Alexander Lin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology
3400 Spruce Street, 2 Donner Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-3198
Education:
September 1994 - May 1998, BA, Yale University (Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)
August 1998 - June 2002, MD, University of Michigan Medical School
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
June 2002 - June 2003, Preliminary Medicine Internship, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
July 2003 - June 2007 Radiation Oncology Residency, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
July 2006 - June 2007, Chief Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Faculty Appointments
July 2007 - December 2008, Assistant Professor, Assistant Program Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University
January 2009 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania
Licensure:
Pennsylvania
Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:
National Merit Scholar Finalist, 1994
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Grant Recipient, Summer, 1996
Graduated cum laude, Yale University, 1998
University of Michigan Summer Biomedical Research Grant Recipient, 1999
University of Michigan Medical School Admissions Committee, 1999-2000
Norman H. Mette Foundation Scholar, 1999-2002
University of Michigan House Officers’ Association Board Representative, 2003-2004
Future of Breast Cancer: An International Congress, Clinical Fellow Grant Recipient, 2004
Michigan Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Resident Research Competition, 2nd place, May, 2005
Teacher of the Year, Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Radiation Oncology, 2008
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies:
National Societies:
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, junior member, 2003-presentAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology, member, 2006–present
Scientific Society:
Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology, member, 2003-2007
Lectures by Invitation:
“Radiation Emergencies for Internists”, University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, August, 2005.
“The Role of External Beam Radiation in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer”, Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center Grand Rounds, February 2008
Book Chapters
Valicenti RK and Lin A. Overview and treatment guidelines for image-guided treatment in prostate cancer management in Valicenti RK, Dicker AP, Jaffray DA (eds), Prostate Cancer: Image-Guided Radiation Therapy. Informa Healthcare, 2008.
Publications:
1. Lin A, Kim H, Terrrell J, Dawson L, Ship J, Eisbruch A. Quality of life after parotid-sparing IMRT for head-and-neck cancer: a prospective longitudinal study. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2003;57:61-70.
2. Eisbruch A, Marsh L, Dawson LA, Bradford C, Teknos T, Chepeha D, Worden F, Urba S, Lin A, Schipper M, Wolf G. Recurrences near base of skull after IMRT for head-and-neck cancer: implications for target delineation in high neck and for parotid gland sparing. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2004; 59:28-42.
3. Feng M, Jabbari S, Lin A, Bradford C, Chepeha DB, Teknos TN, Worden FP, Tsien C, Schipper M, Wolf GT, Dawson LA, Eisbruch A. Predictive factors of local-regional recurrences following parotid sparing 3D conformal and intensity modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Radiother. Oncol. 2005; 77:32-8.
4. Jabbari S, Kim HM, Feng M, Lin A, Tsien C, Elshaikh M, Terrell JE, Murdoch-Kinch C, Eisbruch A. Matched case-control study of quality of life and xerostomia after intensity modulated radiotherapy or standard radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: Initial report. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2005; 63:725-31.
5. Lin A, Jabbari S, Worden F, Bradford C, Chepeha D, Teknos T, Liao J, Nyquist G, Tsien C, Schipper M, Urba S, Wolf G, Eisbruch A. Metabolic abnormalities associated with weight loss during chemo-irradiation of head and neck cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 2005; 63:1413-8.
6. Lin A and Lawrence TS. Letter to the Editor: A case of an anaphylactoid reaction from Amifostine. Radiother. Oncol. 2006; 79:352.
7. Lin A and Ray ME. The Role of External Beam Radiotherapy and Radioisotope Therapy in the Treatment of Bone Metastases: A Review. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2006; 25: 669-75.
8. Lin A, Tatro D, Ben-Josef E. Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Anal Cancer. Clin Colorectal Cancer 2007; 6: 716-719.
9. Lin A, Abu-Isa E, Griffith KA, Ben-Josef E. Toxicity of radiotherapy in patients with collagen vascular disease. Cancer 2008; 113: 648-653.
