The Department of Radiation Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin is a progressive academic radiation oncology practice comprised of 22 faculty members. Services are provided by 17 radiation oncologists and 14 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 2,000 patients are treated annually. Equipment includes 9 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 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.
J. Frank Wilson, MD, FACR, FASTRO