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The UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology is among the nation's foremost cancer treatment centers for patients who receive radiation therapy.
The early history of the department of Radiation Oncology was marked by major key events and influences the department to this day. |
Facts & Figures 2010 - 2011
Faculty & Staff FTE
| Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Physicians | 14 |
| Physicists | 9 |
| Radiobiologists | 2 |
| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Director & Managers | 8 |
| Dosimetrists | 6 |
| Therapists | 23 |
| Physicists/Asst. Physicist | 3 |
| Nurses/Nurse Practitioners | 7 |
| Engineers & IT Personnel | 5 |
| Clinic Support Personnel | 21 |
| Academic Support Personnel | 8 |
| Research Personnel | 15 |
| Community Outreach | 1 |
| Students | |
|---|---|
| Medical Residents | 13 |
| Physics Residents | 3 |
| Therapy Students | 2 |
| Post-Docs & Grad. Students | 10 |
Treatment Technology
| Mt Zion Cancer Center | |
|---|---|
| Linear Accelerators with IGRT | 3 |
| MV Cone Beam CT | 3 |
| 4D-CT, Sim & Brachy Suite | 3 |
| HDR Brachytherapy | 1 |
| Intrabeam IORT | 2 |
| Hyperthermia | 1 |
| CyberKnife VSI | 1 |
| Long Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Linear Accelerators | 2 |
| Perfexion Gamma Knife | 1 |
| CT & Sim | 2 |
| Mobetron IORT | 1 |
| Crocker Nuclear Lab. UC Davis |
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|---|---|
| Ocular Proton Beamline | 1 |
Number of Procedures
| Mt Zion Cancer Center | |
|---|---|
| EBRT/IMRT* | 100/day |
| HDR | 7/week |
| Prostate Implants | 5/week |
| CyberKnife VSI | 5/day |
| Hyperthermia | 4/week |
| Intrabeam/IORT | 1/month |
| Long Hospital | |
|---|---|
| EBRT/IMRT | 20/day |
| Gamma Knife | 2/day |
| IORT | 2/month |
| Total Treatments | 2500/year |
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“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
~World Health Organization, 1948
November 2, 2010
David Larson, M.D., Ph.D., FASTRO, has received the American Society for Radiation Oncology's most prestigious award, the Gold Medal.
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April 10, 2010
The Society of Thermal Medicine has awarded the 2010 J. Eugene Robinson Award to Chris J. Diederich, PhD.
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Jan 10, 2010
Jean Pouliot, PhD has been named head of the Physics division.
Oct 19, 2009
Jeanne Quivey, MD has been recently honored by UCSF for a head & neck research funds she received.
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Aug 24, 2007
Mack Roach III, MD has been named Chairman of the Radiation Oncology department.
UCSF Mount-Zion
1600 Divisadero, Suite H1031
SF, CA 94143-1708
Phone: (415) 353-7175
Fax: (415) 353-9883
UCSF Long Hospital
505 Parnassus Ave.,
SF, CA 94143-0226
Phone: (415) 353-8900
Fax: (415) 353-8679