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I. Chow Hsu, M.D.

Radiation cancer specialist

Dr. I-Chow (Joe) Hsu is a radiation oncologist with special expertise in brachytherapy, a form of radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment such as localized prostate cancer. Hsu has special research interests in the application of brachytherapy and hyperthermia in genitourinary and gynecologic cancers. He is an active member of numerous professional medical societies including the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology, American Brachytherapy Society and Society for Thermal Medicine. He also chairs the brachytherapy committee of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.

Hsu earned a medical degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed a residency in radiation oncology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He is an associate professor of radiation oncology at the University of California, San Francisco. Hsu is certified in radiation oncology by the American Board of Radiology.

Clinics

Radiation Oncology at Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero St., Basement Level
San Francisco, CA 94143-1708
Main Phone: (415) 353-7175
New Patient Appointments: (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
Main Phone: (415) 353-7175
New Patient Appointments: (415) 353-8335
Fax: (415) 353-7281

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

Conditions & Treatments

More about I. Chow Hsu

Additional Languages

Chinese
Mandarin

Education

John Hopkins School of Medicine 1991

Residencies

San Bernadino Medical Center, Transitional Intern 1992

Fellowships

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical, Radiation Oncology 1995

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Hsu IC, Bae K, Shinohara K, Pouliot J, Purdy J, Ibbott G, Speight J, Vigneault E, Ivker R, Sandler H. Phase II trial of combined high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate: preliminary results of RTOG 0321. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Nov 1; 78(3):751-8.

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