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    James B. Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO

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    Assistant Professor Adjunct
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    Appointments

    Medical Oncology and Hematology
    Primary

    Contact Info

    james.b.yu@yale.edu

    Radiation Oncology

    1 Medical Center Drive

    Lebanon, NH 03766

    United States

    About

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    Assistant Professor Adjunct

    Biography

    James Yu, MD, MHS, is Professor of Radiation Oncology and Genitourinary Cancers Radiotherapy Lead at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

    He is a former Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Yale School of Medicine, former Associate Chief Medical Officer of the Smilow Cancer Hospital and Care Centers and Executive Vice Chair of Columbia University Irving Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology.

    In his academic work, Dr. Yu conducts research on ways to use radiotherapy treatments to improve outcomes for cancer patients. “We need to push the field ever forward and not be satisfied with merely prolonging survival,” says Dr. Yu. “I think radiosurgery will play a role in this. As systemic therapies improve and our ability to control microscopically disseminated disease improves, noninvasive ablative therapies will become ever more important.”

    As a former Yale Center for Clinical Investigation scholar and founding member of the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center at Yale, Dr. Yu’s research centers on the comparative effectiveness of new radiation technologies and how these new technologies are adopted nationally.

    Dr. Yu is the Editor-in Chief of JNCI Cancer Spectrum, Deputy Editor-In-Chief of the journal Practical Radiation Oncology and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology - Clinical Cancer Informatics, JNCI, Journal of Surgical Oncology, and Oncology (Williston Park), and former editorial board member of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

    He has published over 350 original manuscripts and co-edited the textbook Pocket 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.

    Appointments

    • Medical Oncology and Hematology

      Assistant Professor Adjunct
      Primary

    Other Departments & Organizations

    Education & Training

    MHS
    Yale University, Masters of Health Science (2014)
    Resident
    Yale New Haven Hospital (2009)
    Chief Resident
    Yale School of Medicine (2009)
    Intern
    California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (2005)
    MD
    University of Michigan Medical School (2004)
    BS
    Yale University (1999)

    Research

    Overview

    Medical Research Interests

    Breast Neoplasms; Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated; Urogenital Neoplasms

    • ORCID

      0000-0002-3119-3226
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      Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center at Yale

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    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of James B. Yu's published research.

    Publications

    2024

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • honor

      Fellow

      National AwardAmerican Society for Radiation Oncology
    • honor

      Cancer Prevention and Control Research Prize

      Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Cancer Center
    • honor

      Population Research Prize

      Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Cancer Center
    • honor

      Seattle Prostate Brachytherapy Fellow

      National AwardAmerican Brachytherapy Society
    • honor

      Roentgen Resident Research Award

      National AwardRSNA
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    Get In Touch

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    Mailing Address

    Radiation Oncology

    1 Medical Center Drive

    Lebanon, NH 03766

    United States