Donald B. Fuller, MD

• Radiation Oncology
• Prostate Brachytherapy
• Cyber Knife Stereotactic Radiotherapy

• Undergraduate: Phi Beta Kappa
• Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
• Internship (Internal Medicine): Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, 1984-1985
• Residency (Radiation Oncology): LDS Hospital Radiation Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 1985-1988
• Elective (Clinical Radiation Oncology): Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England, 1986
• Fellowship (Hematology-Oncology): University of Utah Medical Center, 1987
• Additional Training (External Beam and Brachytherapy Dosimetry): M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, TX, 1987
• Additional Training (Medical Oncology): University of Utah Medical Center, 1988
• Additional Training (Prostate Brachytherapy I-125/Pd-103 Seed Implantation): Northwest Hospital, Seattle, WA, 1992 and 1995
• Additional Training (CyberKnife Technical): Accuray Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, 2006
• Licensure: Medical Board of California, 1988

EMPLOYMENT

• July 1988 – present — Radiation Oncologist — Radiation Medical Group — A Division of Unio Specialty Care
• 2016 – present — Adjunct Professor — Department of Physics, San Diego State University — San Diego, California
• 2002 – present — Board of Directors Member — Radiation Medical Group — San Diego, California
• 2003 – 2007 — Board of Directors Member, Founding Member — Comprehensive Tele-Plan, LLC — San Diego, California
• December 2004 – April 2011 — Board of Directors Member — Director of Advanced Technology Integration — Western Cancer Center — San Diego, California
• April 2011 – present — Board of Directors Member — Unio Specialty Care — San Diego, California

EDUCATION

• 1976 — Wenatchee High School — Wenatchee, Washington
• 1980 — Washington State University — B.S. Zoology, Summa Cum Laude
• 1984 — University of Washington School of Medicine — Doctor of Medicine,

HONORARIES

• Phi Beta Kappa

INTERNAL MEDICINE

• Internal Medicine
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
• Santa Barbara, California
• July 1, 1984 – June 30, 1985

RESIDENCY

• Radiation Oncology
• LDS Hospital Radiation Center
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• July 1, 1985 – June 30, 1988

RESIDENCY EXTERNSHIPS

• Clinical Radiation Oncology
• Royal Marsden Hospital
• London, England
• July – August 1986
• Hematology-Oncology Fellow
• University of Utah Medical Center
• June 1987 — External Beam and Brachytherapy Dosimetry — M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute — Houston, Texas
• August 1987 — Medical Oncology Clinic — University of Utah Medical Center
• January 1988

POST RESIDENCY TRAINING

• Ultrasonically Guided I-125/Pd-103 Seed Implantation for the Treatment of Early Stage
• Prostate Cancer
• Northwest Hospital
• Seattle, Washington
• June 1992, February 1995
• Cyberknife Technical Training
• Accuray, Inc.
• Sunnyvale, California
• March 2006

LICENSURE

• Medical Board of California, 1988

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1985
• American Board of Radiology – Radiation Oncology, 1988

