Robert Timmerman, M.D. Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology Professor & Chair Endowed Title Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research School Medical School Department Radiation Oncology | Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center | Neurological Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. 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 (SBRT) Publications Optimizing Risk Vs. Reward in the Era of Ablative Radiotherapy Through Calculated Useful Trauma (CUT) Sanford NN, Timmerman RD International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Jul 119 721-723 Where Does Auto-Segmentation for Brain Metastases Radiosurgery Stand Today? Kim M, Wang JY, Lu W, Jiang H, Stojadinovic S, Wardak Z, Dan T, Timmerman R, Wang L, Chuang C, Szalkowski G, Liu L, Pollom E, Rahimy E, Soltys S, Chen M, Gu X Bioengineering 2024 May 11 Stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of non–small cell lung cancer brain metastases: a prospective study using the NeuroPoint Alliance Stereotactic Radiosurgery Registry Michalopoulos GD, Katsos K, Grills IS, Warnick RE, McInerney J, Attia A, Timmerman R, Chang E, Andrews DW, D’Ambrosio AL, Cobb WS, Pouratian N, Spalding AC, Walter K, Jensen RL, Bydon M, Asher AL, Sheehan JP Journal of neurosurgery 2024 May 140 1223-1232 An AI-based approach for modeling the synergy between radiotherapy and immunotherapy Peng H, Moore C, Zhang Y, Saha D, Jiang S, Timmerman R Scientific reports 2024 Apr 14 8250 BIOGUIDE-X: A First-in-Human Study of the Performance of Positron Emission Tomography-Guided Radiation Therapy Vitzthum LK, Surucu M, Gensheimer MF, Kovalchuk N, Han B, Pham D, Chang D, Shirvani SM, Aksoy D, Maniyedath A, Narayanan M, Da Silva AJ, Mazin S, Feghali KA, Iyengar P, Dan T, Pompos A, Timmerman R, Öz O, Cai B, Garant A International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Apr 118 1172-1180 Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for primary renal cell carcinoma Yang DX, Kwon YS, Timmerman R, Hannan R Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 2024 Jan 44 Integrating local and distant radiation-induced lung injury: Development and validation of a predictive model for ventilation loss Vicente EM, Grande Gutierrez N, Oakes JM, Cammin J, Gopal A, Kipritidis J, Modiri A, Mossahebi S, Mohindra P, Citron WK, Matuszak MM, Timmerman R, Sawant A Medical physics 2024 Beyond conventional bounds: Surpassing system limits for stereotactic ablative (SAbR) lung radiotherapy using CBCT-based adaptive planning system Gonzalez Y, Visak J, Overman L, Liao CY, Yen A, Zhuang T, Cai B, Godley A, Zhang Y, Timmerman R, Iyengar P, Westover K, Parsons D, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2024 Rethinking the potential role of dose painting in personalized ultra-fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy Peng H, Deng J, Jiang S, Timmerman R Frontiers in Oncology 2024 14 Modeling gamma knife radiosurgical toxicity for multiple brain metastases Hsu EJ, Yan Y, Timmerman RD, Wardak Z, Dan TD, Patel TR, Vo D, Stojadinovic S Radiotherapy and Oncology 2023 Nov 188 Results 1-10 of 349 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books 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 Alpha1989 (0) The Best Doctors in America1998-2005 (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
