IU Health Proton Therapy Center names new medical director

Bloomington, IN – The Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center (formerly Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute) has named James ("Jay") Douglas, MD, MS, as medical director. He also assumes the role as newly created position of deputy director of IU Cyclotron Operations, which generates the proton beam used to treat patients at the center, and is on the faculty of the IU School of Medicine.

Dr. Douglas brings significant experience to... Read More

Beecher teen plays waiting game with treatments complete

Beecher, Ill. | For 33 sessions, 15-year-old Jonathan Larson would lay perfectly still, sometimes as long as almost three hours, to make sure the cancerous tumors on his spine were receiving the proton radiation therapy and no healthy tissue was damaged. ... Read More

MPRI is now Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center

Bloomington, IN – Today, the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI) formally announced its name change to the Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center. In 2010, Clarian Health, one of MPRI's parent organizations, announced the decision to clearly define its mission and statewide focus by uniting its hospitals and affiliated services under one identity – Indiana University Health. Because of MPRI's affiliation with Clarian Health,... Read More

Beecher teen starts treatment

Beecher, Ill. | When he was in the hospital in October getting one of the many cancerous tumors on his spine removed, 15-year-old Jonathan Larson's friends gave him a pillow with a simple phrase on it -- "Beat it and defeat it." ... Read More

MPRI Unveils New Logo

Earlier this year, Clarian Health announced the decision to clearly define its mission and statewide focus by uniting its hospitals and allied services under one identity – Indiana University Health. Today, the nationally recognized system of health care providers, including the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI), is one step closer to that goal with the release of its new logo.

The new logo features the “block IU” atop a black... Read More

Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute to be named IU Health Proton Therapy Center

Bloomington, IN – Effective early 2011, the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute will be named Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center. Dr. Peter Johnstone, president and CEO, shared this important information with staff via executive e-mail. The name change is part of a larger effort to establish a new identity that better aligns with Clarian Health’s, soon to be IU Health’s, vision to provide one standard of care.

“We will be... Read More

Seeking Treatment Option for Pediatric Brain Tumors

At first glance, Sami Stanley and Chandler Harker seem to have nothing in common. She is a seven year old who loves to dance. Thirteen-year-old Chandler is into sports. He lives in Indianapolis. Sami calls Muncie, Ind., home.

Because they both have a brain stem tumor their lives and those of their families have become forever entwined. In the quest to find the best treatment option for their children, the Harker and Stanley families... Read More

1,000th Patient Completes Treatment at MPRI

Bloomington, Ind. – Twelve-year-old Natalie Crum of Ohio is the 1,000th patient to complete treatment at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI). The soon-to-be-sixth grader spent six weeks of her summer in Bloomington, Ind., undergoing proton therapy for a slow-growing brain tumor originally diagnosed when she was just two years old.

“Our goal in treating Natalie was to make sure her tumor no longer grows and to minimize the risks... Read More

Jeffrey Buchsbaum, M.D., Joins Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institue

Physician Specializes in Treating Children, Tumors of Head, Neck and Brain

Bloomington, Ind. – Jeffrey Craig Buchsbaum, M.D., Ph.D., A.M., has joined the radiation oncology team at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI). Buchsbaum is one of six radiation oncologists who will specialize in proton therapy treatment plans at MPRI. His position also includes an appointment to the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of... Read More

MPRI Therapists Receive Ivy Tech Proton Certification

Bloomington, Ind. – Seven radiation therapists on staff at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI) have earned a Proton Therapy Specialist Certificate through Ivy Tech Community College — Bloomington. The certificate program is the first-of-its-kind training program aimed at preparing radiation therapists to work in the rapidly expanding and specialized field of proton therapy. It can be completed in one to three semesters and... Read More