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An impressive eight UNC radiation oncologists have been selected by their fellow physicians to the Best Doctors in America® List for 2017-2018. Only about 40,000 US physicians (approximately 4% of all US physicians) earn this honor, including a total of 373 affiliated with UNC Health Care.

At the NC Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill:

  • Dr. Ron Chen
  • Dr. Bhisham Chera
  • Dr. Ellen Jones
  • Dr. Lawrence Marks
  • Dr. Joel Tepper
  • Dr. Mahesh Varia (recently retired)

At UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh:

  • Dr. Leroy (Pete) Hoffman (recently retired)
  • Dr. Charles Scarantino (recently retired)

Congratulations!