Claudio Sibata, Department of Radiation Oncology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Professor
Vice-Chairman, Radiation Oncology
Science Director, Photodynamic Therapy Center

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984

Board Certification

American Board of Radiology: Therapy Physics
American Board of Medical Physics: Radiation Oncology Physics
Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Certification

Research Interests

Photodynamic Therapy
Digital Imaging
Computer Applications to Radiation Oncology
Development of a treatment planning system for PDT
Light dosimetry
Image Guided Radiation Therapy
Development of software for treatment planning systems, quality assurance in radiation therapy, automation of patient positioning, computer modeling of physics events and therapy hardware

Selected Publications

Allison RR, Sibata C, Downie GH, Cuenca RE: Photodynamic Therapy of the Intact Breast, Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, accepted March 2006.
Allison RR, Downie GH, Cuenca R, Sibata CH: A brief review of photodynamic therapy in oncology. Amer. J of Oncology Review, 2006, 5(2), 111-117.
Allison RR, Bagnato VS, Cuenca R, Downie GH and Sibata CH: The future of photodynamic therapy in oncology. Future Oncology., 2006, 2(1), 53-71.
Bagnato VS, Kurachi C, Ferreira J, Marcassa LG, Sibata CH and Allison RR: PDT Experience in Brazil: a regional profile. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2(2), 107- 118.
Allison, RR, Cuenca, R., Downie, GH, Camnitz, P., Brodish, B., Sibata, CH: Clinical photodynamic therapy of head and neck cancers - a review of applications and outcomes. Accepted in Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, July 2005.
Hu XH, Feng Y, Lu JQ, Allison R, Cuenca R, Downie G, Sibata C: Modeling of type II photodynamic therapy process in a heterogeneous tissue phantom. Accepted by Photochem. Photobiol. June 2005.
Feng Y, Allison R, Hu XH, Mota H, Jenkins T, Wolfe W, Sibata C: "An Ultrasonic Device for Source to Skin Surface Distance Measurement in Patient Setup", Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2005, 61-1587-1589.
Allison RR, Cuenca R, Downie GH, Randall ME, Bagnato VS and Sibata CH: PD/PDT in Gynecological Disease: A Clinical Review. Accepted in Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, March 2005.
Allison RR, Mota HC, and Sibata CH: Clinical History of PDT in North America: An Historical Overview. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 1, 2005:263-277.
Cuenca RE, Allison R, Downie G, Sibata C. Breast cancer with chest wall progression: treating with Photodynamic Therapy, Annals of Surgical Oncology, in press.
Zhang P, Wu J, Dean D, Xing L, Xue J, Maciunas R, Sibata C. Plug pattern optimization for gamma knife radiosurgery treatment planning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2003 Feb 1;55(2): 420-7.
de Almeida CE, Rodriguez M, Vianello E, Ferreira IH, Sibata C. An anthropomorphic phantom for quality assurance and training in gynaecological brachytherapy. Radiother Oncol 2002 Apr;63(1):75-81.
Zhang P, Wu J, Wang Z, Sibata C. Considerations for the implementation of target volume protocols in radiation therapy: in regard to Craig et al., IJROBP 2001;49:241-250. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002 Apr 1;52(5):1424-5.
Xue, J. Wu, J. Wang, Z. Zhang, P. and Sibata, C. Implementation of the Siemens HDI technique on a 3D Treatment Planning System. Med Phys, 29:1413-1421, 2002.
Maréchal MH, de Almeida CE, Sibata CH: Experimental derivation of Awall for ionization chambers used in the high dose rate 192Ir source calibration. Med. Phys. 2002, 29:1-5.
VC Colussi, AS Beddar, QJ Wu, TJ Kinsella, and CH Sibata. In vivo dosimetry using a single diode for megavoltage photon beam radiotherapy: Implementation and response characterization. J App Clin Med Phys, 2001, 2:210-218.
De Souza CN, Monti CR, Sibata CH. Recommendations to avoid large dose errors in radiotherapy treatments (in Portuguese). Radiol. Bras 2001, 34:29-37.
Sibata CH, Colussi VC, Oleinick NL, Kinsella TK. Photodynamic Therapy in Oncology. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2001, 2:917-928.