Program Members
Co-Leaders
Peter Glazer, MD, PhD
Robert E. Hunter Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and Professor of Genetics
Chair, Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests:General radiation therapy; breast cancer; prostate cancer; lung cancer
- Office:(203) 737-2788
Members
Daniel Boffa
Associate Professor of Surgery (Section of Thoracic Surgery)
Research Interests:prevention of tumor metastasis; early detection of lung cancer
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Douglas Brash
Senior Research Scientist in Therapeutic Radiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Genetics and Clinical Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Ultraviolet Light; Skin Cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2988
David Carlson
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Biological optimization of treatment planning; Tumor hypoxia and reoxygenation effects; Heavy ion radiotherapy; Functional imaging; DNA damage and repair; Motion management; 4D imaging and treatment strategies; Prostate cancer; Lung cancer
- Office:(203) 200-2018
Richard Carson
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Yale PET Center
Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Positron emission tomography (PET) modeling and physics; Tracer kinetic modeling methods and parametric imaging techniques for PET tracers; Application of receptors ligands to assess neurotransmitter dynamic; 3D and 4D PET image reconstruction; Medical imaging
- Office:(203) 737-2814
Bryan Chang
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Combined modality treatment; stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT); intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); molecular markers of tumor response and prognosis
- Office:(203) 785-3575
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Sandy Chang
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Pathology
Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
Research Interests:Mouse models of cancer; DNA damage; Telomere biology
- Office:(203) 737-4667
- Lab:(203) 737-4668
Zhe Chen
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Theoretical and experimental radiation dosimetry; Radiobiological analysis and modeling for radiation therapy treatment optimization and outcome analysis; Image-guidance for tumor identification, treatment design, delivery verification, and treatment response evaluation in administering personalized adaptive radiation therapy
- Office:(203) 200-2014
Joseph Contessa
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Adaptive responses of tumor cells to ionizing radiation; Receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; Protein N-linked glycosylation; High throughput screens for novel therapeutic agents; Biologic markers for radiation response
- Office:(203) 700-2634
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Shari Damast
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:women's health; cancer treatment; quality of life; patient-reported outcomes
- Appt:(203) 200-2635
Roy Decker
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Research Program Leader, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests:Lung Cancer; Head & Neck Cancer; Combined Modality Therapy
- Office:(203) 737-2758
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Jun Deng
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT); Monte Carlo Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy of Cancers; Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT); Organ Motion and Deformable Registration; Optimization for Radiation Therapy; Biologically Guided Radiation Therapy (BGRT)
- Office:(203) 200-2013
Francesco D'Errico
Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Superheated emulsions
Frank Detterbeck
Professor of Surgery (Section of Thoracic Surgery)
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology
Clinical Program Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Research Interests:cancer biology; cancer imaging techniques; prognostic markers of cancers; multimodality (multiple therapies for) treatment of cancer; evidence-based medicine
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Mehdi Djekidel
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Assistant Fellowship Director of Nuclear Medicine
Research Interests:Imaging Biomarkers; Radioproteomics; Radiogenomics; Quantitation
- Office:(203) 200-5180
- Appt:(203) 200-5610
James Duncan
Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair, Bioimaging Sciences in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:Computer vision; Image processing and medical imaging, with an emphasis on biomedical image analysis
Suzanne Evans
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Assistant Chief and Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
Research Interests:Breast cancer; Gynecologic cancers; Maximizing therapeutic ratio; Dosimetric prediction and prevention of toxicity; Patient communication
- Office:(203) 785-7033
- Appt:(203) 200-1630
Hoby Hetherington
Professor (Adjunct) of Neurosurgery and Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests:High field methods and hardware for magnetic resonance imaging; human brain; metabolism and dysfunction in epilepsy; magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
- Office:(203) 785-4816
- Lab:(203) 785-4812
Susan Higgins
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Associate Director, Department of Therapeutic Radiology Residency Training Program
Research Interests:General radiation therapy; radiation techniques; gynecologic cancer; cervical cancer; vulvar cancer; ovarian cancer; vaginal cancer; uterine cancer; breast cancer; herbal medicines; complementary medicine; gamma knife radiosurgery; brain metastases; intracavitary brachytherapy; interstitial brachytherapy
- Office:(203) 785-7033
- Appt:(203) 200-2100
D. S. Fahmeed Hyder
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Technical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center (mrrc.yale.edu)
