Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI), a subsidiary of St. Lukes Regional Medical Center (SLRMC), is a full-service cancer center devoted to the screening, detection, and multidisciplinary treatment of adult and pediatric cancer, as well as to the support and education of cancer patients' families, and to clinical cancer research.

MSTI was founded in 1970, and has continually grown to include satellites in several area communities, serving a population of about 400,000. MSTI also sponsors the Mountain States Tumor and Medical Research Institute, which oversees and funds basic science research in a number of medical fields such as cardiology, aging, and pharmacotherapy.

MSTI is an affiliate member of SWOG, RTOG and a member of COG, and participates in numerous pharmaceutical company trials. We have also been active contributors to the national SELECT, PLCO and NLST projects. Our site was active in the early studies on Zofran(R), Herceptin (R) and Rituxan(R). We have a separate department devoted entirely to clinical trial case management, with 6 RN's and 4 CRA's. We have a FACT-accredited ABMT program, and participate in the IBMTR/ABMTR and NMDP.

MSTI and SLRMC offer almost all types of in- and outpatient cancer diagnosis and treatment, including digital mammography, PET scanning, high-dose radiation, IMRT and brachytherapy, and autologous bone marrow transplantation.

Our Boise location is easily reached by public transportation, and is close to the freeway and to the airport. We also have full service facilities located at satellite sites in Meridian, Nampa, Fruitland & Twin Falls, for the convenience of patients in those communities.

Staff includes eleven board-certified Medical Oncologists, and five board certified Radiation Oncologists, all with experience in cancer clinical trials. Principal investigators for adult studies are Thomas M. Beck, MD (25 years) and Theodore Walters, MD (11 years). PI for pediatric trials is J. Martin Johnston, MD (10 years).

Other Staff membership includes:

Medical Oncologists:

• Nick Camello, MD - Pediatrics
• Mary Gearn, MD
• Laurence Fiorentino, MD
• Martin Johnston, MD - Pediatrics
• William Kreisle, MD
• Paul Montgomery, MD
• Jonathan Swerdloff, MD
• Banu Symington, MD
• Theodore Walters, MD
• Norman Zuckerman, MD
• Eugenia Chang, MD - Pediatrics
• Lisa Law, MD
• A. Richard Miranda, MD

Radiation Oncologists:

• Sarah Bolender, MD
• Ronald Dorn, MD
• Charles Smith, MD
• Steven Smith, MD
• Tonya Kuhn, MD

Surgical Oncologist:

• John Lung, MD (who has specialties in breast cancer and melanoma)

Patients come from western Idaho and eastern Oregon, primarily suburban and rural areas, totaling approximately 400,000. Hispanics and whites make up a large part of the mix, but there is one of the largest Basque populations in the country.

SLRMC, one of the top community hospitals in the country, has its own active and knowledgeable IRB which meets monthly, and processes most applications quickly.

For more information, please contact:

Theodore Walters, MD
Research Director
Mountain States Tumor Institute
100 E. Idaho St.
Boise, ID 83712 USA
Phone: 208-381-2711
Fax: 208-381-3124
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Last updated on August 21, 2008