6/4/08 Biography: Rakesh Patel, MD Dr. Patel is a teaching faculty and staff radiation oncologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is the Director of the Breast and Prostate Brachytherapy Programs and has a special interest in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. After completing his MD at Indiana University School in 1999, he was a resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until 2004. He then joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor and leads the Multi-disciplinary Breast Cancer and Brachytherapy programs. Dr. Patel has a special interest in education, as he is the UW Medical School Course Director for Neoplastic Diseases. He has been on the Scientific Program Committees for the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA), multiple American Brachytherapy (ABS) Annual Meetings including the Brachytherapy World Congress 2008, and serves as Co-chair of the ABS School of Breast Brachytherapy. Dr. Patel currently serves as a Director-at-large of the American Brachytherapy Society. He has given over 40 scientific meeting, visiting professor, and international lectureships on advanced brachytherapy techniques especially involving imageguided breast brachytherapy with 3-dimensional treatment planning. He is an author of over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts and review articles. Dr. Patel is the principal investigator of a large, phase 2 trial of multi-catheter breast brachytherapy at UW Hospital and is the national Co-PI of a Multi-institutional trial of Electronic Brachytherapy for Early Stage breast Cancers sponsored by the American Brachytherapy Society and the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Additionally, he is the clinical PI of two Komen Foundation grants evaluating various physics aspects of partial breast irradiation with novel techniques. Dr. Patel is a sports-enthusiast, enjoys movies, and loves to travel. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his wife and two young daughters.