Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Phuoc received his MD-PhD from OHSU, completed radiation oncology residency and postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford. Phuoc’s training focused on DNA repair, cancer biology, and transgenic mouse models. Phuoc is a board-certified radiation oncologist and clinically specializes in treatment of GU malignancies. His laboratory research funded by the NIH, DoD and foundations focuses on tumor cell epithelial plasticity programs, novel agents to enhance the local and systemic effects of radiation and the oligometastatic state, all to improve the outcomes of patients with cancer. He is a multi-PI for the NCI funded U54 ROBIN Oligometastasis Center and also leads an active clinical trials program that includes interventional and translational investigator-initiated studies. He is the NRG Oncology GU Translational Science chair and also holds leadership positions in ASTRO and ASCO. He has received numerous awards for his research and clinical work from the RSNA, ASTRO, the Sidney Kimmel Foundation, the American Cancer Society, Uniting Against Lung Cancer, American Lung Association, the Movember Foundation, the Prostate Cancer Foundation and was voted a Top Doctor in Baltimore Magazine. He also serves as a Senior Editor for Cancer Research.
PHUOC T. Tran, MD, PhD
