Stanford Radiation Oncology

10/01/2025

Please join us in congratulating our department chair, Quynh Le, MD, for receiving the 2025 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Gold Medal Award. The ASTRO Gold Medal is reserved for individuals who have made truly extraordinary contributions to radiation oncology across multiple domains.

Dr. Le was awarded the Gold Medal during the ASTRO Annual Meeting Award Ceremony yesterday, September 30, 2025.

Our department held a special recognition for our department's Gold Medalists in San Francisco. Pictured from left to right are Amato Giaccia, Quynh-Thu Le, Sarah Donaldson, Richard Hoppe, and Martin Brown. Congratulations from all of us at Stanford Radiation Oncology, Quynh!

09/25/2025

Stanford’s Department of Radiation Oncology is breaking new ground in cancer treatment with RefleXion's X1 machine technology. Read all about it!

Stanford’s Department of Radiation Oncology is breaking new ground in cancer treatment with RefleXion's technology. This technology utilizes positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to deliver precise, targeted radiation therapy.

09/17/2025

Billy Loo featured in Stanford Momentum for his work with ultra-fast FLASH radiation therapy:

A radiation oncologist’s breakthrough in delivering ultra-fast radiation may make cancer treatment more effective—and less damaging.

09/08/2025

Red Journal Masterclass: "Hodgkin's Disease - How We Got Here!" is a fantastic article by Richard Hoppe, MD published in American Society for Radiation Oncology's Red Journal:

During the first half of the 20th century, radiation therapy was the only effective treatment for Hodgkin's disease (its original name), but it was a palliative therapy. Patients were treated with low doses to problematic sites over extended periods of time but eventually succumbed to the disease. R...

08/27/2025

We are excited to share that Jason Ross, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, has received the Clin-STAR Aging Research Development and Training Award! Aging Research Development and Training Awards support various activities to help prepare early career investigators for careers in aging-related research. Congratulations, Dr. Ross!

08/20/2025

Happy National Dosimetrist Day! 🎉 Today, we celebrate the skilled experts who turn treatment plans into life-saving precision. Thank you, dosimetrists, for your dedication, accuracy, and commitment to patient care. 💙

08/06/2025

We are thrilled to share that Everett Moding, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, has received a Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) R37 Award from the National Institute of Health! This award is a long-term grant for investigators with outstanding research accomplishments and high productivity. Congratulations, Dr. Moding!

08/05/2025

We are incredibly proud to announce that Yuyan Jiang, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in our department, has received the NIH Pathways to Independence Award for her project
“Lysosome-targeting chimeras degrading immune checkpoint proteins to enhance immunoradiotherapy of head and neck cancer.” Congratulations, Dr. Jiang!

07/31/2025

📣 We're proud to share that Dr. Nataliya Kovalchuk and the team behind the collaborative project “Large Scale Deployment of a Tailored and Hybrid Educational Strategy for Wartime Capacity Building” have received the 2025 AAPM Arthur Boyer Award for Innovation in Medical Physics Education! 🏅

Named in honor of Arthur Boyer, former Director of Radiation Physics at Stanford Radiation Oncology, the AAPM award celebrates educational innovation in medical physics—a mission we’re honored to continue.

This AAPM/HUG/UAMP year-long initiative supported Ukraine’s transition from Co-60 to IMRT through a comprehensive training program for medical physicists—combining virtual lectures, AI-assisted translation, and in-person practical sessions.

👏 This award is a testament to the dedication of the course organizers, 50 outstanding AAPM and UAMP educators, and the resilience and commitment of Ukrainian medical physicists participating in the program.

The course sets a powerful precedent for how academic societies and humanitarian efforts can sustain healthcare systems in crisis by investing in people and knowledge.

07/23/2025

In recent years, integrating predictive models and machine learning into cancer care has revolutionized how healthcare providers approach patient treatment and management. Michael Gensheimer, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, is a leading researcher in this field. He has been focusing on developing and implementing predictive models that optimize patient care, particularly for those with metastatic cancer:

A New Era of Personalized Treatment In recent years, integrating predictive models and machine learning into cancer care has revolutionized how healthcare providers approach patient treatment and management. Michael Gensheimer, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, is a leading res

07/16/2025

Pre-register now for Modern Proton Radiation Oncology! Early bird pricing will end on July 25. Held on Sat. 9/27, the symposium will focus on contemporary topics in proton therapy. A tour and reception will be held at the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center. Pre-register here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/43272b67cb084165b43140913ddd44df
Learn more:
https://radonc.stanford.edu/about/events/modern-proton-radiation-oncology.html

07/16/2025

Pre-register now for our Symposium on AI Medicine! Early bird pricing will end on July 25. Beginning on Fri. 9/26, the symposium will focus on AI Foundation Models and Agentic AI for Radiation Oncology and Healthcare.
Pre-register here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/43272b67cb084165b43140913ddd44df
Program link:
https://radonc.stanford.edu/about/events/ai-medicine.html