Who is on the Radiation Oncology Team?
Our team is headed by a pediatric radiation oncologist. This doctor is board-certified in radiation therapy, with special expertise in treating children. Also involved in planning treatments for your child is the radiation physicist, a scientist who is board certified in medical physics, with a specialty in radiation oncology physics. Another team member is the radiation dosimetrist, who is trained to measure and generate the radiation dose distributions and calculations, under supervision of the radiation physicist and radiation oncologist. Daily radiation treatments are administered by radiation therapists under the supervision of the radiation oncologist. Radiation therapists have specialty training in all aspects of radiation therapy treatments. The therapists follow the orders of the physician and the approved treatment plan of the physicist. You will see the radiation therapists every day. You will meet our specially trained, radiation oncology nurses and our department secretary
