Amit Maity，医学博士，博士, to Lead Department of 放射肿瘤学 at 大发娱乐

亨斯迈癌症研究所（HCI） 大发娱乐 欢迎光临 Amit Maity，医学博士，博士. Maity will serve as professor 和 chair of the department of radiation oncology for the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at 犹他大学. Maity is a physician-scientist who currently serves as professor 和 executive vice chair of radiation oncology 在 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine where he holds the Morton L. 克利格曼，医学博士，教授.

Maity cares for patients with hematologic malignancies using radiation therapy, a type of treatment that delivers precise beams of energy to shrink or kill tumors within the body. His laboratory focuses on ways to improve the efficacy of radiation therapy through 研究 in new therapeutics that may enhance the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiation.

“Dr. Maity is a national leader in his field,” said Michael L. 古德，医学博士，犹他健康大学的首席执行官. “他的专业知识, 经验, 和 leadership will help bring an already exceptional department to even greater heights in caring for our patients, 推进研究, 和 training the next generation of clinicians 和 scientists.”

主席, Maity will oversee all radiation oncology clinical care, 研究, 以及大发娱乐的培训项目. 该系位于亨茨曼癌症研究所, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Mountain West. The department provides radiation oncology care to adults 和 children in one of the largest services areas in the country, 包括犹他州在内的地区, 爱达荷州, 蒙大拿, 内华达, 和怀俄明州, 和 comprises 17 percent of the l和mass of the continental United States. As home to the region’s first 和 only center for proton therapy among all other state-of-the-art radiation therapy modalities, the department is broadly recognized for expertise in medical physics with sophisticated technologies for precision-guided delivery of radiation therapy. Clinical trials evaluating new methods of radiation therapy for cancer patients is a priority of the department. A major focus of its clinical 研究 efforts is evaluation of methods that reduce the number of radiation therapy doses required to treat a tumor, an effort to meet unique needs of HCI’s rural service area where many patients must travel significant distances for such treatment. 

“大发娱乐非常激动地欢迎. 向亨茨曼癌症研究所致敬。 萨钦·阿普特，医学博士他是HCI的首席临床官. “Approximately half of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy as part of their treatment. Radiation therapy is a critical area of focus for 亨茨曼癌症研究所 in terms of advancing compassionate, science-based medicine 和 training the next generation of radiation therapy care providers.”

Maity completed his medical degree at Boston University, followed by a residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York 和 then a residency in radiation oncology 在 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently completed a 博士学位 在 University of Pennsylvania 和 then pursued post-doctoral 研究 training at Johns Hopkins University, 后来在哈佛大学接受领导力培训.

“I am excited by the opportunity at 大发娱乐 和 亨茨曼癌症研究所 because of their commitment to exceptional patient-centered cancer care, 和 to cutting-edge 研究 aimed at improving outcomes,麦蒂说。. “I am looking forward to working with the exceptionally talented teams there 和 helping them to achieve even more in our field.”