Luther W. Brady, M.D. Inducted into the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine
June 15 2016 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Alliance Oncology, a division of Alliance HealthCare Services,
Inc. (NASDAQ:AIQ), a leading national provider of outsourced
healthcare services, announced today that Luther W. Brady, M.D. is
being made an Extraordinary International Academic Member of the
Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine.
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Luther Brady, M.D., The CyberKnife Center
of Philadelphia (Photo: Business Wire)
Dr. Brady is the founder of The CyberKnife Center of
Philadelphia and the current Director of Medical Research at
Philadelphia CyberKnife, an Alliance Oncology radiation therapy
center. He is recognized as one of the world's foremost experts in
cancer treatment and has published more than 800 papers in peer
review journals and has led numerous clinical trials. Radiation
oncologists around the world are familiar with his text books and
the Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology (Brady-Yaeger Eds.). He has
won over thirty medals for his contributions in medicine and has
served as president of every major radiation oncology professional
society.
Dr. Brady was born in North Carolina and received his
undergraduate and medical degrees at George Washington University
in Washington, D.C. He received post-graduate training in radiology
and radiation oncology at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, and
in Philadelphia at Thomas Jefferson Medical College and the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He has had appointments
at the Harvard Medical School, The College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Columbia University, but has spent the majority of his
career in Philadelphia first at the University of Pennsylvania, and
since 1959, at Hahnemann University Hospital, now Drexel
University.
To be named an Extraordinary International Academic Member of
the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine, the candidate must be
nominated by two full-members of the Royal Academy and the
nominators must be from Complutense University, the largest
university in Spain. Dr. Brady was nominated by Prof. Jose Luis
Carreras, Professor of Nuclear Medicine, and Prof. Eduardo
Diaz-Rubio, Professor of Medical Oncology.
The purpose of the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine is to
promote the progress of Spanish medicine, publish its historical
background, and serve as a resource for medicine in Spain. The
tasks and current projects of the Royal Academy include the
Dictionary of Medical Terms, the announcement and awarding of
Prizes, and computerization of its bibliographic material. It
consists of fifty Academic Fellows and Honor Scholars,
Corresponding National and Foreign Members, and Medals of
Honor.
Dr. Brady will travel to Madrid to accept this honor at a
ceremony held at the Royal Academy of at Medicine on Wednesday,
June 22.
About Philadelphia CyberKnife
Philadelphia CyberKnife is a service of Delaware County Memorial
Hospital, a member of the Crozer-Keystone Health System, and is an
Alliance Healthcare facility. The center is located off the
hospital's main campus at 2010 West Chester Pike in Havertown,
Pennsylvania. For more information about Philadelphia CyberKnife,
please visit www.PhillyCyberKnife.com or call 610.446.6850. Most
insurance plans and Medicare are accepted.
About Alliance HealthCare Services
Alliance HealthCare Services (NASDAQ: AIQ) is a leading
national provider of outsourced healthcare services to hospitals
and providers. We also operate freestanding outpatient radiology,
oncology and interventional services clinics, and Ambulatory
Surgical Centers (“ASC”) that are not owned by hospitals or
providers. Diagnostic radiology services are delivered through the
Radiology Division (Alliance HealthCare Radiology), radiation
oncology services are delivered through the Oncology Division
(Alliance Oncology), and interventional and pain management
services are delivered through the Interventional Services Division
(Alliance HealthCare Interventional Partners). Alliance is the
nation’s largest provider of advanced diagnostic mobile imaging
services, an industry-leading operator of fixed-site imaging
centers, and a leading provider of stereotactic radiosurgery
nationwide. As of March 31, 2016, Alliance operated
601 diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy
systems, including 117 fixed-site radiology centers
across the country, and 32 radiation therapy centers
and SRS facilities. With a strategy of partnering with
hospitals, health systems and physician practices, Alliance
provides quality clinical services for over 1,000 hospitals and
other healthcare partners in 45
states, where approximately 2,400 Alliance Team
Members are committed to providing exceptional patient care and
exceeding customer expectations. For more information, visit
www.alliancehealthcareservices-us.com.
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