BIOSKETCH:
Dr. McCall received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana in 1998, and her Doctorate of Medicine from Rush Medical
College, Chicago, Illinois in 1983. She completed her residency in Radiation
Oncology at Loyola University Medical Center in 1990, and became Board
Certified that year. From 1990 to 1998, Dr. McCall was a faculty member of the
Department of Radiation Oncology at Loyola University Medical Center in
Maywood, Illinois. She joined Midwest Radiation Oncology in 1998, and became
Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at the West Suburban Center for Cancer
Care in 2000.
Dr. McCall was made a Fellow of the American College of Radiation Oncology in
2000. She currently is on the Medical Advisory Board of Y-Me of Illinois. She
serves as the Vice-President of the West Cook Chapter and is a Delegate to the
Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society, Illinois division. Her
special areas of interest include breast cancer, gynecologic cancer and
lymphoma.
Dr. McCall lives in River Forest with her husband, Richard, and their four
children. Her community involvement includes 5th Vice-President of the
Roosevelt Middle School PTO, and Secretary of the Oak Park-River Forest High
School Citizen's Council.
EDUCATION:
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
1974 - 1976
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana: B.S.
1976 - 1978
Rush Medical College, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center,
Chicago, Illinois: M.D.
1978 - 1983
POST GRADUATE TRAINING:
Resident, Department of General Surgery,
Loyola University
Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
1983 - 1985
Research Fellow, Department of General Surgery,
Loyola University
Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
1985 - 1986
Resident, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery,
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
1986
Resident, Department of Radiation Therapy,
Loyola University Medical
Center, Maywood, Illinois
1986 - 1989
EMPLOYMENT:
Instructor, Department of Radiotherapy
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
1989 - 1990
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiotherapy
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
1990 - 1997
Associate Professor, Department of Radiotherapy
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
1997 - 1998
Partner, Midwest Radiation Oncology Consultants, LLC
1998- present
AWARDS, HONORS, HONORARY SOCIETIES:
Phi Kappa Psi Honor Society
elected 1978
Post-sophomore Fellow, Department of Pathology
1980-1981
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Rush Chapter
elected 1982
American Medical Women's Association Award
1983
Sir William Osler Award, Department of Pathology
1983
Intern of the Year, Department of General Surgery
1986
Listed “Best Radiation Oncologist”, Guide to America's Top Doctors,
Center for the Study of Services
1999-present
Listed How to find the Best Doctors, Chicago Metropolitan Area
Castle Connoly Guide
1999-present
Fellow of the American College of Radiation Oncology
2000
MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Brachytherapy Society
American College of Radiation Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Chicago Metropolitan Association of Radiation Oncologists and Physicists
Radiologic Society of North America
The Society for the Study of Breast Disease
The Professional Advisory Board of Wellness House
COMMITTEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES:
Planning Committee, American Cancer Society Continuing Education Seminar
1988 - 1995
Program Director, Medical Student Summer Research Rotation, Loyola-Hines
Department of Radiation Therapy
1989 - 1995
Secretary, Chicago Metropolitan Association of Radiation Oncologists and
Physicists
1990
Admissions Committee, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago
1990 - 1995
President, Chicago Metropolitan Association of Radiation Oncologists
and Physicists
1991 - 1993
Faculty Advisor, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago
1991 - 1998
Co-Director, Breast Care Cancer, Loyola Medical Center
1992 - 1998
Director, Loyola-Hines Radiotherapy Residency Program
1993 - 1998
Medical Student Life Committee, Stritch School of Medicine,
Loyola University Chicago
1994
Operations Restructuring/Clinical Resource Management (OR/CRM)
Loyola University Chicago
1994 - 1995
Operating Committee, Oncology Institute, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
1994 - 1998
Board of Directors, Loyola University Physicians Foundation
1995 - 1997
Ad Hoc LUMC/WSHMC Medical Staff Integration Committee
1996- 1997
Pain Management Subcommittee, Center for Clinical Effectiveness
1997 - 1998
American Board of Radiology, Task Force for Writing Questions
1996 - 2001
Interim Medical Director, Div. of Radiation Oncology
West Suburban Medical Center
1996- 1997
Advisor, The Breast Health Center, Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center
1998- 1999
Education and Library Committee, Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center
1998- 1999
Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, Southwestern Chicago Chapter
1998- 1999
American Board of Radiology, oral examiner
1999- 2000
Medical Director, Radiation Oncology, West Suburban Center for Cancer Care,
River Forest, IL
2000-
Advisory Board, Breast Health Center, West Suburban Health Care
2000-
Vice President, American Cancer Society, West Cook Division
2002-
Delegate, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, Illinois Division
2002-
Medical Advisory Board, Y-Me of Illinois
2002-
LICENSURE:
National Board of Medical Examiners
1983
American Board of Radiology
1990
State of Illinois, #003-036-069315-1
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Schneiderman, H., Hammerschmidt, D.E., McCall, A.R., Jacob, H.S. Fatal
Complement-induced leukostasis after diatrizoate injection. JAMA
250:2340-2343, 1983.
