1,000th Patient Completes Treatment at MPRI

Bloomington, Ind. – Twelve-year-old Natalie Crum of Ohio is the 1,000th patient to complete treatment at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI). The soon-to-be-sixth grader spent six weeks of her summer in Bloomington, Ind., undergoing proton therapy for a slow-growing brain tumor originally diagnosed when she was just two years old.

“Our goal in treating Natalie was to make sure her tumor no longer grows and to minimize the risks... Read More

Jeffrey Buchsbaum, M.D., Joins Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institue

Physician Specializes in Treating Children, Tumors of Head, Neck and Brain

Bloomington, Ind. – Jeffrey Craig Buchsbaum, M.D., Ph.D., A.M., has joined the radiation oncology team at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI). Buchsbaum is one of six radiation oncologists who will specialize in proton therapy treatment plans at MPRI. His position also includes an appointment to the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of... Read More

MPRI Therapists Receive Ivy Tech Proton Certification

Bloomington, Ind. – Seven radiation therapists on staff at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI) have earned a Proton Therapy Specialist Certificate through Ivy Tech Community College — Bloomington. The certificate program is the first-of-its-kind training program aimed at preparing radiation therapists to work in the rapidly expanding and specialized field of proton therapy. It can be completed in one to three semesters and... Read More

Clarian to Announce Bold Vision that Clearly Defines Statewide Focus

After launching the most significant customer and market research in the history of Clarian Health – which included gaining insight from nearly 1,400 of its patients and their families, referring physicians and staff members throughout the state – Clarian is announcing an historic change to more clearly define its mission and statewide focus.

Clarian will change its name to Indiana University Health effective early 2011. Indiana University... Read More

Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute Expands Regional Cancer Partnership

Cancer patients coming to the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville (UofL) for treatment now have a new weapon to fight their disease. UofL has entered into an agreement with the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI), an affiliate program within the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, to provide proton therapy for patients who will benefit from the technology.

UofL is the only health care... Read More

Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute Announces New Leadership

The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI) board of directors, in discussion with the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) and Clarian Health, announced the programmatic incorporation of MPRI into the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and the IUSM Department of Radiation Oncology. MPRI will continue as part of the comprehensive suite of cancer services offered to patients within the portfolio of Clarian... Read More

Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute Treats 100th Pediatric Patient

On Tuesday, July 21, 11 year-old Jonathan Nugent and Bloomington’s Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI), shared an important milestone: as the young boy from Valparaiso, Ind., completed his 13th and final proton therapy session, he became the 100th pediatric patient to complete treatment at MPRI since opening in February 2004.

The occasion was cause for a celebration, complete with cake and a gift card for Jonathan, who was diagnosed... Read More

Physicist joins staff of MPRI and Indiana University School of Medicine

Chee-Wai Cheng, Ph.D. has been named director director of physics at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI). Dr. Cheng, a fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, has spent more than two decades working in radiation oncology, most recently as chief physicist at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, N.J. He also has served as a member of the faculty at the Harvard Medical School and at The University of... Read More

MPRI, IU School of Medicine Physicist Selected as Fellow of American College of Medical Physics

Indra J. Das, Ph.D., vice chair and professor director of medical physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Indiana University School of Medicine and overseeing physics at Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute was named a fellow of the American College of Medical Physics (ACMP). Dr. Das also is a researcher within the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center.

Dr. Das, who is a fellow with four other medical... Read More

Bloomington, Indiana Hosts Successful PTCOG41 Conference

Bloomington, Indiana hosted the 41st Meeting of the international Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG), October 10-13, at the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center. The 176 conference attendees arrived from around the globe, including world-renowned scientists from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States. Joining them were worldclass... Read More