Radiation Oncology

J. Frank Wilson, MD, FACR, FASTRO Chairman and Bernard & Miriam Peck Family Professor of Radiation Oncology Director of the Adult Cancer Clinical Service Line Associate Director, Clinical Affairs, MCW Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414) 805-4450

Curriculum Vitae

J. Frank Wilson, M.D., FACR, FASTRO, Chairman and Bernard and Miriam Peck Family Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director of the Adult Cancer Clinical Service Line, and Associate Director, Clinical Affairs, MCW Cancer Center is an internationally known radiation oncologist. 

A Fellow of the American College of Radiology and of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Dr. Wilson is an authority on the treatment of breast cancer. He has published over 200 papers and abstracts, 21 books or chapters and has presented many lectures, both nationally and internationally, on the role of radiation therapy in the management of cancer. He is the Group Chairman of the NCI-funded ACR Quality Research in Radiation Oncology project (Q-RRO). In addition to quality of cancer care and breast cancer, his research interests have included developmental aspects of brachytherapy, a field in which he has co-authored several seminal textbooks.

Dr. Wilson is a past president of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the largest organization of radiation oncologists in the world. He has served the American College of Radiology as a Chancellor and as Vice President. Dr. Wilson is also a past President of the American Radium Society; the oldest interdisciplinary oncology society in the world.    He is a member of the National Council for Radiation Protection (NCRP). For his contributions, Dr. Wilson has received the Gold Medals of both the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology Oncology, the American College of Radiology and the Juan del Regato Foundation. Dr. Wilson served as Director of the MCW Cancer Center from 1994 to 2000. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the Medical College in 1997.

An expert clinician, Dr Wilson is listed in The Best Doctors in America. He has been cited by Good Housekeeping and by Redbook magazines as one of "America's Top Breast Cancer Doctors." In 2008, he received the Froedtert Hospitals highest honor, the Smallwood Award for Patient Care Excellence.

Patient Care Emphases

• Breast Cancer
• Skin Cancer

Clinical Practice Locations

• Froedtert & Medical College Clinical Cancer Center  (414) 805-4400

Education

• Doctor of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO (1965).

Training

• Board Certification, Radiation Oncology,  American Board of Radiology (1971).
• Fellowship Senior Investigator, Radiation Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (1969-1971).
• United States Public Health Service Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO (1964-1969).

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Owen JB, White JR, Zelfsky MJ, Wilson JF.  Using QRRO survey data to assess compliance with quality indicators for breast and prostate cancer.  Journal of the American College of Radiology. 6(6):442-7, 2009.
• Vernon MR, Maheshwari M, Michel MA, Wong SJ, Campbell BH, Massey BL, Wilson, JF, Wang, D.  Clinical outcomes of patients recieving integrated PET/CT-guided radiotherapy for head and neck carcinoma.  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 70(3):678-84, 2008. 
• Morrow NV, Stephaniak C, White J, Wilson JF, Li XA.  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 69(3):910-7, 2007.
• Movsas B, Moughan J, Owen J, Coia, LR Zelefsky MJ, Hanks, G, Wilson, JF.  Who enrolls onto clinical oncology trials? A radiation Patterns of Care Study analysis.  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 68(4):1145-50, 2007. 
• Li XA, Pitterle M, Kalakota, K, Mueller, K, Erickson B, Wang D, Schultz C, Firat S, Wilson JF.  Interfractional variations in patient setup and anatomic change assessed by daily computed tomography.  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 68(2):581-91, 2007.
• Wang D, Schultz C, Jursinic P, Bialkowski M, Zhu XR, Brown WD, Rand SD, Michel MA, Campbell BH, Wong S, Li XA, Wilson JF.  Initial experience of FDG-PET/CT guided IMRT of head and neck carcinoma.  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 65(1):143-51, 2006. 
• Wilson JF, Owen J.  Quality research in radiation oncology: a self-improvement initiative 30 years ahead of its time? Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2(12):1001-7, 2005.
• Pierce LJ, Moughan J, White J, Winchester DP, Owen J, Wilson JF.  1998-1999 Patterns of Care study process survey of national practice patterns using breast- conserving surgeryand radiotherapy in the management of stage I-II breast cancer.  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 62(1):183-192, 2005. 
• Langer CJ, Moughan J, Movsas B, Komaki R, Ettinger D, Owen J, Wilson JF.  Patterns of Care Survey (PCS) in lung cancer: How well does current US practice with chemotherapy in the non-metastatic setting follow the literature? Lung Cancer, 48(1):93-102, 2005.