Dr. Cesaretti is now in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida is now in private practice in
Jacksonville, Florida and currently practices radiation oncology & brachytherapy. He graduated from the Mount Sinai Hospital
Radiation Oncology residency in 2004 and stayed on as a faculty member until 2008. In his time as faculty he studied the reasons
behind why patients develop side effects during and following radiation therapy for prostate cancer. The Department of Defense
awarded Dr. Cesaretti a large grant that allowed him to complete important investigations in this area. He and his research
group were also awarded funding by the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Society
of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
He has a special interest in the application of both stereotactic body radiosurgery
and prostate brachytherapy. In addition, he is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group, the Annual Meeting Subcommittee
of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American Brachytherapy Society. He has given many talks
about how to successfully cure prostate cancer using seed implants in Japan, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal,
and throughout the United States. He has authored many articles, written several protocols, and contributed the prostate brachytherapy
chapter to the most recent edition of the Johns Hopkins textbook about the treatment of prostate cancer. In addition, at the
2009 World Brachytherapy Conference he served as a course instructor for the prostate seed procedure. He also has a particular
interest in helping patients make the right personal decision regarding their cancer care among an often-overwhelming array
of potential treatment choices. In addition to his practice in New York he also participates in a large practice in Jacksonville
Florida where he and his partner have developed a state of the art center for prostate cancer treatment.
Research
Interests:
He is a member of the Children's Oncology Group, the Annual Meeting Subcommittee of the American
Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American Brachytherapy Society. He has given many talks about how to
successfully cure prostate cancer using seed implants in Japan, South Africa, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, and throughout
the United States. He has authored many articles, written several protocols, and contributed the prostate brachytherapy chapter
to the most recent edition of the Johns Hopkins textbook about the treatment of prostate cancer. In addition, at the 2009
World Brachytherapy Conference he served as a course instructor for the prostate seed procedure.
