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Summary
- Lawrence B. Tena, M.D. is a board certified Radiation Oncologist at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY. Dr. Tena was previously an Assistant Professor at New York Medical College and worked at The Saint Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center and Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, and in private practice at Eastside Radiation Oncology on the upper eastside of Manhattan and NRAD Long Island Radiation Therapy in Long Island, NY. He practices general radiation oncology and specializes in Head and Neck, Eye, Genitourinary, Gynecological, and Central Nervous System cancers and has clinical expertise in brachytherapy and stereotactic radiation therapy.
Dr. Tena has been published in numerous medical journals, including Brachytherapy, Ophthalmology, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics and American Journal of Ophthalmology. He has presented his research at medical conferences nationally and internationally.
Dr. Tena completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD where he served as the Chief Resident and completed his internship in Internal Medicine at The Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans, LA. He received his M.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA and received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University. Prior to medical school, he worked as an Installation/Field Service Engineer for Varian Medical Systems and Elekta (formerly Philips Medical Systems).
Clinical Expertise
- Stereotactic radiosurgery, General radiation oncology, Ophthalmic oncology, Neoplasm staging, Urologic radiation onology, Gynecologic radiation oncology, Head and neck radiation oncology, Central nervous system radiation oncology, Stereotactic body radiotherapy
Education & Training
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1996 - 2000
- Ochsner Clinic FoundationInternship, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1996
- Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1995
- Boston UniversityBS, Biomedical Engineering
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2002 - 2026
- NJ State Medical License 2007 - 2025
- FL State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- LA State Medical License 1996 - 2005
- American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsPalladium-103 plaque radiation therapy for ciliary body melanoma through a functioning glaucoma filtering bleb.Arif H K Pathan, Alexander Barash, Lawrence B. Tena, Paul T. Finger> ;European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2018 Jan 1
- 16 citationsExtrascleral extension of choroidal melanoma: Post-enucleation high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy of the orbitPaul T. Finger, Lawrence B. Tena, Ekaterina Semenova, Paul Aridgides, Walter Choi> ;Brachytherapy. 2014 May 1
- 56 citationsInitial PET/CT staging for choroidal melanoma: AJCC correlation and second nonocular primaries in 333 patients.Aurélien Freton, Kimberly J. Chin, Robert Raut, Lawrence B. Tena, Tero Kivelä, Paul T. Finger> ;European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2012 Mar 1
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- New York Head and Neck SocietyMember
Hospital Affiliations
- NYC Health + Hospitals / QueensJamaica, New York
- NYC Health + Hospitals / ElmhurstElmhurst, New York
- Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck, New Jersey
- Capital Health Medical Center-HopewellPennington, New Jersey
External Links
- Holy Namehttps://holyname.org/physician/details.asp?phyid=84882&loc=N/A
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