Biographical Data
 

* Medical Training Indiana University at Indianapolis, IN
* Internship/Residency - Type Categorical
* Indiana University School of Medicine
* Radiation Oncology Department - Indianapolis. IN
* Chief Resident in Radiation Oncology
* Indiana University at Indianapolis
 

Honors
 

* American Cancer Society Fellowship
* ASTRO/ESTRO award for young investigators

Board Certification
 

* Therapeutic Radiology, American College of Radiology
 

Professional License
 

1991 - Present

* Florida

Professional Appointments

* Instructor, Radiation Oncology Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

* Instructor, Radiation Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

* Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

* Joint Appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. MD

*Radiation Oncologist
Fred J. Woods Radiation Therapy Center,
St. Joseph’s Hospital Cancer Institute, Tampa, FL

* Medical Director, radiation Oncology
Fred J. Woods Radiation Therapy Center,
St. Joseph’s Hospital Cancer Institute, Tampa, FL
Present Chairperson, Institutional Review Board,
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL

* Chairperson, Institutional Review Board,
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL

* Present Chairperson, Radiation Safety Committee,
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL

* Present Member, Cancer Committee
St. Joseph’s Hospital Cancer Institute, Tampa, FL

* Principal Investigator, Expanded Participation Project of
The National Cancer Institute (EPP)

* Present Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Lifepath Hospice
 

Hospital Affiliations

* On staff of St. Josephs Hospital and University Community Hospital

Professional Organizations

* Residents Association, Indiana University

* American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)

* American Medical Women’s Association

* Member, Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) Now Through Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI)

* American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

* International GYN Cancer Society

* European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO)

* Member, Pediatric Oncology Group, Now Children’s
Oncology Group (COG)

* Hillsborough County Medical Association

Presentations
 

* “Adenocarcinoma Corpus et Colli: Evaluation of Diagnostic Variables Western Association of Gynecologic Oncology, Sunriver, Oregon

* Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic Malignancy. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Indianapolis, IN

* Invited Lecturer at Fifth Annual Joseph C. Finneran Visiting Professorship, “I.U. Experience with IORT St. Vincent Hospital, IN

* “The Ultrasonographic Appearance of Irradiated Breast Tissue” RSNA Chicago, IL

* “Radiation Therapy in the Management of patients with cancer of the ovary” New Directions in Oncology, Johns Hopkins CMIE course Baltimore, MD

* Radiation Therapy in Cancer of the Endometrium. The J. Donald Woodruff Symposium on GYN Cancer Baltimore, MD

* “Whole Abdominal Radiation in Patients with cancer of the ovary” Invited lecturer, Second International GYN Cancer Society Meeting, Toronto, Canada

* Whole Abdominal Irradiation using the Delayed Split Abdominal Technique” Poster Presentation, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
 

* Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Advanced or Recurrent Gynecologic Cancer. International Symposium Montpellier, France

* Radiation Therapy in Cancer of the Cervix. The J. Donald Woodruff symposium on GYN Cancer Baltimore, MD

* Cancer: What is known, what is suspected, what is myth... St. Joseph’s Hospital, Open Forum, Tampa, FL
 

* Moderator and Speaker, American Cancer Society Women’s Health Forum. “Radiation Therapy in the Management of Breast Cancer” Tampa, FL

* “Women’s Health, Women’s Lives” sponsored by Senator Sam Gibbons, University of South Florida, Tampa. FL
 

* “Controversies in the Management of Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix” Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) Educational
 

* Great Debates V: Gynecologic Oncology for the Practicing Physician San Francisco

Bibliography
 

Articles Published in Professional Journals

1. Calkins A., Lester S., Stehman F., McCammon R., Hornback N. “A Prospective
Clinical Trial of Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced, Recurrent or
Metastatic Malignancy (Phase I / II ). Indiana Medicine 78: 206-208, March, 1985

2. Calkins, A., Stehman F., Reddy S., Hornback N., and Ehrlich C. “Adenocarcinoma
Corpus et Colli: Analysis of Diagnostic Variables” International Journal of Radiation
Oncology Biology and Physics 12: 911-916, 1986

