Department of Radiation Oncology
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
600 Moye Blvd.
Greenville, NC 27834
Phone (252) 744-2900 / Fax (252) 744-2812
Professor
Chairman of Radiation Oncology
Clinical Director, Photodynamic Therapy Center
M.D., SUNY Downstate Medical School, NY, 1987
Internship: Kings County Hospital Center/Downstate Medical Center, NY, 1988
Radiation Oncology Residency: SUNY, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY, 1991
Chief Resident 1991
Board Certification
Board Certified Radiation Oncologist by the American Board of Radiology, 1992
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1991
Clinical Services
External beam radiation therapy to all anatomical sites
Kong L and Allison R. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Head and Neck Primary. In: Radiation Oncology, An Evidence-Based Approach. Lu, Jiade J. and Brady, Luther W., eds. Springer, 2008 (In Press).
Ferreira J, Menezes PFC, Kurachi C, Sibata C, Allison RR, Bagnato VS: Photostability of different chlorine photosensitizers, Laser Physics Letter 5, No. 2, Volume 2/2008:156-161
Ahmed F, Vos P, James S, Lysle D, Allison RR, Flake G, Sinar D, Naziri W, Marcuard S, Pennington R: Transcriptomic Molecular Markers for Screening Human Colon Cancer in Stool and Tissue, Cancer Renomics & Proteomics 2007 4:1-20
Austerlitz C, Mota HM, de Almeida CE, Allison RR, Sibata CH:Quality Assurance of HDR 192Ir Sources Using Fricke Solution. Med Phys, 2007, 34: 1348-1353
Downie G, Qureshi A, Lowen G, Cuenca R, Allison RR, and Sibata C: Endobronchial ablation of typical carcinoid tumor with Photodynamic Therapy. J. Bronchol, 2007, 14:10-14.
Ferreira J, Menezes PFC, Kurachi C, Sibata CH, Allison RR, Bagnato VS: Comparative study of photodegradation for three hematoporphyrin derivatives: Photofrin®, Photogem® and Photosan® Laser Phys Letters, 2007, Early view in the website
Gay HA, Cavalieri R, Allison RR, Finley J, Quan Jr. WD. Complete Response in a Cutaneous Facial Metastatic Nodule from Renal Cell Carcinoma after Hypofractionated Radiotherapy. Accepted in Dermatology Online August 2007.
Gay HA,. Mota, Allison RR, G. Downie, C. Campos, R. Patel, T. Jenkins: Toward endobronchial Ir-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy therapeutic optimization, Phys. Med. Biol. 52(2007) 2987-2999.
Menezes P, Bagnato VS, Johnke, RM, Bonnerup C, Sibata CH, Allison R, Perussi J: Photodynamic Therapy For Photogem Ò And Photofrin Ò Using Diferent Lights Wavelengths In 375 Human Melanoma Cells, Laser Phys Letters, March 2007, 4:546-561.
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, Bagnato VS, Cuenca R, Downie GH, Sibata CH. The future of photodynamic therapy in oncology. Future Oncol. 2006 Feb;2(1):53-71.
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.
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.
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.
Lee TK, Allison RR, O'Brien KF, Johnke RM, Wiley AL, Karlsson Jr. UL, "Radiation morbidity in cancer patients may be predicted by the micronucleus assay", Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005, S486-S489.
Selected Oral Presentations
Allison RR: "IGRT" TATA Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India: January 2008
Allison RR: "Radiosurgery for Lung Cancer", 17th Annual Singapore Radiology Society Meeting, Singapore: January 2008.
Allison RR: "The Future of IGRT", 2nd Annual Society Singapore Oncologist Meeting, Singapore: January 2008.
Allison RR: "CT on Rails", Royal Australian College of Radiology & IGRT Symposium, Melbourne, Australia: February 2008.
Allison RR: "Multidisciplinary Management of Bone Metastasis", MD Anderson Cancer Center Pain Management Grand Rounds, Houston, TX December 2007.
Allison RR: "Overview of IGRT", 49th Annual ASTRO Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 2007.
Allison RR: "Clinical Trials at Leo Jenkins Cancer Center", Clinical Trials Regional Exchange Group. Greenville, NC, May 2007.
