Recent Advances in Radiation Therapy

Speaker: Glenn Tonnesen, M.D. Dr. Tonnesen currently practices at the Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA -

Dr. Tonnesen came to Inova Fairfax Hospital in 1982, and from 1992 to 2005 served as the Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Tonnesen previously served as the Chief of Radiation Oncology at Bethesda Naval Hospital and Associate Director of Training in Radiation Oncology at the National Cancer Institute. His residency was at the Harvard Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, where was chief resident and later a member of the Harvard faculty. His medical training was at the University of Utah, where he graduated with honors and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He served a medical internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, followed by two years as a medical officer in the United States Navy. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, with Honors, at Brown University.

In this session Dr. Tonnesen will:

1. Briefly describe the role of radiation therapy within a cancer treatment plan
2. Explained why radiation therapy works
3. Explained what new types of radiation therapy exist and their key differences, such as intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), brachytherapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery.
4. Describe what patients and advocates should ask and know about their radiation therapy choices.

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