Generalist radiation oncologist for Main Line Health patients across Lankenau and Riddle Hospitals—consistently among the region’s busiest high-volume clinicians with a bedside style families describe as clear and compassionate.
I cover stereotactic therapy, adaptive planning, and re-irradiation without siloing by disease site, staying grounded in new evidence while keeping advanced care accessible for every diagnosis.
Interests: whole-person health and longevity before and after treatment (American Board of Obesity Medicine certified), harnessing AI to strengthen everyday oncology workflows, and collaborations that keep community programs at the forefront of research.
Current work
Precision Radiation Oncology — Phoenixville & Crozer Chester
Mar 2022 – Mar 2023Comprehensive Cancer Care — Radiation Oncology
Jul 2021 – Feb 2022Training & credentials
Radiotherapy Academy for Benign Conditions — Comprehensive Benign Radiotherapy Training
2024American Board of Obesity Medicine — Certification
Mar 2023Virginia Commonwealth University — Radiation Oncology Residency
2017 – 2021Sidney Kimmel Medical College — MD, Population Health
2012 – 2016Penn State — Neuroscience, Global Health, Humanitarian Engineering
2009 – 2012Full catalog
Patient perspectives
“Dr. Ricco is amazing and very good at communicating answers to questions I had. He and his nurse made my experience a calming, easy transition to what needed to be done for my breast cancer. I would highly recommend him to anyone going through radiation. Dr. Ricco is very knowledgeable, and his personality and expertise gave me peace.”
“From the first time I met Dr. Ricco, I immediately liked him. He talked to me for an hour and made me feel at ease. He answered all of my questions and explained everything in great detail, even showing me the spot on my scan. I highly recommend Dr. Ricco. He is friendly, calming, positive, and a great listener. His assistant was very helpful and made me feel relaxed.”
“Dr. Ricco is one of the kindest doctors I have ever seen. He takes time to explain everything in a way that is understandable, asks if you have questions, and answers them. He lays out all of the options and gives you time to consider them. I highly recommend Dr. Ricco!”
“Dr. Ricco and his staff are wonderful, easing the trauma of treatment with compassion, concern, and understanding. I feel like they became a part of my family. Thank you for taking such wonderful care of me.”
“I love working with Dr. Ricco. He is very kind, compassionate, and accommodating to all my patients. He is a brilliant clinician who keeps up to date on new techniques and protocols, and he goes out of his way to provide top-notch care and service.”
“Dr. Ricco and his entire staff make you and your family feel at ease at this difficult time. They are friendly, compassionate, kind, thoughtful, and above all, honest.”
“Dr. Ricco and his staff made me so comfortable during my treatments. The time he spent explaining things made me feel like family. Thank you.”
“I really like Dr. Ricco and all the team members in the radiation department. My only complaint was that the card with the website they gave me was difficult to read; the printing needs to be darker.”
“Dr. Ricco and his team are always professional and friendly. They take the time to answer my questions and never make me feel rushed.”
Publications
- Predictors of high-grade radiation pneumonitis following radiochemotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
- Rectal deformation management with IGRT in prostate radiotherapy: can it be managed with rigid alignment alone?