Schneiderman, H., McCall,A.R., Fordham, E.W., Rosenberg, M.S., Goren, C.C.,
Rozek, S. Primary Cardiac Osteosarcoma: Multi disciplinary aspects applicable
to extra-skeletal osteosarcoma generally. CA Cancer J Clin 34:110-117, 1985.
Coon, J.S., McCall, A., Miller, A.W., Farrow, G.M., Weinstein, R.S. Expression
of blood-group-related antigens in carcinoma in-situ of the urinary bladder.
Cancer 56:797-804, 1985.
Ott, R.A., Calandra, D., McCall, A.R., Shah, K.H., Lawrence, A.M., Paloyan, E.
The incidence of thyroid carcinoma in patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and
solitary cold nodules. Surgery 98:1202-1206, 1985.
McCall, A.R., Jarosz, H., Lawrence, A.M., Paloyan, E. The incidence of thyroid
carcinoma in solitary cold nodules and in multinodular goiters. Surgery
100:1128-1132, 1986.
Hofmann, C., Oslapas, R., Nayyar, R., McCall, A.R., Paloyan, E. Testosterone
enhancement of thyroid carcinoma in rats: the role of TSH. Surgery
100:1078-1087, 1986.
McCall, A.R., Calandra, D., Lawrence, A.M., Henkin, R., Paloyan, E.
Parathyroid auto-transplantation in forty-four patients with primary
hyperparathyroidism: the role of thallium scanning. Surgery 100:614-620, 1986.
MacHenry, C., Jarosz, H., Calandra, D., McCall, A.R., Lawrence, A., Paloyan, E.
Thyroid neoplasia following radiation therapy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Arch
Surgery 122:684-686, 1987.
Ott, R.A., McCall, A.R., MacHenry, C., Jarosz, H., Armin, A., Lawrence, A.M.,
Paloyan, E. The incidence of thyroid carcinoma in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
American Surgeon, 53:442-445, 1987.
McCall, A.R., Henkin, R., Calandra, D., Lawrence, A.M., Jarosz, H., Paloyan, E.
Routine use of thallium-technetium scan prior to parathyroidectomy. American
Surgeon 53:380-384, 1987.
McCall, A.R., Ott, R., Jarosz, H., Lawrence, A.M., Paloyan, E. Improvement of
vocal cord paresis after thyroidectomy. American Surgeon 53:377-379, 1987.
Dolan, J.R., McCall, A.R., Walter, S., Gooneratne, S. Evaluation of DNA ploidy
and S-phase in vulvar carcinoma. Gynecologic Oncology 48:132-135, 1993.
McCall, A.R., Leybovich, L., DeVanna, G.,Washington, T.A. Phantom evaluation
of heat distribution in tissues surrounding a silicone gel implant. Breast
Disease, An International Journal 8:141-147, 1995.
McCall, A.R., Olson, M.C., Potkul, R.K. The variation of inguinal lymph node
depth in adult women and its importance in planning elective irradiation for
vulvar cancer. Cancer 75:2286-2288, 1995.
McCall, A.R., Leybovich, L., Canfield, T., Borrowdale,R. Hyperthermia in the
canine larynx. Endocurie/Hyperthermia Oncology 11:253-259, 1995.
Erlich, E., Potkul, R.K., McCall, A.R., Walter, S., Vaughan, A.T.M. Paclitaxel
is only a weak radiosensitizer of human cervical carcinoma cells. Gynecol.
Oncol. 60:251-254, 1996.
Stiff, P.J., Dahlberg, S., Forman, S.J., McCall, A.R., Horning, S.J., et al.
Autologous bone marrow transplantation for patients with relapsed or refractory
diffuse aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: value of augmented preparative
regimens-A Southwest Oncology Group Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology
16(1):48-55, 1998.
Mohideen, N., Luka, S., Feinstein, J., Sidrys, J., and McCall, A.R. Factors
that influence biochemical failure after radiation therapy for T1C prostate
cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology 21(1):6-11, 1998.
Nieland, J.D., Loviscek, K., Kono, K., Albain, K.S., McCall, A.R., Potkul,
R.K., et al. PBLS of early breast carcinoma patients with a high nuclear grade
tumor unlike PBLs of cervical carcinoma patients do not show a decreased TCRz
expression but are functionally impaired. Journal of Immunotherapy 1998 (in
press).
