Geoffrey Smoron, M.D.

Geoffrey Smoron
, M.D. GEOFFREY SMORON, M.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
St. Joseph Hospital
77 N. Airlite St.
Elgin, IL 60123
(847) 695-3200

BIOSKETCH:
Dr. Smoron attended Loyola University from 1962 to 1969 and received his M.D. degree. He interned at Evanston Hospital and then completed a residency in Therapeutic Radiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (both of Northwestern University) in 1973. Dr. Smoron served as Lt.Cdr. in the U.S. Navy on active duty from 1973 to 1975 as Director of both the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy at the Great Lakes Naval Regional Medical Center. During this time, he received teaching appointments from both George Washington University and Northwestern University. He presently holds an appointment as Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He was attending radiation oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from 1975 to 1981. In 1981, he accepted the position as Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin where he still practices.
Dr. Smoron was certified by the American Board of Radiology in 1974. He was elected Fellow of the American College of Radiology in 1987 and the American College of Radiation Oncology in 2001. He is past president of the Chicago Radiological Society and serves on the Executive Committee of the Illinois Radiological Society and the Governor's Radiation Technology Advisory Board. He lives in Lake Forest with his wife Joan, in close proximity to three of their six grandchildren.
EDUCATION:
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
1962-1965

Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
1965-1969
POST GRADUATE TRAINING:
Internship (Internal Medicine)
Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois
Northwestern University
1969-1970

Residency (Therapeutic Radiology)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Northwestern University
1970-1973

LICENSURE/BOARD CERTIFICATION:
1970 National Board of Medical Examiners
1970 State of Illinois
1974 American Board of Radiology

AWARDS, HONORS, HONORARY SOCIETIES:
1999 Northwestern University Medical School Chair, for 25 years of teaching service
1999 Distinguished Committee Service Award, American College of Radiology
1982-1994 National Chairman, Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Program
1986-1990 President, American Cancer Society, Elgin Chapter
2000 Hadassah Society Award: Advancing Awareness, Prevention and Treatment of Cancer
2002 Illinois Partnership for Cancer Prevention and Control Award, Illinois Department of Public Health
APPOINTMENTS:
1975-1985 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Co-Chairman, Melanoma and GU Committee
1976-1979 Lecturer, Cook County Graduate School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
1976-1978 Director, Radiation Therapy Center, St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital,
Chicago, Illinois
1981-1983 Commission on Cancer, Committee on Professional Testing, American
College of Radiology
1981-1995 Medical Director, School of Radiation Therapy Technology, St. Joseph
Hospital, Elgin
1982-1995 Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology - Site
Visitor
1982-1995 Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
Site Visitor
1984-1985 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Work Group: Revision
of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Standards
1986-1991 Chairman, Radiotherapy Committee, Illinois Cancer Council

1987-1994 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, Medical Use Advisory Board
Accelerator Task Force
1989-1999 American College of Radiology Liaison to the Cancer Committee of the
College of American Pathologists
1989-2003 Co-Director, Northern Illinois Center for Cancer Care
McHenry, Illinois
1993-1995 American College of Radiation Oncology Education Committee
1994-1998 Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Principal Investigator
1995-2003 Medical Director, Midwest Institute for Neutron Therapy at FermiLab
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Smoron, Geoffrey L.: Strip-Staggering: Elimination of Inhomogeneity in the Moving-Strip Technique of Whole Abdominal Irradiation. Radiology 104:657- 660, 9-1972.
Smoron, Geoffrey L.; Battifora, Hector A.: Thoratrast-Induced Hepatoma. Cancer Vol. 30, No. 5: 1252-1259, 11-1973.
Smoron, G.L.; Kot, E.; Schweppe, J.S.; Morris, H.P.: DNA and Nucleoprotein Changes in Liver and Tumor Nuclei after Irradiation. Oncology 29:320-328, 5-1974.
Smoron, G.L.; O'Brien, Cynthia A.; Sullivan, Carol A.: Tumor Localization and Treatment Technique for Cancer of the Esophagus. Radiology 111:735-736, 6-1974.
Smoron, Geoffrey L.: Radiation Therapy of Carcinoma of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tract. Cancer 40: 1422-1424, 10-1977.
Smoron, G.L.; Brady, L.W.; Cox, J.D.; Moss, W.T.; Sagerman, R.H.; Thar, T.L.; LaRocca, D.S.: Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Program, Vol. V, Professional Evaluation & Publication Services, Inc., Philadelphia, PA 1982-83.
Smoron, Geoffrey L., M.D., Lennox, Arlene, Ph.D.: Osteogenic Sarcoma of the Maxilla: Neutron Therapy for Unresectable Disease. Sarcoma, edition 3, September 1999, pg. 141-144, 1999.
Smoron, Geoffrey L., M.D.: Invited Lecture, State of the Art Cancer Series, "Management of Malignant Disorders Using Neutron Therapy". Presented at Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
1995-present American Journal of Roentgenology Manuscript Reviewer
1996 Invited Lecture, State of the Art Cancer Series "Management of Malignant Disorders Using Neutron Therapy" Presented at Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University

