Ronald Castellino, MD, former chair of diagnostic radiology at Stanford (Calif.) University and former chairman of radiology at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, died April 22 at age 88.
Dr. Castellino spent 25 years at Palo Alto-based Stanford Medicine where he established its oncologic radiology section, according to a May 18 news release from the health system.
“By creating the radiation oncology specialty, he provided a new focus for residents and physicians and brought patients a higher level of care,” Lloyd Minor, MD, the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professor for the Dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at Stanford University, said in the news release.
He also helped reorganize the department into two sections, diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy, while serving as Stanford Medicine’s chair of diagnostic radiology from 1981 to 1989.
Dr. Castellino joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1990.
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