- Predictors of high-grade radiation pneumonitis and overall survival after radiochemotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
- Influence of extracellular volume fraction on peak exercise oxygen pulse following thoracic radiotherapy
- Patient survival with and without radiotherapy for early-stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the PET and rituximab era
- Moderately hypofractionated IMRT with simultaneous integrated boost for prostate cancer: five-year toxicity
- Cardiac MRI with late gadolinium enhancement and T1 mapping after thoracic radiotherapy
- Repeat lung irradiation with stereotactic body radiotherapy outcomes
- SBRT for intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer: long-term biochemical control
- Propensity score-matched SBRT vs IMRT survival analysis for localized prostate cancer
- Lung metastases treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy: RSSearch registry experience
- Stereotactic radiosurgery alone for brain metastases with salvage strategies
- SBRT vs IMRT for prostate cancer across NCCN risk groups
- ASTRO APEx and RO-ILS malpractice benchmarking in radiation oncology
- SBRT for recurrent gynecologic malignancies of the pelvis and para-aortic region
- High-dose IMRT outcomes stratified by NCCN risk in a community setting
Selected presentations
- Interstitial lung disease subtypes, emphysema severity, and SBRT pneumonitis risk
- Pretreatment immune parameters and radiographic lung changes after SBRT
- Serum albumin trends predict clinical radiation pneumonitis in locally advanced NSCLC
- Extracellular volume fraction on cardiac MRI to detect radiation-associated cardiotoxicity
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the PET & rituximab era: radiotherapy across NCCN risk groups
- Radiation pneumonitis risk in locally advanced lung cancer with interstitial lung disease
- A disease-level look at prostate SBRT versus HDR
- Ten-year biochemical control following prostate SBRT for intermediate and high-risk disease
- Managing rectum stability in prostate radiotherapy with image guidance
- Three or more courses of repeat lung radiation using SBRT
- Image-guided prostate radiotherapy: rectal dose trade-offs by alignment paradigm
- Moderately hypofractionated IMRT with simultaneous integrated boost: five-year results
- CT vs ultrasound-based prostate HDR: a planning perspective
- T1 mapping and cardiac MRI in detecting radiation-related cardiac injury
- Repeat lung radiation therapy outcomes with SBRT
- Late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac MRI after thoracic radiation
- Community adoption of prostate SBRT: early experience and organ-at-risk sparing
- Ten-year RSSearch Registry experience treating lung oligometastases with SBRT
- SBRT versus IMRT for prostate cancer across NCCN risk groups
- Medical malpractice in radiation oncology: a case series review
- SBRT for orbital tumors: acute toxicity and organ sparing
- Ewing sarcoma with globe-displacing frontal bone metastasis: SBRT decision-making
- SBRT for recurrent gynecologic malignancies in the pelvis and para-aortic region
- CyberKnife SRS for first versus second brain metastasis events
Clinical trials
- 2018–2020 · Protocol #MCC-16-12436 (NCT03220854): Stereotactic radiotherapy plus PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition for advanced solid tumors — Co-investigator
- 2017–2020 · Protocol #HM20004955 (NCT02769000): Low-dose radiation to reduce cerebral amyloidosis in early Alzheimer's disease — Co-investigator
Actively enrolling across Main Line Health: NRG-GI011 (LAP100), NRG-CC014 (PREEMPT), NRG-LU008.
Technical experience
- External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
- IMRT, VMAT with RapidARC, and 3D-CRT
- IGRT (Gold Fiducial, Cone-Beam CT) and SGRT (Vision RT)
- Special techniques: total body irradiation, total skin electron therapy (rotational), craniospinal irradiation
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
- LINAC-based photon therapy
- Brachytherapy delivery and planning
- HDR: gynecology, prostate, sarcoma, breast
- LDR: prostate, CivaSheet
- Simulation and treatment planning systems
- Helical, breath-hold, and 4D CT simulation workflows
- Pinnacle, Eclipse, Brainlab, MIM, Variseed
- Radiopharmaceutical coordination
- Radioembolization — Y90
Activities & awards
- Chief Resident (2020–2021)
- “Learners as Teachers” training, Stanford Clinical Teaching Model (2020)
- Graduate Medical Education Committee, VCU Health (2019–present)
- Graduate Medical Education, VCU Health (2018–present)
- Clinical Trials in Radiation Oncology Workshop, University of Pennsylvania (2018)
- ASTRO-NIH Immunotherapy Workshop, National Institutes of Health (2017)
- Professional memberships (2017–present): American Brachytherapy Society; American Society for Radiation Oncology; American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Radiation Oncology Award, Sidney Kimmel Medical College (2016)
- Student Leadership Forum, Sidney Kimmel Medical College (2013)
- Annenberg Anatomy Competition, Honorable Mention (2012)
- The President's Freshman Award, The Pennsylvania State University (2011)
Licensure
- American College of Radiology Board Certification
- American Board of Obesity Medicine Certification
- Full medical license, Pennsylvania & Delaware (2021–present)
- Interstate Medical Licensure Compact: Physician (active)