Stanford Radiation Oncology

10/30/2025

Please join us in congratulating Max Diehn, MD, PhD, for receiving the 2025 John Yuhas Award and Lecture from Penn Medicine! Dr. Diehn will be giving the award lecture on November 5th at the University of Pennsylvania. This award honors the memory of John M. Yuhas, PhD, who joined Penn’s Radiation Oncology department in 1980 and was developing a research laboratory when he died in 1984.
The award/lecture series recognizes outstanding research in the fields of radiation oncology, radiation biology, DNA repair, carcinogenesis, and related areas. Congratulations, Dr. Diehn!

10/29/2025

Congratulations to Wilson Mai, MD, PhD, for receiving the 2025 HBMC-Recognizing Individuals for Support and Empowerment (RISE) Award! These awards celebrate faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, and residents who have exemplified exceptional mentorship for visiting medical students from Historically Black Medical Colleges (HBMC).

10/22/2025

The Kalbasi Lab, led by Dr. Anusha Kalbasi, investigates the connections between cancer and the immune system to enhance immunotherapy. They focus on cytokines, particularly IL-9, to boost T cell function and create new T cell identities through non-natural receptor pairings. The lab also studies how tumor cells evade immune attacks post-radiation, aiming to make them more susceptible to treatment.
Read more about the exciting research happening in the Kalbasi Lab!

The mission of the Kalbasi Lab, led by Anusha Kalbasi, MD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, is to explore and manipulate the intricate connections between cancer and the immune system, aiming to build on the success of immunotherapy for patients with cancer. “We live in an era now where ...

10/17/2025

Cristabelle De Souza, PhD, Instructor of Radiation Oncology under the mentorship of Erinn Rankin, PhD, has received the Visiting Research Scholar Award from the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies!
Her project, “The Roles of CAFs in Regulating Immune Activity and Therapeutic Response Across Solid Tumors,” exemplifies a globally collaborative effort to redefine cancer treatment. Congratulations, Dr. De Souza!

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!