William (Bill) Stokes, MD
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RoleRadiation Oncology
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Specialty
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Research Program
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Practicing Since2018
Background
William (Bill) Stokes, MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Stokes specializes in the treatment of head and neck cancer, and lung cancer in addition to stereotactic body radiotherapy. He treats patients at Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown and Emory Proton Therapy Center.
Titles & Roles
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Associate Professor, Department of Radiation OncologyEmory University School of Medicine
Education & Training
Education
- Residency, Radiation Oncology, 2018University of Colorado
- Internship, Internal Medicine, 2014University of Colorado
- Medical Education, MD, 2013University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Board Certifications
- Radiation OncologyAmerican Board of Radiology, 2018
Research
During his training, Dr. Stokes performed clinical research in using big data to investigate patterns of care and outcomes among cancer patients and developing phase I trials in head and neck cancer.
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- PhaseII
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ConditionsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- LocationEmory University Hospital Midtown
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JNJ-90301900 (NBTXR3) Activated by Radiotherapy With or Without Cetuximab in LA-HNSCC
- PhaseIII
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ConditionsLocally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Aged
- LocationEmory University Hospital Midtown
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Proton Beam Radiation Therapy After Treatment for Resected N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- PhaseI
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ConditionsResectable Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma
- LocationEmory Proton Therapy Center
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- PhaseI
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ConditionsRadiotherapy, Immunotherapy, Microsatellite Instability-High Solid Malignant Tumour, Metastasis from Malignant Tumor of Liver, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Metastasis from Malignant Tumor of Cervix, Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma of Skin (disorder), Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic NSCLC, Metastasis from Malignant Tumor of Bladder (Disorder)
- LocationEmory University Hospital Midtown
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Publications
Dr. Stokes has published multiple manuscripts in oncology journals such as Cancer, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He also serves as a reviewer for several journals, including Practical Radiation Oncology, Oral Oncology, Head and Neck, Radiotherapy and Oncology, and International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
Title/Journal Authors Publication Date Radiotherapy With Cisplatin vs Carboplatin Paclitaxel for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
M Abousaud, S Pamulapati, S Rashid, F Lozano, M Shepherd, B Fowowe, Y Cao, P Kim, Y Liu, JE Bates, M McDonald, S Rudra, WA Stokes, J Gross, NC Schmitt, MW El-Deiry, MR Patel, AL Hammond, Y Teng, C Steuer, DM Shin, NF Saba 08/01/2025 Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
NC Schmitt, WA Stokes, JE Bates, BLC Kinney, J Remick, MW McDonald, S Rudra, M Steininger, M Oyewole, MR Patel, AS Kaka, JH Gross, J Switchenko, CE Steuer, DM Shin, NF Saba 07/15/2025 Postoperative Radiotherapy ± Cetuximab for Intermediate-Risk Head and Neck Cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
M Machtay, PA Torres-Saavedra, W Thorstad, PF Nguyen-Tân, LL Siu, FC Holsinger, A El-Naggar, C Chung, A Cmelak, B Burtness, G Bednarz, H Quon, SL Breen, CK Gwede, AP Dicker, M Yao, RC Jordan, J Dorth, N Lee, JW Chan, N Dunlap, V Bar-Ad, WA Stokes, A Chakravarti, D Sher, S Rao, J Harris, SS Yom, QT Le 04/20/2025 Institution-level Patterns of Care for Early-stage Oropharynx Cancers in the United States.
American journal of clinical oncology
JR Janopaul-Naylor, Y Liu, Y Cao, AJ Schlafstein, C Steuer, MR Patel, JE Bates, MW McDonald, WA Stokes 11/01/2024 Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
NF Saba, R Chaudhary, K Kirtane, A Marra, A Ekpenyong, A McCook-Veal, NC Schmitt, JH Gross, MR Patel, J Remick, JE Bates, MW McDonald, SF Rudra, WA Stokes, M Biernacki, X Song, RJC Slebos, Y Liu, CE Steuer, DM Shin, Y Teng, CH Chung 10/15/2024 Head & neck
S Pamulapati, M Abousaud, Y Li, A Ekpenyong, S Rudra, JS Remick, JE Bates, WA Stokes, MW McDonald, NC Schmitt, MW El-Deiry, MR Patel, CE Steuer, JM Switchenko, DM Shin, Y Teng, A Hammond, NF Saba 09/01/2024 Immune System Dose With Proton Versus Photon Radiotherapy for Treatment of Locally Advanced NSCLC.
