Dr. Stea is board-certified in radiation oncology and treats patients with breast and lung cancers, melanoma, brain tumors and pediatric cancers. His clinical research focuses on:

• the treatment of malignant and benign brain tumors with stereotactic radiosurgery.
  
• the development of novel radiation enhancers/radiosensitizing drugs.

After he completed a doctorate in biochemistry at UCLA, Dr. Stea received his medical degree from George Washington University, Washington, DC. Following a residency in radiation oncology at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, he was appointed to The University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Dr. Stea is listed among The Best Doctors in America since 1996 and has received the UMC "Patient's Choice Award" for outstanding communications and excellence in patient care in 1994, 1995 and 1998.