Katie Lichter, MD, MPH

Principal Investigator
Radiation Oncology & Health Policy
Dartmouth Cancer Center | Geisel School of Medicine
(Former) Fellow, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HSS) Office of Climate Health & Heath Equity

Education

Couch Family Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow (2025-Present)
Radiation Oncology Residency, University of California, San Francisco (2021– 2025)
Preliminary Medicine Internship, St. Mary’s Medical Center (2021)
M.D., Loyola University, Chicago (2020)
M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University (2019)
B.S., Business Analytics and Economics (2013)

Recent Publications

Response to "The Hidden Impact of Radiography and Fluoroscopy-An Environmental Life Cycle Assessment".
Munger DP, Lichter KE
J Am Coll Radiol. 2026 Apr;23(4):503-506. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2025.12.007. Epub 2025 Dec 10.
PMID: 41386544

Extreme Urban Heat and Emergency Department Visits in Older Adults.
Siau E, Silva GS, Lu J, Thiel C, Jones S, Horwitz LI, Lichter KE, Azan A
JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Mar 2;9(3):e262645. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.2645. Epub 2026 Mar 2.
PMID: 41860548

The climate and health impact of U.S. radiation therapy: estimating greenhouse gas emissions, DALYs, and potential of hypofractionation.
Lichter KE, Asaro A, Qureshi MM, Truong MT, Parekh A, Witztum A, Anand C, Silva GS, Royce TJ, Zaorsky NG, Grover S, Abdel-Wahab M, Kouzi ZE, Gadoue SM, Thiel C, Eckelman MJ, Prionas N, Yom SS, Mohamad O
Radiother Oncol. 2026 Jan;214:111161. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111161. Epub 2025 Sep 20.
PMID: 40983187

The NorCal brachytherapy waste audit: A simple, validated, toolkit for clinician led waste reduction.
Baniel CC, Lichter KE, Frick MA, Wu J, Oladipo E, Wu YF, SwamyS A, Hsu IC, Prionas N, Blomain ES, Kidd EA, Buyyounouski MK, Rosenbluth G, Mohamad O, Bagshaw HP
Brachytherapy. 2025 Jul-Aug;24(4):622-630. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2025.01.002. Epub 2025 Mar 1.
PMID: 40024828

In Reply to Ali and Piffoux.
Lichter KE, Silva GS, Mohamad O
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Jun 1;122(2):514-516. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.02.033.
PMID: 40382169