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.

Image of medical physics residents in treatment room.

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

Langen named trustee of the American Board of Radiology March 12, 2026

Katja M. Langen, PhD, professor and associate director of the Division of Medical Physics, will join the American Board of Radiology as a trustee this fall.

Al-Hallaq and Lyatskaya join Red Journal editorial board November 2025

Hania A. Al-Hallaq, PhD, and Yulia Lyatskaya, PhD, join Bree Eaton, MD on the editorial board of the Red Journal as section editor and associate editor respectively.

Hania Al-Hallaq, PhD, and Yulia Lyatskaya, PhD

Emory medical physics research featured at AAPM Annual Meeting August 4, 2025

Researchers from the Department of Radiation Oncology shared their latest discoveries at the 67th annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Washington D.C., July 27-30, 2025.

Emory medical physicists gathered at the 2025 AAPM Annual Meeting

Winship News

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.

Four Emory researchers elected to Association of American Physicians Apr. 20, 2026

Becoming an Association of American Physicians member is a defining moment in a physician’s career. Four Emory University researchers — Allan Levey, K. M. Venkat Narayan, Guido Silvestri and Jindan Yu — have been elected members.