Dr. Coughlin is an internist specializing in cancer and diseases of the blood who has devoted much of his career to teaching, research, and writing. He is a radiation oncologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, and Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.
Dr. Coughlin has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Clinical Oncology since 1989. He is also a referee for the medical journals Cancer, Radiology, International Journal of Hyperthermia, and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine - 1977
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology - 1979
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology - 1980
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Radiation Oncology - 1981
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
- Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemophilia
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Vitamin B-12 Deficiency Anemia
- Von Willebrand Disease
Education
- M.D.: Harvard Medical School - 1973
- Internship: Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR, 1973 - 1974
- Residency in Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR, 1974 - 1976
- Fellowship in Hematology, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1976 - 1977
- Fellowship in Oncology, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1977 -1978
- Fellowship in Radiotherapy, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1978 - 1980
Academic Appointments
- Dartmouth Medical School:
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, 1980 - 1984
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, 1984 - 1989
- Professor of Medicine, 1989 - present
Hospital Affiliations
- Radiation Oncologist, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1979 - 1980
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH:
- Radiation Oncologist, 1980 - present
- Director, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, April 1984 - February 1992
- Associate Director for Radiation Oncology, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Hanover, NH, April 1984 - February 1992
Professional Affiliations
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Cancer Society
- American Federation of Clinical Research
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
- Institutional PI for Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- International Society for Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- North America Hyperthermia Group
- Radiation Research Society
- Radium Society
Selected Publications
- Coughlin CT, Richmond RC, Page RL (1994). Platinum drug delivery and radiation for locally advanced prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics 28: 1029 - 1038.
- Ryan TP, Backus VL, Coughlin CT (1995). Large stationary microstrip arrays for superficial microwave hyperthermia at 433 MHz:SAR analysis and clinical data. International Journal of Hyperthermia 11(2): 187 - 209.
- Pilepich MV, Caplan R, Byhardt RW, et al. (1997). Phase III trial of androgen suppression using goserelin in unfavorable-prognosis carcinoma of the prostate treated with definitive radiotherapy: report of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Protocol 53-31. Journal of Clinical Oncology 15(3): 1013 - 1021.
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