Jefferson Medical College
Department of Radiation Oncology
The mission of Jefferson's Department of Radiation Oncology is to improve cancer patient outcomes through outstanding patient-centered care, research, and education.
Jefferson's radiation oncology cancer care takes place through our department in Center City Philadelphia at the Bodine Center for Cancer Treatment and the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience. We are also located at Aria Health (formerly Frankford-Torresdale), Radiation Oncology Pavilion at Methodist Hospital and the Jefferson Radiation Oncology Center at Riddle Memorial Hospital. The department evaluates over 2,000 newly-diagnosed cancer patients each year and offers unique, cutting-edge clinical research trial opportunities to all patients. The physicians, physicists, and scientists are nationally and internationally renown for their expertise in cancer care and research and are considered key-opinion leaders in their respective subspecialities.
Our research efforts encompass all three major arms of research - basic, translational, and clinical. Our basic research in the Division of Medical Physics is led by Yan Yu, Ph.D., M.B.A., appointed as the Director of this Division in 2008. Adam P. Dicker, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Division of Experimental Radiation Biology, oversees our translational and molecular radiobiology research. Clinical Radiation Oncology research efforts are directed by Maria Werner-Wasik, M.D.
The Radiation Oncology Residency Program trains physicians in a multi-disciplinary, research-based, patient-oriented approach to the practice of radiation oncology. Jefferson's philosophy emphasizes basic science and translational research as a platform for the cutting edge practice of oncology.
In the News
As seen in the April 2009 Issue of Philadelphia Magazine: JUP doctors are consistently named Top Docs
TJUH Medical Physics resident/researcher Yunfeng Cui, Ph.D. selected to give oral presentation during 2009 ASTRO IGRT scientific session
November 10, 2009
Jefferson Radiation Oncologists & Medical Physicist Discuss Horizons in Proton Therapy in Oncology Issues
October 23, 2009