10. Lin A, Moran JM, Marsh RB, Balter JM, Fraass BA, McShan DL, Kessler ML, Pierce LJ. Evaluation of multiple breathing states using a multiple instance geometry approximation (MIGA) in inverse-planned optimization for loco-regional breast treatment. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2008; 72: 610-616.
Abstracts:
1. Lin A, Kim HM, Terrell JE, Flemming D, Dawson LA, Eisbruch A. Head and Neck Cancer-Specific Quality of Life and its Correlation of Xerostomia Following Parotid-Sparing Irradiation of Head and Neck Cancer. Presented: Annual meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, New Orleans, 2002.
2. Lin A, Marsh L, Dawson LA, Eisbruch A. Local-Regional Recurrences Near the Base of Skull Following IMRT of Head and Neck Cancer: Implications for Target Delineation in the High Neck and for Parotid Sparing. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Salt Lake City, 2003.
3. Feng M, Jabbari S, Lin A, Schipper MJ, Dawson LA, Tsien C, Eisbruch A. Predictive factors for loco-regional (LR) failures after intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and neck (HN) cancers. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Atlanta, 2004.
4. Jabbari S, Feng M, Lin A, Kim HM, Tsien C, Murdoch-Kinch CA, Eisbruch A. Xerostomia and Quality of Life After Parotid Sparing IMRT for Head and Neck Cancer: A Matched Case-control Comparison with Standard Radiotherapy. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Atlanta, 2004.
5. Lin A, Jabbari S, Worden FP, Liao JJ, Nyquist GG, Schipper MJ, Bradford CR, Teknos TN, Chepeha DB, Urba S, Wolf GT, Eisbruch A. Metabolic Consequences of Weight Loss During Concurrent Chemoirradiation of Head and Neck Cancer. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Atlanta, 2004.
6. Lin A, Jabbari S, Worden F, Bradford C, Teknos T, Chepeha D, Schipper M, Urba S, Wolf G, Eisbruch A. Metabolic abnormalities associated with weight loss during chemo-RT of HN cancer. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Orlando, 2005.
7. Lin A, Hayman JA, Schipper MJ, Schott AF, Shewach DS, Pierce LJ. A phase I dose escalation trial of gemcitabine with radiotherapy for breast cancer in the treatment of chest wall recurrences. Presented: 28th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, 2005.
8. Lin A, Moran JM, Marsh RB, Balter JM, Kessler ML, Pierce LJ. Evaluation of multiple instance geometry approximation (MIGA) in inverse-planned optimization for loco-regional breast treatment. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Philadelphia, 2006.
9. Abu-Isa E, Lin A, Ben-Josef E. Analysis of severe radiation toxicity in patients with connective-tissue disease. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Philadelphia, 2006.
10. Lin A and Ben-Josef E. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for the treatment of anal cancer. Presented: Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, 2007.
11. Showalter TN, Lin A, Anne PR, Cantor RI, Rosato FE, Rosato EL, Berger AC. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) improves local tumor control in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for pancreatic adenocarcinoma—A case-control series. Presented: Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, 2008.
12. Wuthrick EJ, Curran WJ, Werner-Wasik, Lin A, Axelrod RA, Pereira-Rico A, Murphy H, Machtay M, Dicker AP. A phase I trial of the combination of the antiangiogenic agent sunitinib and radiation therapy for patients with primary and metastatic central nervous system malignancies. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Chicago, 2008.
13. Hu K, Lin A, Young A, Kubicek G, Piper JW, Nelson AS, Dolan J, Masino R, Machtay M. Timesavings for contour generation in Head and Neck IMRT: multi-institutional experience with an atlas-based segmentation method. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Boston, 2008.
14. Lin A, Kubicek G, Piper JW. Atlas-based Segmentation in Prostate IMRT: Timesavings in the Clinical Workflow. Presented: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Boston, 2008.
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