Vivek S. Kavadi, MD, MBA, FASTRO

Health Policy Council Vice-chair

US Oncology Network, Sugar Land, Texas

Education

• MBA, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2021
• MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1988
• BA, Biochemistry (Summa Cum Laude), Rice University, Houston, 1984

Postgraduate Education

• Resident, Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1989 - 1993, Chief Resident, 1992
• Transitional Internship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 1988 - 1989

 Academic Appointments

• Assistant Radiotherapist, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1993 - 1994

 Hospital Appointments /PRACTICE

• Texas Oncology, Dallas, Texas, and Sugar Land, Texas, 1995 - present
• Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, 1994 - 1995
• MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1993 - 1994

Service to ASTRO

• Health Policy Committee, 2015 - 2023
  • Chair, 2022 - 2023
  • Vice-Chair, 2021 - 2022
• Payer Relations Committee, 2015 - 2023
  • Chair, 2019 - 2021
  • Vice-Chair, 2017 - 2019
• Payment Reform Task Force, 2014 - 2020
• RO-ILS Steering Workgroup, 2013
• Payment Systems Committee, 2007 - 2013
• Regulatory Subcommittee, 2007 - 2012