Cancer Medical Professionals

Radiation Oncology Program

Lauren Allyn, Department Administrator | 216-286-4144

Please call 440-745-7488. For the UH Proton Therapy Center, please call 855-548-9117.
For hospital transfers, please call 216-844-1111.

All malignant neoplasms
Several types of benign neoplasms, particularly those located in the brain and/or spine
Selected “benign” diseases of the brain, including arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia and refractory essential tremor

Proton beam radiation therapy
Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery (fixed frame brain treatment)
Linac-guided radiosurgery
Full range of image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IGRT/IMRT) procedures
Full range of brachytherapy procedures (high-dose rate or low-dose rate)
Highly complex gynecologic and genitourinary brachytherapy, including multiparametric MRI image guidance
Re-irradiation for selected patients who have already received radiation to the same area

2,000 patients treated with radiosurgery since 2008
First Proton Therapy Center in Ohio, located adjacent to UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and UH Seidman Cancer Center, fostering seamless, multidisciplinary care
Subspecialist radiation oncologists nationally recognized for their expertise in organ/disease site, including CNS/brain, lung/thoracic, breast, genitourinary/gynecologic, gastrointestinal and hematologic/pediatric
Advanced techniques for cardiac-sparing radiation therapy for patients with breast cancer and other thoracic neoplasms (lung, thymus, esophagus, lymphoma)
Extensive clinical trials, including leadership in national NCI-sponsored protocols (RTOG/NRG) and UH investigator-initiated in-house, early-phase trials
Among the top-accruing clinical trials centers in the nation