William Rate, MD/PhD

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Penn Medicine Clinician of Radiation Oncology

Department: Radiation Oncology


Contact Information

Doylestown Hospital
Penn Radiation Oncology at Doylestown
595 West State Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Office: 267-880-2710
Email: ratewi@uphs.upenn.edu

Education

  • B.A. (Biology)
    University of Pennsylvania, 1975
  • Ph.D. (Microbiology and Immunology)
    Temple University School of Medicine, 1980
  • M.D. (Medicine)
    Hahnemann University School of Medicine, 1984

Selected Publications

  • Foote R.L., Garrett P.G., Rate W.R., Nag S., Martinez R., Schmidt T., McCaffrey T.V. : IORT for Head and Neck Cancer in Intraoperative Irradiation. Interoperative Irradiation - Techniques and Results Chapter 26 : 471, 1999
  • Garrett P.G., Rate W.R., Hamaker R., Dugan T.C., Pugh Jr. N.O., Ross D.B., Borrowdale R., Freeman S. : IORT in Head and Neck Cancer with Tongue Invasion. Hepatogastroenterol 41 : 7, 1994
  • Rate W.R., Garrett P.G., Hamaker R., Freeman S., Pugh Jr. N.O., Ross D.B., Dugan T.C., Huntley T., Borrowdale R. : Surgery and Intraoperative Therapy (IORT) for Advanced Neck Lymph Node Metastases. Hepatogastroenterol 41 : 9, 1994
  • Rate W.R., Garrett P.G., Hamaker R., Freeman S., Huntley T., Pugh Jr. N.O., Ross D.B., Dugan T.C., Borrowdale R. : Surgical Resection and Intraperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) for Advanced Neck Lymph Node Metastases. Proc. Fourth International IORT Symposium, Verlag, Die Blaue Eule : 203-206, 1993
  • Garrett P.G., Rate W.R., Hamaker R., Pugh Jr. N.O., Ross D.B., Dugan T.C., Freeman S., Huntley T., Borrowdale R. : Surgical Resection and Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) for Advanced or Recurrent Salivary Gladn Malignancies. Proc. Fourth International IORT Symposium, Verlag, Die Blaue Eule : 199-202, 1993
  • Martin R., Nunery W., Bonnin J., Rate W.R. : Effects of Radiation on the Use of Hydroxyapatite for Orbital Reconstruction in the Rabbit. Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstruct Surg 9 : 105-111, 1993
  • Rate W.R., Garrett P.G., Ross D.B., Pugh Jr. N.O., Haerr R.W., Dugan T.C., Hamaker R., Singer M., Charges G. : Intraoperative Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer 67 : 2738-40, 1991
  • Garrett P.G., Rate W.R., Hamaker R., Singer M., Pugh Jr. N.O., Ross D.B., Haerr R.W., Dugan T.C., Freeman S., Charles G. : Intraoperative Radiation Therapy for Advanced and Recurrent Head and Neck Malignancies. Proc., Third International. IORT Symposium 1991
  • Herbert S.H., Solin L.S., Rate W.R., Schultz D.J., Hanks G.E. : The Effect of Palliative Radiotherapy on Epidural Compression Due to Metastatic Malignant Melanoma. Cancer 67 : 2472-6, 1991
  • Belasco J.B., Rate W.R., Mancina A., Pailucci G., Fezza G., Rosito P., Vecchi V., D'Angio G.J. : Intermittent Low Dose Central Nervous System Irradiation for the High Risk Pediatric Patient. Med. Ped. Oncol. 19 : 106-109, 1991