As part of ISRS’ ongoing commitment to document the evolution of the field of radiosurgery and serve as the main repository of historical information, interviews with individuals who have made contributions to the field have been conducted over the past decade. In addition, individuals who have been active in the advancement of the field have provided first-hand descriptions of the evolution of SRS/SBRT in their own countries as well as the technology they utilize.
The following interviews and overviews have been previously published in the ISRS Newsletters and provide fascinating insights to the global development of the field.
- 2019
- Interview with Dan Leksell, MD
Chairman, Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Sweden
Interview with John Adler MD
Professor of Neurosurgery & Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, USA
- 2018
- Interview about Spanish pioneer of SRS, Juan Luis Barcia Salorio, by Juan Antonio Barcia
Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Chair of Neurosurgery, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
History of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery and SBRT in Japan by Yoshiyasu Iwai, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Japan
Interview with Robert Timmerman
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery, Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in Cancer Therapy Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA
- 2017
- Interview with Christer Lindquist, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon, Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London, England
Interview with Ben J. Slotman, MD, PhD
FACR(Hon), Professor & Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016
- Interview with Michel Schlienger
Radiotherapist, Professor Emeritus, University of Paris, France
Interview with Osvaldo Betti
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Interview with Federico Colombo
Past Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Center, USL Vicenza, Italy
- 2015
- History of LINAC Radiosurgery
Alessandra Gorgulho, M.D., M.Sc., HCor Neuroscience, Sao Paulo, Brazil
History of CyberKnife Radiosurgery: How 2 Decades of Image Guided Precision have Shaped Radiosurgery
Iris C. Gibbs, MD, FACR Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University
History of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Jeremy C. Ganz
- 2012
- History of Radiosurgery in The Netherlands
Ben J. Slotman, MD and Frank J. Lagerwaard, PhD, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
History of Radiosurgery in Korea
Hyun-Tai Chung, Ph.D. and Dong Gyu Kim, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2011
- History of Radiosurgery
Antonio de Salles M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
- 2010
- History of Radiosurgery in Canada
Michael Schwarz MD, University of Toronto, Canada
History of Radiosurgery in Spain
Kita Sallabanda Diaz MD, PhD, Barcelona, Spain