I look forward to contributing to the department’s ongoing efforts to shape the future of cancer care and to working with colleagues and students who are equally passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients.
James B. Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRODartmouth Cancer Center and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have appointed James B. Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, to the department of radiation oncology and applied sciences, where he will serve as leader of the genitourinary radiation oncology program. He transitions to this new role from St. Francis Hospital in Connecticut. Prior to that, he served as professor and executive vice chair of the department of radiation oncology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
"I am honored to join the exceptional team in the department of radiation oncology at Dartmouth Cancer Center," said Yu. "I look forward to contributing to the department’s ongoing efforts to shape the future of cancer care and to working with colleagues and students who are equally passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients."
A graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, Yu spent most of his postgraduate career at Yale, where he led the Smilow Cancer Hospital and Care Centers as associate chief medical officer for radiation oncology and professor of therapeutic radiology.
As a former Yale Center for Clinical Investigation scholar and member of the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research Center at Yale, Yu’s research centers on the comparative effectiveness of new radiation technologies and how these new technologies are adopted nationally. He has published over 390 original manuscripts and co-edited the textbooks Pocket Guide to Radiation Oncology and Principles of Clinical Cancer Research. He is the radiation oncology co-chair for the Southwest Oncology Group Genitourinary Cancers Committee, and a nationally-recognized expert in patient-reported outcomes.
Yu is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute – Cancer Spectrum; deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Practical Radiation Oncology; is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology - Clinical Cancer Informatics, JNCI, Journal of Surgical Oncology, and Oncology; and is a former editorial board member of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
This appointment comes at an exciting time for the department of radiation oncology and applied sciences at the Dartmouth Cancer Center, as the institution continues to strategically expand its commitment to improving patient care through innovative therapies, cutting-edge research, and collaboration with leading institutions worldwide.
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Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.