EDITORIAL-DETAILS (CROA)
Hani Ashamalla
Professor
Radiation Oncology
Cornell University
USA
Biography
A graduate of Ain shams university, Cairo Egypt in 1983. He spent three years as a pulmonology resident and was awarded Masters Degree in chest diseases after he presented his thesis on Short term treatment of pulmonary Tuberculosis. He immigrated to the Sates in 1989, and became a resident at NY Methodist hospital radiation oncology department in 1991, upon graduation he rotated at University of Pennsylvania for pediatric oncology fellowship. Upon graduation from fellowship w, he became an assistant attending in the same department of radiation oncology and he progressed from that position until he became the chairman of radiation oncology at NY Methodist hospital in 2010. He is also the program director of a fully accredited radiation oncology residency program at the same insanitation. Dr. Ashamalla is well published; he has over 90 peer-reviewed and nationally presented publications. His main work in use of acupuncture to alleviate hot flashes in men with prostate cancer is a commonly cited study. He also has special interest in the use of PET/CT scan in designing radiation plans. He is a reviewer of the International Journal of radiation oncology biology and physics, Technology at Cancer Research and Treatment Journal, Open Journal of Radiology (OJRAD) and Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer. Dr. Ashamalla is named one of Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical since 2001and one of Best Doctors by New York magazine since 2011.
Research Interest
Radiation Oncology