I-Chow Joe Hsu, MD

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, BS, 1983-87, Biochemistry
Johns Hopkins School of Med., Baltimore, MD, MD, 1987-91, Medicine
San Bernardino County Med. Ctr., SB, CA, 1991-92, Internship
Columbia-Presbyterian Med. Ctr., NY, NY, 1992-95, Residency

• 1995-1997
  Attending Physician, Radiation Oncology, California Endocurietherapy Cancer Center, Oakland CA
• 1997-1998
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco
• 1998-2004
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
• 2004-present
  Associate Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco

• 1987
  Alpha Epsilon Delta Medical Honor Society
• 1987
  University of Florida, BS, Magna cum Laude
• 1988, 1990
  Dean's Fund for Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• 1989
  The John Scott McFarland Fund, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• 1991
  Accolade for Outstanding Intern, San Bernardino County Hospital

• Demanes, J., Rodriguez, R., Hsu, I.C., Altieri, G., J., Ewing, T., Cmelak, A., Eulau, S., HDR Remote Afterloading Gynaecological Template Interstitial Brachytherapy: Rationale, Indication and Technique. Activity Special Report, No 8, pp14-21,1996
• Ingenito A., Ennis, R., Hsu, I.C., Begg, M., Benson, M., and Schiff, P. Reexamining the Role of Prostate Specific Antigen Density in Predicting Outcome for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer. Urology 50(1): pp73-78, 1997
• Hsu, I-C., Pickett, B., Shinohara, K., Krieg, R., Roach, M., Phillips, T., Normal Tissue Dosimetric Comparison Between HDR Prostate Implant Boost and Conformal External Beam Radiotherapy Boost - Potential for Dose Escalation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 46(4):851-858, 2000
• Speight, J., Shinohara, K., Pickett, B., Weinberg, V., Hsu, I-C., Roach, M. 3rd, Prostate volume change after radioactive seed implantation: possible benefit of improved dose volume histogram with perioperative steroid. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 48(5):1461-7, 2000
• Hsu, I-C., Speight, J., Hai, J., Vigneault, E., Phillips, T., Pouliot, J., A Comparison of Brachytherapy Dosimetry Between Tandem and Ovoids and Interstitial Gynecological Template Using a Hypothetical Computer Model. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 52(2):538-43, 2002
• Lachance, B., Beliveau-Nadeau, D., Lessard, E., Chretien, M., Hsu, I-C., Pouliot, J., Beaulieu, L., Vigneault, E., Early clinical experience with anatomy-based inverse planning dose optimization for high-dose-rate boost of prostate, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 54(1):86-100, 2002
• Lee, N., Hoffman, R., Xia, P., Phillips, T., Ping, X., Quivey, J., Weinberg, V., Hsu, I-C., Managing Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma with Intracavitary Brachytherapy : One Institution's 45 Year Experience, Brachytherapy, 1, 74-82, 2002
• Lessard, E., Hsu, I-C., Pouliot J., Inverse Planning For Interstitial Gynecological Template Brachytherapy: Truly Anatomy Based Planning, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 54(4):1243-1251, 2002
• Charra-Brunaud, C., Hsu, I-C., Weinberg V., Pouliot, Analysis of Interaction Between Number of Implant Catheters and Dose Volume Histograms in Prostate High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Using a Computer Model, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 56(2):586-591, 2003
• Langen, K, Pouliot, J., Anezinos, C., Aubin, M., Gottschalk, A.,. Hsu, I-C., Lowther, D., Lium, Y-M., Shinohara, K., Verhey, L., Weinberg, V., Roach III, M., Evaluation of Ultrasound-Based Prostate Localization for Image-Guided Radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics V57(3):636-644, 2003
• Kim, Y., Hsu, I-C., Lassard, E., Vujic, J., Pouliot, J. Dosimetric Impact of Prostate Volume Change Between CT-Based HDR Brachytherapy Fractions, International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 59(4):1208-1216, 2004
• Pouliot, J., Kim, Y., Lessard, E., Hsu, I-C., Vigneron, D., Kurhanewicz, J., Inverse Planning for HDR Prostate brachytherapy used to Boost Dominant Intraprostatic Lesions Defined by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Imaging, , International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 59(4):1196-1207, 2004
• Taschereau, R., Stauffer, P., Hsu, I-C., Schlorff, J., Milligan, A., Pouliot, J., Radiation dosimetry of a conformal heat-brachytherapy applicator, Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, 3(4): 347-358, 2004