Radiation Oncology
Welcome to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology. We hope to provide competent, compassionate, innovative clinical care for our patients.
We encourage you to read "What to expect during your first visit" to help alleviate any concerns you may have prior to treatment.
Mission Statement
To provide competent, compassionate, innovative clinical care
To educate future leaders in the art and science of radiation oncology
To excel in the creation, discovery and application of new biomedical knowledge
Vision Statement
A premier academic radiation oncology department committed to reducing the burden of human cancer
A Message from Dr. Blackstock
Welcome to the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. As part of the Wake Forest NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, we provide care for patients living in western North Carolina as well as Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia and South Carolina.
We have approximately 30 faculty members distributed across 3 sections within the Department. The physician staff is comprised of 12 Board-certified radiation oncologists, all of whom subspecialize in the oncologic management of different tumor types.
The Section of Medical Physics is comprised of 13 MS and PhD-level medical physicists who provide technical expertise in all forms of radiotherapy delivery. We have 3 PhD-level scientists in the Section of Radiation Biology with close collaborations with 2 additional PhD scientists in the Brain Tumor Center of Excellence.
In addition to 6 residents in our well-established training program, we currently have 5 PhD /MD trainees in our NCI-funded translational research fellowship.
The WFU Department of Radiation Oncology is a leading radiation oncology center with the most advanced research programs in all 3 areas of the radiation oncology specialty. Within the department, there is 3.0 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging unit and a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner dedicated to Bioanatomic treatment planning. We have one of the busiest Gamma Knife programs in the southeast and an active extracranial stereotactic program. The department conducts NIH-funded research in its Clinical, Medical Physics and Radiation Biology sections.
Please take the time to explore our Web site.
A. William Blackstock, MD
Chairman
Kathryn McConnell Greven M.D., a radiation oncologist in the
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University Baptist
Medical Center, has been named vice chairwoman of the Radiation
Oncology Department.
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