A multi-national report on methods for institutional credentialing for spine radiosurgery

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gerszten, Peter C ^a,h   Sahgal, Arjun ^b   Sheehan, Jason P ^c   Kersh, Ronald ^d   Chen, Stephanie ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Quader, Mubina ^a   Fahim, Daniel ^e   Grills, Inga ^e   Shin, John H ^f   Winey, Brian ^f   Oh, Kevin ^f   Sweeney, Reinhart A ^g   Guckenberger, Matthias ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Riverside Medical Center   (United States)

^e OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^h PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Credentialing; Spine Radiosurgery; Spine Tumors; Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY;

CREDENTIALING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879432417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-158     Document Type: Article

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