Jefferson-Lower Bucks Radiation Oncology Center
Arthur Harvey, MD
Director
Phone: 215-785-9910
Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital and Lower Bucks Hospital became partners against cancer in 1996 with
the creation of the Jefferson-Lower Bucks Radiation Oncology Center. This center brings the top cancer specialists and the latest
in oncologic treatments and equipment from Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center
to patients who live in Bucks County, western Burlington County and nearby
Northeast Philadelphia. It
remains the only radiation oncology facility in Bucks County fully integrated
with an academic medical center.
The Jefferson-Lower Bucks Radiation Oncology
Center is staffed by the experienced team of physicians from Jefferson’s
Department of Radiation Oncology, along with physicists, technologists and
nurses trained at Jefferson. In
1998, Dr. Arthur Harvey assumed the position as
medical director of the Center and is joined on the medical staff here by Dr.
Adam Dicker. The
Center houses a dual energy linear accelerator with electron beam capability
and a treatment planning machine called a simulator.
Three-dimensional treatment
planning and delivery is available through integration with both Jefferson and
the Department of Radiology at Lower Bucks Hospital.
Our Center is the only department that offers true three-dimensional
conformal radiation treatment planning and delivery in the region.
Conformal therapy allows more focused treatment to the target area,
while sparing surrounding normal organs. Therefore, patients can achieve the
same cure rates as with standard therapy, but with significantly fewer side
effects.
Jefferson-Lower Bucks
Radiation Oncology Center allows for state-of-the-art treatment of patients
with a variety of cancers, including those of the head
and neck, breast, lung, prostate, brain, and rectum
Patients receiving treatment at the facility have access to many clinical research trials available through both Lower Bucks
Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Drs. Rudoler and Dicker work
closely with their patients’ other physicians and caregivers to provide the
best possible treatment in a modern and supportive environment.
Patients have the resources of Lower Bucks Hospital as well as
Jefferson available to them during and following their treatment.
Having treatment at the Jefferson-Lower Bucks Radiation Oncology Center
offers patients the advantage of being treated at a Jefferson facility without
having to travel to the city.
Contact:
Arthur Harvey, M.D., Medical
Director
Address:
Jefferson-Lower Bucks Radiation Oncology Center
Lower Bucks Hospital
501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA 19007
Telephone:
215-785-9910
Fax:
215-785-9911
E-mail:
Arthur.Harvey@mail.tju.edu
Website:
www.KimmelCancerCenter.org/radonc/
Hours:
Open for consultation & treatment
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Emergency consultation & treatment available 24 hours, 7 days
