Theodore L. Phillips, MD

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF
Wun-Kon Fu Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology, UCSF

Phone: (415) 353-8900 (appts)
Box 0226, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-0226

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

Education

Free University of Berlin, Germany, Cert., 1954
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Sc.B., 1955, Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, M.D., 1959, Medicine

Professional Experience

• 1959-1960
  Internship, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
• 1960-1963
  Residency, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
• 1963-1965
  Research Radiobiologist, Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps; U.S. Naval Radiologic Defense Laboratory, CA
• 1965-1968
  Assistant Professor, Radiology, Section of Therapeutic Radiology, UCSF, CA
• 1968-1970
  Associate Professor, Radiology, Section of Therapeutic Radiology, UCSF, CA
• 1970-1973
  Professor, Radiology, Chief Section of Therapeutic Radiology, UCSF, CA
• 1973-1974
  Associate Director, Cancer Research Institute, UCSF, CA
• 1973-1978
  Professor & Chairman, Division of Radiation Oncology, UCSF, CA
• 1981-1994
  Vice Chair, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
• 1982-1990
  Chairman, Northern California Oncology Group
• 1978-present
  Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF, CA
• 1998-2000
  Associate Director, Clinical Research, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
• 1998-present
  Wun-Kon Fu Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology, UCSF

Honors & Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• O.H. Perry Pepper Research Prize
• 1977-1978
  Radiation Research Society, President
• 1984-1985
  American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, President
• 1993
  North American Hyperthermia Society, President
• 1993
  Janeway Medal, American Radium Society
• 1993
  C. Chester Stock Award, Memorial Sloan Kettering
• 1993
  Gold Medal, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
• 1994
  Member, Institute of Medicine
• 1996
  Juan Del Regato Award
• 2000
  Gold Medal, American College of Radiology

Selected Publications

1. Park SS, Daftari I, Phillips T, Morse LS. Three-year follow-up of a pilot study of ranibizumab combined with proton beam irradiation as treatment for exudative age-related macular degeneration. Retina. 2012 May; 32(5):956-66.
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2. Chappell MC, Char DH, Cole TB, Harbour JW, Mishra K, Weinberg VK, Phillips TL. Uveal melanoma: molecular pattern, clinical features, and radiation response. Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Aug; 154(2):227-232.e2.
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3. Chen AM, Phillips TL, Lee NY. Practical considerations in the re-irradiation of recurrent and second primary head-and-neck cancer: who, why, how, and how much? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Dec 1; 81(5):1211-9.
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4. Daftari IK, Mishra KK, O'Brien JM, Tsai T, Park SS, Sheen M, Phillips TL. Fundus image fusion in EYEPLAN software: an evaluation of a novel technique for ocular melanoma radiation treatment planning. Med Phys. 2010 Oct; 37(10):5199-207.
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5. Daftari IK, Petti PL, Larson DA, O'Brien JM, Phillips TL. A noninvasive eye fixation monitoring system for CyberKnife radiotherapy of choroidal and orbital tumors. Med Phys. 2009 Mar; 36(3):719-24.
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6. Huang K, Xia P, Chuang C, Weinberg V, Glastonbury CM, Eisele DW, Lee NY, Yom SS, Phillips TL, Quivey JM. Intensity-modulated chemoradiation for treatment of stage III and IV oropharyngeal carcinoma: the University of California-San Francisco experience. Cancer. 2008 Aug 1; 113(3):497-507.
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7. Chen AM, Garcia J, Bucci MK, Chan AS, Kaplan MJ, Singer MI, Phillips TL. Recurrent salivary gland carcinomas treated by surgery with or without intraoperative radiation therapy. Head Neck. 2008 Jan; 30(1):2-9.
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8. Zytkovicz A, Daftari I, Phillips TL, Chuang CF, Verhey L, Petti PL. Peripheral dose in ocular treatments with CyberKnife and Gamma Knife radiosurgery compared to proton radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol. 2007 Oct 7; 52(19):5957-71.
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9. Chen AM, Daly ME, Bucci MK, Xia P, Akazawa C, Quivey JM, Weinberg V, Garcia J, Lee NY, Kaplan MJ, El-Sayed I, Eisele DW, Fu KK, Phillips TL. Carcinomas of the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity treated with radiotherapy at a single institution over five decades: are we making improvement? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Sep 1; 69(1):141-7.
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10. Chen AM, Bucci MK, Singer MI, Garcia J, Kaplan MJ, Chan AS, Phillips TL. Intraoperative radiation therapy for recurrent head-and-neck cancer: the UCSF experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Jan 1; 67(1):122-9.
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11. Chen AM, Bucci MK, Weinberg V, Garcia J, Quivey JM, Schechter NR, Phillips TL, Fu KK, Eisele DW. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck treated by surgery with or without postoperative radiation therapy: prognostic features of recurrence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Sep 1; 66(1):152-9.
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12. Tran QN, Kim AC, Gottschalk AR, Wara WM, Phillips TL, O'donnell RJ, Weinberg V, Haas-Kogan DA. Clinical outcomes of intraoperative radiation therapy for extremity sarcomas. Sarcoma. 2006; 2006(1):91671.
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13. Daftari IK, Petti PL, Shrieve DC, Phillips TL. Newer radiation modalities for choroidal tumors. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2006; 46(1):69-79.
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14. Char DH, Phillips T, Daftari I. Proton teletherapy of uveal melanoma. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2006; 46(1):41-9.
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15. Daftari Ik, Aghaian E, O'Brien JM, Dillon W, Phillips TL. 3D MRI-based tumor delineation of ocular melanoma and its comparison with conventional techniques. Med Phys. 2005 Nov; 32(11):3355-62.
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16. Poon I, Fischbein N, Lee N, Akazawa P, Xia P, Quivey J, Phillips T. A population-based atlas and clinical target volume for the head-and-neck lymph nodes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Aug 1; 59(5):1301-11.
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17. Prados MD, Seiferheld W, Sandler HM, Buckner JC, Phillips T, Schultz C, Urtasun R, Davis R, Gutin P, Cascino TL, Greenberg HS, Curran WJ. Phase III randomized study of radiotherapy plus procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine with or without BUdR for treatment of anaplastic astrocytoma: final report of RTOG 9404. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Mar 15; 58(4):1147-52.
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18. Char DH, Phillips TL. Controversy regarding pre-enucleation radiation for uveal melanoma. Arch Ophthalmol. 2003 Sep; 121(9):1346.
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19. Char DH, Bove R, Phillips TL. Laser and proton radiation to reduce uveal melanoma-associated exudative retinal detachments. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jul; 136(1):180-2.
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20. Char DH, Bove R, Phillips TL. Laser and proton radiation to reduce uveal melanoma-associated exudative retinal detachments. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 2003; 101:53-6; discussion 56-7.
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