April 5, 2017 The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) is expanding its reach into Northern Virginia, and patients there will be able to take advantage of the center’s highly advanced and precise radiation treatment approach. MPTC has entered into an agreement with Radiation Oncology Associates (ROA), a respected specialty practice [...]

March 20, 2017 The May 2017 issue of Baltimore magazine celebrates the top 50 nurses in the region for their extraordinary contributions to healthcare. The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) is proud to announce that our own nurse manager, Cortney Carnaggio, MSN, RN, was selected as one of the top [...]

March 16, 2017 Maryland Proton Treatment Center Medical Director Charles B. Simone, II, MD, is the senior author of a new study that shows a promising biomarker may facilitate earlier detection and targeted treatment of recurrent disease. The study shows that a blood test to measure levels of circulating tumor [...]

March 10, 2017 DOTmed HealthCare Business News magazine recently published an article titled “Proton therapy clinical training: Three steps to developing an expert team.” The article includes insight from William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO, the Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman Endowed Chair and Professor in Radiation Oncology at the [...]

February 15, 2017 February is National Cancer Prevention Month, which is the perfect time to take a step back and reevaluate all those healthy New Year’s resolutions. Take a look at these healthy tips from the Maryland Proton Treatment Center Clinical Nutritionist, Emily Rice, RD, CNSC, LDN. The American Institute [...]

December 29, 2016 The Proton Collaborative Group (PCG) recently announced that the Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) Medical Director, Charles B. Simone, II, MD, has been appointed as the Chairman of the PCG Executive Council. The PCG Executive Council provides oversight for all PCG committees, protocol development and approvals, clinical [...]

November 17, 2016 The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) has signed a collaboration agreement with WellSpan Health that will enable WellSpan radiation oncologists to work alongside University of Maryland School of Medicine radiation oncology faculty treating cancer patients at MPTC. WellSpan Health is an integrated health system that includes six [...]

October 4, 2016 On Monday, October 3, 2016, WHUR FM in Washington, DC, featured the Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) on the Daily Drum show. The Daily Drum host, Harold Fisher, interviewed William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO, the Isadore and Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology [...]

September 26, 2016 A spotlight article on the Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) ran in the Fall 2016 issue of Maryland’s Health Matters, the University of Maryland Medical System’s quarterly magazine. The article describes the benefits of proton therapy, and it explains that MPTC has the most advanced form of [...]

September 23, 2016 On September 21, 2016 the first television commercial for the Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) began airing in Baltimore. The 30-second commercial stars a few MPTC staff members, including Radiation Therapists Raelyn Debner and Anh Kha and Dr. Shahed N. Badiyan, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology [...]