	GEOFFREY SMORON, M.D. Department of Radiation Oncology St. Joseph Hospital 77 N. Airlite St. Elgin, IL 60123 (847) 695-3200

BIOSKETCH: Dr. Smoron attended Loyola University from 1962 to 1969 and received his M.D. degree. He interned at Evanston Hospital and then completed a residency in Therapeutic Radiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (both of Northwestern University) in 1973. Dr. Smoron served as Lt.Cdr. in the U.S. Navy on active duty from 1973 to 1975 as Director of both the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy at the Great Lakes Naval Regional Medical Center. During this time, he received teaching appointments from both George Washington University and Northwestern University. He presently holds an appointment as Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He was attending radiation oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from 1975 to 1981. In 1981, he accepted the position as Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin where he still practices. Dr. Smoron was certified by the American Board of Radiology in 1974. He was elected Fellow of the American College of Radiology in 1987 and the American College of Radiation Oncology in 2001. He is past president of the Chicago Radiological Society and serves on the Executive Committee of the Illinois Radiological Society and the Governor's Radiation Technology Advisory Board. He lives in Lake Forest with his wife Joan, in close proximity to three of their six grandchildren. EDUCATION: Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 1962-1965 Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine 1965-1969 POST GRADUATE TRAINING: Internship (Internal Medicine) Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois Northwestern University 1969-1970 Residency (Therapeutic Radiology) Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois Northwestern University 1970-1973 LICENSURE/BOARD CERTIFICATION: 1970 National Board of Medical Examiners 1970 State of Illinois 1974 American Board of Radiology AWARDS, HONORS, HONORARY SOCIETIES: 1999 Northwestern University Medical School Chair, for 25 years of teaching service 1999 Distinguished Committee Service Award, American College of Radiology 1982-1994 National Chairman, Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Program 1986-1990 President, American Cancer Society, Elgin Chapter 2000 Hadassah Society Award: Advancing Awareness, Prevention and Treatment of Cancer 2002 Illinois Partnership for Cancer Prevention and Control Award, Illinois Department of Public Health APPOINTMENTS: 1975-1985 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Co-Chairman, Melanoma and GU Committee 1976-1979 Lecturer, Cook County Graduate School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 1976-1978 Director, Radiation Therapy Center, St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 1981-1983 Commission on Cancer, Committee on Professional Testing, American College of Radiology 1981-1995 Medical Director, School of Radiation Therapy Technology, St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin 1982-1995 Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology - Site Visitor 1982-1995 Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology Site Visitor 1984-1985 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Work Group: Revision of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Standards 1986-1991 Chairman, Radiotherapy Committee, Illinois Cancer Council 1987-1994 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, Medical Use Advisory Board Accelerator Task Force 1989-1999 American College of Radiology Liaison to the Cancer Committee of the College of American Pathologists 1989-2003 Co-Director, Northern Illinois Center for Cancer Care McHenry, Illinois 1993-1995 American College of Radiation Oncology Education Committee 1994-1998 Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Principal Investigator 1995-2003 Medical Director, Midwest Institute for Neutron Therapy at FermiLab SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: Smoron, Geoffrey L.: Strip-Staggering: Elimination of Inhomogeneity in the Moving-Strip Technique of Whole Abdominal Irradiation. Radiology 104:657- 660, 9-1972. Smoron, Geoffrey L.; Battifora, Hector A.: Thoratrast-Induced Hepatoma. Cancer Vol. 30, No. 5: 1252-1259, 11-1973. Smoron, G.L.; Kot, E.; Schweppe, J.S.; Morris, H.P.: DNA and Nucleoprotein Changes in Liver and Tumor Nuclei after Irradiation. Oncology 29:320-328, 5-1974. Smoron, G.L.; O'Brien, Cynthia A.; Sullivan, Carol A.: Tumor Localization and Treatment Technique for Cancer of the Esophagus. Radiology 111:735-736, 6-1974. Smoron, Geoffrey L.: Radiation Therapy of Carcinoma of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tract. Cancer 40: 1422-1424, 10-1977. Smoron, G.L.; Brady, L.W.; Cox, J.D.; Moss, W.T.; Sagerman, R.H.; Thar, T.L.; LaRocca, D.S.: Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Program, Vol. V, Professional Evaluation & Publication Services, Inc., Philadelphia, PA 1982-83. Smoron, Geoffrey L., M.D., Lennox, Arlene, Ph.D.: Osteogenic Sarcoma of the Maxilla: Neutron Therapy for Unresectable Disease. Sarcoma, edition 3, September 1999, pg. 141-144, 1999. Smoron, Geoffrey L., M.D.: Invited Lecture, State of the Art Cancer Series, "Management of Malignant Disorders Using Neutron Therapy". Presented at Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University. OTHER ACTIVITIES: 1995-present American Journal of Roentgenology Manuscript Reviewer 1996 Invited Lecture, State of the Art Cancer Series "Management of Malignant Disorders Using Neutron Therapy" Presented at Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University