Radiation Oncologists

Tom Simko, MD

Education
B.S. University of California at Riverside, 1969
M.D. University of California at Davis, 1973
Internship, Huntington Memorial Medical Center, Pasadena, 1974
Residency, University of Washington and University of California at Los Angeles, 1974-1978

Dr. Simko is a board certified Radiation Oncologist. He was certified by the American Board of Radiology in 1978 and recertified in 1999. He is an active member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO), the Los Angeles Radiologic Society, the Southern California Radiation Oncology Society. He is a member of the California Medical Association and Los Angeles County Medical Association. He has served as District President of LACMA. He serves on numerous committees at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, including the Cancer Committee, the Radiation Safety Committee, the Investigational Review Board and the Medical Executive Committee. Dr. Simko has also served as the President of the Torrance Memorial Health Care Foundation for the past ten years. He is a founding board member of the Wellness Community of the South Bay, and continues to serve on its Professional Advisory Board. Outside of work, he enjoys his active family, leisure reading, skiing and hiking.

Dan Hovenstine, MD

Education
B.S. (Biological Sciences) University of California at Irvine, 1979
B.A. (Economics) University of California at Irvine, 1980
M.D. University of Vermont, 1985
Internship, UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program, 1985-1986
Residency, Loma Linda University, 1986-1989

Dr. Hovenstine was board certified by the American Board of Radiology in 1989 and recertified in 1999. He is an active member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO), the Los Angeles Radiologic Society, the Southern California Radiation Oncology Society, the American College of Radiology, and the Los Angeles County Medical Association. He is a member of the board of directors of the Wellness Community of the South Bay, and is chairman of its Professional Advisory Board. His personal interests include biking, hiking, landscaping, travel, and early 20th century art and architecture.

Thyra Endicott, MD

Education
B.A. Harvard University 1984
B.Sc.N. University of California at Los Angeles 1988
M.D. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada 1993
Radiation oncology residency, London Regional Cancer Center, London, Ontario 1993-1998, chief resident 1996-1997
Fellowship in central nervous system radiation oncology, UCLA 1998-1999.

Dr. Endicott was on the clinical faculty at UCLA from 1998 to 2000; she joined Dr. Hovenstine and Dr. Simko at Torrance in June 2000. She continues to serve as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA. She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in the practice of radiation oncology. She is an active member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (ASTRO), the Los Angeles Radiologic Society, the California Medical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Southern California Radiation Oncology Society. She is the Principal Investigator for Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) clinical trials at Torrance Memorial. She serves on numerous committees at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, including the Breast Cancer Committee, Bioethics Committee, End of Life Care Committee, Radiation Safety Committee, and the Institutional Review Board. She enjoys her family life; music, swimming and tennis are favorite pastimes.