Zach Reitman, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncologist
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About Me
I am a radiation oncologist, and I primarily focus on radiation treatments for brain tumors and other central nervous system conditions. My interest in brain tumor research began during my MD/PhD research training at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke. I am proud to be at Duke Health now to provide radiation oncology care for patients with brain tumors and other central nervous system conditions.
- Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology 2021
- Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2022
- Assistant Professor of Pathology, Pathology 2022
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Clinical Focus and Research
My hope is that my research will lead to better ways to care for patients with brain tumors and other types of cancer. I also look to my patients to help me focus my research on the most important challenges in the clinic. My research focuses on using genomics to guide the development of new treatments for brain tumors and on finding ways to improve radiation treatments for brain tumors.
- Inflammasomes - a driver of sexual dimorphism to glioma therapies awarded by National Institutes of Health 2025 - 2030
- Seidel, Jazlyn A., Laura Alder, April K. S. Salama, Carey K. Anders, Jordan Komisarow, Peter E. Fecci, Paul Sperduto, et al. “Management outcomes for biopsy-proven radiation necrosis in patients with brain metastases in the era of immune-checkpoint blockade.” J Neurooncol 175, no. 1 (October 2025): 199–208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-025-05120-y.
- Huang, Christina C., David J. Carpenter, Jim Leng, Jamiluddin Qazi, Brahma Natarajan, Muzamil Arshad, Michael J. Moravan, et al. “Clinical Parameters Associated With Intracranial Progression Burden Following an Initial Stereotactic Radiosurgery Course in a Multi-institutional Brain Metastases Cohort.” Adv Radiat Oncol 10, no. 9 (September 2025): 101859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2025.101859.
- Zhao, Jingtong, Eugene Vaios, Evan Calabrese, Zhenyu Yang, Scott Robertson, John Ginn, Ke Lu, et al. “A Radiogenomic Deep Ensemble Learning Model for Identifying Radionecrosis Following Brain Metastases (BM) Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer BM.” Adv Radiat Oncol 10, no. 8 (August 2025): 101826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2025.101826.
- Zhao, Jingtong, Eugene Vaios, Zhenyu Yang, Ke Lu, Scott Floyd, Deshan Yang, Hangjie Ji, et al. “Radiogenomic explainable AI with neural ordinary differential equation for identifying post-SRS brain metastasis radionecrosis.” In Med Phys, 52:2661–74, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.17635.
- Wang, C., Y. Xie, Z. Hu, F. F. Yin, Z. Reitman, and Y. Cui. “A Dosimetric Study Comparing Two Beam Arrangement Strategies in Fractionated Thoracic Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) Planning.” In International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 111:e557, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1510.
- Vaios, E. J., M. Grabowski, E. Srinivasan, D. Huie, E. Sankey, B. Otvos, M. Olufawo, et al. “Combining Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy With SRS Improves Time to Progression for Recurrent SRS-Treated Brain Metastases.” In International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 111:e583–84, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.1565.
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Aetna
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- Aetna Open Choice PPO
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Duke Group Plans
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Experience Health
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Humana
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TRICARE
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United Healthcare
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- AARP Medicare Complete (HMO, PPO)*
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- United Medical Resources (UMR)
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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External Relationships
- CURE childhood cancer
- Eisai Pharmaceuticals
- Genetron Health
- National Institute of Health (NIH)
- Oakstone Publishing CME
Staff very knowledgeable and makes you feel like family
Excellent Doctor
All the staff were amazing as always!!
GreatAlways have an answer to any health questions I may have
Dr. Reitman and his team are absolutely extraordinary.
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Dr. Reitman, his resident Dr. LaBella, and his nurse Liz are all wonderful extremely professional, knowledgeable, attentive, kind, thoughtful, understanding, and helpful.
Dr. Reitman is an amazing MD. He is very knowledgeable and thorough. Shows empathy and caring for this patients. WE love him!