Christopher D. Corso, MD, PhD

Christopher D. Corso, MD, PhD

workRadiation Oncologist
location_onAtrium Health – Levine Cancer Institute – Pineville Radiation Therapy Center

About Dr. Corso

"Sometimes I'll tell my patients to put their worries on me and let me be their rock. That's what I'm here for; and you just worry about getting through your days, and let me worry about your cancer, because that's what I'm trained to do, and that's what I'll do for you."

Dr. Corso

Board Certification

May 1, 2018

Licensure

North Carolina #2017-00143

South Carolina #40633

Professional Organizations

RSNA

ASTRO

ARS


Awards & Affiliations


Education

Yale University School of Medicine

2012 - 2017

New Haven, Connecticut

PGY 1, Preliminary Medicine, 2012 - 2013 PGY 2 - 5, Radiation Oncology, 2013 – 2017 Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology, 2016 – 2017 Chairman: Peter Glazer, MD, PhD Program Director: Roy Decker, MD, PhD

Emory University School of Medicine

2008 - 2012

Atlanta, Georgia

Doctor of Medicine, Cum Laude

Georgia Institute of Technology

2004 - 2008

Atlanta, Georgia

PhD in Bioengineering, Thesis Advisor: William D. Hunt PhD, Thesis Title: Theoretical and experimental development of a ZnO-Based laterally excited thickness shear mode acoustic wave immunosensor for cancer biomarker detection

Georgia Institute of Technology

2000 - 2004

Atlanta, Georgia

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Highest Honors


Employment

Radiation Oncologist, SERO

Charlotte, NC


Publications

Find Dr. Corso’s full list of publications on PubMed here.


Books

Book Chapters

  • Kenney AM, Castellino RC, Moots P, Corso CD, Mehta P. Medulloblastoma in Adults. Textbook of Uncommon Cancer 2017;10:917-938.
  • Corso CD, Bindra RS. Glioma Radiosensitizers: Exciting New Developments and Directions. Malignant Brain Tumors 2017; 233-240.