International journal of particle therapy
JS Patel, NS McCall, M Thomas, J Zhou, KA Higgins, JD Bradley, S Tian, MW McDonald, AH Kesarwala, WA Stokes 06/01/2024 Lung Cancer Survival Trends in the Veterans Health Administration.
Clinical lung cancer
D Moghanaki, J Taylor, AK Bryant, LK Vitzthum, N Sebastian, D Gutman, A Burns, Z Huang, JA Lewis, LB Spalluto, CD Williams, DR Sullivan, CG Slatore, M Behera, WA Stokes 05/01/2024 The Case for Allowing Proton Beam Therapy on Head and Neck Cooperative Group Studies.
JAMA oncology
NS McCall, SJ Frank, WA Stokes 03/01/2024 The Lancet. Oncology
LA Gharzai, E Morris, K Suresh, PF Nguyen-Tân, DI Rosenthal, ML Gillison, PM Harari, AS Garden, S Koyfman, JJ Caudell, CU Jones, DL Mitchell, G Krempl, JA Ridge, MF Gensheimer, JA Bonner, E Filion, NE Dunlap, WA Stokes, QT Le, P Torres-Saavedra, M Mierzwa, MJ Schipper 03/01/2024 Initial experience and patient tolerance of proton stereotactic body radiotherapy.
Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT
N Ali, J Zhou, BR Eaton, JM Switchenko, Y Cao, WA Stokes, PR Patel, KM Langen, R Slopsema, JD Bradley, MW McDonald 01/01/2024 Cancer
NS McCall, JR Janopaul-Naylor, HS McGinnis, AH Kesarwala, S Tian, WA Stokes, JW Shelton, CE Steuer, JW Carlisle, TA Leal, SS Ramalingam, JD Bradley, KA Higgins 12/01/2023 JAMA oncology
SJ Wong, PA Torres-Saavedra, NF Saba, G Shenouda, JM Bumpous, RE Wallace, CH Chung, AK El-Naggar, CK Gwede, B Burtness, PA Tennant, NE Dunlap, R Redman, WA Stokes, S Rudra, LK Mell, AG Sacco, SA Spencer, L Nabell, M Yao, FL Cury, DL Mitchell, CU Jones, S Firat, JN Contessa, T Galloway, A Currey, J Harris, WJ Curran, QT Le 11/01/2023 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
JL Anderson, E Schreibmann, JE Bates, S Rudra, B Hall, A Neunuebel, JS Remick, WA Stokes, MW McDonald 10/01/2023 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
S Tian, A McCook, IJ Choi, CB Simone, CE Vargas, NY Yu, JHC Chang, SA Mihalcik, H Tsai, J Zeng, LR Rosen, ZH Rana, JJ Urbanic, WA Stokes, AH Kesarwala, JD Bradley, KA Higgins 10/01/2023 The expanding role of IAP antagonists for the treatment of head and neck cancer.
Cancer medicine
V Kansal, BLC Kinney, S Uppada, NF Saba, WA Stokes, ZS Buchwald, NC Schmitt 07/01/2023 Insurance Authorization and Access to Proton Therapy for Patients With Head and Neck Cancers.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
MW McDonald, JE Bates, NS McCall, S Goyal, Y Liu, S Rudra, JS Remick, S Tian, MW El-Deiry, NF Saba, WA Stokes, E Swinney 06/01/2023 Clinical lung cancer
NT Sebastian, WA Stokes, M Behera, R Jiang, DA Gutman, Z Huang, A Burns, V Sukhatme, MC Lowe, SS Ramalingam, VP Sukhatme, D Moghanaki 05/01/2023 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
DC Qian, BC Ulrich, G Peng, H Zhao, KN Conneely, AH Miller, DW Bruner, RC Eldridge, EC Wommack, KA Higgins, DM Shin, NF Saba, AK Smith, B Burtness, HS Park, WA Stokes, JJ Beitler, C Xiao 04/01/2023 Nature medicine
NF Saba, CE Steuer, A Ekpenyong, A McCook-Veal, K Magliocca, M Patel, NC Schmitt, W Stokes, JE Bates, S Rudra, J Remick, M McDonald, M Abousaud, AC Tan, MZH Fadlullah, R Chaudhary, J Muzaffar, K Kirtane, Y Liu, GZ Chen, DM Shin, Y Teng, CH Chung 04/01/2023 Head & neck
JR Janopaul-Naylor, M Rupji, RA Tobillo, JW Lorenz, JM Switchenko, S Tian, AS Kaka, DC Qian, AJ Schlafstein, CE Steuer, JS Remick, S Rudra, MW McDonald, NF Saba, WA Stokes, MR Patel, JE Bates 03/01/2023 Treatment outcomes and cost comparisons for older adults with T4 laryngeal squamous cell cancer.
