Assistant Professor

Matthew Follwell

MD, MSc, FRCPC

Location
Royal Victoria Hospital
Address
201 Georgian Drive, Barrie, Ontario Canada L4N 9S2
Appointment Status
Primary

Qualification

  • MD, University of Western Ontario
  • M.Sc. (Physiology), Queen’s University
  • B.Sc. Hons (Physiology) - Queen’s University

Professional Memberships

  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Radiation Oncology

Recent Publications

Follwell M, Burman D, Le LW, Wakimoto K, Seccareccia D, Bryson J, Rodin G, Zimmermann C. Phase II study of an outpatient palliative care intervention in patients with metastatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jan 10;27(2):206-13.

Follwell M, Morris WJ, Moiseenko V, Shaffer R, James K, Nakano S, Reisberg S, Pickles T. Volumetric modulated arc therapy for simultaneous intraprostatic boost: dosimetric analysis, safety and early clinical outcomes. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 2015 (in press).

Thind G, Johal B, Hay J, Follwell M, Kennecke H. Chemoradiation with Capecitabine and Mitomycin-C for Stage I-III Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Radiation Oncology. 2014 May 9:124.

Davidson MT, Masucci GL, Follwell M, Blake SJ, Xu W, Moseley DJ, Sanghera P, Wong CS, Perry J, Tsao M, Sahgal A. Single arc volumetric modulated arc therapy for complex brain gliomas: is there an advantage as compared to intensity modulated radiotherapy or by adding a partial arc? Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Jun;11(3):211-20.

Follwell MJ, Khu KJ, Cheng L, Xu W, Mikulis DJ, Millar BA, Tsao MN, Laperriere NJ, Bernstein M, Sahgal A. Volume specific response criteria for brain metastases following salvage stereotactic radiosurgery and associated predictors of response. Acta Oncol. 2012 May;51(5):629-35.

Fernandes BF, Weisbrod D, Yücel YH, Follwell M, Krema H, Heydarian M, Xu W, Payne D, McGowan H, Simpson ER, Laperriere N, Sahgal A. Neovascular glaucoma after stereotactic radiotherapy for juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: histopathologic and dosimetric findings. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jun 1;80(2):377-84.

Zimmermann C, Burman D, Follwell M, Wakimoto K, Seccareccia D, Bryson J, Le LW, Rodin G. Predictors of symptom severity and response in patients with metastatic cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2010 May;27(3):175-81


Appointments

Staff Physician, Radiation Oncology, Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Program