Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Washington

The mission of the Department of Radiation Oncology includes research, teaching and patient care.

Telephone number of the Radiation Oncology Department (University Cancer Center):

(206) 598-4100

Address for paper mail:

Radiation Oncology Department
University of Washington
Box 356043
Seattle, WAshington 98195-6043

Radiation Treatment for Cancer at the UW Medical Center

The University of Washington Medical Center's Radiation Therapy Service provides state of the art patient care for cancer and related patient needs. The Cancer Center also participates in many clinical research programs.

Medical Physics, Computing, Radiobiology and Radiochemistry Research

Basic and applied research groups and activities include:

• Radiation Physics, the study of interaction and absorption of ionizing radiation in tissue,
• Neutron Radiotherapy, the design, and operation of a clinical cyclotron facility in a hospital environment,
• Cancer Informatics, the study and use of advanced computer science in cancer treatment, including Radiation Treatment Planning software development,
• Radiation Biology, the study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
• Radiochemistry, study of new reagents and methods for use in cancer therapy.

Educational programs

Teaching activities in the Radiation Oncology Department include:

• Training of medical students,
• A Radiation Oncology Residency Program,
• Opportunities for graduate students in Biomedical and Health Informatics (see below), Computer Science, and Bioengineering,
• Opportunities for postdoctoral research and training,
• Continuing medical education.

Biomedical and Health Informatics Graduate Program

A new graduate program in Biomedical and Health Informatics is in operation at the University of Washington. The program is administered in the Department of Medical Education by faculty in the Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics. The program was selected to receive a University Initiatives Fund (UIF) award. The text of our Biomedical and Health Informatics UIF proposal is available in PostScript and PDF formats.

More information on the Biomedical and Health Informatics graduate program may be found at the graduate program web site.

Prospective graduate students with interests in molecular biology and computing should also consider the interdisciplinary field of Computational Molecular Biology for more opportunities for study and research.

Radiation Oncology Faculty and Staff

Additional information about the Radiation Oncology Department:

• Faculty
• Professional Staff

About our Web server

The University of Washington Radiation Oncology Department web server is the Common LISP Hypermedia Server developed by John C. Mallery and others at the MIT AI Lab. You can find out more about this powerful application of Common LISP from the MIT AI Lab CL-HTTP home page

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