UR Medicine Faculty
The University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group
(URMFG) consists of over 900 specialist and primary care providers spanning 19
departments.
URMFG is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Accountable Health Partner
Accountable Health Partners (AHP) is a network of
over 2,000 community and UR medical faculty and a dozen leading hospitals throughout the
region. AHP offers a full range of care.
Every patient and every cancer is unique. While each patient should be treated individually, all patients need compassionate care.
I chose this field because I find that using cutting-edge technology to treat and help cancer patients is very rewarding. My areas of expertise include thoracic a...
Every patient and every cancer is unique. While each patient should be treated individually, all patients need compassionate care.
I chose this field because I find that using cutting-edge technology to treat and help cancer patients is very rewarding. My areas of expertise include thoracic and central nervous system tumors and treatment of oligometastases with radiation.
I am a native Rochesterian who attended McQuaid Jesuit High School and trained at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Conditions I Treat:
- Benign and malignant brain tumors - Benign and malignant spine tumors - Thoracic tumors - Lung cancer - Oligometastases
Faculty Appointments
Professor
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Department of Radiation Oncology (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Residency, Resident, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. 2001 - 2005
Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2000 - 2001
Education
MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry (USA).2000
Awards
Outstanding Reviewer in 2018 from Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.2019
Strong Star Certificate of Appreciation.2015
Outstanding Reviewer of 2014.2015
3rd most downloaded clinical article for 2012.2013
Patient- and Family-Centered Care Award.2012
Hero Fund Recognition/Strong Star Certificate of Appreciation (2 awarded).2011
Hero Fund/Strong Star Certificate of Appreciation (2 awarded).2010
Simon Kramer New Investigator Award.2009
Hero Fund Recognition/Strong Star Certificate of Appreciation (8 awarded).2009
Hero Fund Recognition/Strong Star Certificate of Appreciation (3 awarded).2008
Rubin-Mitchell Teaching Award.2008
Teacher of the Year Award.2008
George V. Metzger Award.1999
Young Investigator Travel Award.1997
Student Travel Awards.1996 - 1997
Academic Commendation.1993
The Dean's Research Fellowship.1993
Research Scholar.1992
Outstanding Senior Physics Major Award.1992
Phi Beta Kappa.1992
Alpha Epsilon Delta.1991
Dean's List (all semesters).1988 - 1992
1988 to 1992 National Dean's List (all years).1988 - 1992
Tom MC, Nagpal S, Palmer JD, Breen WG, Pollom EL, Lehrer EJ, McGranahan TM, Shiue K, Chundury A, McClelland Iii S, Saeed H, Chang EL, Chiang VLS, Wang TJC, Knisely JPS, Chao ST, Milano MT
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.. 2025 January 202 :110640. Epub 11/16/2024.
Schick A, Hardy S, Strawderman M, Zheng D, Cummings M, Milano MT, Magnuson A, Behr J, Sammons S, Usuki K, Mohile N, O'Regan R, Anders CK, Hicks D, Dhakal A
NPJ breast cancer.. 2024 August 210 (1):69. Epub 08/02/2024.
Nagpal S, Milano MT, Chiang VL, Soltys SG, Brackett A, Halasz LM, Garg AK, Sahgal A, Ahluwalia MS, Tom MC, Palmer JD, Knisley JPS, Chao ST, Gephart MH, Wang TJC, Lo SS, Chang EL
Neuro-oncology.. 2024 July 526 (7):1195-1212. Epub 1900 01 01.
Constine LS, Olch AJ, Jackson A, Hua CH, Ronckers CM, Milano MT, Marcus KJ, Yorke E, Hodgson DC, Howell RM, Hudson MM, Williams JP, Marples B, C M Kremer L, Marks LB, Bentzen SM
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2024 June 1119 (2):316-320. Epub 03/30/2021.
Shen CJ, Kry SF, Buchsbaum JC, Milano MT, Inskip PD, Ulin K, Francis JH, Wilson MW, Whelan KF, Mayo CS, Olch AJ, Constine LS, Terezakis SA, Vogelius IR
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2024 June 1119 (2):431-445. Epub 08/11/2023.
Ajithkumar T, Avanzo M, Yorke E, Tsang DS, Milano MT, Olch AJ, Merchant TE, Dieckmann K, Mahajan A, Fuji H, Paulino AC, Timmermann B, Marks LB, Bentzen SM, Jackson A, Constine LS
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2024 June 1119 (2):655-668. Epub 02/01/2024.
