Christopher T. Coughlin, MD - Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology
Dr. Coughlin is an internist specializing in cancer and diseases of
the blood who has devoted much of his career to teaching, research, and
writing. He is a radiation oncologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in
Lebanon, NH, and Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.
Dr. Coughlin has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Clinical Oncology since 1989. He is also a
referee for the medical journals Cancer, Radiology, International Journal of
Hyperthermia, and the International Journal of Radiation
Oncology, Biology and Physics.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine -
1977
American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology -
1979
American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology -
1980
American Board of Internal Medicine, Radiation Oncology -
1981
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Folic Acid Deficiency
Anemia
Hemochromatosis
Hemophilia
Iron
Deficiency Anemia
Vitamin B-12 Deficiency Anemia
Von
Willebrand Disease
Education
M.D.: Harvard Medical School -
1973
Internship: Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR, 1973 -
1974
Residency in Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital,
Portland, OR, 1974 - 1976
Fellowship in Hematology, Montefiore
Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1976 - 1977
Fellowship in Oncology, Montefiore
Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1977 -1978
Fellowship in Radiotherapy,
Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1978 - 1980
Academic Appointments
Dartmouth Medical School:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine,
1980 - 1984
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, 1984 -
1989
Director, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, April 1984 -
February 1992
Associate Director for Radiation Oncology,
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Hanover, NH, April 1984 - February 1992
Professional Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
American Cancer Society
American Federation of
Clinical Research
American Medical Association
American
Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of
Hematology
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and
Oncology
Institutional PI for Radiation Therapy Oncology
Group
International Society for Stereotactic
Radiosurgery
North America Hyperthermia Group
Radiation
Research Society
Radium Society
Selected Publications
Coughlin CT, Richmond RC, Page RL (1994).
Platinum drug delivery and radiation for locally advanced prostate cancer.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and
Physics 28: 1029 - 1038.
Ryan TP, Backus VL, Coughlin CT
(1995). Large stationary microstrip arrays for superficial microwave
hyperthermia at 433 MHz:SAR analysis and clinical data.
International Journal of Hyperthermia 11(2): 187 -
209.
Pilepich MV, Caplan R, Byhardt RW, et al. (1997). Phase III
trial of androgen suppression using goserelin in unfavorable-prognosis
carcinoma of the prostate treated with definitive radiotherapy: report of
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Protocol 53-31. Journal of
Clinical Oncology 15(3): 1013 - 1021.