Dr. Gary Van heuvelen MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
101 W 8th Ave Lower Level 3 Spokane WA, 99204About
Dr. Gary Van heuvelen practices Radiation Oncology in Spokane, WA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Van heuvelen specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
Education and Training
University of North Dakota, School of Medicine MD 1979
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
- 3d Conformal Radiotherapy
- Brachytherapy
- Breast Brachytherapy
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Cancer Treatment
- External Beam Radiotherapy
- General External Beam Radiation Therapy
- High-dose Brachytherapy (HDR)
- Image-guided Radiation Therapy (igrt)
- Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (imrt)
- Radiation oncology procedures
- Radiation Therapy
- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (sbrt)
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery cranial
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery spinal
Professional Memberships
- Member Spokane County Medical Society
- Member Washington State Medical Society
- Member American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
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