Biography

Robert D. Timmerman, M.D., FASTRO, FACR, is Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, Professor of Neurosurgery, and Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research. His primary practice involves the treatment of adult and children with brain tumors.

Dr. Timmerman graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering and a master's degree in reactor physics from the University of Tennessee. After finishing medical school in his home state of South Dakota, he completed a residency in radiation oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was the principal investigator or co-investigator on several prospective trials designed to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of stereotactic body radiation therapy in lung, liver, spine, and pelvic sites. He is the national principal investigator of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trials using this therapy in patients with early stage lung cancer.

Education

Graduate School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1986)
Other Post Graduate Training
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1986)
Medical School
University of South Dakota (1990)
Internship
McKennan Hospital (1991), Transitional Year
Residency
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1994), Radiation Oncology

Research Interest

  • Effect of SAbR on immune function and immunotherapy
  • Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy
  • Radiation Response Modifiers
  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Publications

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for primary renal cell carcinoma
Yang DX, Kwon YS, Timmerman R, Hannan R Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 2024 Jan 44
Modeling gamma knife radiosurgical toxicity for multiple brain metastases
Hsu EJ, Yan Y, Timmerman RD, Wardak Z, Dan TD, Patel TR, Vo DT, Stojadinovic S Radiotherapy and Oncology 2023 Nov 188
Consensus Quality Measures and Dose Constraints for Lung Cancer From the Veterans Affairs Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program and ASTRO Expert Panel
Puckett LL, Titi M, Kujundzic K, Dawes SL, Gore EM, Katsoulakis E, Park JH, Solanki AA, Kapoor R, Kelly M, Palta J, Chetty IJ, Jabbour SK, Liao Z, Movsas B, Thomas CR, Timmerman RD, Werner-Wasik M, Kudner R, Wilson E, Simone CB Practical Radiation Oncology 2023 Sep 13 413-428
Phase 2 Trial of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Patients with Primary Renal Cancer
Hannan R, McLaughlin MF, Pop LM, Pedrosa I, Kapur P, Garant A, Ahn C, Christie A, Zhu J, Wang T, Robles L, Durakoglugil D, Woldu S, Margulis V, Gahan J, Brugarolas J, Timmerman R, Cadeddu J European urology 2023 Sep 84 275-286
Life-threatening hemoptysis in patients with metastatic kidney cancer
Patel VM, Elias R, Asokan A, Sharma A, Christie A, Pedrosa I, Chiu H, Reznik S, Hannan R, Timmerman R, Brugarolas J Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2023 Aug 21 497-506
Quality Metric to Assess Adequacy of Hydrogel Rectal Spacer Placement for Prostate Radiation Therapy and Association of Metric Score With Rectal Toxicity Outcomes
Grossman CE, Folkert MR, Lobaugh S, Desai NB, Kollmeier MA, Gorovets D, McBride SM, Timmerman RD, Zhang Z, Zelefsky MJ Advances in Radiation Oncology 2023 Jul 8
Preliminary Evaluation of PTV Margins for Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy of the Prostatic Fossa
Morgan HE, Wang K, Yan Y, Desai N, Hannan R, Chambers E, Cai B, Lin MH, Sher DJ, Wang J, Wang AZ, Jiang S, Timmerman R, Park Cā€œ, Garant A Practical Radiation Oncology 2023 Jul 13 e345-e353
Stereotactic Radiosurgery vs Conventional Radiotherapy for Localized Vertebral Metastases of the Spine: Phase 3 Results of NRG Oncology/RTOG 0631 Randomized Clinical Trial
Ryu S, Deshmukh S, Timmerman RD, Movsas B, Gerszten P, Yin FF, Dicker A, Abraham CD, Zhong J, Shiao SL, Tuli R, Desai A, Mell LK, Iyengar P, Hitchcock YJ, Allen AM, Burton S, Brown D, Sharp HJ, Dunlap NE, Siddiqui MS, Chen TH, Pugh SL, Kachnic LA JAMA Oncology 2023 Jun 9 800-807
Novel unconventional radiotherapy techniques: Current status and future perspectives ā€“ Report from the 2nd international radiation oncology online seminar
Tubin S, Vozenin MC, Prezado Y, Durante M, Prise KM, Lara PC, Greco C, Massaccesi M, Guha C, Wu X, Mohiuddin MM, Vestergaard A, Bassler N, Gupta S, Stock M, Timmerman R Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 2023 May 40
Evaluation of fan-beam kilovoltage computed tomography image quality on a novel biological-guided radiotherapy platform
Zhuang T, Gibbard G, Duan X, Tan J, Park Y, Lin MH, Sun Z, Oderinde OM, Lu W, Reynolds R, Godley A, Pompos A, Dan T, Garant A, Iyengar P, Timmerman R, Jiang S, Cai B Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 2023 Apr 26

Books

Featured Books Legend Featured Books

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Brian Kavanagh and Robert Timmerman (Ed.) (2005). Baltimore, MD, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins

Image Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Robert Timmerman and Lei Xing (Ed.) (2009). Baltimore, MD, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins

Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration

Urschel HC, Luketich JD, Papiez L, Timmerman R (Ed.) (2007). New York, NY, Springer Science & Business Media

IMRT, IGRT, SBRT - Advances in the Treatment Planning and Delivery of Radiotherapy

Meyer J, Kavanagh B, Timmerman R (editors) (Ed.) (2007). Basal, Switzerland, Karger

Honors & Awards

  • Alpha Omega Alpha
    1989 (0)
  • The Best Doctors in America
    1998-2005 (0)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American College of Radiology
  • American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
  • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
  • Society for Neuro-Oncology
  • The Children′s Cancer Group and The Children′s Oncology Group