CURRICULUM VITAE

KENNETH M. TOKITA, M.D.

PERSONAL DATA

Name: Kenneth Masao Tokita, M.D.
Place of Birth: Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.
Office Address:

Cancer Center of Irvine
16100 Sand Canyon Avenue

Suite 130
Irvine, California 92618

Office Telephone: (949) 417-1100
Office Fax: (949) 417-1165
E-Mail:  
Website: www.ccoi.org

EDUCATION

Premedical: University of Washington / Chemistry 1964
Medical Education: University of Washington / M.D. 1968
Internship: Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Residency I: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 1969-70
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Residency II: University of Washington 1972-75
Specialty: Radiation Oncology

MILITARY SERVICE

Service: U.S. Army Medical Corp.
Facility: Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma, WA 1970-72
Dates: July 1970 - June 1972

BOARD CERTIFICATION

College: American Board of Radiology Therapeutic 1975
Board Certified: Therapeutic Radiology
American College of Radiology 1975

ASSOCIATIONS

California Medical Association
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology
Orange County Medical Association

LICENSURE

Washington State
California

PRACTICE

Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 1975-76
Kern Radiology Group, Bakersfield, California 1976-77
Torrance Memorial Hospital, Torrance, California
Founder & Director of Radiation Oncology
 1977-88
Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, California
Medical Director of Radiation Oncology
 1988-98
Director Joint Cancer Center – Cancer Center of Irvine
Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California
 1998-

APPOINTMENTS

STAFF
Adjunct Professor
Department of Cell Biology,
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California		 Irvine Medical Center
Irvine, California
Century City Hospital
Century City, California

Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology,
UCLA School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Sherman Oaks Hospital
Sherman Oaks, California		  

BOARD AFFILIATIONS

The California Museum of Science and Industry
Executive Committee and State Commissioner
(Appointed to Board by Governor Wilson)

The Huntington Museum and Gardens,
San Marino, California
Board of Overseers
Japanese American Medical Association
Past President (1993-1994)

 The Museum of Contemporary Art,
Former Member Board of Directors
American Cancer Society
State and Coastal Cities Unit

 Biotechnology Group Inc.
Founder and Principal Stockholder
Medici Medical, Inc.
Founder and Chairman
 Medici Foundation, Inc.
A NonProfit California Corporation
Founder and Director
KSK Medical, LLC
Founder and Director

 

RESEARCH PROJECT

 
   

ONGOING PROJECTS
Transperineal Ultrasound and Fluoroscopically
Guided Palladium 103 Implants of the Prostate:

Paper accepted for presentation of American
Radium Society Meeting November 1993.
Preliminary data published in Journal of Urology
1993. Update article pending.

 Hyperthermia for Prostate and for
Other Tumors / Now With
Chemotherapy:

Utilizing a Clinitherm Microwave
unit and a Labthermics Ultrasound

Transperineal Ultrasound Guided Iridium 192 and
Microwave Hyperthermia of the Prostate, for
Advanced Lesions

Stereotactic I-125 Implants for Brain
Malignancies

Transfusion Therapy for Cancer:

Utilizes white blood cells from related
donors to combat tumor cells.
BLOOD, April 15, 1996 issue.

 Stereotactic Radiosurgey of Brain Tumors

Reference linear accelerator based fractionated system

Remote Aferloading / Iridium 192 for Various
Recurrent Tumors With and Without Hyperthermia:


 Adjuvant Immunotherapy for
Malignant Glioma Using Allogenic
Lymphocytes
Phase I/II Study of a Recombinant Chimeric Protein Composed of Genetically Altered Interleukin-4 and Pseudomonas Exotoxin (IL-4(38-37)-PE38KDEL) for the Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Astrocytoma: 

Robert W. Rand, Ph.D., M.D., Principal Investigator

 

Hitachi Medical Corporation

Clinical Testing of a Flexible Laparoscopic
Ultrasound Probe on tumor of the Abdomen
Anton Bilchik, M.D. and William Hutchinson, M.D., Surgeons

 Barzel-Whitmore Brachystand


Testing of New Stepping Unit for
Radioactive Implants of the Prostate

Accuseed

Testing of New Stepping Unit for
Radioactive Implants of the Prostate

 Indigo Laser

Development of Laser for Thermal
Ablation of Tumors in the Liver

Rochester Medical Corporation

Development of New Catheters for
Improved Ultrasound Imaging of the Prostate

 

MANAGED CARE PROJECTS

Review and Data Analysis: 

for case rates and capitation contracts.  (completed November 1995)

 Organization:  Network for contracting

Radiation Oncology in areas of LA and
Orange County

APPA:  American Private Physicians Association

Founding Member / Co-Chairman Insurance Product Development Committee.

 

PUBLICATIONS


HDR Brachytherapy for Adenoidcystic Carcinoma of the Trachea
Presented 9th International Brachytherapy Conference, April 1997

Lymphocyte Transfusion Therapy for Cancer Patients Blood
87:8, April 1996

Palladium-103 Implant for Cancer of Prostate (Abstract)
Presented Radiological Society of North America 81st Assembly and Annual Meeting 1995

Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation After Augmentation Mammoplasty Cancer
73:2613-2618, May 1994

Palladium-103 Implant for Cancer of Prostate (Abstract)
Presented Radiological Society of North America 79th Assembly and Annual Meeting 1993

Breast Conservation Therapy After Augmentation Mammoplasty
Presented American Radium Society, 1993

Palladium-103 (Pd-103) in Transperineal Ultrasound Guided Implant of Prostate
Journal of Urology, 1993

Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Interstitial Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Urology, 38:4 October 1991

Palladium-103 (Pd-103) in transperineal ultrasound guided implant of the prostate.
Presented Southern California Radiation Biology Group, UCLA Medical Center, November 1990

Medullary Carcinoma of the Breast and Negative Hormonal Receptors
Submitted for Publication ASCO 1990

Functional and Cosmetic Results Following Axillary Dissection, Conservative Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Operable Breast Carcinoma                            

Clinical Application of Four Tumor Markers in Monitoring of Cancer Patients
Journal of Tumor Marker Oncology, 4:4 1989

 Review of Early NonMastectomy Breast Carcinoma Survival In Response to the May, 1988 NCI Alert
Presented American Radium Society August 1989

The Use of Multiple Tumor Markers to Monitor Cancer Patients
Altered Glycosylation in Tumor Cells, 295-299, 1988

 Low Fat Diets as Secondary Adjuncitve Therapy for Endocrine-Sensitive Cancers
Submitted for Publication 1988

Use of Four Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect Tumor Markers
Cancer 1986

Clinical and Biological Features of a Phase I Study of High-Dose Cytotoxic Monoclonal Antibodies in Patients with Gastrointestinal Malignancies
 Annals of Internal Medicine

Analysis of the Necessity of a Full Axillary Node Dissection in the Staging of Breast Carcinoma
Presented at Astro 2nd Annual Meeting, Miami, FL  October 1985

Smoking:  “You're Paying to Kill Yourself”
(Includes Pulitzer nominated photo of Dr. Tokita examining a smoking skeleton) Nissan Spirit, August 1985

 

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