Mounzer Tchelebi, MD Chairman of Radiation Oncology Division Contact Tel: 718-963-7381 Fax: 718-963-7744 Email

The Department of Radiation Oncology at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is dedicated to service its community of patients, their families and physicians. Our essential mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care by applying both conventional and advanced methods of cancer diagnosis, evaluation, and radiation therapy. The Department has participated in clinical cancer research through its membership in several National Cancer Institute studies and disease oriented groups. We aim to provide our patients with the latest in radiation technology and combined modality treatments. Our extensive procedure provides a better understanding of lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, as well as cancers of the gastro-intestinal systems. SERVICES Radiation Oncology at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center delivers four major components of cancer care services:  Cancer Care evaluation, consultation, and counseling. Newly renovated department with state-of-the-art equipment. Dual energy photons & electrons which allows us to customize the radiation to treat a patient's particular disease. Dual energy means we are able to provide both low and high-energy photons. Low energy photons can be used to treat tumors located more superficially such as breast and head & neck cancer. The higher energy photons allow us to treat more deep-seated tumor while sparing normal tissue. Both photons energies provide a skin sparing effect which results in much lower doses to the skin surface. Our linear accelerator is equipped with multi-leaf collimator (MLC) which gives us the ability to conform our radiation treatment directly to the tumor. Each leaf is driven by a computer and can move independently during the treatment. With this beam-shaping ability, we deliver intensity modulated radiation therapy, IMRT; which allows more radiation to be delivered to the exact tumor volume while reducing the dose to critical and normal structures. The combination of different radiation energies, dynamic collimator shaping & linear accelerator rotation around the tumor allows us to provide a 3 dimensional radiation dose to the cancer cells in the most accurate way possible. Brachytherapy.  Patients are treated by the local insertion or implant of radioactive sources in the tumor area (e.g. in gynecological or prostate cancer). These treatments are capable of achieving a high level of cancer cure with little damage to surrounding tissues. The program is also supported by computerized calculation and planning to allow the maximum degree of accuracy and safety. Prostate Seed Implant. This new, advanced technology aims at treating definitive cancer of the prostate. The procedure is very effective in controlling prostate cancer; leaving the patient with an excellent quality of life. The procedure is performed (jointly with your urologist) under sonographic guidance with spinal anesthesia, followed by a dose-verifying CT scan. EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Cancer care, especially Radiation Oncology is one of the most dynamic fields in medicine - where new knowledge and innovative therapy are continually developing. In cooperation with other centers and sister institutions, the department is developing new methods of treatment of hepatobiliary cancers, brain tumors and certain benign brain tumors. The department is a primary applicant for a federal grant for a Clinical Community Oncology Program (CCOP) and is a study site of prostate cancer prevention. The department participates heavily in all cancer educational activities at the institutions. STAFF The professional group is composed of 4 radiation oncologists, all boarded with fellowships from the Colleges of Radiology and Radiation Oncology. All radiation oncologists carry academic titles. All the technological staff (therapists) are licensed and posses the prestigious membership of the American Registry. The supporting physics staff is equally well trained and credentialed. Under the auspices of the National Cancer Institute, the department  will focus on treating and studying cancer in the elderly with special attention to minority populations. PHYSICIANS LIST Mounzer Tchelebi, MD Bahaa Mokthar, MD Hosny Selim, MD, FRCR