Atlanta, Georgia (DeKalb County)
Married, four children
Lakeside High School - Atlanta, Georgia
Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida
Degree: B. S. ( Biology )
Omicron Delta Kappa, Gold Key
President's Council of Student Leaders
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Degree: M.D.
Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Advisor: Dr. M. Raben
North Carolina, August 18, 1979
South Carolina, June 7, 1988
National Board of Medical Examiners, NBME #197374
American Board of Radiology
Resident
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
300 South Hawthorne Road
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27103
Clinical Instructor, Radiation Therapy
Bowman-Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Southeast Radiation Oncology Group, P.A.
200 Queens Road, Suite 400, Charlotte, NC 28204.
President and Medical Director
Matthews Radiation Oncology Center
Matthews Radiation Oncology Center
1400 Matthews Township Parkway
Matthews, NC 28105
Telephone: 704-845-8800
Lectures to 2nd and 4th year Medical Students
General Introduction to Radiation Oncology
Introduction to Clinical Immunology
Clinical Immunology
Effects of Anit-Cancer Therapy on the Immune System
Immune Modulation Hyperfractionation
American Medical Association
State, County, Medical Society
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Radiation Oncology
Gynecologic Oncology Group
Piedmont Oncology Association
1983 - 1984: Executive Committee
1983 - 1984: Co-Chairman, Radiation Oncology Committee
S. E. Cancer Control Consortium
CARROS, Vice President
CARROS, President
Protocol Review Committee
Alternate Delegate, N. C. Medical Society
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities
U.S. Jaycee's Outstanding Young Men in America
American Cancer Society
Forsyth County Unit
President, 1982-1983
Medical Director, 1982
President Elect, 1982
American Cancer Society
Mecklenburg County Unit
Public Education Committee, 1986-1988
Professional Education Committee, 1986-1988
Board of Directors, 1984
Executive Committee, 1986-1988
American Cancer Society
N. C. Division
Board of Directors, 1987-1988
Medical Chairman, Red Sword Ball, 1987
Charlotte Chapter, World Christian Training Center
Executive Committee
CanCare, Board of Directors, 1990
First Presbyterian Church, 1979-1983
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Board of Deacons, 1982-1983
Stewardship Committee, 1982-1983
Forest Hill Presbyterian Church, 1984-1994
Sunday School Teacher, Kindergarten, 5th & 6th grades
Children's Education Committee, 1988-1989
Charlotte Christian School
Board of Trustees, 1993-1997
The Bridge Youth Ministries
Board of Directors, 1996-1997
Carolina Youth Commission
Board of Directors, 1997-2006
Treasurer, 1997-2006
Search Ministries
Advisory Board, 2008-Present
Home Care Advisory Committee, 1984-1985
Professional Continuing Education Committee, 1985
Speakers Bureau, 1984-Present
Cancer Care Committee; Oncology Committee; Steering Committee-Presbyterian Hospital Cancer Symposium; Steering Committee-Campaign for Caring, 1991-1992
Medical Director, Inpatient Hospice Unit, 1991-1992
Presbyterian Hospital Matthews, Medical Executive Committee, 2008 - Present
Photography, reading, golf, hunting.
Plunkett, S. Conventional Radiotherapy of Specific Central Nervous System Tumors. In: Robert H. Wilkins, M.D. and S.S. Rehgachery,M.D. eds, Neurosurgery, McGraw Hill, 1985: 1096-1113.
Plunkett, S. Conventional Radiotherapy of Specific Central Nervous System Tumors. In: Robert H. Wilkins, M.D. and S. S. Rehgachery,M.D. eds, Neurosurgery, McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 1996: 1849-1866.
Raben H. Heise ER, Kucera LS, Hale AH, Witcofski RL, Plunkett,S. Effects of Irradiation on Lymphocyte Subpopulations. In: DuboisJB, Serrou B, Rosenfield C, eds, Immunopharmacologic Effects of Radiation Therapy. N.Y.: Raven Press, 1981: 321-328.
Ekstrand KE, Dixon RL, Plunkett, S. Raben M. The calculation ofthe dose to lymphocytes in external beam radiation therapy. RadiatRes 1981: 85: 399-407.
Ekstrand KE, Plunkett S, Heise ER, Dixon RL, Raben M. Lymphocyte Migration and Radiation Lymphopenia. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys,1981; 7: 1451-1455.
Plunkett SR, Heise ER, Elkstrand K, Hale AH, Witcofski RH, RabenM. An analysis of lymphocyte subpopulations in the patients receiving radiation therapy. Presented at the Southeastern Cancer Research Association Meeting, November, 1990.
Plunkett, SR, Harris DT, Hogan KT, Raben M, Evans DL. Regulation of natural killer cells by tumor associated fetal antigens. Presented at the Federation of American Societies in Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA, April 1982.
Flanders RT, Kucera LS, Richard MJ, Jr., Plunkett S, Raben M. Characterization of an HSV-2 tumor-associated antigen Ag4 reactive with cervical carcinoma patients sera. Abstract for American Society for Virology, July 1983.
Plunkett SR. The Role of Radiation therapy in the management of soft tissue sarcomas. Presented at the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Review, Charlotte, N.C. October, 1995