I provide oversight and supervision of clinical radiation oncology at UPMC/St. Clair Hospital Cancer Center/University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. My clinical practice includes external beam radiotherapy for benign and malignant diseases via 3D conformal, intensity modulated techniques with and without image guidance techniques.
Representative Publications
Sheppard VB, Oppong BA, Hampton R, Snead F, Horton S, Hirpa F, Brathwaite EJ, Makambi K, Onyewu S, Boisvert M, Willey S. Disparities in breast cancer surgery delay: The lingering effect of race. Annuals of Surgical Oncology, 2015, Sep:22(9):2902-11.
Sheppard VB, Iasaacs C, Luta G, Wiley SC, Boisvert M, Harper FWK, Smith K, Horton S, Liu M, Cocilovo C, Jennings Y, Hirpa F, Snead FE, Mandelblatt JS. Racial gaps in breast cancer chemotherapy initiation: the role of the patient-provider relationship. Breast Cancer Res Treat.2013 May;139 (1): 207-16, 2013 Apr 16. [Epub]