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Emory Radiation
Oncology Mission Statement
The Emory
Department of Radiation Oncology serves the community through
advanced innovation, translational research and clinical application
of radiation therapy. The department is committed to excellence in
scholarship and to the training of the next generation of radiation
oncologists, technologists, and medical physicists. The department's
goal is to provide the highest quality patient care through clinical
investigation and implementation of improved treatment planning and
delivery technologies.
Chair of Radiation Oncology
On January
14, 2008, Emory University School of Medicine appointed Walter
Curran, M.D., as the Lawrence W. Davis Chair of Radiation Oncology
and Chief Medical Officer of Winship Cancer Institute. Prior to
that, Dr Curran was Chairman of Radiation Oncology at Thomas
Jefferson University. He has served as Group Chairman and Principal
Investigator of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), a
National Cancer Institute-funded, cooperative group since 1997. Dr.
Curran has been a principal investigator on several National Cancer
Institute grants. He has delivered many lectures in this country
and abroad and has authored or co-authored over two hundred
abstracts and scholarly papers, as well as numerous presentations,
reviews, and book chapters. He is chairman/co-chairman of roughly
nineteen clinical protocols and a reviewer for twelve
national/international journals.
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