Postgraduate
Appointments
October 2001-
Dickstein Cancer Center
Present Associate Director, Radiation Oncology
White Plains Hospital
White Plains, NY.
July 2000-
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
2001 Clinical Fellowship, Department of Radiation Oncology
Dr. Steven A. Leibel, Chairman
New York, New York.
July 1997-
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
2000 Clinical Assistant, Department of Radiation Oncology
Dr. Steven A. Leibel, Chairman
New York, New York.
July 1994-
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1997 Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology
(Chief Resident, April 1996-April 1997)
Dr. Zvi Fuks, Chairman
New York, New York.
July 1993-
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
1994 Intern, Department of Medicine
New York, New York.
June 1992-
University of Chicago
1993 Postdoctoral Fellowship,
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Dr. Ralph R. Weichselbaum, M.D., Advisor
Chicago, Illinois.
Education
March 1993
Doctor of Medicine
University of Chicago, Division of Biological Sciences
Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois.
December 1990
Doctor of Philosophy in Neurobiology
University of Chicago, Division of Biological Sciences
Committee on Neurobiology
Chicago, Illinois.
June 1984 Bachelor
of Arts in Chemistry
University of Chicago, College of the University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois.
Certification
• Diplomat
of the National Board of Medical Examiners
• New York State Medical License
Research and Training Awards
2001-1997
multiple private foundation awards (please contact for details).
1992-1985
NIH award for Graduate Training in Growth and Development
(M.D., Ph.D. training, forerunner of the MSTP program).
1985
NIH award for Graduate and Postgraduate Training in Neurobiology.
1984
NIH award for Medical Student Research.
1991-1988
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Foundation.
1991-1988
Illinois Department of Public Health.
1989-1987
Brain Research Foundation.
1984
National Honor Society Scholarship.
Professional Societies
•American
Academy of Neurology
•American Brachytherapy Society
•American College of Radiation Oncology
•American Medical Association
•American Society for Clinical Oncology
•American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
•Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology
•Medical Society of the State of New York
•Radiation Research Society
•Radiological Society of North America
•Society for Neuroscience
•Society for Neuro-Oncology
Research Experience
1997-2001 Development
of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for prostate and non-prostatic
targets: Advanced techniques.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1997-2001 Development
of immobilization systems for “stereotactic” extracraninal
radiosurgery and radiotherapy, combined with optimization of 3-dimensional
conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1997-2001 Multimodality
image fusion with Mutual Information Technology (MIT) for treatment planning
in radiation therapy.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1994-2001 Optimization
of radiographic and biochemical follow up after three-dimensional conformal
external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1994-2001 Therapeutic
and patient-related factors for morbidity after radioactive interstitial
implantation for prostate cancer.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1994-2001 Long-term
control, survival, and morbidity following primary irradiation for base
of tongue carcinomas.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1994-2001 Multimedia-based
teaching tools for radiation therapy.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1994-1997 Virtual
simulation of mantle field irradiation based on prechemotherapy and postchemotherapy
computed tomography.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
1992-1994 Radiation
targeting of gene therapy.
University of Chicago, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Dr. Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Advisor.
1986-1992 Biochemical
and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation, function,
and degeneration of cholinergic basal forebrain neuronal connections.
University of Chicago, Committee on Neurobiology and Department of Pharmacological
and Physiological Sciences
Dr. Bruce H. Wainer, Advisor.
1982-1986 Cytoarchitectonic
and connectional organization of cholinergic brainstem pathways involved
in sleep-wake and motor behaviors.
University of Chicago, Department of Pathology
Dr. Bruce H. Wainer, Advisor.