James Bicher

Career

Born May 12, 1937 in San Cristobal, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an American radiation oncologist. He is a pioneer in the clinical use of Hyperthermia combined with low dose (protracted) radiation therapy (thermoradiotherapy). He currently serves as the North American Vice-President of the International Clinical Hyperthermia Society and Senior Consultant at the Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Georgia.

Achievements

• He is a founder and past president of ISOTT, North American Hyperthermia Group, and the American Society of Clinical Hyperthermic Oncology. Doctor Bicher was a student of Nobel Prize winner Bernardo Alberto Houssay, and one of the pioneer contributors to the basic principles that allowed later development of Plavix. Doctor Bicher is the founder and a director of Bicher Cancer Institute.