
Marianne Plunkett
Radiation Oncology
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- The doctor has not yet received the minimum number of patient satisfaction surveys (30) to be eligible for display.
Gender
Female
Locations
Radiation Oncology - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Radiation Oncology - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
When you arrive
- Beverly Building is located at 8720 Beverly Blvd. between George Burns Road and San Vicente Boulevard. Valet parking and limited self-parking are available in the Beverly Building Parking lot, located on Beverly Boulevard between George Burns Road and San Vicente Boulevard. Additional self-parking is available in the North Tower and Spielberg Parking lots. Enter the building, take the Beverly Building elevators down to the Lower Level and find your destination. For parking rates and hours of operation, please visit cedars-sinai.org/parking
Experience
Specialties
Area in which a healthcare provider is highly trained and often board certified.
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- Radiation Oncology
Sub Specialties
A focused area of clinical knowledge and skills within a specialty. Example: a neurology specialist focused on stroke treatment.
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- Radiation Oncology Physics
Programs
Education & Training
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University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Degrees - Completed 1989
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College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Degrees - Completed 1987
Achievements
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7
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
- National Physics Honor Society, Sigma Pi Sigma; College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
- California Health and Human Services, Dept of Public Health, Authorized Medical Physicist: -Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiotherapy, Measurement and Clinical Use -High Dose Rate Brachytherapy, -Strontium-90
- Haggin Graduate Fellowship for High Academic Distinction, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- CA Radioactive Materials License Number, Amendment: 0272-30, 131, CA CDPH RHB Certified: Therapeutic Calibration Physicist, Therapeutic Survey Physicist
- American Board of Radiology, certification in Therapeutic Radiological Medical Physics
- U.S. Department of Energy, Fellowship in Health Physics; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY
Publications
- Duma CM, Kim BS, Chen PV, Plunkett ME, Mackintosh R, Mathews MS, Casserly RM, Mendez GA, Furman DJ, Smith G, Oh N, Caraway CA, Sanathara AR, Dillman RO, Riley AS, Weiland D, Stemler L, Cannell R, Abrams DA, Smith A, Owen CM, Eisenberg B, Brant-Zawadzki M. Upfront boost Gamma Knife "leading-edge" radiosurgery to FLAIR MRI-defined tumor migration pathways in 174 patients with glioblastoma multiforme: a 15-year assessment of a novel therapy; J Neurosurg. 2016 Dec;125(1):40
- Kim B, Soisson E, Duma C, Chen P, Hafer R, Cox C, Cubellis J, Minion A, Plunkett M, Mackintosh R; Treatment of recurrent high-grade gliomas with hypofractionated stereotactic image-guided helical Tomotherapy; Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Jul;113(6):509
- Kim B, Soisson ET, Duma CM, Chen P, Hafer R, Cox C, Cubellis J, Minion A, Plunkett M, Mackintosh R; Image-guided helical tomotherapy for treatment of spine tumors; Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 2008 Apr; 110(4):357
- Plunkett ME; Medical Physics Educational and Career Updates in Southern California; ASTRO Annual Meeting, 2007.
- directing “leading edge” boost gamma knife radiosurgery for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme; Gamma Knife User’s Group Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May 2004.
- Duma CM, Shea WM, Tassin J, Mackintosh R, Plunkett M, Thomas K; Metastatic lung cancer to the brain: Indication for aggressive therapy in patients with no other distant metastases; Gamma Knife User’s Group Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May 2004.
- Duma CM, Shea WM, Tassin J, Goebel R, Mackintosh R, Plunkett M, Thomas K; Are we overtreating brain metastases? An analysis of patients expiring within 3 months of radiosurgery; Gamma Knife User’s Group Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May 2004.
- Duma CM, Shea WM, Tassin J, Mackintosh R, Plunkett M; Leading edge gamma knife radiosurgery for glioblastoma multiforme; International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2001
- Duma CM, Shea WM, Tassin J, Mackintosh R, Plunkett M; Gamma knife radiosurgery for pediatric low grade astrocytomas; Gamma Knife User’s Group Meeting, Lake Tahoe, NV, April 2000
- M. E. Plunkett, W. M. Shea, J. R. Lukens, C. K. O’Neal, G. F. Gade, R. E. Mackintosh; Clinical Implementation and Verification of a Fractionated Stereotactic Cranial Immobilization System; ASTRO 1997
- Beard CJ, Kijewski P, Bussière M, Gelman R, Gladstone D, Shaffer K, Plunkett M, Costello P, Coleman CN; Analysis of prostate and seminal vesicle motion: Implications for treatment planning; Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Jan 15;34(2):451-8.
- A. A. Martinez, J. Gonzales, J. Stromberg, G. Edmundson, M. Plunkett, G. Gustafson, D. Brown, D. Yan, F. Vicini, D. Brabbins; Conformal Prostate Brachytherapy: Initial Experience of Phase I/II Dose-Escalating Trial; International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology, Physics. 33:1019; 1995.
- M. Plunkett, B. Bornstein, P. Costello, P. Kijewski, J. Harris; Use of Spiral CT in the Assessment of Cardiac Structures for Planning 3D Volumetric Radiation Treatment of the Breast; Radiological Society of North America, Radiology 1993:189(P), 355.
- C. J. Beard, M.R. Bussiere, M.E. Plunkett, C.N. Coleman, P.K. Kijewski; Analysis of Prostate and Seminal Vesicle Motion; International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology, Physics 1993:27-S1;136.
- R. Hale, J.Y. Yao, T. Beggs, S.D. Henderson, K.P. Dopke, M. Plunkett, C. Pelizzari, Verification of the AXIOM External Beam Photon Dose Calculation Algorithm Using AAPM TG-23 Test Package; Medical Physics 1993:20; 905
- M. E. Plunkett, P. K. Kijewski, B. A. Bornstein, A. R. Recht, J. R. Harris; Breast Treatment Simulation and Planning with a Simulator-CT; Medical Physics 1993:20; 930.
- M. E. Plunkett, Editor, A. R. Recht, Harvard Medical School, JCRT Treatment Protocols: Photon Dose and CT Planning Chapters, 1993.
- M. Plunkett-Prestwich, G. M. Makrigiorgos, Comparison of a Three Dimensional Electron Dose Algorithm with Humanoid Phantom Measurements; Medical Physics 1991:18; 658.
- M. Plunkett-Prestwich, C. W. Cheng, Treatment Planning Using Digitally Reconstructed Radiographs for Customized Vertex Fields; Medical Physics 1990:17; 538
- Lewellen TK, Bice AN, Pollard KR, Zhu JB, Plunkett ME, Evaluation of a clinical scintillation camera with pulse tail extrapolation electronics. J Nucl Med. 1989 Sep;30(9):1554.