Jean-ClaudeMuganwaRwigemaMD
Radiation Oncology • Phoenix, AZHead & Neck, Urologic Cancer
Consultant & Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
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Office
5777 E. Mayo Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ 85050- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Jean-Claude M. Rwigema, M.D. is a radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic Arizona. He primarily treats head and neck cancers and genitourinary cancers. He has extensive experience with IMRT, proton therapy, radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Rwigema’s interests also include conducting clinical trials to investigate outcomes of various cancers treated in a multidisciplinary setting. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh, completed his residency at the University of California, Los Angeles, and proton therapy fellowship at the university of Pennsylvania. He also serves as an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. News & World Report ranks Mayo Clinic Arizona the #1 hospital in the state.
Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2012 - 2016
University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixInternship, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2012
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 2011
Certifications & Licensure
NM State Medical License 2023 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2023 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 2016 - 2024
NV State Medical License 2023 - 2023
PA State Medical License 2016 - 2018- American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Mean Oral Cavity Organ-at-Risk Dose Predicts Opioid Use and Hospitalization during Radiotherapy for Patients with Head and Neck Tumors.Foote, R., Harmsen, W., Amundson, A., Carr, A., Gamez, M., Garces, Y., Lester, S., Ma, D., McGee, L., Moore, E., Neben Wittich, M., Patel, S., Routman, D., Rwigema, J....> ;Cancers. 2024 Jan 13
- A Radiomics-Based Classifier for the Progression of Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiotherapy.Darwin A Garcia, Elizabeth B Jeans, Lindsay K Morris, Satomi Shiraishi, Brady S Laughlin, Yi Rong, Jean-Claude M Rwigema, Robert L Foote, Michael G Herman, Jing Qian> ;Cancers. 2023 Jul 22
- 3 citationsFirst Report On Physician Assessment and Clinical Acceptability of Custom-Retrained Artificial Intelligence Models for Clinical Target Volume and Organs-at-Risk Auto-D...Dean Hobbis, Nathan Y Yu, Karl W Mund, Jingwei Duan, Jean-Claude M Rwigema, William W Wong, Steven E Schild, Sameer R Keole, Xue Feng, Quan Chen, Carlos E Vargas, Yi Rong> ;Practical Radiation Oncology. 2023 Apr 6
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Hospital Affiliations
Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix, Arizona
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