RESEARCH

• Fuller DB , Plenk HP: Malignant Testicular Tumors in a Father and Two Sons – Case Report and Literature Review. Cancer 58(4): 955-958, August 1986
• Fuller DB , Sause WT, Plenk HP, Menlove RL: Analysis of Post-Operative Radiation Therapy in Stage I Through III Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 5, No. 6: 897-905, June 1987.
• Presented to the European Society of Therapeutic Radiologists and Oncologists – Baden Baden, Germany – September 1986
• Fuller DB , Bloom HJG.: Radiotherapy for Chordoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics – Vol. 15: 331-339, August 1988.
• Presented to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology – Boston, Massachusetts – October 1987
• Sause WT, Fuller DB , Smith WG, Johnson GH, Plenk HP, Menlove RL.: Analysis of Preoperative Intracavitary Cesium Application Versus Postoperative External Beam Radiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics – Vol. 18, 1011-1017, April 1990
• Presented to the Western Association of Gynecologic Oncologists – Jackson Hole, Wyoming – June 1988
• Presented to the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology – New Orleans, Louisiana October 1988
• Avizonis V, Fuller DB , Thomson JW, Walker MJ, Nilsson DE, Menlove RL: Late Effects Following Nervous System Radiation in a Pediatric Population. Neuropediatric (23), 228-234, 1992
• Presented to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology – San Francisco, California – November 1989
• Fuller DB , Chambers JS: Superior Sulcus Tumors: Combined Modality. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 57:1133-1139, 1994
• Expert Panel on Radiation Oncology – Lung Work Group: Ko B, Sause WT, Byhardt R, Curran Jr. W, Fuller DB , Graham M, Komaki R, Weisenburger T, Kaiser L, Leibel S, Brown R: American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria – Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma. Radiology Vol. 215(S): 1281-1402, June 2000
• Fuller DB , Jin H, Ijaz T, Silverman M, Hardy S, Koziol JA, Feng AC: Office-Based CT-Ultrasound Interactive Transperineal Prostate Brachytherapy: A Real-Time Dosimetry Analysis and Quality Improvement Method. Abstract poster presentation to the American Brachytherapy Society 24th Annual Meeting, New York, May 2003
• Fuller DB , Gorman MK, Holcomb BC, Ijaz T: Prostate Brachytherapy Using Conscious Sedation and Local Anesthesia: Patient Satisfaction Survey, Short Term Morbidity Assessment and Implant Quality Assessment. Abstract poster presentation to the American Brachytherapy Society 24th Annual Meeting, New York, May 2003
• Fuller DB , Koziol JA: Prostate Brachytherapy Seed Migration and Dosimetry: Analysis of Potential Predictive Factors. Abstract oral presentation to the American Brachytherapy Society 24th Annual Meeting, New York, May 2003
• Fuller DB , Koziol JA, Feng AC: Prostate Brachytherapy Seed Migration and Dosimetry: Analysis of Stranded Sources and Other Potential Predictive Factors. Brachytherapy Vol. 3(1): 10-19, 2004
• Fuller DB , Jin H, Koziol J, Feng A: CT Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Brachytherapy: A Dynamic Dosimetry Feedback and Improvement Method: Report of 54 Consecutive Cases. Brachytherapy Vol.4(3): 207-216, 2005.
• Prestidge B, Bice W, Jurkovic I, Moran B, Fuller DB , Gray J, Beyer D, Kurtzman S, Sylvester J, Sadeghi A: A multi-institutional Phase II trial for Cesium-131 permanent prostate Brachytherapy. Brachytherapy Vol 5(2): 79, May 2005
• Prestidge B, Bice W, Jurkovic I, Moran B, Fuller DB , Gray J, Beyer D, Walker E, Sims M, Sadeghi A: Cesium-131 Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy: An Initial Report. Abstract poster presentation to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 47th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2005.
• Fuller DB , Hardy S: 131Cs Prostate Brachytherapy: Day 0 Versus Day 7 Dosimetry Result (With Routine Pre-, Peri, and Post-Operative Steroid Use); Early PSA Response and Morbidity Observations. Brachytherapy Vol 5(2): 114, May 2006
• Fuller DB , Jin H: Computed Tomography – ultrasound fusion brachytherapy: Description and evolution of the technique. Brachytherapy, Vol 6(4): 272-279. October-December 2007
• Fuller DB : Peripheral zone dose escalated Cyberknife prostate radiosurgery: Dosimetry comparison with HDR. Abstract oral presentation to the 6th Annual Cyberknife User’s Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, January 2007
• Fuller DB , Lee C, Jin H, Hardy S: Virtual HDRsm CyberKnife Prostate Radiosurgery: Toward the Development of Non-Invasive HDR Dosimetry Delivery and Early Clinical Observations. Abstract oral presentation to the Cyberknife Robotic Radiosurgery Course 2007, Chicago, IL, March 2007
• Fuller DB , Ijaz T, Koziol JA: Permanent Source Brachytherapy: Comparison of the Effectiveness and Safety of Two Different Local Anesthetic Regimens. Abstract poster discussion presentation to the American Brachytherapy Society 28th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2007
• Fuller DB , Lee C, Hardy S, Jin H: Evaluation of Cyberknife as a Noninvasive Prostate HDR Dosimetry Delivery Mechanism – Feasibility and Early Clinical Observations. Abstract oral presentation to the 8th Bi-annual Congress of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society, San Francisco, California, June 2007
• Fuller DB , Lee C, Hardy S, Jin, H: Virtual HDR Cyberknife Treatment: Toward the Development of Non-Invasive HDR Dosimetry Delivery and Early Clinical Observations. Abstract poster presentation to the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Los Angeles, California, October 2007
• Prestidge B, Bice W, Jurkovic I, Moran B, Fuller DB , Gray J, Beyer D, Sylvester J, Kurtzman S, Sadeghi A: Results Of A Multi-Institutional Trial Using Cesium-131 Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy. Abstract poster presentation to the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Los Angeles, California, October 2007
