Stephen Hahn
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Stephen Hahn | |
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| Born | January 22, 1960 |
| Education | M.D. Temple University School of Medicine (1984)[1] |
| Alma mater | B.A. Rice University (1980)[1] |
| Occupation | Radiation Oncologist |
| Employer | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Known for | Cancer research |
| Title | Division Head of Radiation Oncology |
Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. is the Division Head of the of Radiation Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
In 2014, Hahn became the Division Hean of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston where he oversees the Departments of Clinical Radiation Oncology, Radiation physics, and Radiation biology. He is an active clinician, with specialism in treating lung and genitourinary cancers and in the use of photodynamic therapy.
Hahn served as a senior investigator and commander in the National Cancer Institute’s U.S. Public Health Service from 1989-95. He served as chief of the NCI’s Prostate Cancer Clinic, Clinical Pharmacology Branch, in Bethesda, Maryland, from 1993–95. Hahn was a medical and radiation oncologist in Santa Rosa, California before joining the University.
In 1996, Hahn joined the University of Pennsylvania a radiation and medical oncologist, as well as an NIH-funded researcher, where he served as Department Chair until 2014. As Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Radiation Oncology at UPenn and Principal Investigator of National Cancer Institute grants, Hahn led the expansion of the department’s research base, which has consistently ranked first or second in NIH funding.[2]
Hahn is a long-standing member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Hahn is also an active member of the Radiation Research Society, the American Society of Photobiology, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the University’s John Morgan Society.[2] Hahn serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
References
- ^ a b "Perelman School of Medicine Faculty". http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p2216. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ a b "Stephen Hahn: Pancoast Professor of Radiation Oncology". University of Pennsylvania Almanac. 52 (4). September 20, 2005.