Allison RR: Seeing is believing, IGRT at ECU, NC Symposium of IMRT/IGRT, Durham, NC April 28, 2007.
Allison RR, " North Carolina IMRT/IGRT Symposium" Duke University School of Medicine, April 28, 2007.
Allison RR, "Photodynamic Therapy for Breast Cancer" Duke Science of Oncology Symposium, Duke University, January 9, 2007
Selected Poster Presentations
Karvinen, Kristina, Raedeke, T, Arastu, H, Allison RR, "Exercise Preference in On and-Off Radiation Treatment Breast Cancer Survivors" Society of Behavioral Medicine, Society of Behavioral Medicine 29th Annual Meeting, March 26-29,2008
Sibata CH, Wolfe M, Patel R, Jenkins T, Mota H, Allison RR: "User Variability for Setup Corrections Using a CT-ON-RAILS IGRT Systems" American Radium Society, Amsterdam, May 5-9, 2007
Gay H, Allison RR, Downie G, Mota H,Sibata CH, "Toward Endobronchial IR-192 High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Therapeutic Optimization". American Radium Society, Amsterdam, May 5-9, 2007
Sutton D, Galhardo E, Sibata CH, Wolfe M, Arastu H, Frelix G, Allison RR, "The Contralateral Breast Can Receive Significant Scatter Radiation From IMRT". American Radium Society, Amsterdam, May 5-9, 2007
Todd P. Jenkins, MS; Hiram Gay, MD; Claudio Sibata, PhD; Hyder Arastu, MD; Gloria Frelix, MD; Allison RR, MD "Inter-Fraction Motion in the Brain During IGRT: Case Reports". In the American Radium Society, Amsterdam, May 5-9, 2007
Edvaldo P. Galhardo, PhD; Donald R Sutton, MS; Melodee Wolfe, MS; Claudio H. Sibata, PhD; Allison RR, MD; Hiram Gay, MD "Can Scatter Radiation From IMRT Be Significant?" American Radium Society, Amsterdam, May 5-9, 2007
Claudio H. Sibata, PhD; Gladys Nangami, MS; Chris Bonnerup, MS; Allison RR, MD. "Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Treatment Planning"In the American Radium Society, Amsterdam, May 5-9, 2007
Helvecio Mota, PhD; Claudio Sibata, PhD; Barbara Lazio, MD; Hiram Gay, MD; Arastu Hyder, MD; Gloria Frelix, MD; S.K. Lee, MD; D. Jones, MD; K. Tucci, MD; Edvaldo Galhardo, PhD; Melodee Wolfe, MS; Allison RR, MD "In Vivo Measurement of Secondary Radiation Doses From Gamma Knife 4C Radiosurgery" American Radium Society, Amsterdam, May 5-9, 2007
Allison RR: "Increased Survival After Early Loading of Gliasite Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Resected Solitary Brain Metastases" 2008 World Congress of Brachytherapy, Boston, MA: May 2008
Frelix, G, Cason, C, Brinson, M, Allison RR, "Assessment of markers of increased cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates among African American women in Eastern North Carolina", National Medical Association, Hawaii, August 2007.
Jenkins T, Allison RR: "Risk Factors for Inter-Fraction Tissue Motion During Cranial Radiation Therapy" 49th Annual ASTRO Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 2007.
Frelix G, Allison RR: "Patient Characteristics and Outcomes for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer in Minority and Underserved Populations in Eastern North Carolina" 49th Annual ASTRO Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 2007.
C. Austerlitz, H. Mota, V. Souza, D. Campos, H. Gay, Allison RR, C. Sibata: "The Response of the Fricke Dosimeter to Sunlight", 49th Annual AAPM Meeting, Minnesota, July 2007.
H. Mota, C. Austerlitz, H. Gay, Allison RR, C. Bonnerup, G. Downie, C. Sibata: "Attenuation Due to Bronchial Stents in 192Ir HDR Brachytherapy", 49th Annual AAPM Meeting, Minnesota, July 2007.
H. Mota, C. Austerlitz, H. Gay, Allison RR, C. Sibata: " A Study of the Transit dose for the Leksell Gamma Knife Model 4C using Diode and GafChromic Film in Air and Phantom", 49th Annual AAPM Meeting, Minnesota, July 2007.
