Paul G. Pagnini, MD

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Title:

  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology
  • Director of LAC+USC Medical Center Residency Program, Radiation Oncology
  • Director of Clinical Radiation Oncology Services, USC Norris Cancer Hospital

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Specialties:

  • Radiation Oncology

Sub-specialties:

  • 3-D Conformal Radiotherapy
  • Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy
  • Gammaknife Radiosurgery
  • Cyberknife Radiosurgery
  • Central Nervous System Radiation Oncology
  • Gastro Intestinal Radiation Oncology

Background:

Dr. Paul G. Pagnini, clinical assistant professor, joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine in 2005 and is a board certified radiation oncologist. He is also the director of the USC/ Los Angeles County Residency Training Program in Radiation Oncology. He received his B.S. from Stonehill College in Massachusetts in 1988 and his medical degree from Tufts University in Boston in 1992. Dr. Pagnini completed his residency training in radiation oncology at Tufts/New England Medical Center in 1999 where he was chief resident in his final year.  He was awarded a research fellowship from the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, which enabled him to study the role of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for the treatment of cancers of the central nervous system. After completing his residency training, Dr. Pagnini practiced radiation oncology at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California from 1999 through 2001, and then in private practice in San Mateo, California from 2001 through 2003. He is the former medical director of the Radiation Oncology Department of St. Bernardine’s Medical Center in San Bernardino, CA, where he practiced with Valley Radiotherapy Associates from 2003 through 2005. He has been published in the areas of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 3-D conformal radiation therapy, and gamma-knife radiosurgery. Dr. Pagnini's clinical areas of expertise include using 3-D conformal radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and radiosurgery, for the treatment gastrointestinal and central nervous system tumors.


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Education:

  • Stonehill College, Easton, MA, B.S., 1988
  • Doctorate of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MD, 1992

Internships:

  • Newton - Wellesley Hospital (1994 - 1995), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Surgery

Residencies:

  • Tufts/New England Medical Center (1995 - 1998), Resident in Radiation Oncology
  • Tufts/New England Medical Center (1998 - 1999), Assistant / Chief Resident in Radiation Oncology

Board Certification:

  • Diplomate of The National Board Of Examiners
  • Diplomate of The American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology)

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO). 1995
  • American College of Radiation Oncology , 1997
  • American Brachytherapy Society, 2005
  • American Director's of Radiation Oncology Programs, 2006
  • The Cyberknife Society, 2006

Languages:

  • English