Morgan Freret

Morgan Freret, MD, PhD

Radiation Oncologist

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Metastatic brain tumors

My Specialties

  • Radiation therapy
Dr. Freret's Office Information
Languages: English & Spanish
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What I Do at MSK

I'm a radiation oncologist, which is a cancer doctor with special training in using radiation therapy (RT) to treat cancer.

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Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Metastatic brain tumors

My Specialties

  • Radiation therapy
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, Harvard Medical School
  • PhD, Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School

Residencies

  • Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Awards and Honors

  • Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Physician Scholars Award (2022)
  • Residents/Fellows in Biology Seed Grant, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) (2022)
  • National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Fellows Program (2022)
  • B. Leonard Holman Research Pathway Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, American Board of Radiology (2021)
  • Dean's Award for Academic Achievement, Stanford University (2010)
  • Graduation with Honors and Distinction, Stanford University (2010)
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society (2009)
  • Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) Research in Biology Grant, Stanford University (2007)
  • National Merit Scholar (2005)

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Research and Publications

View a list of Dr. Freret’s publications.

Freret ME, Wijetunga NA, Shamseddine AA, Higginson DS, Schmitt AM, Yamada Y, Lis E, Boire A, Yang JT, Xu AJ. Early Detection of Leptomeningeal Metastases Among Patients Undergoing Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2022 Dec 26;8(2):101154. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.101154. PMID: 36845624; PMCID: PMC9943781.

Senft RA, Freret ME, Sturrock N, Dymecki SM. Neurochemically and Hodologically Distinct Ascending VGLUT3 versus Serotonin Subsystems Comprise the r2-Pet1 Median Raphe. J Neurosci. 2021 Mar 24;41(12):2581-2600. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1667-20.2021. Epub 2021 Feb 5. PMID: 33547164; PMCID: PMC8018730.

Freret ME, Gutmann DH. Insights into optic pathway glioma vision loss from mouse models of neurofibromatosis type 1. J Neurosci Res. 2019 Jan;97(1):45-56. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24250. Epub 2018 Apr 28. PMID: 29704429; PMCID: PMC6766750.

Freret ME, Anastasaki C, Gutmann DH. Independent NF1 mutations underlie café-au-lait macule development in a woman with segmental NF1. Neurol Genet. 2018 Jul 23;4(4):e261. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000261. PMID: 30065955; PMCID: PMC6066364.

Okaty BW, Freret ME, Rood BD, Brust RD, Hennessy ML, deBairos D, Kim JC, Cook MN, Dymecki SM. Multi-Scale Molecular Deconstruction of the Serotonin Neuron System. Neuron. 2015 Nov 18;88(4):774-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.007. Epub 2015 Nov 5. PMID: 26549332; PMCID: PMC4809055.

Publications on PubMed

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