Kamradt, M., Augustin, E., McCall,A.R., Manker, S., Rudnick, S., Erlich, E.,
Loviscek, K., Walter, S., Geng, L., Mohideen, N., and Vaughan, A.T.M.
Regulation of clonogenic survival in irradiated human cervical carcinoma cell
lines by dexamethasone involves HPV18 E6 and E7 gene expression. (In
preparation)
McCall, A.R., Garrity, E. Total nodal irradiation for acute rejection of lung
transplants. (In revision.)
McCall, A.R., Manker, C., Rudnick, S., Erlich, E., Loviscek, K., Walter, S.,
Geng, L., Mohideen, N., and Vaughan, A.T.M. Over-expression of HPV E6 and E7
genes increases radioresistance in human cervical carcinoma cell lines by down
regulation of apoptosis. (In preparation).
McCall, A.R., Potkul, R.K. Laparoscopic-directed placement of perineal
interstitial implants. Endocurie/Hyperthermia Oncology, (in press)
McCall, A.R., Micetich, K.C. The multi-disciplinary approach to cancer:
Introducing concepts through a medical school clerkship. (Submitted) Journal
of Cancer Education, April 1998.
Krueger, EA, McCall AR, Fisher, SG, Potkul RK. An evaluation of sexual
function after surgery and/or radiation for cervical cancer. Radiation
Oncology Investigations (accepted for publication, July, 1999)
McCall, A.R., Calandra, D., Lawrence, A.M., Henkin, R., Paloyan, E.
Parathyroid autotransplantation in 44 patients with primary
hyperparathyroidism-the role of thallium scanning. Presented at the 29th
Annual Assembly of the Midwest Surgical Association, Mackinac Island, Michigan,
Aug., 1986.
McCall, A.R., Canfield, T., Borrowdale, R. Hyperthermia in the canine larynx.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic
Radiology and Oncology, Boston, October, 1987.
Flanigan, R.C., Mittleberg, N., Waters, W.B., Marks, J.E., McCall, A.R.,
Walloch, J., Herman, C. The role of radiation therapy in Stage A2 prostate
cancer: a single institution's experience. Presented at the meeting of the
European Association of Urology, January, 1990.
McCall, A.R., Vaughan, A.T.M. The differential expression of Ki-67 in
radiosensitive and radioresistant cells. Presented at the American Radium
Society, Proceedings of the 75th Anniversary Meeting, Montreal, April, 1991.
McCall, A.R., Walter, S.A. and Vaughan, A.T.M. Elevated levels of Mutant p53
protein is associated with both increased radioresistance and S phase content
in four human squamous cell carcinomas. Presented by Vaughan, A.T.M. at the
Proceedings of the Cell Cycle Checkpoints, DNA Repair and DNA Replication
Strategies Conference, Cambridge, UK, September, 1993.
Kim, J., McCall, A.R., Walter, S., Loviscek, A., and Vaughan, A.T.M. Mutant
p53 shows reduced reactivity with N-terminal specific antibodies in
radiosensitive but not radioresistant human squamous cell carcinoma cell lines.
Ninth Annual Meeting of Midwestern Regional Radiation Research, Clayton, MO.,
November 1993.
McCall, A.R., Olson, M.C., Potkul, R.K. The variation of inguinal lymph node
depth in women with vulvar cancer and its importance in planning elective
irradiation. Presented at the American Radium Society, Bermuda, April, 1994.
Page 21.
McCall, A.R., Walter, S., Vaughan, A.T.M. Radiosensitivity in two human
squamous cell carcinomas is linked to a corrupt or missing transactivation
domain within the p53 protein. Presented at the Proceedings of the
Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research,
San Francisco 35:637, April, 1994.
McCall, A.R., Walter, S., and Vaughan, A.T.M. Radiosensitivity in two human
squamous cell carcinomas is linked to a corrupt or missing transactivation
domain with the p53 protein. Forth-second Annual Meeting of the Radiation
Research Society, Nashville, TN., April 1994.
Erlich, E., Potkul, R.K., McCall, A.R., Walter, S.,Vaughan, A.T.M. Taxol is
only a weak radiosensitizer of human cervical carcinoma cells. Presented at
the Thirty-sixth Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society for
Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, San Francisco, CA. Intl. Journal Oncology,
Biol. Phys. 30:172, October, 1994.
Washington, T.A., McCall, A.R., Thorstad, W.L., Melian, E., Houck, J.,
Robinson, J.A., Hussain, A., Garrity, E.R. Total nodal irradiation for the
treatment of refractory rejection of transplanted lungs. Presented at the
Radiologic Society of North America, Chicago, IL. Radiology 193(D):Supplement,
201, Nov., 1994.
