Kettering Medical Center hopes to begin treating patients with the technology within three years.
The technology will mean the addition of up to 100 medical jobs in the region, though the precise location of those jobs remains to be determined. KMC said it will work with an “established partner” based in California. It’s the same entity that helped the medical center with its Gamma Knife technology, KMC spokesman Kevin Lavoie said. He declined to identify the entity.
The Gamma Knife technology also requires no scalpel. It uses nearly 200 precisely coordinated beams of radiation to attack tumors without risking damage to healthy tissue nearby. Kettering Medical Center first started using that technology in 1999.
Speakers at today’s press conference include Frank Perez, CEO of KMC’s parent, Kettering Health Network; Roy Chew, president of KMC; Dr. Douglas Einstein, medical director for radiation oncology; Dr. Stuart Merl, chair of KHN’s cancer committee; and officials from “an out-of-state tech solutions company.”
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