Martin C. Tom MD
Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology, CNS section, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasDr. Martin Tom is a Radiation Oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX specializing in adult central nervous system oncology (brain and spine).
He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston graduating summa cum laude and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his radiation oncology residency at the Cleveland Clinic, whereupon he joined the Miami Cancer Institute specializing in CNS oncology. He then joined the MD Anderson Cancer Center as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, CNS Section. He is an active clinician and clinical trialist. Furthermore, he has published numerous scientific manuscripts and book chapters and has participated in developing several national consensus statements, and he continues to participate in expert committees publishing treatment guidelines.
Dr. Tom is a member of the American Board of Radiology (ABR), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and the American Radium Society (ARS) among other professional organizations.
Disclosures
Honoraria: ViewRay
Institutional Research Support: Blue Earth Diagnostics
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- WHO Grade 2 IDH-Mutant Astrocytoma in a 28-Year-Old Woman
- 60-Year-Old Male With Right Parietal Glioblastoma and KPS 80
- 59 Year Old Male, KPS 90, Initially Diagnosed With a Right Temporal Glioblastoma
- Strategies to Preserve Neurocognition in Patients With Primary Gliomas
- Tumor Control and Risk of Radiation Necrosis Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasis
- Single- and Multifraction Stereotactic Radiosurgery Dose/Volume Tolerances of the Brain
- Tumor Control Probability of Radiosurgery and Fractionated SRS for Brain Metastases
- Memory in Low-Grade Glioma Patients Treated With Radiotherapy or Temozolomide
- Proton Radiotherapy vs Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Newly Diagnosed GBM
- Glial/Glioneuronal Neoplasm With BRAF V600E Mutation