Randy Sorum, MD
Medical Director, Radiation Oncology, Gamma Knife at St. Joseph
Dr. Sorum completed his undergraduate degree at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, and obtained his medical degree at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship. He completed his residency of Radiation Oncology at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Sorum's specialties include IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy), 3D conformal radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy, High Dose Rate and Low Dose Rate brachytherapy, and prostatic seed implantation. He also has an interest in brain cancers and diseases of the CNS that may benefit from stereotactic radiosurgery. He has had specialty training in Marseilles, France for Gamma Knife treatment of functional disorders.
Peter C. Shin, MD, MS
Medical Director, Neurosurgery, Gamma Knife at St. Joseph
Dr. Shin received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University before graduating from medical school at Northeast Ohio University. He was awarded a National Institute of Health-sponsored scientist training grant and research fellowship in artificial intelligence programming to stimulate brain development. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center.
Dr. Shin then became Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Louisiana State University Health Science Center specializing in functional neurosurgery, epilepsy, brain tumor aneurysms, spine surgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. He also served as Chief of Neurosurgery at Overton Brooks VA hospital in Shreveport. He received training on the latest updates in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at the Queen Sophia Hospital and Karolinska University Hospital Gamma Knife centers in Stockholm, Sweden, where the leading-edge technology was originally developed.
Dr. Shin’s rare dual credentials in both neurosurgery and biomedical engineering have made him a leader in the fields of computer-guided imaging, micro-surgical navigation, and biomechanics. He recently returned from Stockholm, Sweden where he received extensive training on the latest advances in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at the institute where the leading-edge technology was developed.
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