Medical Student Fellowship Mentors
The Medical Student Fellowship is not limited to the potential mentors listed below. These are radiation oncologists who have given their consent to have their names listed for the purpose of potentially mentoring an applicant, but applicants can choose other mentors not listed here. It is the sole responsibility of Medical Student Fellowship applicants to contact mentors and work with them to develop a project.
Mentors do not need to be underrepresented in medicine.
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California Los Angeles
200 Medical Plaza Driveway, Suite #B265
Medical Plaza Driveway, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 310-948-6713
Research Interests: Brachytherapy, Gynecologic malignancies, Women’s health
Michael Xiang
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California Los Angeles
200 Medical Plaza Driveway, Suite #B265
Medical Plaza Driveway, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 661-287-0010
Research Interests: Clinical research involving cancer databases and registries
Sanjay Aneja, MD
Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Yale School of Medicine
15 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 203-200-2100
Henry S. Park, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Yale School of Medicine
35 Park Street, Lower Level
New Haven, CT 06520
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 203-200-2100
Research Interests: Lung cancer and head/neck cancer
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: Clinical outcomes and disparities in utilization of radiotherapy in combination with surgery, chemotherapy and immunotherapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer in the United States.
Christopher J. Tien, PhD, DABR
Assistant Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 203-688-4254
Research Interests: Medical physics, Brachytherapy, Gynecological brachytherapy, Prostate radiobiology, Radiobiology
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: As radiation dose prescribed gets longer and longer, the radiobiology of the tumor kill changes. This is especially prominent in prostate cancer. We have an established computational database, but this project would need a student with a good programming background to fix any bugs which arise.
Curtiland Deville, MD (Clinical Mentor)
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Sibley Radiation Oncology and Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center
5255 Loughboro Road, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 301-401-0781
Research Interests: Prostate cancer, proton therapy, soft tissue sarcoma, treatment toxicities, health disparities, physician workforce diversity
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: Clinical research related to their topic of interest in: prostate cancer, proton therapy, soft tissue sarcoma, treatment toxicities, health disparities, physician workforce diversity.
Adedamola B. Omogbehin, MD
Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving Street, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-877-3925
Robert Amdur, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
Email: [email protected]
Raymond Mailhot, MD, MPH (Clinical Mentor)
University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute
2015 N. Jefferson Street
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Email: [email protected]
Kosj Yamoah, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
12902 USF Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 813-745-0665
Research Interests: Prostate cancer
Eric D. Donnelly, MD
Associate Professor, Director of Brachytherapy
Northwestern Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Northwestern University
250 E. Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 312-926-4247
Research Interests: Gynecologic Oncology, Cancer Rehab
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: Impact of cachexia in gynecologic cancers, impact of radiation on pelvic floor muscles. Long term impact of radiation on breast reconstruction.
Anne Ritke McCall, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
University of Chicago Medicine
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 815-300-5850
Carryn Anderson, MD
Residency Program Director
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 319-384-6135
Research Interests: Head and Neck Cancer
Aradhana Kaushal, MD
Associate Professor
University of Kentucky
800 Rose Street
Lexington, KY 40536
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 859-257-7618
Research Interests:
Research Project in 2023: Yes
Research Project Description: Possible project in cannabinoids and radiation oncology, health disparities.
Freddy E. Escorcia, MD, PhD
Investigator
National Cancer Institute
10 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20814
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 301-768-0609
Research Interests: Radiopharmaceutical imaging and therapy agent development
Research Project Description: To be determined
Ana Kiess MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Residency Program Director
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
401 N. Broadway
Weinberg 1440
Baltimore, MD 21231
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 443-287-7528
Amol Narang, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
401 N. Broadway
Weinberg 1440
Baltimore, MD 21231
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 410-502-3823
Brandi R. Page, MD
Assistant Professor - Radiation Oncology and Molecular Sciences
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital - Outpatient Center in Bethesda
6420 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-896-2012
Fax: 301-896-6331
Desk Phone: 301-896-2611
Johns Hopkins Radiation Oncology
401 North Broadway, Suite 1440
Baltimore, MD 21231-2410
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 443-287-7973
Fax: 410-502-1419
Research interests: Head and Neck Cancers, Brain Tumors and Global Radiation Oncology
