Dr. Tithi Biswas, MD

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• Methoxyamine, Pemetrexed Disodium, Cisplatin, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIA-IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

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Get to know Radiation Oncologist Dr. Tithi Biswas, who serves patients in Cleveland, Ohio.

Skilfully trained in radiation oncology, Dr. Biswas is a physician within the Department of Radiation Oncology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Her areas of expertise include: breast cancer, esophageal and colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancers including pancreas, lung cancer and other thoracic cancers, SBRT, and thoracic malignancies.

Founded in 1866, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center has a long history of providing exceptional healthcare for the residents of Northeast Ohio. It includes general medical, intensive care, and surgical units as well as two major hospitals: University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. With more than 1,000 registered beds, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center provides primary, specialty and subspecialty medical and surgical care. 

Among her other appointments, Dr. Biswas serves as a Clinical Associate Professor within the Department of Radiation Oncology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Developmental Therapeutics Program at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University.

Practicing medicine in Ohio, she is affiliated with Mercy Health-Lorain Hospital, Southwest General Health Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Mercy Regional Medical Center, Southwest General Health Center, and UH Seidman Cancer Center.

Pertaining to her medical education, Dr. Biswas graduated with her medical degree from Kolkata Medical College and Hospital in India in 1992. She then relocated to the United States, performing her fellowship in radiation oncology at Strong Memorial Hospital in 2002 and her internship in general surgery at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens in 2003. This was followed by a residency and fellowship in radiation oncology at Strong Memorial Hospital in 2004 and 2008, respectively. 

A member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the doctor is board-certified in diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The mission of the ABR is to serve patients, the public, and the medical profession by certifying that its diplomates have acquired, demonstrated, and maintained a requisite standard of knowledge, skill, and understanding essential to the safe and competent practice of diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.

Excelling her efforts, Dr. Biswas’ research interests include breast, esophageal and colorectal cancer & gastrointestinal cancers, general and thoracic. 

Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves the controlled use of radiation to treat cancer. It is one of the three primary specialties, the other two being surgical and medical oncology, involved in the treatment of cancer. A radiation oncologist is a specialist physician who uses ionizing radiation in the treatment of cancer.

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