of High-Dose Proton Therapy for Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas Advances in radiation oncology 9 (5): 101456,2024.

Berlin, E, Eisenberg, R, Hill-Kayser, C, Lustig, RA, Kurtz, G, Cummings, E, LaRiviere, M: Delivery of re-irradiation and complex palliative radiotherapy using proton therapy in pediatric cancer patients International Journal of Particle Therapy 11 : 100035,2024.

Berlin, Eva, Eisenberg, Rachel, Hill‐Kayser, Christine, Lustig, Robert A, Kurtz, Goldie, Cummings, Elizabeth, LaRiviere, Michael: Delivery of re‐irradiation and complex palliative radiotherapy using proton therapy in pediatric cancer patients Pediatric Blood & Cancer 70 (12): e30708,2023.

Jiang, C, Hoover, T, Kim, MM, Han, X, Plastaras, JP, LaRiviere, MJ: Outcomes of Proton Therapy for Patients with Infradiaphragmatic Lymphoma International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 117 (2): e470,2023.

Hill-Kayser, CE, Li, Y, Kurtz, G, Mattei, P, Balis, F, Lustig, RA, LaRiviere, MJ, MacFarland, S, Batra, V, Mosse, Y: Survival and Local Recurrence Risk in Patients with High-Risk Neuroblastoma Treated with Proton Therapy over a 10 Year Interval International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 117 (2): e516-e517,2023.

Chelius, Monica, Cohen, Leah, Jiang, Cecilia, Mallon, John, Greisz, Justin, Tierney, Ann, Hossain, Nasheed, Rook, Alain, Villasenor-Park, Jennifer, Samimi, Sara: Safety of Total Skin Electron Therapy with Concurrent Systemic Therapy Blood 142 : 6182,2023.

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