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Robert Timmerman, MD
Endowed Title: Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-645-7600
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Robert D. Timmerman, MD, is Professor of Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery, and Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where his primary practice involves the treatment of adult and children with brain tumors. Dr. Timmerman graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering and from the University of Tennessee with a Master of Science degree in Reactor Physics. After finishing medical school in his home state of South Dakota, he completed a residency in Radiation Oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was the principal investigator or co-investigator on several prospective trials designed to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of stereotactic body radiation therapy in lung, liver, spine, and pelvic sites. He is the national principal investigator of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trials using this therapy in patients with early stage lung cancer.
Education
| Residency | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1994) |
| Internship | McKennan Hospital (1991) |
| Medical School | University of South Dakota (1990) |
| Graduate School | University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1986) |
| University | University of Tennessee- Knoxville (1986) |
Research Interests
Publications
Boike TP, Lotan Y, Cho LC, Brindle J, DeRose P, Xie XJ, Yan J, Foster R, Pistenmaa D, Perkins A, Cooley S, Timmerman R, Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2011 May; 29 (15):2020-6
Rule W, Timmerman R, Tong L, Abdulrahman R, Meyer J, Boike T, Schwarz RE, Weatherall P, Chinsoo Cho L, Annals of surgical oncology, 2011 Apr; 18 (4):1081-7
Timmerman R, Paulus R, Galvin J, Michalski J, Straube W, Bradley J, Fakiris A, Bezjak A, Videtic G, Johnstone D, Fowler J, Gore E, Choy H, JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 2010 Mar; 303 (11):1070-6
Timmerman RD, Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2010 Feb; 28 (6):907-9
Timmerman, R, McGarry, R, Yiannoutsos, C, Papiez, L, Tudor, K, DeLuca, J, Ewing, M, Abdulrahman, R, DeRosiers, C, Williams, M, Fletcher, J , J Clin Oncol , 2006; (24):4833-4839
Timmerman, R., Papiez, L., McGarry, R, Likes, L., DesRosiers, C., Bank, M., Frost, S., Randall, M., Williams, M. , Chest , 2003; (124(5)):1946-1955
Timmerman, RD, Bizekis, CS, Pass HI, Fong, Y, Dupuy, DE, Dawson, LA, and Lu, D , CA - A Journal for Clinicians , May 2009; (59(3))
Jakacki RI, Yates A, Blaney SM, Zhou T, Timmerman R, Ingle AM, Flom L, Prados MD, Adamson PC, Pollack IF, Neuro-oncology, 2008 Aug; 10 (4):569-76
Park C, Papiez L, Zhang S, Story M, Timmerman RD , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys , 2008; (70(3)):847-52
Timmerman RD, Kavanagh BD, Cho LC, Papiez L, Xing L , J Clin Oncol , 2007; (25(8)):947-52
Related Links
Books
Brian Kavanagh and Robert Timmerman, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins (Baltimore, MD) 2005
Robert Timmerman and Lei Xing, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins (Baltimore, MD) 2009
Honors/Awards
1989
1998-2005