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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: ROCKYB on April 23, 2008, 07:46:27 pm

Title: CYBER KNIFE ON EAST COAST
Post by: ROCKYB on April 23, 2008, 07:46:27 pm

I am set on going to Stanford DR Chang for CK I was wondering is there anybody really good on the east cost that you would use. It would be much easier for me and my family but I want someone who has a ton of experience with CK thanks for the help

Title: Re: CYBER KNIFE ON EAST COAST
Post by: sgerrard on April 23, 2008, 10:18:42 pm

The four doctors listed at the cyberknife support website are in Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, and California - Dr. Chang being the one in California. I would consider all of them to be excellent, and if I had my choice, I would pick Medbery in Oklahoma, because he is a lively person on the CK forum, and I would like to meet the man.

http://www.cyberknifesupport.org/about_the_doctors.html

There are also good reports from Boston (Beth Israel, I think), Georgetown University in DC, and others on the east coast. The Accuray site has a locator:

http://www.accuray.com/CyberKnifeCenters/index.aspx

Take your pick...

Steve

Title: Re: CYBER KNIFE ON EAST COAST
Post by: jb on April 23, 2008, 11:03:06 pm

I think Georgetown is the most experienced CK center on the east coast.  They've been using CK since 2002 and installed a second CK last summer.  I understand they've done 50-60 AN treatments, so still just a fraction of what Stanford does.  From what I can tell they did a good job on mine though.  Here's a link to their CK page: http://www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org/body.cfm?id=451 (http://www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org/body.cfm?id=451)

Title: Re: CYBER KNIFE ON EAST COAST
Post by: ppearl214 on April 24, 2008, 05:20:56 am

Hi Rocky,

I had my CK done at Beth Israel in Boston, as Steve :) noted.  That was done 2 yrs ago and my AN is just about dead, based on the last MRI.  Sheryl, a wait/watch on this site, also knows them at Beth Israel as her husband, last October, was treated with CK for his meningioma.  Dr. Arnand Mehatevan is a great radio-oncologist and very in tune to AN's.... Their link:

http://www.bidmc.caregroup.org/display.asp?node_id=6815

Steve also provides a terrific link for Accuray, to find other CK centers around.

Hope this helps.
Phyl

Title: Re: CYBER KNIFE ON EAST COAST
Post by: goinbatty on April 24, 2008, 05:58:35 am

I also went to Georgetown and so far all is well.  I contacted multiple centers in the southeast and Stanford before deciding on Georgetown.  I'm from SC and it would have been a financial hardship to travel to CA. 
Even though this center had not done many ANs, I was very impressed with the responsivieness of the radiation oncologist - Dr. Allison Grow in Jacksonville, FL.  She was a resident in training at Stanford and performed CK there.  I'm also a fan of Dr. Medbery's on the CK forum.  His knowledge along with that sense of humor helped me greatly. 
Sandra