Dr. Kirsch has special interests in the areas of Brachytherapy (use of radioactive interstitial or intra-luminal sources) and Hyperthermia (use of heat in treatment of malignant disease). He was born and educated in South Africa and completed his residency at Chicago's Michael Reeves Hospital.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Naturalized United States Citizen
Married, two children
American Board of Radiology -- 1977
E.C.F.M.G. --- Certificate #126 0918
Witwatersrand Medical School Johannesburg, South Africa Degree: M.D. (M.B., B. Ch.)
J. G. Strijdom Hospital (Surgery) Johannesburg, South Africa
Edendale Hospital (Obstetrics and Gynecology) Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Edendale Hospital (Senior Intern in Medicine) Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children (Senior Intern in Pediatric Medicine) Johannesburg, South Africa
Graduate Diploma in Radiotherapy (D.M.R.T.) London, England
Joint appointment at: General Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa (Radiation Therapy)
General Hospital & University of the Witwatersrand Medical School Johannesburg, South Africa (Attending Staff, Radiation Oncology)
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center Dept. of Radiation Oncology Chicago, Illinois
School of Medicine University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Assistant Professor, Radiology (Therapeutic)
Duties include:
Southeast Radiation Oncology Group, P.A.
200 Queens Road, Suite 400, Charlotte, NC 28204. Phone: 704-333-7376
Radiation Oncology Department
Presbyterian Hospital 200 Hawthorne Lane Charlotte, NC 28204 Telephone #: 704-384-4188 Fax # 704-384-5299
Illinois, June 1976 North Carolina, August 13, 1977 South Carolina, August 8, 1990
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology
American College of Radiology
American Endocurie Society
AMA
American Society of Clinical Oncologists
American College of Radiation Oncology
American Radium Society
American Endocurietherapy Society (AES)
Visiting Professor, Department of Radiation Therapy Bowman-Gray University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina November 28-29, 1979 and August 31, September 1, 1983.
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Radiation Therapy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 14, 1984.
Elected Fellow of the American College of Radiology, 1993.
Hyperthermia as a radiotherapy/chemotherapy enhancing agent.
Interstitial Implants, GU Tumors, ENT Tumors.
KIRSCH Multiple needle, planar interstitial radioactive seed injector. Developed for handling irregular I-125 seeds. Patent #842,391 (10/77)
"Fractionated Total body Irradiation in the Treatment of Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia and Lymphocytic Lymphoma." internation Hematology Congress in Johannesburg in August, 1974. Abstract in the South African Medical Journal.
"Radiation-induced Neoplasia." Colman, M., Kirsch, M., Creditor, M., Radiation Research Society, 1977.
"Tumors Associated with X-ray Therapy exposure in Childhood." Colman, M., Kirsch, M., Creditor, M. Internation Atomic Energy Agency - Symposium on late Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation, Vienna 1978 (Published by IAEA-SM-224/706, p. 167).
"Clinical Hyperthermia at North Carolina Memorial Hospital." Kirsch, M., Varia, M. and Stansbury, P., R.T.O.G. 3rd Hyperthermia Symposium, Chicago, 1978.
"Clinical Hyperthermia and Radiation Therapy." Varia, M., Kirsch, M., Stansbury, P. Presented at the IVth Asian Cancer Conference, December 4-8, 1979.
"Treatment of Superficial Tumors by 2450 MH and 915 MH induced Hyperthermia and Radiation Therapy." Varia, M., Kirsch, M., Stansbury, P. Third International Symposium on Cancer Therapy by Hyperthermia, Drugs and Radiation, Colorado State University, June 22-26, 1980.
"Randomized Phase II Comparison of Methotrexate with and without L-Asparaginase in Non- Small cell cancer of the lung." Seth A., Rudnick, E. Neijstrom, R. L. Capizzi, D. Delaney and M. Kirsch. Cancer Treatment Reports, 66:541-544, 1982.
Scientific Exhibits on "Radioactive Interstitial Implants" at ASTRO annual meeting, October 1983; Repeated at RSNA annual meeting 1983 and AAPM annual meeting 1983, Kirsch, M., Chaney, Ed., Varia, M.
"A System for Efficient Afterloading and Removal of Interstitial Iridium-192 Ribbons" Scientific Exhibit. AAPM annual meeting, Seattle, Washington, August 1985. D. Bourland, E. Chaney, M. Kirsch, H. McMurry, K. Reynolds, J., Rosenman.
"Palliative Potential of Brachytherapy for Recurrent Cancer of the Head and Neck." J. Rosenman, M. Varia, M. Kirsch, M. Mountcastle, H. Pillsbury, J. Halle, E. Chaney. Presentation at ASTRO annual meeting, October 1985.
Member Presbyterian Hospital Medical Board
Member Oncology Committee
Member Quality Demonstration Team, Cancer Center
Cancer Center Strategic Planning Committee
Member Presbyterian Hospital Research Council (To promote and facilitate research activity at Presbyterian Hospital).
Cancer Control Liaison Officer For American College of Surgeons
Radiation Safety Officer Presbyterian Hospital Radiation Oncology Dept.
Development of Radioactive Seed Implant Program for the Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma of the Eye, Including Fabrication of Individual Gold Applicators for Carrying These Seeds.
Development of Radioactive Seed Implant Program for the Treatment of Early Stage Prostate Cancer.
Development of Intravascular Coronary Artery Radiotherapy for the Prevention of Re-Stenosis After Balloon Angioplasty.
