Stephen J. Curtis, MD

Expert Publications

• Characterization of the cell of origin for small cell lung cancer.
• Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate and lipopolysaccharide induce interleukin-1β release in canine blood.
• Tumor-propagating cells and Yap/Taz activity contribute to lung tumor progression and metastasis.

Media Releases

Get to know Radiologist Dr. Stephen J. Curtis, who serves patients in Indian Wells, California.

An experienced radiologist, Dr. Curtis works with patients at his private practice in Indian Wells, California.

Educated in the United States, he graduated with his medical degree from the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine in 1963. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1969, before completing a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of California, San Francisco in 1976.

Holding a license to practice medicine in California, the doctor is board-certified in radiology by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The ABR is a not-for-profit physician-led organization that oversees the certification and ongoing professional development of specialists in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.

Radiology refers to the field of medicine that uses non-invasive imaging scans to diagnose a patient. A radiologist is a physician who uses imaging methodologies to diagnose and manage patients and provide therapeutic options.

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