{"id":5046,"date":"2019-09-30T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=5046"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:07:37","slug":"lawrence-marks","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/directory\/lawrence-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"directory-post-content\">\n<h2>Areas of Interest<\/h2>\n<p>Clinically, I am interested in the treatment of lung and breast cancers, as well as in methods to understand (and prevent) radiation-associated normal tissue injury. I am also very interested in patient safety, and am passionate about the application of industrial engineering principles to our clinical practices in order to make our processes more reliable, safe. I am active locally and nationally in efforts to address these issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Awards and Honors<\/h2>\n<div>Invited lecturer nationally at MD Anderson Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Yale, among others<br \/>\nInvited lecturer internationally in Vienna, Austria; Tel Aviv, Israel; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Shanghai, China; and Manila, Philippines, among others<br \/>\nRecently awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Lance Armstrong Foundation to study radiation induced heart and lung injury<br \/>\nRecognized for clinical excellence by Red Book Magazine, Castle Connolly, and Good Housekeeping Magazine<br \/>\nDr. Sidney K. Simon Distinguished Professor of Oncology Research2014 RSNA (Radiologic Society of North America) Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology<\/div>\n<p>2019 \u201cAmerica\u2019s Top Doctors\u201d by Castle Connolly<br \/>\n2018 Honorary Membership, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)<br \/>\n2018 Buschke Lecture, University of California San Francisco<br \/>\n2014 Massachusetts General Hospital Distinguished Alumni Award<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Areas of Interest Clinically, I am interested in the treatment of lung and breast cancers, as well as in methods to understand (and prevent) radiation-associated normal tissue injury. 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