Melissa Rasar Young, MD, PhD

Dr. Young completed her MD, PhD training as part of the medical scientist training program in Dallas, Texas at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center in 2010. She then continued her training in Radiation Oncology at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital, and stayed on to join the faculty ranks in 2015. She specializes in Head and Neck and Gynecologic malignancies at the Smilow Cancer Hospital main campus, she also has a general Radiation Oncology practice in Trumbull, CT, where she also serves as the Gynecologic and Head and Neck cancer lead physician.  She serves as medical director of the New Haven Radiation Oncology center at Smilow Cancer hospital, and has additional clinical emphasis in treatment of skin cancer.