Program Director, Core Center for Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance (qnmr.yale.edu)
Ryan Jensen
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Cancer biology; DNA repair; BRCA2; DNA damage signaling; Genomic instability
- Office:(203) 737-6456
Megan King
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Research Interests:microtubules; nucleus; nuclear envelope; DNA repair; cellular mechanics; telomere biology
- Office:(203) 737-4628
Wu Liu
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Image guided radiotherapy; Tumor motion monitoring and management; Dose reconstruction; Medical image analysis; Ultrasound parametric imaging
K Brooks Low, Jr
Professor (Adjunct) of Research in Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:DNA molecule recombination in vivo, relationship of recombination and DNA damage; use of bacteria to diagnose and treat cancer; starvation and mutagenesis
Sheida Mani
Assistant Clinical Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Assistant Chief and Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at Bridgeport Hospital
Research Interests:Study of etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Northeastern Iran
- Office:(203) 785-5175
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Meena Moran
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
Medical Director, Radiation Oncology at Backus Hospital
Director, Breast Center, William W. Backus Hospital
Associate Chief and Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at the William W. Backus Hospital
Research Interests:Breast Cancer; Early stage breast cancer; Breast conservation therapy; Prostate cancer; Pelvic malignancies
- Office:(203) 785-6384
- Appt:(860) 892-2777
Ravinder Nath
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Chief of Radiological Physics
Director, Cesium-137 and X-ray Irradiation Facilities for Research
Research Interests:Radiation Oncology Physics; Dose calculations; Dosimetry measurements and delivery techniques; Brachytherapy sources and Physics; Radiation devices; Tumor and normal tissue imaging; Radiation Biology
Abhijit Patel
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Circulating tumor-derived DNA; Next-generation sequencing; Selection of nucleic acids from combinatorial libraries
- Office:(203) 785-2971
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Richard Peschel
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Prostate cancer; Prostate implant; Prostate specific antigen; Radiation therapy
- Office:(203) 785-2958
- Appt:(203) 384-6610
Kenneth Roberts
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology
Associate Chief and Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at Shoreline Medical Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Cervix cancer and hypoxic cell cytotoxins; Brachytherapy; Pediatric malignancies; Hodgkin's disease; Health services research
- Office:(203) 785-2957
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Sara Rockwell
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Pharmacology
Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs
Research Interests:Microenvironmental heterogeneity in solid tumors; Experimental cancer therapy; Biological effects of ionizing radiation; Effects of hypoxia and low pH
- Office:(203) 785-2963
- Lab:(203) 785-2964
Faye Rogers
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Breast cancer; Drug design; Altered helical structures; Cancer and genomic instability; DNA repair and apoptosis
Peter Schulam
Professor of Urology
Chair, Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine
Chief, Department of Urology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Clinical Program Leader, Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Research Interests:minimally invasive surgery; laparoscopic surgery; living kidney donor surgery
- Appt:(203) 737-7916
Yung Son
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Research Interests:Therapeutic gain factor with combination of low dose rate radiation and external beam radiation in all sites, radiation sensitization with chemical modulator in clinical application
- Office:(203) 785-2961
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Patrick Sung
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Repair of DNA double-strand breaks; repair by homologous recombination; repair by DNA end-joining
- Office:(203) 785-4553
- Lab:(203) 785-4569
Joann Sweasy
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Genetics
Vice-Chair for Basic Research
Research Interests:Genome Stability; Mutagenesis; DNA Replication; DNA Repair; Carcinogenesis
Joanne Weidhaas
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:MicroRNAs; Genetics; Radiation and chemotherapy resistance
- Office:(203) 737-2165
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Lynn Wilson
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Dermatology
Vice Chairman, Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Director, Therapeutic Radiology
Residency Training Program Director, Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Program Leader, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests:Cutaneous Lymphoma; Lung cancer; Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy
- Office:(203) 785-2959
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Sandra Wolin
Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology
Research Interests:RNA quality control; noncoding RNAs; RNA damage; autoimmune disease
- Office:(203) 737-4439
- Lab:(203) 737-4426
James Yu
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Genitourinary cancers; central nervous system cancers; breast cancer; head and neck cancer; IMRT; health outcomes and utilization research
- Office:(203) 785-5703
- Appt:(203) 688-4344
Zhong Yun
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Molecular and cancer biology; Stem cell biology, hypoxia; microRNA, tumor microenvironment; Obesity and metabolic syndromes
