John P. Christodouleas, MD

Radiation Oncology

5.0 with 41 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

John P. Christodouleas, MD

Radiation Oncology

5.0 with 41 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Adjunct Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Dr. Christodouleas is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Bladder Cancer
External Beam Radiation Therapy
Genitourinary Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Proton Therapy
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
Testicular Cancer
Urethral Cancer

Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Christodouleas is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Radiation Oncology, 2010

Education and Training

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; Johns Hopkins Hospital

Primary Location

Penn Radiation Oncology Perelman - 2nd Floor

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
West Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Aetna US Healthcare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360

Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Amerihealth
NJ Medicaid
NJ Medicare
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Description of Research Expertise

bladder cancer, prostate cancer, seminoma, cancer informatics

Selected Publications

Christodouleas John P, Forrest Robert D, Ainsley Christopher G, Tochner Zelig, Hahn Stephen M, Glatstein Eli: Short-Term and Long-Term Health Risks of Nuclear-Power-Plant Accidents. The New England journal of medicine 364 (24): 2334-41,2011.

Christodouleas JP, Chang J: Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Radiation Oncology: A Question-Based Review : 2010 .

Christodouleas J, Susil RJ, McNutt TR, Song DY, DeWeese TL, Bekelman J, Vapiwala N, Shinkle B, Lu H, Both S: The impact of a rectal-prostate spacer on proton radiation of the prostate: a planning study ASTRO Annual Meeting : 2010.

Christodouleas JP, DeWeese TL: Intermediate and High Risk Prostate Cancer Radiation Oncology: A Question-Based Review : 2010.

Christodouleas JP, Hahn SM: The need for and future of clinical trials of proton therapy Radiation Medicine Rounds 1 (3): 455-469,2010.

Marks Lawrence B, Saynak Mert, Christodouleas John P: Stage III vs. stage IV lung cancer: "Crossing a Great Divide". Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 67 (1): 1-3,2010.

Christodouleas John P, Marks Lawrence B: Analysis of patients with oligometastases undergoing two or more curative-intent stereotactic radiotherapy courses: in regard to Milano et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;73:832-837). International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 74 (5): 1628; author reply 1628-9,2009.

Christodouleas J, Fox J, DeWeese T, Song D: Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Early Diagnosis of Cancer: Prostate Cancer : 2009.

Christodouleas J, Yeater D, Jabbour S, Leman ES, Mangold L, R Drew, Humphreys E, Partin A, Getzenberg R, DeWeese T: Modulation of EPCA-2 levels in men with localized prostate cancer treated with radiation with or without hormonal therapy ASTRO : 2008.

Zietman Anthony L, Christodouleas John P, Shipley William U: PSA bounces after neoadjuvant androgen deprivation and external beam radiation: impact on definitions of failure. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 62 (3): 714-8,2005.

Academic Contact Information

Department of Radiation Oncology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Administrative Offices
The Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
TRC-2 West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Radiology (ACR), National
American Medical Association (AMA), National
American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National
American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), National
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), National