UCLA Journal of Radiation Oncology SUMMER 2024 - Flipbook - Page 86
UCLA RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNAL
NEW APPOINTMENT
AMAR KISHAN, M.D.
It’s our pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Amar Kishan to
Executive Vice Chair for the Department of Radiation Oncology at the David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive
Cancer Center. Dr. Kishan will work directly with Dr. Steinberg to manage
departmental activities as they relate to the academic and clinical missions.
Dr. Kishan joined the faculty in 2017 as an Assistant Professor in Radiation
Oncology and Urology. He was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2023
and has served as the Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research and
the Chief of the Genitourinary Service since 2019. Dr. Kishan specializes in
the utilization of radiation to treat genitourinary malignancies (particularly
cancers of the prostate and bladder). He has received numerous accolades for
his clinical service, including the 2021 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine
award and the 2024 UCLA Exceptional Physician award.
Dr. Kishan has an extensive research background and has published over
265 manuscripts, including lead authorship publications in JAMA, Lancet
Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA Oncology, European Urology,
Cancer Cell, and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology,
and Physics. He has received extensive grant support, including funding
from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the
Prostate Cancer Foundation, the American Society of Radiation Oncology, the
Radiological Society of North America, the Radiation Oncology Institute, and
the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kishan runs an active clinical
and translational research program and has spearheaded multiple innovative
clinical trials in radiation oncology.
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