Radiation Oncology

Patient Care Emphases

• Pediatric Malignancies
• General Radiation Oncology
• Intravascular Brachytherapy
• Head and Neck Oncology: Benign and Malignant Tumors

Clinical Practice Locations

• Zablocki VA Medical Center: (414) 384-2000, ext. 42585
• Radiation Oncology Clinic at Froedtert & Medical College Clinics: (414) 805-4400
• Senator Joseph Andrea Cancer Center, Kenosha, at St. Catherine's Campus of United Healthcare Systems: (262) 577-8206    
• Children's Hospitals of Wisconsin: (414)266-2000

Education

• Doctor of Medicine,  Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey (1996).

Training

• Board Certified American Board of Radiology (2002).
• Residency Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (1997-2001).

 Additional Language Spoken

• Turkish

Representative Publications

• Firat S., Erickson B.  Selective Irradiation for the Treatment of Ovarian Carcinoma Involving Vagina or Rectum.  Gynecologic Oncology, vol 80, 213-220, February 2001.
  
• Firat S., Bousamra M., Gore E., Byhardt R.  Comorbidity and KPS are Independent Prognostic Factors in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2002;52:1047-1057.
  
• Firat S., Byhardt R., Gore E.  Comorbidity and KPS are Independent Prognostic Factors in Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (MSCLC):  An Institutional Analysis of NSCLP Patients Treated on 4 RTOG Studies.  Int J. Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2002;54(2):357-64.
  
• Firat S, Advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.  Case Presentation Grand Rounds, 9:1-2 September-October 2002.
  
• Firat S, Erickson B, Murray K.  High dose whole abdominal and pelvic irradiation for treatment of ovarian carcinoma:  Long-term toxicity and outcomes.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2003;57(1):201-207.
  
• Firat S, Gore B, Byhardt R.  Editorial – Do "Elderly Fit" patients have less comorbidity?  Inter J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2003;55:1166-1168.