Robert Fairbanks, MD

Education

Medical School:

• Tulane University Medical School; New Orleans, LA

Residency:

• Johns Hopkins Hospital (Radiation Oncology); Baltimore, MD

Internship:

• Tulane University Medical School (Transitional Internship); New Orleans, LA

Other:

• Specialized training in the following:

     - Body Radiosurgery (SBRT)

     - Brain Radiosurgery

     - Brachytherapy

     - Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

 

Certification

• American Board of Radiology: Radiation Oncology

 

Honors & Memberships

• Top Doctors® list, specialty Radiation Oncology, 2021
• Best Doctors in America® list, specialty Radiation Oncology, 2015-2020
• American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
• Spokane County Medical Society
• Research Fellowship Grant from the American Diabetes Association
• Research Fellowship Grant from the American Heart Association

 

Research

• A Review of Treatment Modalities for Vestibular Schwannoma.
  Arthurs BJ, Fairbanks RK, Demakas JJ, Lamoreaux WT, Giddings NA, Mackay AR, Cooke BS, Elaimy AL, Lee CM.
  Neurosurg Rev. Feb. (2011).
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Movement Disorders: A Concise Review of the Literature.
  Elaimy AL, Arthurs BJ, Lamoreaux WT, Demakas JJ, Mackay AR, Fairbanks RK, Greeley DR, Cooke BS, Lee CM. 
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 8.61 (2010).
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas: Tumor Control and Functional Preservation in 70 Patients. 
  Arthurs BJ, Lamoreaux WT, Mackay AR, Demakas JJ, Giddings NA, Fairbanks RK, Cooke BS, Elaimy AL, Peressini B, Lee CM. 
  American Journal of Clinical Oncology. May. (2010).
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Essential Tremor: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
  Elaimy AL, Demakas JJ, Arthurs BJ, Cooke BS, Fairbanks RK, Lamoreaux WT, Mackay AR, Greeley DR, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 20.8 (2010): 1-7.
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Arthurs BJ, Lamoreaux WT, Giddins NA, Fairbanks RK, Mackay AR, Demakas JJ, Cooke BS, Lee CM.
  World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 100.7 (2009): 1-6.