✨I’ve treated over 40 patients with Painful Shoulder Syndrome Painful shoulder syndrome represents a significant clinical challenge that affects a substantial portion of the adult population, frequently resulting in functional disability and diminished quality of life. This

🚨Proposed CMS Cuts to Orthovoltage Radiotherapy for Benign Conditions —A Threat to Patient Care and Specialty Sustainability The newly proposed CMS rules would slash reimbursement for orthovoltage radiotherapy—used for benign conditions like osteoarthritis — by a nearly 40%

67 yo with significant right knee pain (7/10) with walking. X-Ray confirms KL grade 3 osteoarthritis. Arrows point to osteophyte formation and joint space narrowing. He has failed conservative management with exercise, weight loss and physical therapy. He has also tried NSAIDs

Thrilled to announce that this trial of SRS for spasticity is now resuming accrual in Winter Park, FL at therenaissanceinstitute.org !!!

For all of you crypto fans, apparent there is a knee surgery meme coin 🤷🏽‍♂️

I’m honored to share that I’ve been invited to moderate a series of ASTRO webinars focused on radiotherapy for benign conditions this October, following the ASTRO Annual Meeting. As we plan the content, I’d love to hear from colleagues and the wider Radonc community: •Which

🎬The Power of AI Content Creation AI just keeps blowing my mind. With just two photos of myself, TwinAi was able to generate a video where I’m walking into my clinic. It’s wild how an app can dream up such realistic scenes from a couple of pictures! If an amateur like myself

Excited to announce that I'll be officially seeing patient consults for osteoarthritis, plantar fasciitis, tendinitis, and bursitis at the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, using low dose radiation therapy (LDRT), starting

“If the risk of life is suffering and death, then we need a roadmap to life that justifies that risk.” Jordan Peterson This was one of my favorite quotes shared by Jordan Peterson when I met him in Los Angeles. Mentorship is so important. Dr Jordan B Peterson

Sharing a meal with some giants of Benign XRT. PDBrown Bobby Koneru, MD Richard Shaffer, Henrik Seegenschmidt MD Anderson Cancer Center Albert Koong, MD PhD

I get monthly calls from clinics nationwide asking about expanding into benign condition treatments - osteoarthritis, tendinopathies, Dupuytren’s contracture. There’s growing academic interest in using radiotherapy for cardiac and neurological conditions too. What clinical

🚀 Why Radiation Oncology Needs to Stop Playing Defense and Start Playing Offense I recently wrote a post on entrepreneurship across medical specialties, and the findings were eye-opening. While dermatology, radiology, and cardiology have robust entrepreneurial ecosystems

Treating Musculoskeletal pain (OA) with low dose radiotherapy Is Orthovoltage or Megavoltage better? Meta-analysis no diff on subgroups, some larger trends favor Orthovoltage long term

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A Paradigm Shift in Osteoarthritis Treatment? This may be the most consequential osteoarthritis study in over a decade. But it hasn’t been talked about. A landmark 10-year randomized controlled trial from Russia, discussed personally with the authors by myself and Dr. Richard

If #radonc is expanding into treatment of benign diseases like osteoarthritis (#ASTRO25 theme), we need to revise billing codes, since it's currently not financially feasible to run these clinics. PDBrown Bobby Koneru, MD For example, generous estimate of 10-15 RVUs/pt:

Remember for OA, LDRT not only helps with pain relief and functional improvement, but also by slowing disease progression. References 1.Fazilat‑Panah D et al. Effects of low‑dose rate radiotherapy on pain relief, performance score, and quality of life in patients with knee