Dr. Siavosh Vakilian completed his medical studies, internship in internal medicine and residency in radiation oncology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served as chief resident there in 2012. He then served as attending radiation oncologist at the Jewish General Hospital and faculty lecturer at the Department of Oncology at McGill University. He specialized in the treatment of breast, hematological, pulmonary and central nervous system cancers. He helped run several clinical trials and authored several publications. From 2015 to 2018, Dr. Vakilian practiced radiation oncology at Imperial Valley Cancer Center in El Centro, California, also serving as voluntary assistant clinical professor at the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Science at UCSD. From 2018 to 2021, he practiced at the Yuma Oncology Center in Yuma, Arizona using modern helical Tomotherapy.
In his free time, he likes to swim, fish, exercise and spend time with his family. He is fluent in English, French and Persian (Farsi) and has a working knowledge of Spanish. He is board certified in Radiation Oncology by both the American Board of Radiology and by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.