Associate Professor

Specialties

• Soft-tissue sarcomas
• Genitourinary cancers
• Lung cancers
• Gastrointestinal tract cancers
• Endovascular/coronary radiotherapy

Educational Background

• MD, University of Michigan Medical School
• Residency, Massachusettes General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Internship, William Beaumont Hospital
• PhD, University of Michigan Rackham School of Graduate Studies & Dept of Pharmacology, School of Medicine

Professional Societies and Committees

• Human Use of Radioisotopes and Radiation Committee
• College of Medicine Faculty Council Representative
• University Senate Representative
• Israel Cancer Association, USA Scientific Advisory Board
• American Board of Radiology Clinical Radiation Oncology Task Force
• Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council (C-CRAB)
• Prostate Cancer Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
• American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
• American College of Radiology
• Connective Tissue Oncology Society
• Florida Medical Association

• UpJohn Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology, 1985
• American Cancer Society Research Fellowship, 1991 - 1992
• DSR New Faculty Award, 1994, High Dose Rate (HDR) Endobronchial Brachytherapy in the Management of Obstructive Lung Tumors: The Role of External Beam Radiation Therapy vs. External Beam Plus Endobronchial Radiotherapy
• DSR Faculty Award, 1994, SR-89 as an Adjuvant to External Beam Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Diffuse Metastases
• UF Medical Guild Mini Grant Award, 1995, Development of an Immobilization Chair for Treatment of Cancer Patients in Respiratory Distress.
• Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) Teacher of the Year Award, 2000

Publications available through PubMed