Encinitas Physician Joins Staff at Scripps Proton Therapy Center

Editor's note: The following is a release from Scripps Health.

Radiation oncologist Ryan Grover, M.D., of Encinitas has joined the medical staff at the Scripps Proton Therapy Center, a $220 million cancer care facility in Mira Mesa that’s expected to open for patient care in late-summer 2013. 

Expert in head and neck, central nervous system cancers

Dr. Grover joins Scripps Clinic as chief of head and neck, central nervous system, sarcoma and gynecologic proton beam therapy. In his new role, he will be responsible for patient consultations, treatment planning and treatment management.

Previously, Dr. Grover was chief of head and neck radiation oncology at Loma Linda UniversityMedical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., where he was also an assistant professor of radiation oncology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. He fulfilled his internship at the University of California, Irvine, and his residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center (home of the nation’s first hospital-based proton treatment center). 

Less damage to healthy tissue

The Scripps Proton Therapy Center will be San Diego County’s first facility to offer advanced proton therapy to cancer patients – and just the third such facility west of the Rockies. Proton therapy destroys tumors with greater precision and control than other radiation therapies, resulting in less damage to surrounding healthy tissue and organs. 

Scripps Clinic will oversee medical services at the new center and Scripps Health will provide its clinical management services. The center is being developed by Advanced Particle Therapy, LLC, of San Diego.