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Alexander R. Gottschalk, Ph.D., M.D.

Director of Cyberknife Radiosurgery

Dr. Alexander Gottschalk, an expert in radiation treatment, is director of the UCSF Cyberknife Radiosurgery Program. Using the Cyberknife, Gottschalk treats cancer of the brain and spine; breast, chest and lung; abdomen; kidney; and pelvis. In addition, he treats urologic cancer such as bladder and prostate cancer; gastrointestinal cancer such as pancreas cancer; soft tissue tumors such as sarcoma and thoracic cancer such as lung cancer, using other radiation treatments.

Gottschalk earned a medical degree and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and completed a residency in radiation oncology at UCSF Medical Center. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award, Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Investigator Research Program Grant, the RSNA Scholar award and the ASTRO Junior faculty award. He is an associate professor of radiation oncology at UCSF and active in genitourinary research. He is developing clinical trials using inter-operative.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Prostate Cancer Center
1600 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7171
Fax: (415) 353-7093

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Prostate Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic
1600 Divisadero St, Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7171
Fax: (415) 353-7093

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Radiation Oncology at Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero St., Basement Level
San Francisco, CA 94143-1708
Phone: (415) 353-9807
Fax: (415) 353-9884

Hours: Monday to Friday
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Radiation Oncology at Parnassus
505 Parnassus Ave, Room L-75
San Francisco, CA 94143-0226
Phone: (415) 353-8335
Fax: (415) 353-7281

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Urologic Surgery and Oncology
1600 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7171
Fax: (415) 353-7093