Stiff, P.J., Dahlberg, S., Fisher, R.I., McCall, A.R., Nademanee, A., Forman,
S.J., Horning, S., Blume, K. for SWOG, Maywood, IL, Seattle, WA, Duarte, CA and
Stanford, CA. Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation (ABMT) for patients with
diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: value of augmented preparative regimens. A
Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) Trial. Am. Soc. Clin. Oncol. 14:388, 1995.
Vaughan, A.T.M., McCall, A.R., Manker, C., Rudnick, S., Erlich, E., Loviscek,
K., Geng, L. Over expression of HPV E6 and E7 genes increases radioresistance
in human cervix cell lines by a reduction in apoptosis. Proceeding of the 86th
Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Toronto, 36:14,
March, 1995.
McCall, A.R., Manker, C., Rudnick, S., Erlich, E., Loviscek, K., Walter, S.,
Geng, L. and Vaughan, A.T.M. Over expression of HPV E6 and E7 genes increases
radioresistance in human cervical carcinoma cell lines by down regulation of
apoptosis. Proceedings of the 43rd annual meeting of the Radiation Research
Society and 15th annual meeting of the North American Hyperthermia Society, San
Jose, CA., page 226, April, 1995.
Garrity, E.R., Montoya, A., McCall, A.R., Husain, A., and the Loyola Lung
Transplant Program, Departments of Medicine, Cardiovascular and Thoracic
Surgery, Radiotherapy and Pathology. Loyola University Chicago. Total nodal
irradiation in the treatment of acute allograft rejection after lung
transplantation. Presented at the American Society of Transplant Physicians,
Los Angeles, CA., May, 1995.
Augustin, E.A., McCall, A.R., Kamradt, M., Loviscek, L., Vaughan, A.T.M.
Decreased apoptosis contributes to radio-resistance in dexamethasone treated
C4-1 cervical carcinoma cell lines. Presented at the Midwest Medical Research
Conference, Houston, TX., April 1996
Augustin, E., Vaughan, A.T.M., Erlich, E., Kamradt, M., Walter, S., McCall,
A.R. Paclitaxel induces apoptosis by a p53 independent mechanism in human
cervical cell lines. Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology,
15, #22, March, 1996.
Augustin, E., Dolan, J.R., Potkul, R.K., Fisher, S.G., McCall, A.R. An
evaluation of sexual function after surgery and/or radiation for cervical
cancer. Accepted for presentation at the American Society of Therapeutic
Radiology and Oncology, Los Angeles, CA., October 1996.
McCall, A.R. and Michetich, K.C. The multi disciplinary approach to cancer:
Introducing concepts through a medical school clerkship. Accepted for
presentation at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Association of
Cancer Education, Chicago, October 18, 1996.
Kamradt, M., Krueger, E., McCall, A.R., Manker, C., Rudnick, S., Erlich, E.,
Khodarev, N. and Vaughan, A.T.M. Upregulation of HPV E6 and E7 genes in human
cervix carcinoma cell lines leads to both an increase in radiation resistance
and alterations in apoptosis. ASTRO, Los Angeles, CA., October 1996.
Mohideen, N., Luka, S. Feinstein, J., Sidrys, J., Bricker, P., and McCall, A.R.
Factors which influence biochemical failure after radiation therapy for stage
T1c prostate cancer. American Radium Society Meeting, New York, NY, May 1997.
Stiff, P.J., Unger, J., Fisher, R.I., McCall, A.R., Nademanee, A., Blume, K.,
Horning, S., and Forman, S.J. Single fraction high dose chemotherapy with or
without total body irradiation (TB1) and an autologous bone marrow transplant
(ABMT) for patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin's Disease: High survival
rate in chemoresistant disease. A Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG ) Trial.
Blood 88(10) Suppl 1:485a (#1930), 1996.
Birkhead-Scharf, C., McCall, A.R., and Potkul, R.K. Laparoscopic-directed
placement of interstitial perineal implants. The IVth Annual Symposium,
Critical Issues in Surgery, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dec 2-4, 1996.
Mohideen, N. McCall, A.R., Kamradt, M., Bayer, R., and Vaughan, A.T.M.
Activity of gemcitabine and its radiosensitization of human cervical cancer
cell. Proc. Am. Soc. Clin. Oncology 16:865, 245a, 1997.
Krasin, M., McCall, A.R., King, S., and Emami, B. Three-dimensional
dose-volume analysis in women treated with standard two-dimensional breast
tangent fields. ASTRO 1998.
McCall A.R., Olson M., Krasin, M. CT assessment of supra clavicular and
internal mammary lymph node depth for
adjuvant radiation of breast cancer. ASTRO 1998.
McCall, A.R. The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Breast Cancer
in Textbook of Breast Disease, John H. Isaacs, Editor. Mosby Year Book, 1992.
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