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Steve Lee, MD, Radiation Oncology, Long Beach, CA, Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center

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Radiation Oncology • Long Beach, CA

Professor, Radiation Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine; Chief of Radiation Oncology, Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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Education & Training

  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesPhD, Biomedical Physics, subspecialty in Radiation Biology, 1995 - 2001
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1991 - 1995
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1990 - 1991
  • Ohio State University College of Medicine
    Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 1990
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesMSc, Biomedical Physics, 1984 - 1986
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesB.A., Physics, 1979 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1991 - 2025
  • American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Physician of the Year UCLA Health System, 2007
  • 1988, 2011
  • American Institute of Physics, 1981

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Ureteral stent insertion for gynecologic interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy  
    Demanes, D. J., Banerjee, R., Cahan, B. L., Lee, S.P., Park, S. J., Fallon, J. M., Reyes, P., Van, T. Q., Steinberg, M. L., Kamrava, M. R., Brachytherapy, 1/1/2015
  • Dependence of achievable plan quality on treatment technique and the planning goal refinement: a head-and-neck IMRT application  
    Qi, X.S., Ruan, D., Lee, S.P., Pham, A., Kupelian, P., Low, D., Steinberg, M., Demarco, J., Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 1/1/2015
  • The impact of reduced-volume, intensity-modulated radiation therapy on disease control in nasopharyngeal carcinoma  
    Lin, Y.-W., Chen, C.-C., Lin, L.-C., Lee, S.P., PLOS One, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Shaped Beam Radiosurgery 
    Chapter: Fractionation in radiobiology: Classical concepts and recent development 
    Page 61 - 74Lee, S.P.Editors: A.A.F. De Salles.Springer, Berlin, Germany2011
  • Manual of Clinical Oncology 
    Chapter: Radiation oncology 
    Page 35 - 45Lee, S.P.Editors: D.A. Casciato & M.C. Territo.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 6th,2008
  • Manual of Clinical Oncology 
    Chapter: Head and neck cancers 
    Page 141 - 168Parker, R.G., Sherman, E.J., Lee, S.P., Rice, D.H., Casciato, D.A.Editors: D.A. Casciato & M.C. Territo.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 6th,2008
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Feasibility of margin reduction for level II and III planning target volume in head-and-neck image guided radiotherapy.
    Qi, X.S., Panthanam, A.P., Neylon, J., Can, S., Kupelian, P., Steinberg, M., Low, D., Lee, S.P., 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2013
  • Comparison of immediate implant-based breast reconstruction with and without acellular dermal matrix in the setting of post-mastectomy radiation.
    Vardanian, A.J., Sethi, H., Sanchez, I., Singhvi, M., Lee, S.P., Da Lio, A., Festekjian, J.H., Crisera, C., Tseng, C.Y., Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2013
  • Self-evolving framework towards better dosimetric plan quality for head-and-neck simultaneous integrated boost treatment.
    Qi, X.S., Lee, S.P., Pham, A., DeMarco, J., 55th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1/1/2013
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Lectures

  • Cancer & radiation therapy in western medicine 
    South El Monte, CA - 1/21/2015
  • Precision-oriented radiation therapy for non-radiation oncologists 
    Long Beach, CA - 1/16/2015
  • Radiobiology: Historical perspectives and quantitative description 
    Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, P.R.C. - 1/15/2015
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Other

  • Precision-oriented radiotherapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer. 
    Lee, S.P., News from Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC)
    1/1/2008
  • Stem cell research 
    Lee, S.P., L.A. English & Chinese Radio AM1600
    1/19/2001
  • The kinetic analysis of metastatic tumor formation and its clinical relevance. 
    Lee, S.P., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2001
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin), Taiwanese

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Steve Lee, Dr. Steve Lee, MD, Dr. S Lee, Dr. Steve P Lee