Siavosh Vakilian, MD, FRCP(C), DABR

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Get to know Radiation Oncologist Dr. Siavosh Vakilian, who serves patients in California.

A highly-skilled radiation oncologist, Dr. Vakilian works at Genesis Radiation Oncology, operating out of the offices in San Diego and Escondido, California. He also offers his services at Genesis CyberKnife, a cancer treatment center in San Diego.

Genesis Healthcare Partners is one of San Diego’s largest premier multi-specialty physician practices, dedicated to the accurate diagnosis and treatment of urologic conditions, digestive health issues, and many cancers. With 15 offices located throughout San Diego County, the integrated team of medical professionals provide access to the latest advances in clinical research, cutting-edge technology, and minimally invasive treatment alternatives to benefit the health and welfare of patients.

Academically, Dr. Vakilian completed his medical studies, internship in internal medicine, and residency in radiation oncology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served as chief resident there in 2012. He then served as an attending radiation oncologist at the Jewish General Hospital and as a faculty lecturer within the Department of Oncology at McGill University. 

Specializing in the treatment of breast, hematological, pulmonary and genito-urinary cancers, he helped run several clinical trials and authored several publications. From 2015 to 2018, Dr. Vakilian practiced radiation oncology at Imperial Valley Cancer Center in El Centro, California, also serving as voluntary assistant clinical professor within the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Science at UCSD. From 2018 to 2021, he practiced at the Yuma Oncology Center in Yuma, Arizona using modern helical Tomotherapy.

A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Canada), the doctor is a Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The mission of the ABR is to serve patients, the public, and the medical profession by certifying that its diplomates have acquired, demonstrated, and maintained a requisite standard of knowledge, skill, and understanding essential to the safe and competent practice of diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.

Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves the controlled use of radiation to treat cancer. It is one of the three primary specialties – the other two being surgical and medical oncology – involved in the treatment of cancer. A radiation oncologist is a specialist physician who uses ionizing radiation in the treatment of cancer.

In his free time, Dr. Vakilian likes to swim, fish, hunt, exercise, and spend time with his family. He is fluent in English, French and Persian (Farsi) and has a working knowledge of Spanish. 

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