Lillian Rinker, M.D. joined Memphis Radiological P.C. in 1998. Dr. Rinker received an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from North Carolina State University. She earned her medical degree at Bowman Gray School of Medicine and completed her residency in Radiation Oncology at University of North Carolina Hostpitals. She completed her fellowship in Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina Hospitals.
Dr. Rinker is a board certified Radiation Oncologist. Her professional memberships include the ASTRO, ABR, ACRO, ABS, AMA, and TMA.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Lutz, S.T., Rinker, L. H., and Wright, K. “Physician Influence on Breast Conservation Therapy (BCf) Rates in Women Treated in a Community Hospital in the Southeastern United States: A Review of 1999 Data”, presented at the Radiological Society of North America meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2000.
Raleigh, J.A., Chou, S.C., Calkins-Adams, D.P., Ballenger, C. B., Rinker, L. H., Novotny, D. B., and Varia, M.A. A clinical study of hypoxia, differentiation and oxygen regulated protein expression in squamous cell carcinomas: metallothionein, submitted to Clinical Cancer Research, September 29, 1999.
Raleigh, J. A., Calkins-Adams, D.P., Rinker, L. H., Ballenger, C. A., Weissler,C., Fowler, W. C., Jr., Novotny, D.B., and Varia, M.A. Hypoxia and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in human squamous cell carcinomas using pimonidazole as a hypoxia marker, Cancer Res., 58: 3765-3768, 1998.
Varia, M.A., Calkins-Adams, D.P., Rinker, L. H., Kennedy, A. S., Novotny, D. B., Fowler, W. C., Jr., and Raleigh, J.A. Pimonidazole: a novel hypoxia marker for complementary study of tumor hypoxia and cell proliferation in cervical carcinoma, Gynecol. Oncol., 71: 270-277, 1998.
Lillian H. Rinker, Dennise Calkins-AdamsJAndrew S.Kennedy, Debra NovotnyJ Mahesh A.VariaJ Wesley FoWler, Jr., James A. Raleigh. “An Innovative Approach to Comparing Hypoxia and Proliferation Status in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Uterine Cervix”, presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting. Orlando, Florida. October, 1997.
Mahesh A.Varia, Andrews. Kennedy, Dennise Calkins-Adams, Lillian H. Rinker, Debra Novotny, Wesley C. Fowler,Jr.,JainesA. Raleigh. “Pimonidazole: A Novel Hypoxia Marker for Complementary Study of Tumor Hypoxia and Tumor Biology”, presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October, 1997.
Charlotte Y. Kim, Mitchell H. Tsai, Cynthia Osmanian, Dennise P. Calkins, Thomas G. Graeber, David L. Greenspan.Andrew S. Kennedy, Lillian H.Rinker, Mahesh A. Varia, Donna M.PeehJ,JamesA. Raleigh.Amato J. Giaccia. “The Role of Hypoxia, p53, and Apoptosis in Human Cervical Carcinoma Pathogenesis”, presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October, 1997.
H. Rinker, D.P. Calkins, M.A. Varia, J.A. Raleigh. “Comparison of lmmunoperoxidase and lmmunofluorescence Detection of Hypoxia in Human Tumors Using Pimonidazole as Hypoxia Marker”‘, presented at the Radiation Research Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, May, 1997.
J.A. Raleigh, L. H. Rinker, D.P. Calkins, A.S. Kennedy, D. B. Novotny, B. H. Margolin, W. C. Fowler, M.A. Varia. “Human Tumor Hypoxia: Correlations with Proliferation and VEGF Expression by Means of lmmunohistochemical Analysis Using Pimonidazole as Hypoxia Marker”, presented at the Radiation Research Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, May, 1997.
C.Y. Kim, M. H.Tsai, C. Osmanian, D. P. Calkins, T. G. Graeber, D. M. Peehl, S. Kennedy, L. H. Rinke.r, M.A. Varia,K. R. Cho,J.A. Raleigh,A.J. Giaccia. “The Role of Hypoxia and Apoptosis in Cervical Carcinoma Pathogenesis”, presented at the Radiation Research Meeting, Provjdence, Rhode Island, May, 1997.
D.P. Calkins.A. S. Kennedy,L. H. Rinker, M.A. Varia,J.A. Raleigh. “lmmunohistochemical Quantitation of Hypoxia and VEGF in Human Tumors Using Pimonidazole as Hypoxia Marker”, presented at the Radiation Research Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, May, 1997.
Elizabeth P. Miller, Julian G.Rosenman, Lillian Rinker, Suresh Mukherji, Scott L. Sailer, Gregg Tracton, Tim Cullip, Marie Deluca, Keith Muller, Mahesh Varia. “Image Registration: A Test of Clinical Accuracy”, submitted to the AAPM Meeting, March, 1997.
Charlotte Y. Kim, Mitchell H. Tsai, Cynthia Osmanian, Dennise P. Calkins, Thomas G. Graeber, David L. Greenspan,AndrewS. Kennedy, Lillian H. Rinker, Mahesh A. Varia, Donna M. PeehJ, Kathleen R.Cho,JamesA. Raleigh, Amato J. Giaccia. “‘The Role of Hypoxia, p53, and Apoptosis in Human Cervical Carcinoma Pathogenesis”, submitted to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January, 1997.
K Qualls, L Rinker, N Dubai, JT Santoso, T Tillmanns, S Pramanik, MT Ballo. “A Comparison between Traditional Packing and Balloon Packing for Patients Receiving HDR Brachytherapy for Cervial Cancer”, presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology meeting, Washington, D.C., March, 2017.