Physicians

Terence S Herman, MD
Professor and Chair

Terence Herman

Clinical Interests:

Radiation Therapy

Board Certifications:

American Board of Radiology

American Board of Radiology (Sub: Oncology)

American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)

Insurance Accepted:

Cigna RPPO/PPO

Evolutions

First Health

Humana Military

Pacificare/Secure Horizons

Healthsmart/PDN

PPO Oklahoma / CCN

PPO USA

Plico PPO

United Health Care

Medicaid

Community Care HMO/Pref Comm Choice

Aetna HMO & Non-HMO

BCBS - Blue Lincs

BCBS-Blue Choice

BCBS - Blue Traditional

BCBS - Plan 65

BCBS - Caring for Children

BCBS - Blue Preferred

Medicare

Humana ChoiceCare

Oklahoma Health Network

Rehab Services

Health Choice

OU Physicians

Railroad Medicare

Carl R Bogardus, Jr, MD
Assistant Professor

Specialty:

Radiation Oncology

Clinical Interests:

Radiation Therapy

Nuclear Medicine

Board Certifications:

American Board of Radiology

American Board of Nuclear Medicine

Insurance Accepted:

BCBS-Blue Choice

BCBS - Blue Preferred

BCBS - Blue Traditional

BCBS - Blue Lincs

BCBS - Caring for Children

BCBS - Plan 65

Medicaid

Medicare

Pacificare/Secure Horizons

PPO Oklahoma / CCN

First Health

Healthsmart/PDN

Plico PPO

Cigna RPPO/PPO

Health Choice

United Health Care

Evolutions

Aetna HMO & Non-HMO

Humana Military

Rehab Services

Railroad Medicare

PPO USA

Community Care HMO/Pref Comm Choice

Humana ChoiceCare

Oklahoma Health Network

OU Physicians

 

Elizabeth J. Syzek, MD
Assistant Professor

Specialty:

Radiation Oncology

Clinical Interests:

Brachytherapy

Image Fusion

Palliative Medicine

Radiation Therapy

Board Certifications:

American Board of Radiology (Sub: Oncology)

Insurance Accepted:

BCBS-Blue Choice

BCBS - Blue Preferred

BCBS - Blue Traditional

BCBS - Blue Lincs

BCBS - Caring for Children

BCBS - Plan 65

Medicaid

Medicare

Pacificare/Secure Horizons

PPO Oklahoma / CCN

First Health

Healthsmart/PDN

Plico PPO

Railroad Medicare

Evolutions

Cigna RPPO/PPO

Community Care HMO/Pref Comm Choice

Health Choice

Aetna HMO & Non-HMO

United Health Care

Humana Military

Rehab Services

PPO USA

Humana ChoiceCare

Oklahoma Health Network

OU Physicians

 

J Spencer Thompson, MD
Assistant Professor

J Spencer Thompson

Clinical Interests:

Radiation Therapy

Cancer

Head And Neck Cancer

Prostate cancer

Lung Cancer

Board Certifications:

American Board of Radiology

Insurance Accepted:

OU Physicians

BCBS - Blue Lincs

BCBS - Blue Preferred

BCBS - Blue Traditional

BCBS - Caring for Children

BCBS - Plan 65

BCBS-Blue Choice

Medicaid

Health Choice

Plico PPO

Rehab Services

Medicare

Cigna RPPO/PPO

Evolutions

First Health

Healthsmart/PDN

Humana ChoiceCare

Humana Military

Pacificare/Secure Horizons

PPO Oklahoma / CCN

PPO USA

United Health Care

Oklahoma Health Network

Aetna HMO & Non-HMO

 

Ozer Algan, MD
Assistant Professor

Ozer Algan

Clinical Interests:
Radiation Oncology

Board Certifications:
American Board of Radiology

 

Radiation Oncology Residents

Selam Chance Michael

Selam Negusse
MD

Chance Matthieson
MD
Michael Confer
MD
 

 

Physicists

Salahuddin Ahmad, PhD, DABR
Professor and Director of Medical Physics and Dosimetry

