Dr. Carrie Birkhead Scharf is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Louisville and Medical Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Brown Cancer Center, Medical Center Northeast. She earned her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Smith College and her medical degree from the University of Louisville. She completed his internship at the University of Louisville Hospitals before completing her residency in Radiation Oncology at Loyola University in Chicago, IL. Her clinical areas of interest include gastrointestinal, genitourinary, thoracic and breast cancers as well as the use of radiation to treat benign conditions. She has extensive experience with intensity modulated radiation therapy, image guided radiation therapy, volumetric modulated therapy, stereotactic cranial and stereotactic body radiation therapy. She participates in and serves as an institutional principal investigator for multiple national cooperative group studies. She is an active member of American Society for Radiation Oncology, American College of Radiation Oncology, American College of Radiology, American Society for Clinical Oncology, American Brachytherapy Society and The Radiosurgery Society.