Brooklyn Radiation Oncology Opens MARCH 2006
State-of-the-Art Radiation Therapy Now Available in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (March 28, 2006) – Brooklyn Radiation Oncology, a new state-of-the-art radiation oncology facility in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn, has announced that it will open its doors to patients in early April 2006.
The facility offers patient access to a highly trained team of board certified radiation oncologists using the most advanced treatment options for cancer. The center is equipped with a Varian Clinac© iX Linear Accelerator capable of delivering Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT). Under the direction of the physicians, these advanced clinical treatment options permit precise targeting of radiation to a tumor, sparing critical normal organs, providing for better outcomes and fewer side effects for patients. The facility also includes a CT Simulator, an Eclipse Treatment Planning System and a Varis Vision Clinical Management System to provide a full complement of the most advanced tools available to radiation oncologists for delivering optimal cancer care.
Brooklyn Radiation Oncology is a joint venture between the radiation oncologists at Beth Israel Medical Center, who formed Brooklyn Radiation Oncology, PC, Vantage Oncology, Inc., an El Segundo, Calif.-based developer of advanced radiation oncology facilities and Metropolitan Radiation Oncology, PC. Brooklyn Radiation Oncology, PC, which will operate the center and provide physician services, is led by Louis Harrison, MD Director of the Continuum Cancer Centers and Chairman of Radiation Oncology at Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. The Medical Director of the facility is Paul Gliedman, MD, Associate Director of Continuum Cancer Centers. David Schwartz, MD, President of Metropolitan Radiation Oncology, PC, brings thirteen years of experience and exceptional service in the Brooklyn community.
The Brooklyn and Manhattan based physicians have assembled a talented team of nurses, physicists and technicians to provide medical care at the facility. “Brooklyn has been fortunate to have top rate cancer specialists, but is lacking access to innovative radiation therapy technology. Now Brooklyn patients can stay in the local area to get the kind of treatment that they would have had to travel to Manhattan to receive,” said Dr. Gliedman. “It is our mission to provide a standard of care for cancer patients that is unequalled by other facilities, and I believe that our relationship with Vantage Oncology has helped us take a step closer toward attaining this goal.”
“We are very pleased to be working with Drs. Harrison, Gliedman and Schwartz in this state-of-the-art radiation oncology facility that now serves the Brooklyn community,” said Michael T. Fiore, CEO of Vantage Oncology.
“Cancer continues to affect hundreds of thousands of people every year and, as a patient, you want a team of experts that is dedicated to helping you beat this disease,” said Dr. Schwartz. “The communities of Brooklyn now have access to highly sophisticated equipment to complement some of the finest cancer specialists in the country and I am confident that, working together, we can effectively educate and treat the patients who have entrusted us with their care.”
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