Hiram Gay, MD, Board Certified Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Clinical Assistant Professor

M.D., University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, PR, 2000
Internship: Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester, NY, 2001
Radiation Oncology Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, NY, 2005
Chief Resident, 2005
B.S., Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, PR, 1996

Board Certification
Board Certified Radiation Oncologist by the American Board of Radiology, 2006
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 2004

Other Languages
Fluent in Spanish

Clinical Services

External beam radiation therapy to all anatomical sites
Pediatric radiation oncology
Stereotactic radiosurgery
HDR and LDR brachytherapy
Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Gamma Knife radiosurgery
Thoracic Oncology Clinic

Research Interests

Optimization of chemotherapy and radiotherapy timing
Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Normal tissue complication modeling
Radioprotectors
Gynecologic cancer
Lung cancer

Book Chapters

Gay H, Allison R. Ewing's Sarcoma Family of Tumors. In: Radiation Oncology, An Evidence-Based Approach. Lu, Jiade J. and Brady, Luther W., eds. Springer, 2008 (In Press).

Gay H, Allison R. Vaginal Cancer. In: Radiation Oncology, An Evidence-Based Approach. Lu, Jiade J. and Brady, Luther W., eds. Springer, 2008 (In Press).

Gay HA, Allison RR, Randall ME. Radiotherapy. In: Gynecologic Oncology Handbook, Gehrig P and Secord AA, eds. Landes Biosciences, 2008 (In Press).

Selected Publications

Gay HA, Niemierko A. A free program for calculating EUD-based NTCP and TCP in external beam radiotherapy. Phys Med. 2007 Sep 5 Download program

Gay HA, Cavalieri R, Allison R, Finley J, and Walter DQ. Complete response in a cutaneous facial metastatic nodule from renal cell carcinoma after hypofractionated radiotherapy. Dermatology Online Journal 13 (4): 6.

Gay HA, Allison RR, Downie GH, Mota HC, Austerlitz C, Jenkins T, and Sibata CH. Phys. Toward endobronchial Ir-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy therapeutic optimization. Phys Med Biol. 52 (2007) 2987-2999.

Allison RR, Gay HA, Mota HC, Sibata CH. Image-guided radiation therapy: current and future directions. Future Oncol. 2006 Aug;2(4):477-92.

Allison RR, Gay HA. Demanding Real Answers for Prostate Cancer Patients. The American Journal of Hematology/Oncology. 2006; 5(9).

Pohar S, Gay H, Rosenbaum P, Klish D, Bogart J, Sagerman R, Hsu J, Kellman R. Malignant parotid tumors: Presentation, clinical/pathologic prognostic factors, and treatment outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005;61(1):112-8.

Selected Presentations

How Well Can Motion be Imaged? Integrating New Technology in Radiation Oncology, North Carolina IMRT/ IGRT Symposium. April 28, 2007