Head & neck
JD McDermott, A Amini, E Molina, WA Stokes, SD Karam 03/01/2023 Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
K Luca, J Roper, J Wolf, O Kayode, J Bradley, WA Stokes, J Zhang 03/01/2023 Impact of concomitant fibrates on immunotherapy outcomes for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Cancer medicine
WA Stokes, M Behera, R Jiang, DA Gutman, Z Huang, A Burns, NT Sebastian, V Sukhatme, MC Lowe, SS Ramalingam, VP Sukhatme, D Moghanaki 01/01/2023 Frontiers in oncology
P Puttagunta, SV Pamulapati, JE Bates, JH Gross, WA Stokes, NC Schmitt, C Steuer, Y Teng, NF Saba 01/01/2023 Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
J Lorenz, D Moghanaki, H Keshava, DH Harpole, JD Bradley, KA Higgins, CG Rusthoven, WA Stokes 01/01/2023 Head & neck
AJ Schlafstein, S Goyal, A Amini, SD Karam, NF Saba, AS Kaka, AH Aiken, JJ Beitler, WA Stokes 12/01/2022 Current Radiotherapy Considerations for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.
Cancers
WT Ng, JCH Chow, JJ Beitler, J Corry, W Mendenhall, AWM Lee, KT Robbins, S Nuyts, NF Saba, R Smee, WA Stokes, P Strojan, A Ferlito 11/24/2022 Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
NS McCall, HS McGinnis, JR Janopaul-Naylor, AH Kesarwala, S Tian, WA Stokes, JW Shelton, CE Steuer, JW Carlisle, T Leal, SS Ramalingam, JD Bradley, KA Higgins 09/01/2022 Association of Operability With Post-Treatment Mortality in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Clinical lung cancer
WA Stokes, N Xiong, Y Liu, KA Higgins, S Tian, JD Bradley, D Moghanaki, CG Rusthoven 05/01/2022 The oncologist
P Vijayvargiya, S Trivedi, M Rupji, H Song, Y Liu, R Jiang, AS Kaka, GZ Chen, W Stokes, C Steuer, DM Shin, JJ Beitler, MR Patel, A Aiken, NF Saba 02/03/2022 Definitive intensity modulated proton re-irradiation for lung cancer in the immunotherapy era.
Frontiers in oncology
JR Janopaul-Naylor, Y Cao, NS McCall, JM Switchenko, S Tian, H Chen, WA Stokes, AH Kesarwala, MW McDonald, JW Shelton, JD Bradley, KA Higgins 01/01/2022 To Scan or Not to Scan: The Dilemma of Posttreatment Imaging Surveillance of Head and Neck Cancer.
Practical radiation oncology
JR Janopaul-Naylor, AH Aiken, NF Saba, M El-Deiry, AS Kaka, WA Stokes 01/01/2022 Head & neck
NT Pfister, JJ Beitler, WA Stokes 07/01/2021 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
CB Hess, TH Nasti, VR Dhere, TJ Kleber, JM Switchenko, ZS Buchwald, WA Stokes, BD Weinberg, N Rouphael, JP Steinberg, KD Godette, DJ Murphy, R Ahmed, WJ Curran, MK Khan 03/15/2021 Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Using Radiation: A Review.
Frontiers in oncology
C Hui, B Chau, G Gan, W Stokes, SD Karam, A Amini 01/01/2021 The Laryngoscope
DC Qian, KR Magliocca, AH Aiken, KL Baugnon, DC Brandon, WA Stokes, MW McDonald, MR Patel, HM Baddour, AS Kaka, CE Steuer, NF Saba, DM Shin, JJ Beitler 12/01/2020 JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
WA Stokes, DC Qian, JJ Beitler 06/01/2020 Ratings & Reviews
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