Michael T. Selch, M.D.
Professor

Dr. Selch received his B.S. degree in biological sciences from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and completed his M.D. degree at the University of California in Los Angeles. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and then a residency in Radiation Oncology at UCLA. After completion of residency training, he joined the UCLA faculty as an adjunct assistant professor.

Clinical interests of Dr. Selch include brain tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, lung cancer, pediatric malignancies, total body irradiation and stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Selch has received a Clinical Fellowship and a Career Development Award from the American Cancer Society. He is active in Children's Cancer Group (CCG), Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and serves on the review board for Oncology International Journal for Cancer Research and the International Journal for Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics.

Curriculum Vita (pdf format)

Selected Publications

Desalles AAF, Goetsch S, Selch MT, Holly FE, Solberg T, Becker D: Radiosurgery of cavernous sinus tumors. Acta Neuchirugia 117:118,1992

Eilber,FR, Eckardt,JJ, Rosen,G, Fu,YS, Seeger,LL, Selch,MT: Neoadjuvant Chemotherpy and Radiotherapy in the Multidisciplinary Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremity. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 2:611-620, 1993

DeSalles,AAF, Bajada,CL, Goetsch,S, Selch,M, Holly,FE, Solberg,T, Becker,DP: Radiosurgery of Cavernous Sinus Tumors. Acta Neurochir 58:101-103,1993

Desalles AAF, Hariz,M, Bajada,CL, Goetsch,S, Bergenheim, T, Selch,M, Holly,FE, Becker, DP: Comparison Between Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Fractionated Radiation for the Treatment of Brain Metastases. Acta Neurochir 58:115-118,1993.

Selch,MT, Shimizu, KT, DeSalles,AF, Sutton,C, Parker,RG: Primary  central nervous system lymphoma-results at UCLA and review of the literature. Am J Clin Oncol 17: 286-293,1994.

Bajada,C, Selch,MT, DeSalles,A, Goetsch,S, Juillard,G, Solberg,T, Parker,R: Application of Radiosurgery to the Head and Neck, Acta Nuerochir 62:1-4,1994.

Solberg TD, Selch MT, DeSalles AD: Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Rationale and Methods. Medical Dosimetry 23:209-219,1998.

Selch, MT, DeSalles, AD, Goetsch,SG, Holly,FE, Quinn,B, Bycott,PW,Solberg,TD, Wallace,RE, Becker,DP, Withers,HR: Single-fraction Radiosurgery for Primary and Recurrent Malignant Gliomas. Journal of Radiosurgery 1:155-168,1998.

 DeSalles AF, Selch MT: Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases. Editorial, Journal of Radiosurgery 1:31-33,1998.

Selch MT, Goy B, Lee S, El-Sadin SE, Kincaid P, Park SH, Withers HR: Gangliogliomas - Experience with 34 Patients and Review of the Literature. American Journal of Clinical Oncology 21:557-564,1998

Solberg TD, DeSalles AAF, Medin PM, Demarco JJ, Selch MT: Technical aspects of LINAC radiosurgery for the Treatment of Small Functional Targets. J Radiosurgery 1:115-121,1998.

Solberg TD, Ford JM, Medin PM, Nishimura R, Suntornpong N, Cabatan-Awang C, Minyard PA, Hagio MA, Scanlan JA, Fogg R, Selch MT, DeSalles AAF: Reproducibility of Frame Positioning for Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery. J Radiosurgery 2:57-64,1990

Mobin F, DeSalles AAF, Abdelaziz O, Cabatan-Awang C, Solberg TD, Selch M: Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Cerebral Arteriorvenous Malformations: Appearance of Perinidal T2 Hyperintensity Signal as a Predictor of Favorable Treatment Response. Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery 73:50-59, 1999.

Selch MT, DeSalles AAF, Solberg TD, Wallacce RE, Do TM, Ford J, Cabatan-Awang C, Withers HR: Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Recurrent Malignant Gliomas. J Radiosurgery 3:3-12, 2000.

Solberg TD, Boedeker KL, Fogg R, Selch MT, DeSalles AAF: Dynamic Arc Radiosurgery Field Shaping: A Comparison with Static Field Conformal and Noncoplanar Circular Arcs. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 49:1481-1491, 2001

Selch MT, DeSalles AAF, Wade M, Lee SP, Solberg TD, Wallace RE, Ford JM, Rubino G, Cabatan-Awang C, Withers HR: Initial Clinical Results of Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Craniopharyngiomas. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 1:51-59, 2002.

 DeSalles AAF, Frighetto L, Grande CV, Solberg TD, Cabatan-Awang C, Selch MT, Wallace R, Ford J: Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy of Skull Base Meningiomas: Proposal of a Grading System. Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery 76:218-229, 2001.