3. Calkins A., Olson M., and Ellis J. “The impact of Myelography on the
Radiotherapeutic Management of Malignant Spinal Cord Compression” Neurosurgery
19:614-6 16, 1986

4. Calkins A., Stehman F., Wass J., Smirz L., and Ellis J. “Pitfalls in the Interpretation of CT prior to Second Look Laparotomy in Patients with Ovarian Cancer” British Journal of Radiology, 60:975-979, 1987

5. Stehman F., Calkins A., Wass J., Smirz L., Sutton G., and Ehrlich C. “A Comparison of Findings at Second Look Laparotomy with Preoperative Computerized Tomography in Patients with Ovarian Cancer” Gynecologic Oncology 29:37-42, 1988

6. Calkins A., Jackson V., Morphis J., and Stehman F., “The Sonographic Appearance of Irradiated Breast Tissue” Journal of Clinical Ultrasound (6)16:409, 1988

7. Calkins. A., Rosenshein N., Fox M., and Order S., “Delayed Split Whole Abdominal Radiation in the Combined Modality Treatment of Ovarian Cancer” International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology and Physics, 20:661-665, 199!

8. In Press: Calkins, A., Lester S., Stehman F., Cline H., Calvo F., “Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Advanced or Recurrent Gynecologic Cancer.”

9. Calkins A., “Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Advanced or Recurrent Gynecologic Cancer” Ann Radio (6) 32:502-503, 1989

10. Leinweber C., Order S., and Calkins A. “Whole-Abdominal Irradiation for the
Management of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Manifestations of Agnogenic Myeloid
Metaplasia” Cancer 68: 1251-1254, 1991

11. Townsend PA. Schapira DV, Kuzela DC, Nicosia SV, Calkins, A, Kavanagh JJ. “Evaluation of a Frozen Section Protocol in Endometrial Carcinoma” International Journal of Oncology, In press.

12. Calkins, A., Stehman F., Chemotherapy with Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Carcinoma of the Cervix. Clinical Consultations in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 4(2):136-143, June 1992.

13. Lanciano L., Calkins, A., Wolkov H., et.al. A Phase I/II study of intraoperative radiotherapy in advanced unresectable or recurrent carcinoma of the rectum: A Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study. Journal of Surgical Oncology,. In press.

14. Calkins AR, Stitt JA, Fowler JF: New Approaches to Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Carcinoma of the Cervix, Seminars in Oncology. Submitted for publication.

15. Calkins, AR: Hyperfractionated Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Locally
Advanced Cervical Cancer: Results of Two Phase 1 Dose-Escalation Gynecologic Oncology Group Trials

16. Calkins A, Stehman F, Bundy B, Bendas J, Mannel R, Seago P, Cappuccini F, Alvarez R, Monk B, Maiman M, "Human immunodeficiency virus testing in patients with invasive cervical carcinoma: a prospective trial of the Gynecologic Oncology Group," In J Gynecol Cancer 2006, 16, 1-4

ABSTRACTS

1. Calkins. A., Stehman F., Reddy S.. Hornback N., and Ehrlich C., “Adenocarcinoma Corpus et Colli: Analysis of Diagnostic Variables” Proceedings of ASCO 3: C-487. 1984

2. Calkins. A., Stehman F., Lester S., Sutton G., Hornback N., and Brodie T., “A
Prospective Clinical Trial of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) in Advanced,
Recurrent, or Metastatic Malignancy (Phase I/IT)” Proceedings of ASCO 3: 169, C-661, 1984

3. Calkins, A., Stehman F., Lester S., Hornback N., Sutton G., and Broadie T., “A
Prospective Clinical Trial of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) in Recurrent Pelvic Malignancy (RPM)” Proceedings of ASCO 4:275, C-1070, March 1985

4. Aja M., Calkins A., Morphis J., and Hornback N., “The Effect of Radiation Therapy on Differential White Blood Cell Counts in Breast Cancer Patients’ Int J. of Rad Onc Biol and Physics (Supp.1) 2:208, 1985

