Radiation Oncology

Selim Y. Firat, MD Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology Department of Radiation Oncology 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414) 805-4453

Curriculum Vitae

Patient Care Emphases

• Pediatric Malignancies & Pediatric Radiation Oncology
• Head and Neck Tumors
• General Radiation Oncology

Clinical Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin: (414)266-2000
• Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center: (414) 805-4400
• Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center: (414) 384-2000, ext. 42585

Education

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

Training

• Residency Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (1997-2001).

Certifications

• Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology (2002).

 Additional Language Spoken

• Turkish

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Siker ML, Firat SY, Mueller W, Krouwer H, Schultz CJ. Semicontinous low-dose-rate teletherapy for the treatment of recurrent glial brain tumors: Fina report of a phase I/II study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Jan 13 [Epub ahead of print], 2011.
• Firat S, Byhardt RW, Gore E. The effects of comorbidity and age on RTOG study enrollment in stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients wo are eligible for ROTG studies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 78(5):1394-9, 2010.
• Gupta S, Havens PL, Southern JF, Firat SY, Jogal SS. Epstein-Barr virus-associated intracranial leiomyosarcoma in an HIV-positive adolescent. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 32(4):e144-7, 2010.
• Li XA, Qi XS, Pitterle M, Kalakota K, Mueller K, Erickson BA, Wang D, Schultz, CJ, Firat SY, Wilson JF.  Interfractional variations in patient setup and anatomic changes assessed by daily computed tomography.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 68(2):581-91, 2007.
• Lee WR, Bae K, Lawton C, Gillin M, Morton G, Firat S, Baikadi M, Kuettel M, Greven K, Sandler H.  Late toxicity and biochemical recurrence after external-beam radiotherapy combined with permanent source brachytherapy: analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study 0019. Cancer 109(8):1506-12, 2007.