Zhu Z, Ni J, Cai X, Su S, Zhuang H, Yang Z, Chen M, Ma S, Xie C, Xu Y, Li J, Ge H, Liu A, Zhao L, Rao C, Xie C, Bi N, Hui Z, Zhu G, Yuan Z, Wang J, Zhao L, Zhou W, Rim CH, Navarro-Martin A, Vanneste BGL, Ruysscher D, Choi JI, Jassem J, Chang JY, Kepka L, Käsmann L, Milano MT, Van Houtte P, Suwinski R, Traverso A, Doi H, Suh YG, Noël G, Tomita N, Kowalchuk RO, Sio TT, Li B, Lu B, Fu X
Translational lung cancer research.. 2022 September 11 (9):1763-1795. Epub 1900 01 01.
Khazan N, Kim KK, Hansen JN, Singh NA, Moore T, Snyder CWA, Pandita R, Strawderman M, Fujihara M, Takamura Y, Jian Y, Battaglia N, Yano N, Teramoto Y, Arnold LA, Hopson R, Kishor K, Nayak S, Ojha D, Sharon A, Ashton JM, Wang J, Milano MT, Miyamoto H, Linehan DC, Gerber SA, Kawar N, Singh AP, Tabdanov ED, Dokholyan NV, Kakuta H, Jurutka PW, Schor NF, Rowswell-Turner RB, Singh RK, Moore RG
Journal of medicinal chemistry.. 2022 April 2865 (8):6039-6055. Epub 04/11/2022.
Chmura S, Winter KA, Robinson C, Pisansky TM, Borges V, Al-Hallaq H, Matuszak M, Park SS, Yi S, Hasan Y, Bazan J, Wong P, Yoon HA, Horton J, Gan G, Milano MT, Sigurdson ER, Moughan J, Salama JK, White J
JAMA oncology.. 2021 June 17 (6):845-852. Epub 1900 01 01.
Milano MT, Grimm J, Soltys SG, Yorke E, Moiseenko V, Tomé WA, Sahgal A, Xue J, Ma L, Solberg TD, Kirkpatrick JP, Constine LS, Flickinger JC, Marks LB, El Naqa I
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2021 May 1110 (1):87-99. Epub 01/31/2018.
Soltys SG, Grimm J, Milano MT, Xue J, Sahgal A, Yorke E, Yamada Y, Ding GX, Li XA, Lovelock DM, Jackson A, Ma L, El Naqa I, Gibbs IC, Marks LB, Benedict S
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2021 May 1110 (1):112-123. Epub 01/27/2021.
Milano MT, Chiang VLS, Soltys SG, Wang TJC, Lo SS, Brackett A, Nagpal S, Chao S, Garg AK, Jabbari S, Halasz LM, Gephart MH, Knisely JPS, Sahgal A, Chang EL
Neuro-oncology.. 2020 December 1822 (12):1728-1741. Epub 1900 01 01.
Turner BE, Prabhu RS, Burri SH, Brown PD, Pollom EL, Milano MT, Weiss SE, Iv M, Fischbein N, Soliman H, Lo SS, Chao ST, Cox BW, Murphy JD, Li G, Gephart MH, Nagpal S, Atalar B, Azoulay M, Thomas R, Tillman G, Durkee BY, Shah JL, Soltys SG
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2020 March 1106 (3):579-586. Epub 10/10/2019.
Translational lung cancer research.. 2019 February 8 (1):78-87. Epub 1900 01 01.
The utilization patterns and comparative effectiveness of systemic therapy with high-dose thoracic radiotherapy or low-dose thoracic radiotherapy versus systemic therapy alone in newly diagnosed metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients.
Cancer.. 2015 May 1121 (9):1436-45. Epub 01/08/2015.
Local control rates with five fractions of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for primary lung tumors: A single institution experience of 153 consecutive patients
Ashworth AB, Senan S, Palma DA, Riquet M, Chan Ahn Y, Ricardi U, Congedo MT, Gomez DR, Wright GM, Melloni G, Milano MT, Sole CV, De Pas TM, Carter DL, Warner AJ, Rodrigues GB
Clinical lung cancer.. 2014 September 15 (5):346-55. Epub 05/15/2014.
Milano MT, Strawderman RL, Venigalla S, Ng K, Travis LB
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.. 2014 August 9 (8):1081-90. Epub 1900 01 01.
Ibarra RA, Rojas D, Snyder L, Yao M, Fabien J, Milano M, Katz A, Goodman K, Stephans K, El-Gazzaz G, Aucejo F, Miller C, Fung J, Lo S, Machtay M, Sanabria JR
Acta oncologica.. 2012 May 51 (5):575-83. Epub 01/23/2012.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.. 2010 November 5 (11):1841-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Metcalfe SK, Milano MT, Bylund K, Smudzin T, Rubin P, Chen Y
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.. 2010 February 5 (2):185-90. Epub 1900 01 01.
