Louis S. Constine, MD, FASTRO
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pediatrics
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Louis S. Constine, MD, FASTRO is Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pediatrics and
Vice Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, and was awarded fellowship in his
professional society, The American Society of Radiation Oncology. After graduating
from Stanford University, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he
trained in pediatrics, pediatric oncology and radiation oncology, and has board
certification in these areas. His clinical and scientific expertise is in lymphomas,
sarcomas, all pediatric malignancies, and in the acute and chronic effects of
chemotherapy and radiation therapy on normal tissues.
He is the Clinical Director of the University of Rochester Medical Center Survivorship
Division, and the Radiation Chair of the Lymphoma Committee in the Southwest
Oncology Group. He is on the core committees for the Children’s Oncology Group
Survivorship Guidelines, the International Survivorship Harmonization Guidelines, and
the Quantitative Analysis of Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic ASTRO/AAPM
initiative. He also serves on the Children’s Oncology Group Late Effects Steering
Committee, and is senior advisor for the Children’s Oncology Group Hodgkin’s Disease
Committee. Finally, he is involved in a United Nations initiative to develop a document
on the adverse effects of radiation on children that he will present to the General
Assembly in Vienna
He is recipient of the Jacob Gitelman Award from Cancer Action, the “Make a
Difference” Award from Melissa’s Legacy, and the Teddy award from Camp Good Days
and Special Times. He is included in the America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, and
recently became a Fellow of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and
Oncology. He is also a member of the Radiation Research Society, the American Society
of Clinical Oncology, and the American Society of Hematology. He has authored (coauthored) more than 50 book chapters, five books and more than 100 original and invited
reports.
His professional life is guided by his words: For the survivor of cancer, the world is full
and each day is a celebration -- for the physician, each patient is an inspiration --for the
person fighting cancer, each day is precious and must be faced with courage.