Ariel Hirsch, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
830 Harrison Ave.
Moakley Bldg Lower Level
Boston, MA 02118
617-638-7070
[email protected]
Rachel B. Jimenez, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Department of Radiation Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
Office phone: 617-726-7559
Email: [email protected]
Sophia Kamran, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Department of Radiation Oncology
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
55 Fruit Street, Cox 3
Boston, MA 02114
Office phone: 617-726-5866
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: GU radiation, workforce diversity and personalized radiation medicine
Nirav Kapadia, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
77 Lebanon Street
Hanover, NH 03755
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 603-650-6600
Kelli B. Pointer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Radiation Oncology)
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Primary CNS tumors and patient-centered care, clinical trials with the ultimate goal of improving the survival of patients with high grade gliomas
Charles R. Thomas Jr., MD, FASTRO
Professor and Chair
Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences
Dartmouth Cancer Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 603-650-6600
Malcolm Mattes, MD
Associate Professor
Rutgers Cancer Institute
205 S. Orange Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 973-972-5053
Research Interests: Oncology education, palliative care, workforce diversity
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: To be determined
Madhur Garg, MD, MBA (Clinical Mentor)
Clinical Director and Vice Chairman
Montefiore Medical Center
111E 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 718-920-4140
Research Interests: SRS, Proton therapy, Prostate cancer, Head Neck cancers
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: Adaptive planning, SBRT for Prostate cancer, proton re-irradiation
Craig Grossman, MD, PhD, MS
Assistant Attending
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
650 Commack Road
Commack, NY 11725
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 631-212-6334
Research Interests: Prostate Cancer, Gynecologic Cancer
Research Project Description: Outcomes for recurrent endometrial cancer; Impact of the rectal spacer on toxicity in prostate cancer patients; impact of hormones regimens on outcomes for salvage radiation post-prostatectomy
Carla Hajj, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York Proton Center
1275 York Avenue, NY, 10065
225 Summit Avenue, Montvale, NJ 07645
225 E 126th St, New York, NY 10035
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: GI Cancers and Lymphoma, Quality of life after cancer treatments, Adolescents and young adults' cancers, Proton radiation therapy
Keyur Mehta, MD (Clinical Mentor)
Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care
111 E. 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467-2590
Email: [email protected]
Luke Pike, MD, DPhil
Assistant Attending and Physician-Scientist
Memorial Sloan Kettering
1250 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 212-639-8157
Research Interests: Brain metastasis, cancer genomics, and machine learning
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: Large scale analysis of genomic data to identify signature that predict for CNS tropism
Anurag K. Singh, MD (Clinical Mentor)
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 716-845-1180
Research Interests: Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer, Quality of Life, Immune Effect
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: Work with large existing databases on updating and analysis
Gita Suneja, MD, MSHP
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Duke University School of Medicine
30 Duke Medicine Circle, Room 05125 B
Durham, NC 27710
Email: [email protected]
Jose G. Bazan, MD, MS (Clinical Research)
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
The Ohio State University
460 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 614-688-7363
Areas of interest: Breast and thoracic malignancies
Jordan Kharofa, MD
Assistant Professor
Residency Program Director
University of Cincinnati
Department of Radiation Oncology
234 Goodman Street, ML 0757
Cincinnati, OH 45267
Email: [email protected]
Office: 513-584-4073
Fax: 513-584-4007
Jennifer Yu, MD, PhD (Basic or Clinical Mentor)
Staff, Associate Professor
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue, CA50
Cleveland, OH 44195
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 216-445-9799
Research Interests: Brain tumors, glioblastoma, brain metastases, cancer stem cells, therapeutic resistance
Research Project Description: Dr. Yu is staff in the Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Radiation Oncology, Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research. She is an Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine. She is a Program Leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, and co-Leader of the Cancer Stem Cell Working Group. Dr. Yu was named Top Doctor in Ohio Magazine and is an elected member of the prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation. The mission of the Yu lab is to improve therapy for patients with brain tumors by elucidating the molecular mechanisms driving cancer initiation and progression, and in doing so, promote rigorous science and train the next generation of scientists and physicians. Brain tumors fall into two categories, primary brain tumors, which originate in the brain, and brain metastases. Our major area of research is in glioblastoma, the most common primary malignant brain tumor. Glioblastoma is fatal despite multimodality therapy. Glioma stem cells (GSCs) are a subpopulation of cells that contribute to tumor progression and therapeutic resistance. GSCs have a high capacity for self-renewal, survival under hypoxic conditions, resistance to radiation and chemotherapy, and high invasive potential. GSCs reside in specialized niches that facilitate cell-cell and cell-microenvironmental conditions that maintain stemness and resistance to treatments. Our lab is focused on delineating the molecular mechanisms underlying stem cell maintenance and therapeutic resistance of GSCs in different niches.
