Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD, PhD

Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her research focuses on radiation therapy for hematological malignancies, particularly lymphoid neoplasia, bridging radiotherapy before chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for B-cell lymphomas, and the immunologic interplay of radiation and systemic therapies. She has recently published multicenter studies on bridging radiation prior to CAR-T in aggressive large B-cell lymphomas and historical outcomes for stage IA NLPHL. She also leads educational initiatives in emergent spine radiation and contributes to American Radium Society appropriate use criteria for extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma.