Burton Speiser
| Burton Speiser | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏡 Residence | Paradise Valley, Arizona |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Queens College, City University of New York, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University of Rochester |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Radiation Oncology |
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Dr. Burton Speiser was born in New York City, NY in 1946. He earned an AB in Biology from Queens College and directly afterward completed an MD from the New Jersey College of Medicine. He finished residency in Radiation Oncology and earned a MS in Radiation Biology from the University of Rochester. Dr. Speiser was a Major in the U.S. Air Force where he served as Chief of Radiation Oncology at David Grant Medical Center from '74-'76 at Travis Air Force Base. He was Associate Director of Radiation Oncology at LDS Hospital '76-'79 in Salt Lake City, UT. He was Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Indiana University '79-'80 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Speiser moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1980 where he worked as Director of Radiation Oncology at St. Joseph's Hospital and Director of Brachytherapy at Humana Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital.[1] While in Arizona, Dr. Speiser developed Arizona Oncology Services. The company provided medical services to patients as well as conducting research into cancer treatments. That research was subsequently published in a variety of medical journals. Dr. Speiser held the position of President of the American Brachytherapy Society from 1996 to 1997[2]
Speiser passed away on October 18, 2015.[3]
Publications[edit]
- Aspermia following lower truncal irradiation in Hodgkin's disease, Cancer, Volume 32, Issue 3, pages 692–698, September 1973[4]
- Intermediate dose rate remote afterloading brachytherapy for intraluminal control of bronchogenic carcinoma, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, June 1990, Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 1443–1448[5]
- Radiation bronchitis and stenosis secondary to high dose rate endobronchial irradiation, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, March 1993, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 589–597[6]
- Brachytherapy in the treatment of thoracic tumors, Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, June 1999 Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 609–634[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ http://health.usnews.com/doctors/burton-speiser-320624
- ↑ https://www.americanbrachytherapy.org/meetings/annual_2015_final_program.pdf
- ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=176245860
- ↑ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1097-0142(197309)32:3%3C692::AID-CNCR2820320323%3E3.0.CO%3b2-I/references
- ↑ http://www.redjournal.org/article/0360-3016(90)90320-J/abstract
- ↑ http://www.redjournal.org/article/0360-3016(93)90003-E/abstract
- ↑ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889858805700794
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