5. Calkins, A., Jackson V., and Morphis J. “The Ultrasonographic Appearance of Irradiated Breast Tissue” Proceedings of the RSNA. 1985

6. Calkins A., Stehman F., Wass J., Smirz L., and Ellis J. “Pitfalls in Interpretation of CT Prior to Second Laparotomy with Preoperative Computed Tomography in Patients with Ovarian Cancer” International Synopses. 1988

7. Calkins A., “Delayed Split Abdominal Irradiation: A Baseline Technique for Multimodalitv Therapy in Ovarian Cancer” Proceedings of ASCO 7:142, #547, 1988

8. Calkins A., Lester S., Cline H., Hornback N., Sutton G., Marvel J., and Stehman F., “A Phase 1/TI Trial of Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Advanced or Recurrent Gynecologic Malignancy” Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, Innsbruck, Austria, 1988


9. Calkins A., Fox M., and Order S., “The Long Term Results of Whole Abdominal
Radiation Therapy Using the Delayed Split Abdominal Technique” Proceedings of
ASTRO P. 233, #1036, 1988

10. Mann L., Calkins A., Vriesendorp H., Ettinger D., and Order S. “Phase I-II
Treatment Using Simultaneous Adriamvcin and Radiation for Rare Malignant Tumors” Proceedings of ASCO 8:291 #1136, 1989

11. Calkins, A., Pinoy Torres J., Currie J.. Rosenshein N., Dillon M., and Order S.,
“Carcinoma of the Cervix --An overview of 241 Cases with Seven Years of Follow-up” Proceedings of the Society of Gvnecologic Oncology, October 1989

12. Kinney, W., Koh W. Schray M., Calkins A., Podratz K., and Russell A.
“SurvivalFollowing Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Recurrent Early Stage Carcinoma of the Cervix” Proceedings of the American Radium Society, April 1990


LOCAL CLINICAL RESEARCH PROTOCOLS

SJCI 015 "A Humanitarian Device Exemption Use Protocol Of Therasphere For Treatment Of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma"

SJCI 021 “Treatment of Patients with Breast Cancer, Metastatic to the Liver with SIR-Sphere®. Phase ll Study”

SJCI 022 “Treatment of Patients with Malignant Melanoma, Metastatic to the Liver with SIR-Sphere®. Phase ll Study” . Pending IRB approval 8/2005

SJCI-013 "Open-Label Prospective Trial Evaluating The Toxicities Associated With Subcutaneous Administration of Ethyol (Amifostine) for The Prevention of Radiation-Induced Toxicities.

SJCI-010 "A Phase II Evaluation of Serzone Antidepressant to Reduce the Incidence and/or Intensity of Hot Flashes Experienced by Patients due to Cancer Related Therapy"


NATIONAL CLINICAL RESEARCH PROTOCOLS

“Randomized Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Women with Selected Stage IC and II(A, B, C) and Selected Stage IA & IB Ovarian Cancer (Phase III)." [GOG 95]

"A Phase III Study of Adjuvant Monoclonal Antibody 17-1A vs. No Adjuvant Therapy Following Resection in Patients with Stage II Adenocarcinoma of the Colon" (Expanded Participation Project of the National Cancer Institute 9581)

“A Phase III Randomized Study of Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide Therapy Followed by Paclitaxel or Docetaxel Given Weekly or Every 3 Weeks in Patients with Axillary Node-Positive or High Risk Node-Negative Breast Cancer" (Expanded Participation Project of the National Cancer E 1199)

"A Phase III Trial of Carboplatin, Paclitaxel and Thoracic Radiotherapy With or Without Thalidomide in Patients with Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer" (Expanded Participation Project of the National Cancer Institute 3598)

"Concurrent Carboplatinl, Paclitaxel and Radiation Therapy vs. Induction Carboplatin and Paclitaxel Followed by Concurrent Carboplatin, Paclitaxel and Radiation Therapy for Patients with Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, A Phase III Trial" (Expanded Participation Project of the National Cancer Institute 39801)