Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Medicine
The Barbara C. & George H. Hyde Chair in Radiation Medicine
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Chief of Service, Radiation Oncology
Kaleida Health System, Buffalo, NY
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Areas of Expertise:
Prostate Cancer
Special Interests:
Neoplastic transformation of human prostate by ionizing radiation
Practice guidelines/outcomes for patients with early-stage prostate cancer
Background
Education and Training:
2002 American College of Physician Executives, CPE
1996 – 1998 Georgetown University School of Business, M.B.A.
1987 – 1989 Resident, Division of Radiation Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
1985 – 1986 Resident, Internal Medicine, Northwestern Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
1983 – 1985 Graduate Medical Education, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, M.D., 1985
1983 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Oncology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
1979 – 1983 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1983
Residency:
Northwestern University Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Fellowship:
Department of Molecular Oncology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
Board Certification:
Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiation Oncology
Professional Memberships:
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)
American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO)
American College of Radiology (ACR)
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASRO) (formerly ASTRO)
Honors and Awards:
2014 - ACRO Gold Medal Award
Fellowship – American Society for Radiation Oncology
Fellowship - American College of Radiology
Diplomate - American College of Physician Executives
Fellowship - American College of Radiation Oncology
Research and Education Scholar - Radiology Society of North America
Clinical Fellow - American Cancer Society
National Medical Student Research Award, First Place in Basic Sciences - Roche Laboratories
Excellence of Research Award - National Medical Student Research Forum
AOA Presidential Award - Northwestern University Medical School
The Teratology Society Young Investigator Award
Pre-doctoral Fellowship - American Heart Association
Professional Experience:
1999 – Present Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute & State University of New York at Buffalo
1999 – Present Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
1995 – 1999 Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine
1995 – 1999 Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
1993 – 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
1990 – 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine
1988 – 1989 Clinical Fellow, Division of Radiation Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1988 – 1989 Chief Resident, Division of Radiation Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1983 – 1985 Research Associate, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Medical School
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- Rosenthal DI, Trotti A, Schultz CJ, Sidhu K, Kuettel MR, Garden AS, Myers JN, Ridge JA, Weber RS, Forastiere AA, Harris J, Ang KK. Early postoperative paclitaxel followed by concurrent paclitaxel and cisplatin with radiation therapy for patients with resected high-risk head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: report of the phase II trial RTOG 0024. Journal of clinical oncology 2009; 2728:4727-4732
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- McCloskey SA, Kuettel MR. Counterpoint: prostate cancer life expectancy can not be accurately predicted from currently available tools. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2007; 57:709-713
- Malhotra HK, Avadhani JS, deBoer SF, Jaggernauth W, Kuettel MR, Podgorsak MB. Duplicating a tandem and ovoid distribution with intensity-modulated radiotherapy: A feasibility study. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2007; 83:91-98
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