Abstracts

  • Corso CD, Bindra RS, Glazer PM, Sulkowski PL, Robinson ND, Scanlon SE, Purshouse KR, Bai H, Liu Y, Sundaram RK, Hegan DC, Fons NR, Breuer GA, Song Y, Mishra-Gorur K, De Feyter HM, de Graaf RA, Surovtseva YV, Kachman M, Halene S, Gunel M. “Production of 2-Hydroxyglutarate by IDH Mutant Malignancies Induces a BRCAness State That Can be Exploited By PARP Inhibitors and Radiation,” Poster presentation, ASTRO 59th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Sept 24-27, 2017
  • Corso CD, Park HS, Rutter CE, Lester-Coll NH, Mancini BR, Yeboa DN, Johung KL, “Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Versus Conventionally Fractionated Radiation Therapy: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of Survival in Unresected Pancreatic Cancer,” Oral presentation, ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Oct 18-21, 2015
  • Corso CD, Rutter CE, Park HS, Lester-Coll NH, Decker RH, “The Role of Chemoradiation in Elderly Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients,” Oral Presentation, American Radium Society 97th Annual Meeting, Kauai, HI, May 1-5 2015 and ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Oct 18-21, 2015
  • Corso CD, Park HS, Moreno AC, Kim AW, Husain Z, Yu JB, Decker RH, “Stage I Lung SBRT Clinical Practice Patterns,” Oral Presentation, ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept 14-17 2014
  • Corso CD, Park HS, Moreno AC, Kim AW, Husain Z, Yu JB, Decker RH, “Demographic disparities in the use of SBRT for treating stage I NSCLC,” Poster Presentation, ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept 14-17 2014
  • Corso CD, Lloyd S, Harder E, Mancini BR, Rutter CE, Decker RH, “Invasive Mediastinal Staging Does Not Improve Outcomes Over PET Alone in Early-Stage NSCLC Treated with SBRT,” Oral Presentation, ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept 14-17 2014
  • Rutter CE, Lester-Coll NH, Mancini BR, Corso CD, Evans SB, “Evaluating National Practice in Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy for Elderly Women: Response to a Randomized Trial and Cost Effectiveness on a National Scale,” Poster Presentation, ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Sept 14-17 2014
  • Mancini BR, Park HS, Harder E, Rutter CE, Corso CD, Decker RH, Husain ZA, “Elderly Patients Undergoing SBRT for Inoperable Early Stage NSCLC Achieve Similar Outcomes to Younger Patients,” Oral Presentation, ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA Sept 14-17 2014
  • Lloyd S, Corso CD, Cardinale FS, McLaughlin C, Cardinale JG, “Robotic Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Prostate Adenocarcinoma,” Poster Presentation ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA Sept 14-17 2014
  • Husain ZA, Kim AW, Yu JB, Decker RH, Corso CD, “Predictors of 30-Day Mortality Following Resection of Early Stage NSCLC: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database,” Oral Presentation, ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA Sept 14-17 2014
  • Corso CD, Park HS, Moreno AC, Kim AW, Husain Z, Yu JB, Decker RH, “Stage I Lung SBRT Clinical Practice Patterns,” Oral Presentation, American Radium Society 96th Annual Meeting, St. Thomas, USVI, April 26-29 2014
  • Corso CD, Bindra R, Yu JB, Contessa JN, “Factors predicting survival in Grade I-III astrocytomas”, Poster Presentation, ASTRO 55th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Sept 22-25 2013
  • Motwani SB, Contessa JN, Corso CD, Jain P, Modh A, Wang SS, Khan AJ, Knisely J, “Glioblastoma Multiforme of the Elderly: A Multi-Institutional Experience Comparing Conventional vs Accelerated Fractionated Radiotherapy with Concurrent Temozolomide,” Poster Presentation, ASTRO 55th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Sept 22-25 2013
  • Corso CD, Ginsburg J, Wen J, Willard M, “Evaluating the HSP90 Inhibitor Ganetespib as a Radiosensitizing Agent in Breast Cancer Models In Vitro”, Poster Presentation, ASTRO 54th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Oct 28-31 2012
  • Corso CD, Wen J, Sica G, Muller S, Han J, Kim S, Diaz R, “Radiation Induces Upregulation of GRP94 (GP96) in Human Head and Neck Tumors,” Poster presentation, ASTRO 53rd Annual Meeting, Miami, FLOct 2-6 2011
  • Ali A, Nunnery E, Corso CD, Jarrio C, Ghavidel S, Rossi P, Diaz R, “Individual Fraction Re-planning with Three-Dimensional CT for Single Channel Vaginal Cylinder High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy:  Imaging Technology Overkill?” Poster presentation, Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium, Atlanta, GA, Apr 29-30 2011
  • Corso CD, Dickherber A, Hunt WD, “A thickness shear mode zinc oxide liquid sensor with off-axis excitation,” Manuscript and poster presentation, Proc. 2007 IEEE Sensors Conference, Atlanta GA, Oct 29-31 2007
  • Dickherber A, Corso CD, Hunt WD, “Lateral Field Excitation (LFE) of Thickness Shear Mode (TSM) Acoustic Waves in Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators (FBAR) as a Potential Biosensor,” Manuscript, Proc. 2006 IEEE EMBS Conference, NYC NY, Aug 28-Sep 3 2006
  • Corso CD, Dickherber A, Shah P, Migdal A, Datta M, Datta S, Hunt WD, “Development of a Simple Inexpensive Bulk Acoustic Wave Nanosensor for Cancer Biomarkers: Detection of Secreted Sonic Hedgehog from Prostate Cancer Cells,” Poster presentation, 2006 Annual Meeting of the AACR, Washington DC, April 4, 2006