José Peñagarícano, M.D.

Director of Gamma Knife Program

Phone: 501-686-7100

Fax: 501-686-7285

Dr. Peñagarícano obtained his bachelor degree in mathematics from Georgetown University in 1988 and his medical degree form UCCEM in Puerto Rico in 1992. He completed his residency training in Radiation Oncology in 1996 at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Current clinical interests include pediatric and head and neck malignancies. Research interests include biological- and dose-based intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning, radiobiological response parameters & their use in biological optimization of IMRT plans and new models of normal tissue complication probability (NTCP).

Selected Publications:

Peñagarícano J, Shi C, Ratanatharathorn V. Integral Dose in Pediatric Craniospinal Irradiation with the Helical Tomotherapy Hi-ART System. Physical, Chemical & Biological Targeting in Radiation Oncology. Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Dose, Time and Fractionation. Mehta M, Paliwal BR, Bentzen S (Editors). 2005; 92-93.

Peñagarícano J, Shi C, Ratanatharathorn V. Evaluation of integral dose in cranio-spinal axis (CSA) irradiation with conventional and helical delivery. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment. 2005; 4(6): 683-690.

Peñagarícano J, Papanikolaou N, Yan Y, Youssef E, Ratanatharathorn V. Feasibility of Cranio-spinal Axis Radiation with the Hi-Art Tomotherapy System. Radiotherapy & Oncology 2005; 76(1): 72-78.

Peñagarícano J, Papanikolaou N, Wu C, Yan Y. An assessment of biologically-based optimization (BORT) in the IMRT era. Medical Dosimetry 2005; 30(1): 12-19.

Peñagarícano J and Papanikolaou N: Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Curr Oncol Rep 2003 Mar;5(2):131-139.