Radiation Oncology

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Overview

The Department of Radiation Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin is a progressive academic radiation oncology practice comprised of 19 faculty members. Services are provided by 15 radiation oncologists and 12 physicists at five clinical sites, including Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee; Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls; St. Catherine's Hospital, Kenosha; St. Joseph's Hospital, West Bend; and Zablocki Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee. Approximately 1,800 patients are treated annually. Equipment includes 8 Siemens linear accelerators, including 6 Primus units; CT and MR simulators; LANTIS/IMPAC/Primeview record and verify systems; Nucletron HDR system; CMS FOCUS treatment planning system with IMRT; NOMOS CORVUS IMRT planning system; Gamma Knife; Tomotherapy; and an orthovoltage unit. Services associated with vascular brachytherapy, prostate seed implants, low dose-rate and high dose-rate brachytherapy, as well as total body irradiation for bone marrow transplantation are provided. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT),image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) are currently in use.
 

Department Chairman

J. Frank Wilson, MD, FACR, FASTRO
 

Faculty

Joseph Bovi, MD

Roger W. Byhardt, MD, FACR

Kiran Devisetty, MD

Beth A. Erickson-Wittmann, MD, FACR

Selim Y. Firat, MD

Elizabeth M. Gore, MD

Catherine S Hwang, MD

Kristofer Kainz, PhD

Tracy Kelly, MD

Colleen A. Lawton, MD, FACR, FASTRO

X. Allen Li, PhD

Mark Macedon, MD

John E. Moulder, PhD

Christopher J. Schultz, MD

Vladimir Semenenko, PhD

Patrick Tripp, MD

Dian Wang, MD, PhD

Julia R. White, MD

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