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

More about Alexander R. Gottschalk

Education

University of Chicago School of Medicine 1996

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Radiation Oncology 2001

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Gottschalk A. Commentary on "Twice-weekly hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer with low-risk nodal involvement: Toxicity and outcome from a dose escalation pilot study." T. Zilli, S. Jorcano, M. Rouzaud, G. Dipasquale, P. Nouet, J.I. Toscas, N. Casanova, H. Wang, L. Escudé, M. Mollà, D. Linero, D.C. Weber, R. Miralbell, Service de Radio-oncologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011;81:382-9. Urol Oncol. 2012 May; 30(3):347-8.
  2. Gottschalk A. Commentary on "Multi-institutional phase II study of proton beam therapy for organ-confined prostate cancer focusing on the incidence of late rectal toxicities." K. Nihei, T. Ogino, M. Onozawa, S. Murayama, H. Fuji, M. Murakami, Y. Hishikawa, Radiation Oncology Division, National Cancer Centre, Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011;81:390-6. Urol Oncol. 2012 May; 30(3):348.
  3. Gottschalk A. Commentary on "Health-related quality of life after single-fraction high-dose-rate brachytherapy and hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer." Morton GC, Loblaw DA, Chung H, Tsang G, Sankreacha R, Deabreu A, Zhang L, Mamedov A, Cheung P, Batchelar D, Danjoux C, Szumacher E, Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011;80:1299-305. Urol Oncol. 2012 May; 30(3):349.
  4. Gottschalk A. Commentary on "Image-guided dose-escalated intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: Treating to doses beyond 78 Gy." Eade TN, Guo L, Forde E, Vaux K, Vass J, Hunt P, Kneebone A, Departments of Radiation Oncology, Urology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia: BJU Int October 28, 2011. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10668.x. (Epub ahead of print). Urol Oncol. 2012 May; 30(3):349-50.
  5. Shiao SL, Sahgal A, Hu W, Jabbari S, Chuang C, Descovich M, Hsu IC, Gottschalk AR, Roach M, Ma L. Temporal compartmental dosing effects for robotic prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol. 2011 Dec 21; 56(24):7767-75.
  6. Jabbari S, Weinberg VK, Kaprealian T, Hsu IC, Ma L, Chuang C, Descovich M, Shiao S, Shinohara K, Roach M, Gottschalk AR. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy as Monotherapy or Post-External Beam Radiotherapy Boost for Prostate Cancer: Technique, Early Toxicity, and PSA Response. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jan 1; 82(1):228-34.
  7. Kaprealian T, Weinberg V, Speight JL, Gottschalk AR, Roach M, Shinohara K, Hsu IC. High-dose-rate brachytherapy boost for prostate cancer: comparison of two different fractionation schemes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jan 1; 82(1):222-7.
  8. Burk TF, Horvai AE, Gottschalk AR, Leong SP, Kashani-Sabet M, Goldsby RE, Law J, O'Donnell RJ. Patellar metastatic melanoma in a 13-year-old boy. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2010 Dec; 39(12):582-6.
  9. Faddegon BA, Aubin M, Bani-Hashemi A, Gangadharan B, Gottschalk AR, Morin O, Sawkey D, Wu V, Yom SS. Comparison of patient megavoltage cone beam CT images acquired with an unflattened beam from a carbon target and a flattened treatment beam. Med Phys. 2010 Apr; 37(4):1737-41.
  10. Sawkey D, Lu M, Morin O, Aubin M, Yom SS, Gottschalk AR, Bani-Hashemi A, Faddegon BA. A diamond target for megavoltage cone-beam CT. Med Phys. 2010 Mar; 37(3):1246-53.
  11. Hossain S, Xia P, Huang K, Descovich M, Chuang C, Gottschalk AR, Roach M, Ma L. Dose gradient near target-normal structure interface for nonisocentric CyberKnife and isocentric intensity-modulated body radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Sep 1; 78(1):58-63.
  12. Jabbari S, Weinberg VK, Shinohara K, Speight JL, Gottschalk AR, Hsu IC, Pickett B, McLaughlin PW, Sandler HM, Roach M. Equivalent biochemical control and improved prostate-specific antigen nadir after permanent prostate seed implant brachytherapy versus high-dose three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and high-dose conformal proton beam radiotherapy boost. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Jan 1; 76(1):36-42.
  13. Gottschalk A, Götz J, Zenz M. [Pain and quality of life for living donors after nephrectomy]. Schmerz. 2009 Oct; 23(5):502-9.
  14. Ma L, Sahgal A, Hossain S, Chuang C, Descovich M, Huang K, Gottschalk A, Larson DA. Nonrandom intrafraction target motions and general strategy for correction of spine stereotactic body radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Nov 15; 75(4):1261-5.
  15. Jabbari S, Hsu IC, Kawakami J, Weinberg VK, Speight JL, Gottschalk AR, Roach M, Shinohara K. High-dose-rate brachytherapy for localized prostate adenocarcinoma post abdominoperineal resection of the rectum and pelvic irradiation: Technique and experience. Brachytherapy. 2009 Oct-Dec; 8(4):339-44.
  16. Cheung J, Aubry JF, Yom SS, Gottschalk AR, Celi JC, Pouliot J. Dose recalculation and the Dose-Guided Radiation Therapy (DGRT) process using megavoltage cone-beam CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jun 1; 74(2):583-92.
  17. Aaronson DS, Yamasaki I, Gottschalk A, Speight J, Hsu IC, Pickett B, Roach M, Shinohara K. Salvage permanent perineal radioactive-seed implantation for treating recurrence of localized prostate adenocarcinoma after external beam radiotherapy. BJU Int. 2009 Sep; 104(5):600-4.
  18. Aubry JF, Cheung J, Morin O, Gottschalk A, Beaulieu L, Pouliot J. Correction of megavoltage cone-beam CT images of the pelvic region based on phantom measurements for dose calculation purposes. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2009; 10(1):2852.
  19. Hossain S, Xia P, Chuang C, Verhey L, Gottschalk AR, Mu G, Ma L. Simulated real time image guided intrafraction tracking-delivery for hypofractionated prostate IMRT. Med Phys. 2008 Sep; 35(9):4041-8.
  20. Chan LW, Xia P, Gottschalk AR, Akazawa M, Scala M, Pickett B, Hsu IC, Speight J, Roach M. Proposed rectal dose constraints for patients undergoing definitive whole pelvic radiotherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Sep 1; 72(1):69-77.

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