Mission

Our team of radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiation therapists, nurses, dosimetrists, and researchers are dedicated to advancing clinical medicine and delivering state-of-the-art therapies in a caring, compassionate environment. Our goal is to deliver high quality medical care and services to patients, to conduct clinical, translational and basic scientific research, to provide educational opportunities to patients, health care workers, and the community. Through our mission and goals, we seek to improve treatment and outcomes of cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.

Department Overview 

The Department of Radiation Oncology is an integral part of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and University Hospital of Newark, New Jersey. The Department consists of four divisions: Clinical Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics, Radiation Cancer Biology, and Cancer Biology. The clinical department is located within Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Somerset, Hamilton, and University Hospital of Newark, New Jersey. Our administrative and research facilities occupy over 3000 square feet of laboratory space in Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

The clinical department provides patients with a wide range of radiation oncology services that include external beam radiotherapy (IMRT, IGRT and 3D conformal), tomotherapy, radiosurgery (gammaKnife and linac based), brachytherapy (interstitial, intracavitary, HDR and LDR), and proton therapy. The department is also committed to training the next generation of radiation oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists. In July 2006, we opened New Jersey’s only ACGME (the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) approved radiation oncology residency program. The medical physics residency program of the department was accredited by CAMPEP in 2009 and was the first CAMPEP accredited program in New Jersey. Other educational programs in our department include: CAMPEP accredited medical physics residency program and medical physics certificate program, and medical dosimetrist program.

Research is also an important mission of our department. There are 6 basic biology research labs, led by 6 different PIs. We are currently active in collaborations with faculty at Rutgers University in medical physics and transformational mathematics. Several of our faculty have ongoing basic science programs, participated by graduate students from Rutgers University. Clinical, translational, and basic science research are actively pursued.

Upcoming Events 

Congratulations to our Physics Resident, Dr. Yang Zang being awarded AAPM Best 2022 Award! 

Huge congratulations to our physics resident, Dr. Yang Zhang @RU_RadOnc @RutgersCancer for being awarded @aapmHQ Best 2022 Award! @ningjyue @BHaffty pic.twitter.com/nEiTNfE5Yu

— Rutgers Radiation Oncology (@RU_RadOnc) July 18, 2022

Congratulations to our PGY-4 resident @JKimMDPhD @RU_RadOnc @RutgersCancer for his study on genetic alterations in pancreatic cancer being accepted for presenting at @RRS_RadRes annual meeting this year. This study was mentored by our faculty @matthewdeek and @SalmaJabbour1 pic.twitter.com/5og5YpHJuJ

— Rutgers Radiation Oncology (@RU_RadOnc) July 18, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Wenwei Hu of the Division of Radiation CancerBiology for receiving an award from the Princeton Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, to investigate the roles of leukemia inhibitory factor in cancer cachexia.

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