• Nijdam W, Levendag P, Fuller DB , Schulz R, Prevost JB, Noever I, Uyl-de Groot C: Robotic Radiosurgery vs. Brachytherapy as a Boost to Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Tonsillar Fossa and Soft Palate Tumors: The Clinical and Economic Impact of an Emerging Technology. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment Vol 6(6) 611-619 December 2007
• Fuller DB , Naitoh J, Lee C, Hardy S, Jin H: Virtual HDRsm CyberKnife Treatment for Localized Prostatic Carcinoma: Dosimetry Comparison with HDR Brachytherapy and Preliminary Clinical Observations. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics Vol. 70 (5) 1588-1597 April 2008
• Fuller DB : CyberKnife Radiosurgery: Quality of Life and Cost Considerations. Book Chapter in Robotic Radiosurgery, Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration. ed. by Harold C. Urschel, Jr. Chapter 27, 283-293. Springer Publishing 2007
• Fuller DB : Testicular Dose from Prostate CyberKnife: A Cautionary Note In regard to King et al., Letter to Editor, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 73(2) p637 February 2009
• Fuller DB : Balancing on a Knife's Edge: Evidence-Based Medicine and the Marketing of Health Technology In regard to Bentzen and Wasserman et al (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008: 72(1); 12-14)., Letter to Editor, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 73(2) 637-638 February 2009
• Fuller DB : Comparison of Virtual HDR Prostate Treatment Plans Fixed Collimator with MultiPlan v 2.6-2.1 versus Iris Variable Collimator with Sequential Optimization MultiPlan v 3.0. Oral presentation to the 2009 8th Annual CyberKnife Users’ Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, February 2009
• Fuller DB : Virtual HDR Prostate CyberKnife Radiosurgery: Efficacy, Toxicity and Quality of Life Evaluation.
• Abstract oral presentation to the 2009 8th Annual CyberKnife Users’ Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, February 2009.
• Abstract poster presentation to the 2009 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Orlando, Florida, February 2009.
• Muniruzzaman MM, Mardirossian G, Chu C, Steigerwalt J, Fuller DB : Prostate Treatment with CyberKnife: Comparison of Virtual HDR and Homogeneous Dose Plans and the Effect of Tissue Inhomogeneity. Presented to the AAPM Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, July 2009
• Fuller DB : Comparison of Virtual HDR Prostate Treatment Plans Created with Fixed and Variable Aperture Collimators. Presented to the ASTRO 2009 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2009
• Muniruzzaman MM, Chu C, Fuller DB , Giap HB, Ijaz T, Mardirossian G, Sanghvi PR, Shirazi R, Smith DE, Tova Y: Dose Planning and Delivery with CyberKnife and Prostate Planning Comparison with HDR BT. Presented to AMPICON 2009: 30th Annual Conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India, Hyderabad India, November 2009
• Fuller DB , Goldfarb G, Mardirossian G: Extracranial Melanoma – Response Rate and Duration of Response to CyberKnife Radiosurgery. Abstract poster presentation to the 2010 CyberKnife Scientific Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 2010.
• Giap HB, Fuller DB , Mardirossian G, Muniruzzaman MM, Smith DE, Mansy GJ, Tova Y, Shirazi R, Ijaz T, Lin R. Partial Breast Irradiation with CyberKnife: Solutions to Overcome the Technical Issues to the First Patient Treatment. Abstract presented at the 9th Annual CyberKnife Scientific Meeting. Dallas, Texas, March 2010
• Giap HB, Fuller DB , Mardirossian G, Muniruzzaman MM, Smith DE, Shirazi R, Mansy GJ, Tova Y, Ijaz T, Lin R. CyberKnife Treatment for Posterior Lung Tumor: Supine versus Prone Position? Abstract presented at the 9th Annual CyberKnife Scientific Meeting. Dallas, Texas, March 2010
• Fuller DB , Shirazi R, Naitoh J, Reilly M, Mardirossian G. Virtual HDR® Prostate CyberKnife Radiosurgery: Intermediate–term Efficacy and Toxicity Evaluation. Abstract presented at the 9th Annual CyberKnife Scientific Meeting. Dallas, Texas, March 2010
• Prestidge B, Bice W , Moran B, Fuller D , Gray J, Beyer D, Kurtzman S, Sylvester J, Potters L: Five-year biochemical control following Cesium-131 permanent prostate brachytherapy. Manuscript submitted to the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, October 2010
• Fuller DB , Mardirossian G, Wong D, McKellar H: Prospective Evaluation of Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Emulating HDR Brachytherapy Dose Distribution. Poster presented to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 52nd Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, November 2010
• Shirazi R, Goldfarb P, Fuller D , Smith, D, Tova Y, Mansy G, Giap H, Sanati H: Hypofractionated CyberKnife Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Abstract presented at the 2011 CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery Summit, San Francisco, February 2011
• Fuller DB , Mardirossian G, Wong D, McKellar H: Prospective Evaluation of CyberKnife Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Low- and Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: Emulating HDR Brachytherapy Dose Distribution. Abstract presented at the 2011 CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery Summit, San Francisco, February 2011
• Fuller DB , Shirazi R, Naitoh J, Mardirossian G: Virtual HDR SBRT for Localized Prostatic Carcinoma: Efficacy and Quality of Life Assessment. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the American Society for Radiation Oncology 53rd Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, October 2011
• Low R, Fuller DB , Muradyan N: Dynamic Gadolinium-Enhanced Perfusion MRI of Prostate Cancer: Assessment of Response to Hypofractionated Robotic Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. American Journal of Radiology 197: 907-915 October 2011

