Dennis C. Shrieve,
MD, PhD, FACR
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish
Dennis C. Shrieve, MD, PhD, is the Huntsman Cancer Institute Chair in Cancer Research and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is a member of the Experimental Therapeutics Program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and co-director of the Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program at the University.
Shrieve is board certified by the American Board of Radiology in Radiation Oncology and has primary clinical research interests in adult and pediatric neuro-oncology, pediatric radiation oncology, and stereotactic radiotherapy. His basic research interests include intrinsic radiosensitivity of human tumors, the mechanisms of intrinsic cellular resistance to radiation and chemotherapy, and combined chemotherapy/radiotherapy.
Shrieve serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Board of Radiology and is past-President of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society. He has been listed in Best Doctors in America for over 10 years.
Shrieve received his MD from the University of Miami and his PhD in radiation biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley. He served on the faculties of the University of California, San Francisco, and Harvard Medical School before coming to the University of Utah.
Shrieve is the author or co-author of over 150 articles or book chapters in the medical and scientific literature. He co-editied the book "Human Radiation Injury" in 2010.
Clinical areas of special expertise include pediatric brain tumors, adult brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery and treatment of brain metastases.
Clinical Locations
Radiation Oncology
801-581-2396
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Radiation Oncology
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Professor |
| Board Certification | American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology) |
| Cancer Center Programs | Experimental Therapeutics |
Patient Rating
The Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to care provider related questions on our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey.
Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Likelihood of recommending care provider
4.8/ 5
Care provider spoke using clear language
4.8/ 5
Care provider's explanation of condition/problem
4.8/ 5
My confidence in care provider
4.9/ 5
Care provider's effort to include me in decisions
4.9/ 5
Wait time at clinic
4.6/ 5
Time care provider spent with me
4.9/ 5
Care provider's concern for questions & worries
4.9/ 5
Care provider's friendliness and courtesy
4.9/ 5
Patient Comments
Patient comments are gathered from our Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survery and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
UofU Patient
June 29, 2018
Dr shreeve is a very good Dr. kind and very informative in laymen s terms.
UofU Patient
January 22, 2017
very good experience.
UofU Patient
December 09, 2016
the care here is incredible. I feel so fortunate to have been referred to here a year ago.
UofU Patient
July 27, 2016
Needed to speak louder for hearing impaired wife.
UofU Patient
July 16, 2016
Everyone was wonderful. The skill that was needed for my procedure could only come from such top-notch Dr.s and support staff. I feel very fortunate to have been able to go to Salt Lake for my care.
UofU Patient
April 30, 2016
Both Dr. Boothe and Dr. Shrieve spent a lot of time with me and were very thorough, friendly and informative.
UofU Patient
April 16, 2016
Dr. Shrieve and Dr. Booth were excellent!
UofU Patient
January 28, 2016
Would have been better to know I was going to see a new Dr.
UofU Patient
October 02, 2015
Dr Shrieve is excellent
UofU Patient
August 12, 2015
Thank you for spending HOURS with us!!!!!
UofU Patient
May 20, 2015
my experiences at Huntsman could not be better. the bar is set high and met.
UofU Patient
April 03, 2015
good
UofU Patient
March 21, 2015
Absolutely Perfect
UofU Patient
February 07, 2015
no bad, all good except I have cancer.no better place to be seen for it
UofU Patient
September 27, 2014
I now live in New Mexico, but choose to return to Utah because I had such good care there. I can't speak highly enough of Dr. Shrieve!
UofU Patient
August 27, 2014
Dr. Shrieve and his assistant were very accommodating. I liked that they answered all of my concerns.
UofU Patient
June 15, 2014
He was very thorough and informative. I knew what to expect.
UofU Patient
June 08, 2014
I have never had a doctor spend all the time I needed to share my concerns. Both Dr. Jensen, and Dr. Shrieve spent a very long time with me and my family. I so appreciated this.
UofU Patient
March 21, 2014
Dr. Jensen was very personable as well as proessional. Dr. Sherrif (sp?) was very knowledgable and explained the processes very clearly so even someone like myself without his expertise could get an idea of what the treatment proposed entailed.
