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.

The Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology is Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil.

About Us

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.

Radiation oncologist Dr. Sagar Patel with a patient.

Divisions

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 advances research, earns honors at ASTRO 2026 October 21, 2026

Department faculty and trainees shared research, led sessions and received national recognition at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston, Sept. 26-30.

Dr. David Yu on stage receiving his 2026 ASTRO Fellowship Award.

Medical physics faculty recognized with top honors at 2026 AAPM Annual Meeting August 3, 2026

Emory medical physics faculty were recognized with prestigious honors at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, held July 19–22 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Group of Emory medical physics faculty, residents and staff at 2026 AAPM meeting.

Jagsi receives third Susan G. Komen Leadership Grant July 6, 2026

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, the Lawrence W. Davis Professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, has received a third Susan G. Komen Leadership Grant, bringing Komen’s total investment in Jagsi’s research to $1.8 million.

Winship News

Emory University receives SMART Antiviral Prize Concept Stage Award for development of antiviral therapies targeting Flaviviridae Sep. 4, 2026

Emory University’s Schinazi Lab has recently been awarded a SMART Prize for the Concept Stage. Partners on this prize include the Burwitz Lab at Oregon Health & Science University and Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.

Undergraduate research offers endless avenues for discovery May. 7, 2026

Did you know a trip to Italy to visit violin makers is research? Or that a single plant has hundreds of enzymes to unlock? It’s all part of the research these seven undergraduates are pursuing.

Need an AI guy? Call Liang Zhao to boost discovery and diagnostics Apr. 28, 2026

Since joining Emory in 2020, computer scientist Liang Zhao has built AI tools in collaboration with scientists across the university, working to speed and improve processes related to discovery and medical diagnostics.