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• Prostate Brachytherapy Research Group
• Founding Member
• Dallas, Texas
• 1998 — Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: — Radiation Medical Group Principal Investigator
• 2000-2001 — Scripps Mercy Hospital — Clinical Faculty for Graduate Medical Education
• 2008

CONSULTING APPOINTMENTS

• Calypso Medical
• Seattle, Washington
• Clinical Advisor
• Philips Radiation Oncology Systems
• Milpitas, California
• Clinical Advisor
• Accuray
• Sunnyvale, California
• Clinical Consultant / Speaker’s Bureau
• CyberKnife Society
• Sunnyvale, California
• Board of Directors
• 2010 – present

JOURNAL REVIEWER

• 2008 – present — International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
• 2008 – present — Brachytherapy

COALITION MEMBERSHIP

• CyberKnife Coalition (CKC)
• Board of Directors
• 2005 – present

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

• Multimodality Image Fusion Treatment Planning for IMRT
• Presented to the 10th Annual Oncology Symposium
• Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems
• Salt Lake City, Utah October 2003
• Multimodality Image Fusion Treatment Planning
• Presented to the 11th Annual Oncology Symposium
• Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems and HealthStream
• Atlanta, Georgia October 2004
• 11th Annual Oncology Symposium
• Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems and HealthStream
• Course Director and Moderator
• Atlanta, Georgia, October 2004
• IMRT Planning for Head & Neck
• IMRT Planning for Prostate
• Presented to the 8th Annual International Conference and Workshop: New and Future Developments in Radiotherapy
• San Diego, California, November 2004
• Peripheral Zone Dose Escalated CyberKnife Prostate Radiosurgery: Dosimetry Comparison with HDR
• Presented to the CyberKnife 6th Annual Users’ Meeting
• Palm Springs, California, January 2007
• Cyberknife Applications: Pelvis
• Presented to the 2007 ASTRO Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT II) Symposium
• St. Petersburg, Florida, April 2007
• Evaluation Of Cyberknife As A Noninvasive Prostate HDR Dosimetry Delivery Mechanism Feasibility And Early Clinical Observations
• Presented to the 8th Bi-annual Congress of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society, San Francisco, California, June 2007
• Developing a Successful Freestanding CyberKnife Center
• Presented to the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery Course
• Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2007
• CyberKnife as Noninvasive HDR Dosimetry Delivery Mechanism: Feasibility and Preliminary Clinical Results
• Presented to the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery Course
• Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2007
• HDR-like CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer: Rationale, Feasibility and Clinical Results. Presented to the CyberKnife
• Robotic Radiosurgery Course.
• Moderator of Prostate Section
• Dana Point, California, November 2008
• Extreme External Beam Hypofractionation for Prostate Cancer: Rationale, Feasibility, and Clinical Results.
• Presented to the 2009 American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting
• Toronto, Canada, June 2, 2009
• Robotic Prostate SBRT
• Presented to Symposium of the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology (IS3R)
• San Diego, California, August 2009