Chapter: Advances in Chemoradiation Treatment of Locoregionally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Authors: Milano MT and Chen Y
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis, New York, NY 2007
Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology
(2007)
Chapter: Late effects of cancer treatment on normal tissues
Authors: Constine LS, Milano MT, Friedman D, Williams JP, Rubin, P, and Okunieff P
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New York, NY 2007
Oncology: An Evidence Based Approach
(2006)
Chapter: Head and Neck Cancer
Authors: Cohen EW, Stenson KM, Milano MT and Vokes EE
Publisher:
Springer-Verlag, New York, NY 2006
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
(2006)
Chapter: Re-irradiation in head and neck cancer
Authors: Kao J, Milano MT, Salama JK, Cesaretti J, Genden EM
Publisher:
Orient Longman Ltd, India 2006
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: A Clinical Perspective
(2005)
Chapter: Pyriform Sinus Cancer
Authors: Milano MT, Jackson W and Haraf DJ
Publisher:
BC Decker Inc, Hamilton, ON 2005
Holland Frei Manual of Cancer Medicine
(2005)
Chapter: Lung Cancer
Authors: Milano MT, Connell PP, Kao J
Publisher:
BC Decker Inc, Hamilton, ON 2005
Holland Frei Manual of Cancer Medicine
(2005)
Chapter: Breast Cancer
Authors: Milano MT, Kao J, Connell PP
Publisher:
BC Decker, Inc, Hamilton, ON 2005
Holland Frei Manual of Cancer Medicine
(2005)
Chapter: Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Authors: Milano MT, Kao J, Connell PP
Publisher:
BC Decker Inc, Hamilton, ON 2005
Holland Frei Manual of Cancer Medicine
(2005)
Chapter: Head and Neck Cancer
Authors: Kao J, Milano MT, Connell PP
Publisher:
BC Decker Inc, Hamilton, ON 2005
Holland Frei Manual of Cancer Medicine
(2005)
Chapter: Endometrial Cancer
Authors: Kao J, Connell PP, Milano MT
Publisher:
BC Decker Inc., Hamilton, ON 2005
Holland Frei Manual of Cancer Medicine
(2005)
Chapter: Cervical Cancer
Authors: Kao J, Milano MT, Connell PP
Publisher:
BC Decker Inc., Hamilton, ON 2005
Holland Frei Manual of Cancer Medicine
(2005)
Chapter: Ovarian Cancer
Authors: Connell PP, Kao J, Milano MT
Publisher:
BC Decker Inc., Hamilton, ON 2005
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Ratings
Care provider's discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)
4.9 stars
Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others
4.9 stars
Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition
4.9 stars
Care provider's efforts to include you in decisions about your care
4.9 stars
Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries
4.9 stars
Patient Comments
5.0 stars
Dr. Milano went out of his way to see me and answer the questions I and my family had. It helped considerably in my understanding of further treatment.
Jan 26, 2025
5.0 stars
Excellent visit with all details of treatment discussed.
Dec 27, 2024
5.0 stars
Did not feel that I was treated as a number, Everyone treated me with courtesy and respect.
Nov 17, 2024
5.0 stars
Perfect
Oct 25, 2024
5.0 stars
This group is really convenient to visit, and they were very efficient. I was able to schedule an appointment within a week!
Jul 17, 2024
5.0 stars
Perfect. Thank You.
Apr 14, 2024
I like that the doctor showed me the actual scan comparisons from previous scans and explained them
Jan 31, 2024
5.0 stars
Provider included my husband as well.
Jun 26, 2023
5.0 stars
The doctor spent a good amount of time with me and my husband. He knew my medical history. He explained what procedure could be done--both the benefits and possible risks--at a level I could understand. I felt very comfortable with the doctor and he made it possible for me to make a decision I am comfortable with.
May 28, 2023
5.0 stars
I was glad there was a cancellation to facilitate this appointment and to speed things along towards a treatment plan.
Apr 26, 2023
5.0
Dr. Milano is a caring, compassionate man. He made me feel very comfortable with my decisions.
Apr 21, 2023
5.0
Dr. Milano was very detailed about my condition and treatment options.
Apr 02, 2023
Very well explained
Mar 30, 2023
5.0
Dr. Milano was excellent. [...].
Dec 17, 2022
5.0
The Provider pointed out a white spot in the pelvis area. The white spot was there last year and is the same size as last year. The spot is in the bone so there is a need for additional testing including a bone marrow test which is being scheduled.
Oct 07, 2022
5.0
I am confident about my team and treatment plan! Everyone was so nice, knowledgeable and professional! I feel that I would get the best care possible.
Sep 10, 2022
It was a fine experience. Long term follow up on a thankfully stable condition. Very suitable for Telemedicine encounter.
Jul 21, 2022
Highly recommend UR
Jul 21, 2022
5.0
Explained all the treatment options & let me make the decision.
Mar 30, 2022
Great Dr. Very satisfied
Mar 17, 2022
Dr. Milano is always very caring and professional. He takes the time to listen to you and explain everything about your care, so that you understand. He has my utmost respect and trust in all he does as my doctor. My cancer team treats me with respect and so much compassion.
