Celilo Cancer Center was the first center in Oregon or Washington to deliver dynamic
intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), a new technology that allows doctors to control the precise shape and direction of radiation beams aimed at cancerous tissue; this precise treatment improves treatment effectiveness and drastically reduces toxic effects on healthy tissues. Keith Stelzer, M.D., Ph.D., medical director of Radiation Oncology at Celilo, is a leading expert in the application of IMRT.
Dr. Stelzer graduated from the University of California Davis in 1981. He received his Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1985 and his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1989. His internship in internal medicine was at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland and he completed his radiation oncology residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was chief resident from 1992-1993.
Dr. Stelzer was Associate Professor in the Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery departments at the University of Washington and he continues as a Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at UW Medical Center. He is also a current member of
Radiation Oncologists, P.C., which provides the radiation oncology services for the Legacy hospitals, and Kaiser Permanente in the Portland/Vancouver region.
He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology (Therapeutic), and is a member of the American Radium Society, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, and the North American Society for Neuro-Oncology.
For more information about Celilo Radiation Oncology or Dr. Keith Stelzer please call (541) 296-7204.