UofU Patient
February 11, 2014
We like Dr Randy Jensen a lot, but we did not see him very much that day, except for the first hour.
UofU Patient
January 31, 2014
We were extremely impressed with Dr Shrieve. He was very patient and thorough when answering all of our questions. He spent quite a bit of time with us and that meant a lot.
UofU Patient
January 29, 2014
I was there for a consultation of spine MRI an they had no clue they were looking at my MRI of brain which was last week. I had to tell them why I was there. then he quickly looked at MRI of spine for 2 min which did not make me feel comfortable an said he would coordinate with my oncologist.
UofU Patient
September 09, 2013
This was a routine follow-up, so I knew what to expect.
UofU Patient
June 17, 2013
We really appreciated the attention and clear explanations given. We came away feeling very confident in the physician and other staff and very positive about treatment plans.
UofU Patient
March 25, 2013
good
UofU Patient
January 21, 2013
We felt well cared for and in competant hands.
UofU Patient
December 28, 2012
Dr. Schrieve seemed to have a bit of a lack of respect for what Dr. Cohen had been planning and implementing
UofU Patient
December 06, 2012
All is very good
UofU Patient
March 14, 2012
Dr. Schreive was able to answer the questions i asked. I wouldn't be where I am today without him!
UofU Patient
November 08, 2011
Very impressed with the compassion showed by my care provider Dr. Dennis Shrieve .
UofU Patient
August 11, 2011
Good overall, especially considering how busy the department has been of late. No complaints.
Dennis C. Shrieve, MD, PhD, is the Huntsman Cancer Institute Chair in Cancer Research and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is a member of the Experimental Therapeutics Program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and co-director of the Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program at the University.
Shrieve is board certified by the American Board of Radiology in Radiation Oncology and has primary clinical research interests in adult and pediatric neuro-oncology, pediatric radiation oncology, and stereotactic radiotherapy. His basic research interests include intrinsic radiosensitivity of human tumors, the mechanisms of intrinsic cellular resistance to radiation and chemotherapy, and combined chemotherapy/radiotherapy.
Shrieve serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Board of Radiology and is past-President of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society. He has been listed in Best Doctors in America for over 10 years.
Shrieve received his MD from the University of Miami and his PhD in radiation biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley. He served on the faculties of the University of California, San Francisco, and Harvard Medical School before coming to the University of Utah.
Shrieve is the author or co-author of over 150 articles or book chapters in the medical and scientific literature. He co-editied the book "Human Radiation Injury" in 2010.
Clinical areas of special expertise include pediatric brain tumors, adult brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery and treatment of brain metastases.
Academic Locations
Huntsman Cancer Hospital
801-581-2396
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Radiation Oncology
-
Professor |
| Board Certification | American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology) |
| Cancer Center Programs | Experimental Therapeutics |
Research Interests
- Adult and pediatric neuro-oncology
- Pediatric Radiation Oncology
- Conformal radiotherapy and radiosurgery for intracranial tumors of children and adults
- Radiotherapy using altered fractionation in the treatment of pediatric and adult tumors
- Combined chemoradiotherapy
- Genitourinary malignancies
- Intrinsic radiosensitivity of human tumors
- Mechanisms of intrinsic cellular resistance to radiation and chemotherapy
- Role of microenvironmental factors on cellular sensitivity to radiation and to chemotherapeutic agents
- Mechanisms of normal tissue injury and repair following radiotherapy
Education History
| Chief Resident | University of California - San Francisco Radiation Oncology Chief Resident |
| Residency | University of California - San Francisco Radiation Oncology Resident |
| Internship | University of California - San Francisco Medicine Intern |
| Professional Medical | University of Miami School of Medicine Medicine M.D. |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Mount Vernon Hospital Research Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Doctoral Training | University of California - Berkeley Radiation Biophysics Ph.D. |
| Undergraduate | University of California - Berkeley Zoology A.B. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Wallner PE, McGeagh AM, Gerdeman AM, Wilson LD, Shrieve DC, Alektiar KM, Hahn SM, Kachnic LA, Jackson VP (2018). Snapshot of a Specialty: Results of the ABR 2016 Radiation Oncology Clinical Practice Analysis. J Am Coll Radiol, 16(4 Pt A), 513-517.
