Author Bios



Anthony Mastroianni, JD, MBA, MD and John F. McCaffrey, JD

Anthony Mastroianni, JD, MBA, MD and John F. McCaffrey, JD

Dr. Mastroianni is radiation oncologist in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, and a former accountant and prosecutor. Mr. McCaffrey is a former FBI special agent and prosecutor. He is a partner with Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, where his practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and business litigation. He has served as both relator’s counsel and defended individuals and organizations involved in False Claims Act proceedings. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Disclosure: Both authors served together as assistant prosecuting attorneys for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, investigating and prosecuting economic crimes, and have no financial interest in the cases presented.

Anuj Malhotra, MD, and Daniel Javit, MD

Anuj Malhotra, MD, and Daniel Javit, MD

Prepared by Dr. Malhotra, a third-year resident, and Dr. Javit, an interventional radiologist, while at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY.

Anurag Saraf, MD; Graham Boyd, MD; Alexandra De Leo, MD; Phylicia D. Gawu, DO; Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD, PhD; Steve Braunstein, MD, PhD; Rachel Jimenez, MD; Idalid Franco, MD, MPH; Lisa Singer, MD, PhD

Anurag Saraf, MD; Graham Boyd, MD; Alexandra De Leo, MD; Phylicia D. Gawu, DO; Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD, PhD; Steve Braunstein, MD, PhD; Rachel Jimenez, MD; Idalid Franco, MD, MPH; Lisa Singer, MD, PhD

Affiliations: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, MA (Drs Saraf, Boyd). Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (Drs Saraf, Boyd, Jimenez) . Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (Drs Saraf, Boyd, Franco). University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL (Dr De Leo). Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Phoenix, AZ (Dr Gawu). MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (Dr Pinnix) . University of California, San Francisco, CA (Drs Braunstein, Singer).


Anusheel Munshi, MD, DNB, MNAMS; Biplab Sarkar, DipRP, PhD; Sandeep Vaishya, MS, MCH; Kanika Bansal, DNB; Khushboo Rastogi, MD; Tharmarnadar Ganesh, PhD, DABR; Bidhu Kalyan Mohanti, MD

Anusheel Munshi, MD, DNB, MNAMS; Biplab Sarkar, DipRP, PhD; Sandeep Vaishya, MS, MCH; Kanika Bansal, DNB; Khushboo Rastogi, MD; Tharmarnadar Ganesh, PhD, DABR; Bidhu Kalyan Mohanti, MD

Dr. Munshi is the director of radiation oncology, Dr. Sarkar is a senior medical physicist, Dr. Bansal is an assistant consultant, Dr. Rastogi is a senior resident, Dr. Ganesh is the chief medical physicist, and Dr. Mohanti is a senior consultant, all at Manipal Hospitals, New Delhi, India. Dr. Vaishya is the director of neurosurgery, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. None of the authors received outside funding for the production of this original manuscript and no part of this article has been previously published elsewhere.


Ashok Madan, MD, PhD, Jai Choi, MD, and Pramod Gupta, MD

Ashok Madan, MD, PhD, Jai Choi, MD, and Pramod Gupta, MD

Prepared by Dr. Madan while practicing at SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Dr. Choi while practicing at Downstate Medical Center, and Dr. Gupta while practicing at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Dallas, TX.

Austin J. Sim, MD, JD

Austin J. Sim, MD, JD

Dr. Sim is a resident physician (PGY-3), Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL. Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Stephen A. Rosenberg, MD, MS, for editorial support.


Avinash R. Chaurasia, MD; Alexandra K. Brennan, MD; Amanda J. Walker, MD; Delnora Erickson, MD; Anna Torgeson, MD; Brandi R. Page, MD

Avinash R. Chaurasia, MD; Alexandra K. Brennan, MD; Amanda J. Walker, MD; Delnora Erickson, MD; Anna Torgeson, MD; Brandi R. Page, MD

Dr. Chaurasia is a PGY5 chief resident, Dr. Brennan is a PGY4 senior resident, Dr. Erickson is the residency program director and an assistant professor, and Dr. Torgeson is the associate residency program director and an assistant professor, all at National Capital Consortium Radiation Oncology Residency and Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, and Radiation Oncology Service, Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Walker and Dr. Page are assistant professors, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. None of the authors received outside funding for the production of this original manuscript and no part of this article has been previously published elsewhere. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the Department of Defense or US Government.


Avinash R. Chaurasia, MD; Rohini Bhatia, MD; Michael C. LeCompte, MD; Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD; Idalid “Ivy” Franco, MD, MPH; Allison Garda, MD; Benjamin Li, MD, MBA; Ian J. Pereira, MD

Avinash R. Chaurasia, MD; Rohini Bhatia, MD; Michael C. LeCompte, MD; Kekoa Taparra, MD, PhD; Idalid “Ivy” Franco, MD, MPH; Allison Garda, MD; Benjamin Li, MD, MBA; Ian J. Pereira, MD

Dr. Chaurasia is a PGY5 chief resident at National Capital Consortium/National Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Bhatia is a PGY2 resident physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr. LeCompte is a PGY1 incoming resident physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr. Taparra is a PGY1 incoming resident at Stanford University, CA. Dr. Franco is a PGY3 resident physician, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Garda is a PGY5 chief resident, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Li is a PGY3 resident physician, University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Pereira is a PGY4 resident physician at Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada.


Barry W. Goy, MD; Chris S. Helmstedter, MD; Janis F. Yao, MS; Sajjad P. Syed, MD

Barry W. Goy, MD; Chris S. Helmstedter, MD; Janis F. Yao, MS; Sajjad P. Syed, MD

Barry W. Goy, MD; Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA

Chris S. Helmstedter, MD; Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park, CA

Janis F. Yao, MS; Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA

Sajjad P. Syed, MD; Department of Pathology, Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park, CA


Barton F. Lane, MD, and Jade J. Wong-You-Cheong, MBChB

Barton F. Lane, MD, and Jade J. Wong-You-Cheong, MBChB

Dr. Lane and Dr. Wong-You-Cheong are with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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