Martin E. Keisch, MD, a board-certified radiation oncologist, is president of Cancer HealthCare Associates (CHCA) and medical director of radiation oncology at University of Miami Hospital and Aventura Hospital.

Dr. Keisch has extensive expertise in breast, prostate and GYN brachytherapy. He currently serves as an investigator in the Mammosite Multicenter DCIS trial and the Mammosite Registry trial for the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

He graduated with honors from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, in 1987. While attending medical school, he obtained a research grant and completed studies of endothelial cell motility and cytoskeletal structure modulation by growth substrate.

Dr. Keisch completed a residency in radiation oncology in 1992 at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, MO, where he served as chief resident in radiation oncology. While completing his residency, he developed a computer-based training system for radiation oncology. In addition, he was an American Cancer Society research fellow.

Prior to joining University of Miami Hospital, Dr. Keisch worked as a radiation oncologist at another cancer center in Miami Beach, Fla. Before moving to Florida, he served as medical director for radiation oncology for Sharp Healthcare in San Diego. Dr. Keisch is licensed to practice in California and Missouri in addition to Florida.

Dr. Keisch’s professional affiliations include serving as a member of the University of Miami Hospital Cancer Committee and as the cancer liaison physician to the American College of Surgeons. He also is a member of the finance committee of the American Brachytherapy Society.

His other affiliations include: The American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology; American College of Radiology; ESTRO; Fletcher Society; American Radium Society; American College of Radiation Oncology; Association of Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers; and the American Brachytherapy Society.

Dr. Keisch was born in 1962 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He lives in Miami with his wife, Vicki, and their new baby boy, Mason, who was born September 25, 2006.

Contact Dr. Keisch at 305.545.6685 or Toll-free at 1.877.545.6685 or via e-mail at mkeisch@cancerhealthcare.net.

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