Dr. Joseph Mathew Colasanto, MD

Dr. Colasanto completed his internal medicine internship and residency in therapeutic radiology/radiation oncology at Yale University/ Yale-New Haven Hospital where he also served as Chief Resident.
Dr. Colasanto also served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Yale University School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital from 2004 through 2007, and Assistant Medical Examiner for the State of Connecticut since 2002. He is a member of the Radiological Society of North America, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Radium Society and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
Prior to joining Saint Francis, Dr. Colasanto served as the section chief for a number of committees at Yale University School of Medicine, including the Endocrine Cancer Committee and the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Committee.
Awards
-2003 Travel Grant Recipient
American Society of Clinical …Oncology
Best of ASCO 2003
-2003 RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award
Radiological Society of North America
Research & Education Foundation
-1999 – 2000 Intern of the Year
Yale University – Yale New Haven Hospital
Department of Internal Medicine, Primary Care
Post Graduate Year – 1
Advisory Boards
-2005 – 2007 Clinical Advisor
Radiology Advisory Board
Gateway Community College
North Haven, CT
Editorial Board and Review
-2003 – 2007 Editorial Board
Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
-Journal Peer Review (Reviewer for the following publications)
2005 – present International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics (Reviewer)
2006 – present The Cancer Journal (Reviewer)
Poster Presentations
-May 2007 Colasanto J.M. Evaluation of Third Malignancy in Patients with Early Stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of the Larynx. American Radium Society 89th Annual Meeting. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
-October 2004 Colasanto J.M., Haffty BG, Lally BE, and Wilson LW. Evaluation of Second Malignancy in Patients with T1 – T4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of the Larynx. American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 46th Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. . Abstract #2282, IJROBP, 60(1), Supplement 1, S505-S505, 2004.
-May 2003 Lally BE, Colasanto J.M., and Knisely JPS. The Impact of Hemoglobin Level on the Survival of Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme. American Radium Society 86th Annual Meeting. Napa Valley, CA.
Oral Presentations
-September 2007 Colasanto, J. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy and Prostate Cancer. Cancer Support Group. St Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT.
-April 2007 Colasanto, J. Radiotherapy: Target Delineation and Treatment Delivery Options. 1st Annual John R. Murren Memorial Symposium: Advances in Thoracic Oncology. Las Vegas, NV
-March 2007 Colasanto, J. Role of Radiation Therapy for Choroidal Melanomas. New England Society of Radiation Therapists. Spring Conference. Mashantucket, CT.
-November 2006 Colasanto, J. Frankly Speaking About Lung Cancer. Question & Answer Panel. New Haven, CT.
-March 2006 Colasanto, J. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy and Prostate Cancer. Men Living With Cancer Discussion Group. Guilford, CT.
-May 2005 Colasanto, J. Early Stage Larynx Cancer and Second Malignancy. New England Society of Radiation Therapists. Spring Conference. Bretton, New Hampshire.
-March 2004 Colasanto, J. Early Stage Breast Cancer in Young Women and the Effects of Breast Conserving Therapy on Lactation after Pregnancy. New England Society of Radiation Therapists. Spring Conference. Mashantucket, CT.
-July 2002 Colasanto, J. Radiotherapy Side Effects and the Role of Home Care Nursing. Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, Torrington, CT.
-April 2002 Colasanto, J. Evaluation of Second Malignancy and Local Recurrence in Patients with T1 and T2 Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of the Larynx. American Radium Society 84

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