Dr. Frank A. Critz | Dr. James B. Benton | Dr. Mark L. Merlin

Dr. Frank Critz is the founder and Medical Director of Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG). A leading authority on prostate cancer treatment, Dr. Critz has treated thousands of men with prostate cancer over the past 30 years. Knowing there had to be a better way to treat men with prostate cancer, Dr. Critz pioneered ProstRcision®, the prostate cancer treatment the highest documented cure rate of any prostate cancer treatment approach in the medical community.

As RCOG’s Director of Prostate Cancer Research, Dr. Critz has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed research papers that have been presented at major medical meetings or published in medical journals on prostate cancer. His ground-breaking research has contributed to the advancement of prostate cancer research world-wide.

Dr. Critz practices at the main campus of Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia in Decatur.

Medical School:
University of Mississippi, 1965-1969

Residency:
Radiation Oncology, University of Mississippi and University of Florida, 1969-1973

Board Certification:
American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiology, 1975

Military Service:
Brooks Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas: 1973-1975

Teaching Appointments:
Clinical Instructor of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1974-1975
Instructor, Radiation Oncology, Shands Teaching Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, 1975-1976

Certification & License:
American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiology, Certified: 1975†¨
Medical License: Mississippi and Georgia

Professional Associations:
American Medical Association
DeKalb County Medical Society
Medical Association of Georgia
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Association of Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Brachytherapy Society

To see Dr. Critz’s published articles, click here.

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Dr. James Benton has been a certified radiation oncologist since 1997. He has practiced at Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia’s main center in Decatur since 1998, primarily treating prostate cancer patients. Before joining RCOG, Dr. Benton served as Chief Resident of Radiation Oncology at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

As a young boy living in Savannah, Dr. Benton thought often about growing up to be a physician. He earned his medical degree at Morehouse School of Medicine, where he graduated first in his class. From there, he went to the Medical College of Virginia to serve his internal medicine residency. Dr. Benton completed his radiation oncology residency at Emory University in 1996, eventually becoming chief resident before coming to RCOG.

“Many facilities offer treatments similar to what we do. Over the years, we have treated a lot of prostate cancers, but it’s the quality of the work we do that makes us different,” Dr. Benton says.

Dr. Benton’s love of math, physics, and science led him to radiation oncology, a specialty he admires for the depth of its technical detail and the breadth of its clinical application.

Medical School:
Morehouse School of Medicine Medical College of Georgia, 1983–1987

Residency:
Radiation Oncology Residency, Emory University, 1993–1996
Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology, Emory University, 1995–1996
Internal Medicine Residency, Medical College of Virginia, 1987–1990
Nominated Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, 1989

Board Certification:
Board Certified in Radiation Oncology, 1997
Board Certified in Internal Medicine ACLS Instructor

Military Service:
U.S. Navy, 1975–1979

Other:
Principle Investigator for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, an NCI-supported Intergroup Organization, 1997–1998

To see Dr. Benton’s published articles, click here.

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Dr. Mark Merlin, a Louisiana native, was practicing at a large radiation and medical oncology group in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina uprooted him and his family to Atlanta. Dr. Merlin reached out to Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG) because of its strong reputation in the treatment of prostate cancer, and he has been practicing at RCOG’s Decatur location ever since.

Following in the footsteps of his father and uncle, Dr. Merlin elected to become a physician. He attended medical school at Louisiana State University and trained at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.

“I decided to pursue radiation oncology because I had an interest in caring for patients with cancer and the technology used in treatment,” Dr. Merlin said.

After losing everything in the hurricane, he and his wife and their two children decided to make Georgia their permanent home, filling their spare time with soccer, gymnastics and hiking. He and his wife also compete in triathlons and marathons.

Medical School:
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 1989–1993

Residency:
Residency, Radiation Onclogy, Medical College of Georgia, 1994–1997

Internship:
Internal Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1993–1994

Board Certification:
American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, 1998

Professional Associations:
American College of Radiation Oncology
American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology
Jefferson Parish Medical Society
Louisiana Society Radiation Oncology
New Orleans Radiation Oncology

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