Salahuddin Ahmad

Phone: (405) 271-5641
Fax: (405) 271-8297
Cell: (405) 922-4244
E-mail: salahuddin-ahmad@ouhsc.edu

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Imad Ali, PhD, DABR
Assistant Professor

Imad Ali

Phone:(405)271-8290
E-mail:imad-ali@ouhsc.edu
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Chih-Yao Cheng , PhD, DABR
Assistant Professor

Roger Cheng

Phone: (405) 271-3220
Fax: (405) 271-8297
E-mail:chih-yao-cheng@ouhsc.edu

 

Kerry Hibbitts, MS
Medical Physicist

Kerry Hibbitts

Kerry Hibbitts received his Master’s degree in Radiological Science from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1980.  After a brief period working at the Breast Screening Institute on a Honeywell sponsored breast thermography research project, he joined the University of Oklahoma Department of Radiation Oncology in 1984.  He has authored 4 peer-reviewed journal papers and has presented papers at annual meetings of the Oklahoma Society of Radiologic Technology and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (both national and regional).  He is a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and is certified by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board in medical dosimetry.

Phone: (405) 271-6453
Fax: (405) 271-8297
E-Mail: kerry-hibbitts@ouhsc.edu

 

Dan Johnson, MS
Medical Physicist

Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson received his Bachelors Degree in Physics from Western Illinois University in 2001. He obtained his Masters Degree in Radiological Science from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 2006.   The University of Oklahoma Medical Center’s Dept. of Radiation Oncology brought Dan on as a Junior Medical Physicist in December of 2006. A member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Dan’s research interests lie in electron therapy, electronic brachytherapy, and radiobiological modeling.

Phone: (405) 271-6453
Fax: (405) 271-8297
E-Mail: daniel-johnson@ouhsc.edu

 

Radiation Physics Residents

Selam

Tania De La Fuente
PhD



 

 

Medical Dosimetrists

Heather Chris Barry Julie

Heather Gabrish
CMD

Chris Higby
CMD
Barry Showalter
CMD
Julie Young
CMD

 

 


Biologists

Muayyad Al-ubaidi, PhD
Professor and Chief Biologist

 

 

Research Interests:
Targeted Gene Therapy Treatment for Bladder Cancers

Radiation Biology Laboratory:
940 Stanton L. Young Boulevard
BMSB 781
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

Phone: (405) 271-8000 ext 47979
Fax: (405) 271-8297
E-mail: muayyad-al-ubaidi@ouhsc.edu

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Natarajan Aravindan, PhD
Assistant Professor

Natarajan Aravindan

Research Interests:
Radiobiology
Radiosensitization
Transcriptional Regulation and Signal Transduction
Complementary Medicine
Cancer Biology

Radiation Biology Laboratory:
940 Stanton L. Young Boulevard
BMSB 737
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

Phone: (405) 271-3825
Fax: (405) 271-3820
Cell: (405) 326-7155
E-mail: natarajan-aravindan@ouhsc.edu

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Svetlana Kiosseva, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research

 

Research Interests:
Signaling Mechanisms of MAP Kinase and p53 Pathways in Cancer
Role of Extracellular Matrix
FAK
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and Tumor Angiogenesis Pathway
Gene Therapy and Radiation
Neuronal Signal Transduction

Radiation Biology Laboratory:
940 Stanton L. Young Boulevard
BMSB 781
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

Phone: (405) 271-8000 ext 47956
Fax: (405) 271-8297
E-mail: svetlana-kiossev@ouhsc.edu

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Rakhesh Madhusoodhanan, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow

Hometown
Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Education
M.Phil – Andhra University, India
Ph.D – Andhra University, India

Research Summary
Radiation Induced Radio-resistance
Transcriptional Regulation in Radio-adaptation
Radiation and Bystander Effects
Radiation Induced Inflammation
Radio-sensitizers

Radiation Biology Laboratory:
940 Stanton L. Young Boulevard
BMSB 737
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

Phone: (405) 271-8000 ext 47787
Fax: (405) 271-8297
E-mail: rakhesh-madhusoodhanan@ouhsc.edu