Dr. Robert Zimmerman

 

Robert P. Zimmerman, M.D. is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology and was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. He graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine where he was selected for membership in the honorary medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He served his medical internship at UCLA's San Fernando Valley Program at the Olive View Medical Center and the VA Sepulveda Medical Center in California. Dr. Zimmerman completed his radiation oncology residency at the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology in Los Angeles.

Dr. Zimmerman has done extensive research in cancer treatment, and was the recipient of an American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Fellowship and a RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award. His scientific research work has resulted in numerous publications and presentations pertaining to radiation oncology. Dr. Zimmerman has served as Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Texas A & M University College of Medicine. He also has lectured in radiation therapy at California State University, Long Beach and UCLA.

Dr. Zimmerman is a member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American College of Radiation Oncology and the American Medical Association. Board certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology, Dr. Zimmerman has had extensive experience with Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Prostate Brachytherapy with permanent seed implants. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.