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Specialty:: Radiation Oncology
Department Affiliation:: Radiation Oncology
State License:: A60934
Phone:: 818-885-5331
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Dr. Safa has practiced at Northridge Hospital Medical Center for over 14 years where he serves as the Chair of the Cancer Committee and the Medical Director of the Harold and Carole Pump Radiation Oncology Department. Dr. Safa has expertise in IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery, and Brachytherapy. He is recognized in Super Doctors and Best Doctors in America for over 11 years.

Professional Societies:

Chair, Code Utilization Committee-American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Past President-Los Angeles Radiological Society (LARS)

Links

radonc.ucla.edu

Primary Office: Harold and Carole Pump Radiation Oncology Department
Primary Address: 18300 Roscoe Blvd
Northridge, California 91328
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Phone: 818-885-5331

Medical Board Certifications: Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology, 2000, 2010
Residency: Radiation Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine, 1996-2000
Internship: Internal Medicine, UCSD Department of Medicine, 1995-1996
Degree: UC San Diego School of Medicine, MD, 1995

Interests

Advanced Malignancies
Bladder Cancer
Brain Tumor
Breast Cancer
Cancers of the Digestive Tract
Clinical Trials
Functional Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (Functional IGRT)
Gastrointestinal Malignancies
General Radiation Oncology
Genitourinary
Gynecologic Oncology
Head and Neck Cancers
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Interstitial Brachytherapy
Lung Cancer
Lymphoma
Melanoma
Multimodality Cancer Therapy
Multiple Myeloma
Pancreatic Cancer
Prostate Brachytherapy
Prostate Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Research Interests

Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (Trilogy)
Respiratory Motion Management(GI, Lung)
Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
Brachytherapy

Publications

Weng E, Rege S, Safa A, Sadeghi A, Juillard G, Mark R, Santiago S, Brown C, Mendelkern M, Tran L. Accuracy and Clinical Impact of Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging with FDG-PET Imaging in Potentially Resectable Lung Cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology 2000, 23(1):47-52.
Rege S, Safa A, Chaiken L, Hoh C, Juillard G, Withers HR. Positron Emission Tomography: An Independent Indicator of Radiocurability in Head and Neck Carcinomas. American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2000; 23(2): 164-169.
Weng E, Rege S, Safa A, Sadeghi A, Juillard G, Mark R, Santiago S, Brown C, Mandelken M, Tran L; “Accuracy and clinical impact of mediastinal lymph node staging with FDG-PET imaging in potentially resectable lung cancer.” IJROBP, 1998, 42(1) Supplement: 332.Radiology, 1998, 209(P) Supplement: 163-164.
Lee JT, Chen P, Safa A, Juillard G, Calcaterra TC The role of radiation in the treatment of advanced juvenile angiofibroma. Laryngoscope. 2002 Jul;112(7 Pt 1): 1213-20
Vongtama R, Safa A, Gallardo D, Calcaterra T, Juillard G. Efficacy of radiation therapy in the local control of desmoplastic malignant melanoma. Head Neck. 2003 Jun; 25(6): 423-8.

In The News

Radio -KFWB- NEWS 980 AM- Dangers of Tanning Saloons and risk of skin cancer in young adults.
Radio -KFWB- NEWS 980 AM--Radiation effects on the food chain 3/18/2011
Television KTLA Channel 5 – TV News-3/6/2013--Valerie Harper and Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Television (LIVE) - KCAL Channel 9/ CBS News 3/17/2011-Featured LIVE at 8pm, 9pm and 10pm. Answered questions from Channel 9 TV viewers on general radiation and radiation poisoning in response to the nuclear disaster in Japan.
Radio -KFWB- NEWS 980 AM--Radiation effects on the food chain 3/18/2011
Radio -KFWB- NEWS 980 AM--Iodine dangers and the rush to purchase in the event of a nuclear disaster. 3/17/2011
Radio -KFWB- NEWS 980 AM--Radiation exposure with the nuclear accident in Japan 3/15/2011
Radio -KFWB- NEWS 980 AM--Melanoma treatment. 8/26/10
Radio -KFWB- News 980 AM--Prostate Cancer. 3/16/09
San Fernando Valley Business Journal - Valley Healthcare Leaders- Health Care Rising Star. 12/19/05
Television - KCBS Channel 2 – TV News--Esophageal Cancer and Reflux disease - 10/11/2005
Television - KCAL Channel 9 – TV News--Esophageal Cancer and Reflux disease - 10/10/2005

Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America 2013 - 2014
Listed in Los Angeles Magazine, Southern California Super Doctors, 2013
Listed in Preeminent Women’s Health Doctors, LA Magazine 2012
Listed in Southern California Super Doctors, 2010 - 2012
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2007 - 2010
“Top Healthcare Professional in the Valley”. San Fernando Valley Business Journal, 2006
Los Angeles Radiological Society Award for Contribution to the Growth & Development of the society, 2006
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2003 - 2006

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