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INTERCOMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS WELCOMES NEW RADIATION ONCOLOGIST
Dr. Douglas Calvin Joins InterCommunity Cancer Centers’ Radiation Therapy Team

LEESBURG, FL. – InterCommunity Cancer Centers announced today that Douglas P. Calvin, M.D. has joined its team of radiology oncology experts at its state-of-the-art cancer centers in Leesburg and Lady Lake. Dr. Calvin, board certified in Radiation and Oncology and a Diplomate for the American Board of Radiology, specializes in the treatment of head and neck, breast, prostate and gynecologic cancers and is experienced in high dose rate (HDR) Brachytherapy, 3-D treatment planning, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image-guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) and Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) using the Accuray CyberKnife® System.

Prior to his arrival, Dr. Calvin served as a radiation oncologist at Lakewood Ranch Radiation Oncology in Sarasota, FL and Rocky Mountain CyberKnife Center in Boulder, CO, as well as the Founder of the Space Coast Cancer Center in Titusville, FL. Dr. Calvin was Co-Founder of the IMRT Program and Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Dr. Calvin is an active member in major national organizations including the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, American College of Radiation Oncology, American Society of Radiation Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Medical Association, American Brachytherapy Society, CyberKnife Society, and Florida Medical Association.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity for me to join InterCommunity Cancer Centers,” said Dr. Calvin. “I look forward to collaborating with the cancer center’s dedicated team of medical and radiation oncologists to improve the quality of life for our patients. By combining compassion with innovation, I believe we can make a tremendous difference in the fight against cancer.”

Dr. Calvin received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA. He completed his residency and fellowship in Radiation Oncology at the Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology at University of Chicago Hospitals in Chicago, IL.

Dr. Calvin has received numerous honors and awards including most recently Best Doctors in America?, Consumer Research Council of America?, America’s Top Oncologists, and the American Medical Association’s Physicians Recognition Award. “It is a great honor to welcome Dr. Calvin to our talented and experienced radiation therapy team,” said Hal M. Jacobson, M.D., founder and President of InterCommunity Cancer Centers and Cancer Care Associates, P.A. “We are confident that his experience and dedication to the field of radiation oncology will have an immediate impact on the Cancer Center and the communities we serve.”

ABOUT INTERCOMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS, FLORIDA
The Technology Leadership of the InterCommunity Cancer Center discovers and provides new techniques and skills ahead of most universities and other cancer centers. Founded in 1985 by Dr. Hal M. Jacobson, this leadership has been recognized at State and National levels by requests to provide invited lectures to University and National Conferences as well as development and educational consulting services to major corporations. All ICCC physicians are Board Certified and practice in affiliation with Moffitt Cancer Institute. Locations in Lady Lake and Leesburg were created to provide this expertise in the comfort of the patient’s own community avoiding the risks, stress, and cost of extensive travel. ICCC also provides coordination of health care services with a variety of conventional and complementary practitioners for all forms of cancer. Among the treatment options they offer: first in the area to offer IMRT, Calypso® 4D Localization System™ for prostate treatment, SAVI breast treatment, prostate “seed” implants, Varian Clinac Linear Accelerators, HDR brachytherapy, and FOCAL virtual simulation, KODAK AccuLoc based and ultrasound based IGRT, first in the State of Florida to offer Cesium-131 seeds, dedicated CT Scan Treatment Simulator and Virtual Simulation of treatments for precision planning. The advanced technology is managed by an experienced team of experts including Dosimetrists, Radiation Therapists, and Medical Physicists.

ABOUT VANTAGE ONCOLOGY, INC.
Founded in October 2002, Manhattan Beach, California-based Vantage Oncology, LLC. acquires, joint ventures, develops and operates state-of-the-art radiation oncology centers. Vantage Oncology was created in response to the growing need among cancer patients, hospitals and physicians for accessible and advanced radiation treatment therapies. Vantage Oncology is led by a seasoned management team, including Chief Executive Officer Michael Fiore, Medical Director Leslie Botnick, M.D., Chief Financial Officer Marshal Salomon and Chief Development Officer Mark Ahern. For more information about Vantage Oncology, visit www.vantageoncology.com.

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