Malcolm Bagshaw
Malcolm A. Bagshaw (born June 23, 1925 in Adrian , Michigan - † September 18, 2011 in Palo Alto , California ) was an American medical doctor ( radiology , oncology ).
Bagshaw went to the US Navy after high school and then studied medicine at Wesleyan University and Yale University with an MD in 1950. He completed his specialist training in radiology at the University of Michigan and from 1956 at the School of Medicine at Stanford University . In 1960 he became head of the radiotherapy department and in 1972 he was appointed to the chair of radiology as successor to Henry S. Kaplan . When the chair was divided into radiology and radiation therapy for cancer (Radiation Oncology), he switched to the latter. In 1992 he retired.
With Kaplan, he pioneered the use of linear accelerators in radiation therapy for cancer. In particular, he specialized in the treatment of prostate cancer with radiation therapy and developed new methods for this purpose so that surgical interventions could be avoided.
In 1996 Bagshaw received the Kettering Prize .
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| SURNAME | Bagshaw, Malcolm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bagshaw, Malcolm A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adrian , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 2011 |
| Place of death | Palo Alto , California |