Radiation Oncology

The Department of Radiation Oncology is committed to conducting cutting-edge research, delivering high-quality cancer care, and training tomorrow’s physicians, medical physicists, and radiation therapy healthcare professionals.

Welcome to Radiation Oncology

As part of Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, the Department of Radiation Oncology is leading the way in research of innovative radiotherapy technologies and treatment options, providing advanced, personalized clinical care by world-class doctors and cancer care professionals, and robust training programs for the next generation of radiation oncology specialists.

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Education and Training

To train radiation oncologists and medical physicists to be leaders in our field, we offer two residency programs. In addition, we also host training programs in dosimetry and radiation therapy.

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Research

Research benefits our patients. Investigative research and discoveries in our laboratories fuel advances in cancer biology, medical physics, biomedical imaging and more.

Patient Care

The Emory Department of Radiation Oncology is committed to using the latest technologies in order to provide highly individualized treatment for our patients.

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Reshma Jagsi named chair of Emory Radiation Oncology

Internationally recognized breast cancer and bioethics researcher and radiation oncologist, Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, will join Emory School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University as chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, effective Nov. 7, 2022.

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Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

The Department of Radiation Oncology is part of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Georgia's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center.

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Department News

More Department News

Winship radiation oncology research featured at ASTRO annual meeting

October 28, 2022

Patel receives 2022 Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation

October 26, 2022

Winship and Cleveland Clinic receive NCI award to establish center to improve radiation-based combination therapies

October 3, 2022

Winship News

Cooling glioblastoma to room temperature extends survival in preclinical study Dec. 14, 2022

A new preclinical study recently reported in Science Advances and led by Emory University and UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests that cooling brain tumors to room temperature may extend survival of patients with glioblastoma multiforme.

Study finds Black women have worst HR+/HER2- breast cancer outcomes of all racial and ethnic groups Dec. 6, 2022

Winship breast oncologist Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, shared RxPONDER trial results at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showing Black women with HR+/HER2- breast cancer have worse outcomes than other racial and ethnic groups.

Winship program uses community case studies to engage middle schoolers in STEM to reduce health and workforce disparities Nov. 16, 2022

A $1.34 million NIH grant-funded Winship program will study whether using community case studies to engage Georgia middle schoolers in STEM studies will reduce health and biomedical research workforce disparities.