Doctor Peter Grimm is a prostate cancer specialist and the Director of the Prostate Cancer Center in the Seattle area. Dr. Grimm received his undergraduate education at Seattle University, medical education at Midwestern University (Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and his graduate training in radiation oncology at UCLA. In the late 1980’s he pioneered with his partners low-dose brachytherapy technique known as seed implantation for prostate cancer. Dr. Grimm, along with his colleagues, established the Seattle Prostate Institute (SPI) in 1997 and their new center the Prostate Cancer Center in July, 2009..
As CEO of SPI from 1997 to 2004, he was instrumental in forming SPIE, an educational business dedicated to training and ProQura a quality assurance company in support of brachytherapy physicians. He and his pioneering colleagues have treated over 10,000 patients and have trained over 6000 physicians from around the world in prostate brachytherapy. Over one thousand centers now perform seed implantation, which is now a treatment of choice for many men with prostate cancer.
Dr. Grimm’s technical endeavors, such as the development of six U.S. patented devices, have lead to continuous improvements in the equipment widely used in prostate implantation. He has served as one of fifteen physicians on the Medicare Practicing Physicians Advisory Board in Washington DC, is the CEO of ProQura, a medical quality assurance company, and serves on the ASTRO economic committee. He also serves on advisory boards for Nexcura, a medical advice and information company, Navigating Cancer, Bard Urology, Oncura, and Watson Pharmaceuticals. As lead editor he and his partners also edited and published a collaborative book on prostate cancer, The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book, published by McGraw Hill in 2004.In 2010 he received the highest award in the Brachytherapy profession, the President award from the American Brachytherapy society for outstanding achievement and contributions.
Born and raised in Seattle, Dr. Grimm continues to pursue many civic activities, including his lifelong passion for preserving wild salmon. In a cooperative effort with the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and Washington State Department of Wildlife, he has released over 3 million wild salmon. He also serves as a board member for Long Live the Kings, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving wild salmon in the Northwest. He is married to Dawn Winters, PhD and has two children, Robyn Vera, DO a resident in radiation oncology and Justin Grimm has two wonderful grandchildren.