AWARDS

• Top Doctor Award, Radiation Oncology
• San Diego County Medical Society and San Diego Magazine
• 2005, 2007

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• American College of Radiology
• American College of Radiation Oncology
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
• American Brachytherapy Society
• California Medical Association
• CyberKnife Society
• International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society
• San Diego County Medical Society
• San Diego Radiological Society
• Southern California Radiation Oncology Society

• He is certified by the American Board of Radiology in Radiation Oncology.
• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1985
• American Board of Radiology – Radiation Oncology, 1988
• Presented to the European Society of Therapeutic Radiologists and Oncologists – Baden Baden, Germany – September 1986
• Presented to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology – Boston, Massachusetts – October 1987
• Presented to the Western Association of Gynecologic Oncologists – Jackson Hole, Wyoming – June 1988
• Presented to the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology – New Orleans, Louisiana October 1988
• Presented to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology – San Francisco, California – November 1989
• Cyber Knife Coalition (CKC)Board of Directors2005 – present
• Multimodality Image Fusion Treatment Planning for IMRTPresented to the 10th Annual Oncology Symposium Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems Salt Lake City, Utah October 2003
• Multimodality Image Fusion Treatment Planning Presented to the 11th Annual Oncology Symposium Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems and Health Stream Atlanta, Georgia October 2004
• 11th Annual Oncology Symposium Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems and Health Stream Course Director and Moderator Atlanta, Georgia, October 2004
• IMRT Planning for Head & NeckIMRT Planning for Prostate Presented to the 8th Annual International Conference and Workshop: New and Future Developments in Radiotherapy San Diego, California, November 2004
• Peripheral Zone Dose Escalated Cyber Knife Prostate Radiosurgery: Dosimetry Comparison with HDRPresented to the Cyber Knife 6th Annual Users' Meeting Palm Springs, California, January 2007
• Cyberknife Applications: Pelvis Presented to the 2007 ASTRO Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT II) Symposium St. Petersburg, Florida, April 2007
• Evaluation Of Cyberknife As A Noninvasive Prostate HDR Dosimetry Delivery Mechanism Feasibility And Early Clinical Observations Presented to the 8th Bi-annual Congress of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society, San Francisco, California, June 2007
• Developing a Successful Freestanding Cyber Knife Center Presented to the Cyber Knife Robotic Radiosurgery Course Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2007
• Cyber Knife as Noninvasive HDR Dosimetry Delivery Mechanism: Feasibility and Preliminary Clinical Results Presented to the Cyber Knife Robotic Radiosurgery Course Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2007
• HDR-like Cyber Knife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer: Rationale, Feasibility and Clinical Results. Presented to the Cyber Knife Robotic Radiosurgery Course.Moderator of Prostate Section Dana Point, California, November 2008
• Extreme External Beam Hypofractionation for Prostate Cancer: Rationale, Feasibility, and Clinical Results.Presented to the 2009 American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting Toronto, Canada, June 2, 2009
• Robotic Prostate SBRTPresented to Symposium of the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology (IS3R)San Diego, California, August 2009
• Top Doctor Award, Radiation Oncology San Diego County Medical Society and San Diego Magazine2005, 2007
• American College of Radiology
• American College of Radiation Oncology
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
• American Brachytherapy Society
• California Medical Association
• Cyber Knife Society
• International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society
• San Diego County Medical Society
• San Diego Radiological Society
• Southern California Radiation Oncology Society

When he is not working, Dr. Fuller enjoys a variety of activities, including golf, running, physical fitness training, an eclectic menu of reading interests and watching competitive sports, including his daughters’ high level volleyball activities.