Andrew Baschnagel

Biography

I am a professor in the Department of Radiation Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where I treat patients and perform translational research. In my clinical practice, I specialize in treating patients with lung cancer, and other thoracic malignancies. In addition, I have expertise in performing stereotactic body radiotherapy and intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of metastases. I am a member of the UW Multidisciplinary Thoracic Program and work closely with thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, pulmonologists and radiologists to best meet the needs of my patients.

I am the co-leader of the UWCCC Multidisciplinary Thoracic Program, I serve as Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Radiation Medicine, co-Chair our Cancer Center’s Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee, and I am one of the multiple PI’s on the UW Cancer Center’s National Clinical Trials Network Lead Academic Participating Sites (NCTN LAPS).  In this capacity, I am the UWCCC site PI of our NRG Oncology Cooperative Group. I serve on the NRG Oncology Lung Cancer committee, the NRG Oncology Imaging Committee, and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Lung Cancer resource panel.

I am actively involved in translational and clinical research. I work closely with basic scientists, physicists and clinicians with the goal of fostering new ideas and translating research findings into the clinic. I have experience studying combinations of radiation and novel radiosensitizers and biomarkers of treatment response in patients and in preclinical models. My current work focuses on improving treatment of non-small cell lung cancer with a focus on functional lung avoidance radiotherapy, novel methods in targeting MET-altered lung cancer and understanding the mechanism of NSCLC brain metastases. I am actively involved in clinical trials at both the institutional and national level.  In addition to my clinical and research activities, I train medical students, medical residents and fellows. This includes mentoring students and residents in the clinic and with research.