- Tward JD, Poppe MM, Hitchcock YJ, ONeil B, Albertson DJ, Shrieve DC (2018). Demographics, stage distribution, and relative roles of surgery and radiotherapy on survival of persons with primary prostate sarcomas. Cancer Med, 7(12), 6030-6039.
- Burt LM, Shrieve DC, Tward JD (2018). Factors influencing prostate cancer patterns of care: An analysis of treatment variation using the SEER database. Adv Radiat Oncol, 3(2), 170-180.
- Ma L, Sahgal A, Nie K, Hwang A, Karotki A, Wang B, Shrieve DC, Sneed PK, McDermott M, Larson DA (2012). Reliability of contour-based volume calculation for radiosurgery. J Neurosurg, 117 Suppl, 203-10.
- Shrieve DC, Colman H (2012). Medulloblastoma: molecular classifications and prognostic associations. Oncology (Williston Park), 26(11), 1097, 1102.
- Cooke EW, Shrieve DC, Tward JD (2011). Clinical versus pathologic staging for prostate adenocarcinoma: how do they correlate? Am J Clin Oncol, 35(4), 364-8.
- Montejo ME, Shrieve DC, Bentz BG, Hunt JP, Buchman LO, Agarwal N, Hitchcock YJ (2011). IMRT with simultaneous integrated boost and concurrent chemotherapy for locoregionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 81(5), e845-52.
- Ma L, Petti P, Wang B, Descovich M, Chuang C, Barani IJ, Kunwar S, Shrieve DC, Sahgal A, Larson DA (2011). Apparatus dependence of normal brain tissue dose in stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases. J Neurosurg, 114(6), 1580-4.
- Brem SS, Bierman PJ, Brem H, Butowski N, Chamberlain MC, Chiocca EA, DeAngelis LM, Fenstermaker RA, Friedman A, Gilbert MR, Hesser D, Junck L, Linette GP, Loeffler JS, Maor MH, Michael M, Moots PL, Morrison T, Mrugala M, Nabors LB, Newton HB, Portnow J, Raizer JJ, Recht L, Shrieve DC, Sills AK Jr, Vrionis FD, Wen PY, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (2011). Central nervous system cancers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 9(4), 352-400.
- Wang B, Rassiah-Szegedi P, Zhao H, Huang YJ, Sarkar V, Szegedi M, Kokeny KE, Anker CJ, Shrieve DC, Salter BJ (2011). Initial experience and clinical comparison of two image guidance methods for SBRT treatment: 4DCT versus respiratory-triggered imaging. J Appl Clin Med Phys, 12(3), 3429.
- Rassiah-Szegedi P, Wang B, Szegedi M, Tward J, Zhao H, Huang YJ, Sarkar V, Shrieve D, Salter B (2011). Individualized margins for prostate patients using a wireless localization and tracking system. J Appl Clin Med Phys, 12(3), 3516.
- Ma L, Sahgal A, Cozzi L, Chang E, Shiu A, Letourneau D, Yin FF, Fogliata A, Kaissl W, Hyde D, Laperriere NJ, Shrieve DC, Larson DA (2010). Apparatus-dependent dosimetric differences in spine stereotactic body radiotherapy. Technol Cancer Res Treat, 9(6), 563-74.
- Chen J, Pappas L, Moeller JH, Rankin J, Sharma PK, Bentz BG, Fang LC, Hayes JK, Shrieve DC, Hitchcock YJ (2006). Treatment of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma with external beam radiation combined with interstitial brachytherapy. Head Neck, 29(4), 362-9.
Book
- Shrieve DC, Loeffler JS (October 2010). Human Radiation injury. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Global Impact
Education History
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Mount Vernon Hospital Research Postdoctoral Fellow |