Jorge Gomez, MD

Assistant Professor

Director, Thoracic Service

Department of Radiation Medicine

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo

Profile

Areas of Expertise:

Lung cancer

Research

Research Interests:

Definitive non-surgical options for medically inoperable patients with early stage lung cancer using image guided-stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Implementation of 4-D treatment planning and delivery (respiratory gating) techniques to minimize radiation toxicity and improve therapeutic ratio.

Ongoing research of chemical agents with potential normal tissue radiation protection activity (seleniomethionine) when used in conjunction with chemo/radiotherapy

Multidisciplinary management of lung cancer

Background Information

Education and Training:

MD - Central University of Venezuela School of Medicine, Caracas, Venezuela

Residency:

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY

Board Certification:

Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, American Board of Radiology

Fellowships:

Radiation Oncology, Lung and Lymphoma clinics Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY

Publications

Publications:

Martin KL , Gomez J , Nazareth DP , Warren GW , Singh AK. Substantial dose is incidentally delivered to mediastinal and hilar nodes during stereotactic body radiation therapy for peripheral NSCLCA. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2010; 78(3 Suppl. 1):S512
Schildkraut JS , Prosser N , Savakis A , Gomez J , Nazareth D , Singh AK , Malhotra HK. Level-set segmentation of pulmonary nodules in megavolt electronic portal images using a CT prior. Medical physics 2010; 37(11):5703-5710
Martin KL, Gomez J, Nazereth DP, Warren GW, Singh AK. Substantial incidental mediastinal and hilar irradiation is delivered during definitive stereotactic body radiation therapy for peripheral non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of thoracic oncology 2010; 5(12 Suppl. 7):S519
Malhotra HK, Podgorsak M, Bakhtiari M, May KS, Gomez J. Inter and intrafraction set-up variation in the stereotactic body radiation therapy treatment of the lung under controlled breathing conditions measured using CBCT. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2008; 72(1 Suppl.):S618-S619
McCloskey SA, Yang GY, Flaherty L, Chandrasekhar R, Wilding G, May KS, Hackett R, Thompson GM, Gomez JA, Thomas CR. Renal atrophy secondary to radiation treatment of abdominal malignancies. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2008; 72(1 Suppl.):S84
Martin KL, Gomez J, Nazareth DP, Warren GW, Singh AK. Quantification of incidental mediastinal and hilar irradiation delivered during definitive stereotactic body radiation therapy for peripheral non-small cell lung cancer. Medical dosimetry 2012; 37(2):182-185

Referral

Email:

Jorge.Gomez@RoswellPark.org

Fax:

716-845-7616