https://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/radiationoncology

I am a board certified radiation oncologist.  My clinical focus is primarily on multidisciplinary approaches to the treatment of Head and Neck cancers and lung cancer.  I am the acting Associate Clinical Director of the Multidisciplinary HN Cancer Program at the University of Louisville.  I am currently the institutional principal investigator for multiple national cooperative group studies through NRG/RTOG in the treatment head & neck cancers and lung cancer. I sit on the NRG Oncology Head and Neck Cancer Core Committee which has led to participating in as a Co-PI on a national oral cavity NRG Oncology trial.  My research interests include the application of new treatment technologies in treatment of lung, liver and head & neck malignancies in order to improve outcomes and reduce side effects.  I currently have investigator-initiated trials open for the re-treatment of lung cancers after previous radiation, evaluation of early radiation-induced lung injury with 4-dimensional CT and the treatment of inoperable pancreatic cancer using radiosurgery. I am part of a multi-institutional collaborative for the re-treatment of HN malignancies and I am currently developing a similar collaborative for the treatment of oral cavity cancers on an international level. My work in lung imaging has led to the acquisition of grant funding through the NIH EXCITE program to investigate nanoparticles for cancer imaging and radiosensitization.  I also have a Varian Industry Sponsored grant to use radionomics to follow lung fibrosis after SBRT for early stage lung cancer.