Director of Cyberknife Radiosurgery
Dr. Alexander Gottschalk, an expert in radiation treatment, is director of the UCSF Cyberknife Radiosurgery Program. Using the Cyberknife, Gottschalk treats cancer of the brain and spine; breast, chest and lung; abdomen; kidney; and pelvis. In addition, he treats urologic cancer such as bladder and prostate cancer; gastrointestinal cancer such as pancreas cancer; soft tissue tumors such as sarcoma and thoracic cancer such as lung cancer, using other radiation treatments.
Gottschalk earned a medical degree and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and completed a residency in radiation oncology at UCSF Medical Center. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award, Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Investigator Research Program Grant, the RSNA Scholar award and the ASTRO Junior faculty award. He is an associate professor of radiation oncology at UCSF and active in genitourinary research. He is developing clinical trials using inter-operative.
University of Chicago School of Medicine 1996
UCSF Medical Center, Radiation Oncology 2001