Eilber FC, Rosen G, Eckardt J, Forscher C,  Nelson SD, Selch M, Dorey F, Eilber F: Treatment-Induced Pathologic Necrosis: A Predictor of Local Recurrence and Survival in Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy for High-Grade Extemity Soft Tisuuse Sarcomas. J Clin Oncology 19:3203-3209, 2001.

Medin PM, Solberg TD, DeSalles AAF, Cagcon CC, Selch MT, Jonhson LP, Smathers JB, Cosman ER: Investigations of a Minimally Invasive Method for Treatment of Spinal Malignancies With Linac Stereotacitc Radiation Therapy: Accuracy and Animal Studies. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 52:1111-1122, 2002.

Chitapanarux I, Goss B, Vongtama R, Frighetto L, DeSalles A, Selch M, Duick M, Solberg T, Wallace R, Cabatan-Awang C, Ford J: Prospective Study of Stereotactic Radiosurgery without Whole Brain Radiotherapy in Patients with Four or Less Brain Metastases: Incidence of Intracranial Progression and Salvage Radiotherapy. Journal of Neuro-oncology 61:143-149, 2003.

Torres RC, Frighetto L, DeSalles AAF, Goss B, Medin P, Solberg T, Ford JM, Selch M: Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Intracranial Meningiomas. Neurosurg Focus 14:1-6, 2003.

DeSalles AAF, Frighetto L, Selch MT: Stereotactic and Microsurgery for Acoustic Neurinomas: the Controversy Continues. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 5:1215-1217, 2003.

Selch MT, DeSalles AAF, Kelly DF, Frighetto L, VInters HV, Cabatan-Awang C, Wallace RE, Solberg TD: Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Lymphocytic Hypophysitis: Report of Two Cases. J Neurosurg 99:591-596, 2003.

Smith ZA, DeSalles AAF, Frighetto L, Goss B, Lee SP, Selch M, Wallace RE, Cabatan-Awang C, Solberg T: Dedicated Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. J Neurosurgery 99:511-516, 2003.

Goss BW, Frighetto L, DeSalles AAF, Smith Z, Solberg T, Selch M: Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery using 90 Gray for Essential Trigeminal Neuralgia: Results and Dose Volume Histogram. Neurosurgery 53:823-830, 2003.

Selch, M.T., Solberg, T. Medin, P., DeSalles, A.D.: Radiosurgery for Benign Tumors, Chapter 32 in Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain DeSalles,AF and Lufkin,R(eds.), Theime Publishing, New York, 1996 pp184-212.

Selch MT: Complications of Radiation Therapy, in Complications of Urologic Surgery, third edition, Taneja, Smith, Ehrlick(eds.), WB Saunders 1997.

DeSalles AD, Buxton W, Solberg T, Medin P, Vassilev V, Cabatan-Awang C, Selch MT: Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia, in Radiosurgery vol 2, Kondziolka D(ed), Karger Publishing, Basel, 1998 pp 173-182.

Solberg TD, Fogg R, Selch MT, DeSalles AAF: Conformal Radiosurgery Using a Dedicated Linac and Micro Multileaf Collimator, in Radiosurgery 1999, vol 3, Kondziolka D(ed), Karger Publishing, Basel, 1999, pp 53-63.

DeSalles AAF, Sun B, Solberg TD, Cabatan-Awang C, Ford JM, Selch MT: Factors  Related to Radiation Injury After Radiosurgery of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain, in Radiosurgery 1999, vol 3, Kondziolka D (ed), Karger Publishing, Basel, 1999, pp 168-172.

Plascensia AR, DeSalles AAF, Do T, Cabatan-Awang C, Solberg TD, Vinuela F, Selch MT: Combined Embolization and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Large-Volume High Riak Arteriovenous Malformations, in Radiosurgery 1999, vol 3, Kondziolka D(ed), Karger Publishing, Basel, 1999, pp 161-167.

Boone RA, Solberg TD, Selch MT, DeSalles AAF, Ford JM: Cumulative Dose to Targets, Critical Structures and the Whole Brain from the treatment of Multiple Intracranial Metastases, in Radiosurgery 1999, vol 3, Kondziolka D(ed), Karger Publishing, Basel, 1999, pp 247-256.

Selch MT: Radiotherapy for Craniopharyngioma, Chapter 11 Combined Modality Therapy of Central Nervous System Tumors, Petrovich, Z., Brady LW, Apuzzo M, Bamberg M (eds), Springer, Berlin 2000 pp 231-251.

Cloughsey T, Selch MT, Liao L Chapter 72: Brain Tumors, in Cancer Treatment, fifth edition Haskell, C. (ed) W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, 2000 pp1106-1142.

Selch MT: Chapter 73 Spinal Cord Tumors, in Cancer Treatment, fifth edition, Haskell, C. (ed) W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, 2000, pp1147-1153.

Selch MT, Ahn E, Laskari A, Lee SP, Agazaryan N, Solberg TD, Cabatan-Awang C, Frighetto L, DeSalles AAF: Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 59:101-111, 2004.