Clinical Division | Department of Radiation Oncology

Our highly collaborative environment has fostered world-class multidisciplinary oncology clinics here at UNC, where every new cancer patient receives a comprehensive treatment recommendation on the day of initial consultation that includes input from members of all the oncologic specialties, including radiation oncology. As such, we serve as the specialty oncology referral center for the entire state of North Carolina. The Department also has close ties with the world-renowned UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, which have significantly enhanced our research and bench to bedside focus. Members of our Clinical Division develop and participate in innovative translational clinical trials at both the institutional and national levels. Our faculty also provide excellent multidisciplinary clinical services at our affiliated centers in Raleigh, Wakefield, Smithfield, Clayton, Eden, and Lenoir, NC.

Twenty-two radiation oncologists spearhead our Clinical Division to provide services at our treatment centers:

NC Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill
UNC Healthcare Hillsborough Campus in Hillsborough
Rex Cancer Center in Raleigh
Rex Cancer Center of Wakefield
Smithfield Radiation Oncology
Clayton Radiation Oncology
Rockingham Radiation Oncology in Eden
Caldwell Radiation Oncology in Lenoir

Some of our faculty physicians specialize in different disease sites, while others provide more general radiation oncology services. A list of our physicians and their areas of expertise include:

Chapel Hill

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Jean L. Wright, MD, FASTRO

Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology

Breast cancer

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Dana Casey, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist
Director of the Radiation Oncology Residency Program

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Breast cancer, lymphoma, and pediatric cancers

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Xuguang Scott Chen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Head and neck cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer

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Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncology Physician-Scientist
Associate Chair for Research

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Breast cancer

Ellen Jones, MD, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Breast and gynecologic cancers

Michael Repka, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Head and neck cancers and genitourinary cancers

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Colette Shen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist
Director of UNC Cyberknife Center

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Brain tumors and pediatric cancers

Shivani Sud, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Gynecologic and genitourinary cancers

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Ashley Weiner, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist
Clinic Medical Director for the Medical Center

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Gynecologic cancers and thoracic cancers

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N. Ari Wijetunga, MD, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

Genitourinary cancers, hematologic cancers

Theodore (Ted) Yanagihara, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Radiation Oncology - Chapel Hill

General radiation oncology

Hillsborough

Kevin Pearlstein, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Radiation Oncology - Hillsborough

General radiation oncology

Wake and Johnston Counties

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Roger Anderson, MD

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC REX Cancer Center - Wakefield

General radiation oncology and head and neck cancers

Courtney Bui, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC REX Cancer Center - Raleigh

General radiation oncology

John Fakiris, MD

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC REX Cancer Center - Raleigh

General radiation oncology and lung cancer

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Debra Harr, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC REX Cancer Center - Clayton and Smithfield

General radiation oncology

Byron Huff, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC REX Cancer Center - Raleigh and Clayton

Prostate cancer

May Lim, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC REX Cancer Center – East Raleigh

General radiation oncology

Siddharth Saraiya, MD

Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC REX Cancer Center – Smithfield

General radiation oncology

Eden

David Morris, MD

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC Rockingham Health Care - Eden

General radiation oncology

Lenoir

Roger Holland, MD

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncologist

UNC McCreary Cancer Center - Lenoir

General radiation oncology

Other clinical faculty

Lawrence Marks, MD, FASTRO

Sidney K. Simon Distinguished Professor of Oncology Research
Radiation Oncologist

Breast and lung cancers

Stephen Pizer, PhD

Kenan Professor of Computer Science and Radiation Oncology
Computer Scientist

Julian Rosenman, PhD, MD

Professor of Radiation Oncology and Computer Science
Radiation Oncology Educator and Computer Scientist