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Specialty
Radiation Oncology
Dr. DesRosiers practices general radiation oncology including stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy

Professional Education & Experience
Dr. DesRosiers did his undergraduate work at the University of Utah. He then received a Master’s Degree in Medical Physics at the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. The graduate program placed an emphasis on radiation safety for the clinical application of radiation in cancer therapy, diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine. He subsequently attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana-Champaign, Rockford and Chicago campuses, receiving his MD in 1995. He did his Radiation Oncology Residency at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. DesRosiers was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor on faculty at Indiana University. His clinical service included otolaryngology and pediatric oncology patients as well as GammaKnifeTM radiosurgery for benign or malignant brain lesions in adult and pediatric patients. Recently he has been practicing general radiation oncology.

Certification
Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology Radiation

Honors and Memberships
He received a peer nominated award, being named on of the Best Doctors in America for 2007-2008.

Named an Indianapolis Top Doc in  2009 and 2010, by Indianapolis Monthly

Recent Publications -
Lo SS. Abdulrahman R. DesRosiers PM. Fakiris AJ. Witt TC. Worth RM. Dittmer PH. DesRosiers CM. Frost S. Timmerman RD. The role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the management of unresectable gross disease or gross residual disease after surgery in ependymoma. [Journal Article] Journal of Neuro- Oncology. 79(1):51-6, 2006 Aug.

Evaluation of underdosage in external photon beam radiotherapy of glottic carcinoma: Monte Carlo study. Siarhei Spirydovich, Lech Papiez, Vadim Moskvin, Paul DesRosiers. Radiotherapy and Oncology 78 (2006) 159-164

Monte Carlo simulation of the Leksell Gamma Knife®: II. Effects of heterogeneous versus homogeneous media for stereotactic radiosurgery. Vadim Moskvin, Robert Timmerman, Colleen DesRosiers, Marcus Randall, Paul DesRosiers, Phil Dittmer and Lech Papiez, Phys. Med. Biol. 49 (2004) 4879-4895

Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy: Monte Carlo Investigation of “Under Dose” by High Energy Photons. DesRosiers PM, Moskvin VP, DesRosiers CM, Timmerman RD, Randall ME, Papiez LS. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2004, 289-294.

Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care: Chapter 35, Primary Brain Tumors, by Paul DesRosiers and Robert Timmerman. Cambridge University Press, New York NY, 2003.