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Gamma Team

Gamma Knife Center Physicians

Dr. Garrido Eddy Garrido, M.D., F.R.C.S.[C], F.A.C.s.

Education:

  • University of Santo Domingo Medical School, Dominican Republic
  • Internship: Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, surgery
  • Residency: Tufts New England Medical Center, neurosurgery
  • Chief Neurosurgical Resident, Tufts New England Medical Center
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario

Professional Highlights:

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Cerebrovascular Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, 1977–1981
  • Chief of Neurosurgery, Lancaster General Hospital
  • Co-Chairman, Gamma Knife Center, Lancaster General Hospital
  • Executive Council of the Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society

Certifications:

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Canada

Joined Practice: Lancaster Neuroscience and Spine Associates, 1981

Area of Concentration:

  • General neurosurgery, gamma knife radiosurgery, cerebral aneurysm, carotid endartectomy


John Gastaldo, MD John A. Gastaldo, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Education:

  • Hahnemann Medical College
  • General surgical training: Hahnemann Medical College
  • Residency: Temple University, Neurological Surgery

Professional Highlights:

  • Past President, Lancaster County Medical Society
  • Past Chief of Neurosurgery, Lancaster Regional Medical Center
  • Past President, The Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society
  • Executive Council, The Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society

Certifications:

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery

Joined Practice: Lancaster Neuroscience and Spine Associates, 1989

Area of Concentration:

  • General neurosurgery, brain tumor surgery, gamma knife radiosurgery, and trauma


Bill Monacci, MD
William T. Monacci, M.D.

Education:
 
  • U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY: B.S. Nuclear Engineering/Physics
  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD: Doctor of Medicine
  • Surgical Internship, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Neurosurgery Residency, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Research Fellowship: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
  • Cranial Base and Micro-Neurosurgery Fellowship:
    George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
 
Professional highlights:
 
  • Former Neurosurgery Consultant to the Army Surgeon General
  • Former Chief of Cranial Base Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • Former Assistant Chief of Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • Former Assistant Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University
    of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
  • Former Chairman, Joint Committee of Military Neurosurgeons
  • Member:
    American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    Congress of Neurological Surgeons
    North American Skull Base Society
    Association of Military Surgeons
 
Certifications:
 
  • Diplomate of:
    American Board of Neurological Surgeons
    National Board of Medical Examiners
 
Joined practice: 2006
 
Area of concentration:
 
  • Spine surgery and cranial surgery


Dr. Berkenstock Kenneth G. Berkenstock, M.D.

Education:

  • Franklin and Marshal College
  • Hahneman University Medical School
  • Internship: Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin , Radiation Oncology

Board Status:

  • American Board of Radiolgy, Therapeutic Radiology
  • National Board Medical Examiners

Joined Practice: Lancaster Radiology Associates, 1993
Co-Chairman of the Gamma Knife Center

Areas of concentration:

  • GammaKnife Radiosurgery
  • Breast Cancer treatment


Jeff Eshleman, M.D. Jeffrey S. Eshleman, M.D.

Education:

  • Dickinson College 1990
  • Hahneman University Medical School 1997
  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 2002

Board Status:

  • American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiology 

Professional Highlights:

  • Chief Resident, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 2001-2002

Joined Practice: Lancaster Radiology Associates, 2004

Areas of Concentration:

  • GammaKnife Radiosurgery
  • Breast Cancer
  • Head & Neck Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer 


Charles Fuller Charles J. Fuller, Ph.D, D.A.B.R.

Education:

  • B.S. Physics, Pennsylvania State University
  • Ph.D. Physics, Temple University
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Temple University Hospital, Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Certifications:

  • Diplomate, American Board of Radiology

Employed at Lancaster General Health Campus Cancer Center since 1995


John Olmstead, MD
John A. Olmsted, Ph.D.

Education:

  • B.S. Physics w/ minors in psychology and mathematics – The American University, Washington, DC
  • Ph.D. Experimental Nuclear Physics – Kent State University, Kent, OH (Research on-site Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY)
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Medical Physics Intern – Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute, Bloomington, IN

Certification:

  • The American Board of Radiology – Therapeutic Radiologic Physics
 
Clinical Medical Physicist – Physics & Computer Planning, Charlotte, NC
LGH since September, 2006
 

Rick Raver Rick Raver, M.S., DABMP

Education:

  • University of Tennessee, B.S. in Nuclear Engineering
  • University of Tennessee, M.S. in Nuclear Engineering

Certifications:

  • Diplomate, American Board of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology Physics


Christine Burfete Christine Burfete, RN, BSN

Education:

  • RN, Geisinger School of Nursing, 1988
  • BSN, Penn State University, 1995

Employment:

  • LGH 1988 to Present
  • TNU
  • PACU
  • Gamma Knife Center since opening, 1999


Donna Graybill Donna Graybill, RN

Education:

  • RN, Heston College, Kansas

Employment:

  • IICU
  • PACU
  • Home Health
  • Gamma Knife Center since 2001