Nima Nabavizadeh, MD
Associate Professor
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, KPV4
Portland, OR 97214
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 503-494-8756
Research Interests: Hepatocellular carcinoma, esophageal cancer, radiation utilization trends
Research Project in 2024: No
Charles R. Thomas Jr., MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Radiation Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, KPV4
Portland, OR 97239
Email: [email protected]
Parul Barry, MD
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
300 Halket Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 412-641-4600
Research Interests: Breast and gynecologic cancers
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: To be determined
Adam P. Dicker, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Co-Chair, Translational Science, NRG Oncology, a NCI-Cooperative Group
Philadelphia, PA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 215-955-6700
Research Interests: Lab has utilized zebrafish as new model to study radiation response in whole organism with microarray analyses to assess genetic modulation following exposure to radiation both in the presence/absence of radiomodifying agents. DOD and PCF research funding focuses on “self-seeding” of prostate cells with metastatic properties back to site of origin which contributes to disease progression.
Nicole Simone, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Faculty Development and DEI
Thomas Jefferson University
111 South 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 240-672-1822
Research Interests:Metabolically reprogramming tumors to improve radiation via dietary alterations in breast, prostate and lung cancer. We evaluate how precision nutrition can be used to decrease health disparities.
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: We have active disparities projects determining how to improve cancer care for patients with metabolic dysfunction, for women, members of the SGM community, patients of various race/ethnic backgrounds and those experiencing adverse social determinants of health.
Clinical and Research Interests: Breast, prostate, and thoracic malignancies, health services and outcomes research, health equity and health policy.
Jennifer L. Harper, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina
169 Ashley Ave., MSC 318
P.O. Box 250318
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: 843-792-3271
Email: [email protected]
David Schwartz, MD, FACR
Professor and Chair
UTHSC, College of Medicine
920 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38163
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 516-234-8090
Research Interests: Radiation Oncology, Cancer Disparities, Health Services Research, Data Science
Research Project Description: We are studying population and patient level causes for radiation treatment interruption disparities.
Kevin V. Albuquerque, MD
Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center
2280 Inwood Road, Radiation Oncology, East Campus
Dallas, TX 75390
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 214-645-8309
Research Interests: Gynecological cancers, QOL, Adaptive Therapy
Research Project Description: Study outcomes and racial differences in presentation and outcomes of Stage IVA cervix cancer.
Michelle S. Ludwig, MD, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences
UT School of Public Health
Smith Clinic, Attwell Radiation Therapy Center
2525-A Holly Hall
Houston, TX 77054
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 713-566-3662
Chelsea C. Pinnix MD, PhD
Associate Professor
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit #97
Houston, TX 77005
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 713-792-5132
Research Interests: Hematologic malignancies
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: Various retrospective clinical studies as well as opportunity to help with other dosimetric studies.
Bethany Anderson, MD
University of Wisconsin
Radiation Oncology
600 Highland Avenue, K4/B100
Madison, WI 53792
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 608-263-8500
Lindsay Puckett, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 617-797-3428
Research Interests: Esophageal cancer, Lung cancer, Palliative care, Cardiotoxicity
Research Project in 2024: Yes
Research Project Description: This project will look at treatment response, sensitivity to radiation, response to immunotherapy, and other factors that impact someone's survival from esophageal cancer. There is also an option to work with our basic science collaborator.
Malika L. Siker, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Department of Radiation Oncology
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 414-805-4493
