Faculty, Internal Medicine, Riverside Community Hospital
Dr. Afshin Rashtian is the Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at The Cancer Center Riverside Community Hospital. He also serves as the Medical Director of The Cyberknife Center at Riverside Community Hospital. Previous to joining Riverside Community Hospital, he served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology at USC/Norris Cancer Hospital and USC/LAC. He also served as the Associate Program Director of the Residency program at USC as well as the Medical School Clerkship Director. He was also the RTOG (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group) representative for USC. Dr. Rashtian received his B.S. in Biology from George Mason University in Virginia with honors. He was then awarded a grant for a research project at the NIH for two years at the NICHD in molecular biology studying membrane fusion properties, which lead to several publications. He then went on to Medical School at The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington DC where he earned his M.D. degree. Dr. Rashtian did his internship in Internal Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and his training in Radiation Oncology at the Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles. He has been involved in several research projects and was asked to give an oral presentation at the ASTRO (American Society of Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology) meeting regarding his research in breast cancer. He has also had several presentations at ASTRO regarding his research in lung cancer, breast cancer, sarcoma, and CNS. Dr. Rashtian’s expertise includes treating malignancies of the Lung, Head & Neck, Breast, CNS, Prostate, GI, Gyn, and Sarcoma. Additionally, he has a special interest in utilizing Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in treating malignancies with the Cyberknife Stererotactic Radiosugery System. Dr. Rashtian uses the latest state of the art technology in treating his patients using IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy), IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy), HDR Brachytherapy, and 4D-CT.
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About Afshin Rashtian, MD
Dr. Afshin Rashtian is the Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at The Cancer Center Riverside Community Hospital. He also serves as the Medical Director of The Cyberknife Center at Riverside Community Hospital. Previous to joining Riverside Community Hospital, he served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology at USC/Norris Cancer Hospital and USC/LAC. He also served as the Associate Program Director of the Residency program at USC as well as the Medical School Clerkship Director. He was also the RTOG (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group) representative for USC. Dr. Rashtian received his B.S. in Biology from George Mason University in Virginia with honors. He was then awarded a grant for a research project at the NIH for two years at the NICHD in molecular biology studying membrane fusion properties, which lead to several publications. He then went on to Medical School at The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington DC where he earned his M.D. degree. Dr. Rashtian did his internship in Internal Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and his training in Radiation Oncology at the Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles. He has been involved in several research projects and was asked to give an oral presentation at the ASTRO (American Society of Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology) meeting regarding his research in breast cancer. He has also had several presentations at ASTRO regarding his research in lung cancer, breast cancer, sarcoma, and CNS. Dr. Rashtian’s expertise includes treating malignancies of the Lung, Head & Neck, Breast, CNS, Prostate, GI, Gyn, and Sarcoma. Additionally, he has a special interest in utilizing Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in treating malignancies with the Cyberknife Stererotactic Radiosugery System. Dr. Rashtian uses the latest state of the art technology in treating his patients using IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy), IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy), HDR Brachytherapy, and 4D-CT.
| Present | Faculty, Internal Medicine, Riverside Community Hospital, HCA Healthcare ‐ Riverside Community Hospital | |
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| 2004 - 2008 | Residency, Radiation Oncology, Kaiser Permanente Southern California | |
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| 2002 | MD, George Washington University ‐ School of Medicine | |
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