Benjamin Kann, MD
Basic profileAssistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School · Brigham and Women's Hospital
Benjamin Kann is Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 275 publications with 4,505 citations (h-index 31).
Overview
Updated 27 Oct 2026
Benjamin Kann, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute. The public record shows 276 publications with 4,568 citations (h-index 31), centered on Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment. It also documents 4 NIH-funded awards (2021–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · medRxiv
- Top research focus: Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
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Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 68.
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Updated 27 Oct 2026
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 2021–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- CLinical ChARacterIzation of Treatment-related MorbiditY in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors with Artificial Intelligence (CLARITY-AI)
Brigham and Women'S Hospital
FY2026$815,772R01CA315473 - Harvard MD Anderson Collaborative to Reduce LyMphatic MOrbidity in Head and Neck Cancer with Artificial Intelligence (HARMONiC-AI)
University of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
FY2026$716,638R01DE034780 - Project 1: Targeted therapeutics for pediatric low-grade glioma
Brigham and Women'S Hospital
FY2026$481,888P50CA165962
Congress activity
Updated 27 Oct 2026
66 congress contributions (2013–2026) across AACR, ASCO, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Beyond Overlap Metrics: Uncertainty-Based Triage for Pathology-Anchored QA of Nodal Autosegmentation In HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2026Co-author - Comparing Face Photograph-Based and Blood-Based Biological Age Biomarkers for Survival Prediction in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2026Co-author - FaceAge Deviation and Area Deprivation Index: Associated and Synergistic Predictors of Mortality in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2026Co-author
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Publications
Updated 27 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Tempered optimism: Advances in the precision medicine era for pediatric low-grade glioma.
Neuro-oncology
Review2026 - Multi-Institutional Annotated Multiparametric MRI Dataset of Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas.
Radiology. Artificial intelligence
Article2026 - FaceAge as a biomarker for prognosis and treatment stratification in a large-scale oncology cohort.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Article2026 - Face aging rate quantifies change in biological age to predict cancer outcomes.
Nature communications
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Artificial intelligence in radiation oncologyReview427 citations2020
- 02Artificial intelligence for clinical oncologyReview376 citations2021
- 03
- 04Large language models to identify social determinants of health in electronic health recordsArticle276 citations2024
- 05Use of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for Cancer Treatment InformationArticle250 citations2023
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Updated 27 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Oct 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- MD2014verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →massgeneralbrigham.org ↗
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- Board certification: Radiation Oncology
American Board of Radiology
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American Board of Preventive Medicine
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Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Yale School of Medicine [past] (ORCID-declared); residency Yale New Haven Hospital
Radiation Oncology
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Radiation Oncology and Thoracic Oncology programs
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