Omar Butt, MD, PhD, MS

Neuro-Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Neuro-oncology

Research Interest

CNS toxicity and understanding the mechanisms of underlying neurotoxicity after cellular therapy

Education

2007: MS, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
2014: PhD, neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2016: MD, University of Pennsylvania

Training

2020 - Present: Fellow, neuro-oncology, Washington University, St. Louis

Board Certification

2020: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Selected Research Publications

Evaluation of Regorafenib in Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma: GBM AGILE Phase II/III Bayesian Randomized Platform Trial.

Wen PY, Berry DA, Buxton MB, [...] Butt OH, [...] Lassman AB
J Clin Oncol 2026

Adjuvant personalized multivalent neoantigen DNA vaccination for MGMT unmethylated glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial.

Garfinkle EAR, Perales-Linares R, Gimple RC, [...] Butt OH, [...] Johanns TM
Nat Cancer 2026

Laser interstitial thermal therapy and adjuvant pembrolizumab in recurrent high-grade astrocytoma: a Phase 1/randomized Phase 2b trial.

Campian JL, Le SB, Ghiaseddin A, Butt OH, [...] Tran DD
Nat Commun 2026

Evolving Barriers to Clinical Trial Enrollment and Clinical Care in Neuro-oncology in the Face of COVID-19.

Grandhi N, Zhou AY, Johnson MO, Butt OH
Semin Neurol 2024

BRAF/MEK Inhibition as a Bridge to Immunotherapy for Symptomatic BRAF V600 Melanoma Brain Metastases: A Case Series.

Strelnikov J, Zhou A, Butt O, Ansstas M , Ansstas G
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2023

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Contact Information

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

4500 Forest Park Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63108

Phone Numbers

Appointments: (314) 747-7222
Toll Free: (800) 600-3606

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