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Office
3236 Lanark Rd
Coopersburg, PA 18036- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Early on, I envisioned a career in academia. I initially worked to become a PhD chemist, achieving
this at the age of 24. I went on to earn an MD and became triple board-certified: in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, and Radiation Oncology. My academic career culminated in my becoming Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins, where I became the only faculty member ever to attend concurrently in both Medical and Radiation Oncology.
Upon the realization that my true love was clinical medicine, I moved to Lehigh Valley Hospital in
Allentown PA, an 850-bed teaching institution. There, I became chair of the radiation oncology
department before the age of 40 and built the department into one of the largest and most
sophisticated programs anywhere. As one of only 12 department chairs, I was also on the hospital CEO's cabinet (Senior Management Council), and became intimately familiar with hospital administration and operations, with the council signing off on an operating budget of over 1 billion dollars annually. I was involved with running the network's cancer program, and was the driving force behind the creation of its two Cancer Centers, serving long-term as Chair of the Cancer Committee and as senior member on the Cancer Center Leadership Council.
I retired from full-time work in 2009 to spend time with my family. Soon thereafter, though, I was
recruited to become a provider of locum tenens services. This allowed me to continue with my love of practicing medicine while realizing what I most sought upon retirement: unstructured time. During my locum tenens career, I have had experience working in small freestanding facilities, small and large hospitals, and several university medical centers, and have been well received throughout.
I have experience in research, teaching, administration, management, and business, and have been recognized in all of these areas. Most significant to me, though, are awards for excellence as a doctor from patients and peers.
Education & Training
- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Radiation Oncology, 1984 - 1987
- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1983 - 1984
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1983
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHInternship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
- Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1981 - 2024
- NC State Medical License 2016 - 2018
- AR State Medical License 2014 - 2018
- VA State Medical License 2011 - 2018
- MD State Medical License 1983 - 1991
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
- American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Regional lymphatic dissemination of squamous cell carcinoma of the face.Emily A Peterson Md, Robert X Murphy Jr, Victor R. Risch, Geoffrey G. Hallock> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2009 Jan 1
- 26 citationsCardiac Metastasis from Carcinoma of the Cervix: Report of Two CasesJulio F. Lemus, Gazi Abdulhay, Craig Sobolewski, Victor R. Risch> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 1998 Jun 1
- 65 citationsTransient idiopathic hyperammonaemia in adults.Alan J. Watson, Judith E. Karp, W. Gordon Walker, Thomas King Chambers, Victor R. Risch, Saul W. Brusilow> ;Lancet. 1985 Dec 7
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Hospital Affiliations
- Penn State Health St. JosephReading, Pennsylvania
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania
- WellSpan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon, Pennsylvania
- Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill, Pennsylvania
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