Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD

Professor & Chief, Radiation Oncology Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Norris Cotton Cancer Center Lebanon, New Hampshire Professor & Chair Emeritus Department of Radiation Medicine OHSU School of Medicine Portland, Oregon
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Norris Cotton Cancer Center OHSU School of Medicine
Lebanon, NH, United States

Charles R. Thomas, Jr., M.D., is Professor and Chief, Radiation Oncology at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. He previously served as Prof. & Chair of the Dept. of Radiation Medicine @ OHSU. Dr. Thomas has received triple-board certification in Radiation Oncology (American Board of Radiology), Medical Oncology/Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine). He attended the 1998 Vail course as a student and later taught @ the Vail Workshop from 2009-12, Flims/Zeist clinical trials workshop (2012-2017), & currently the RSNA Clinical Trials Methodology Workshop. Dr. Thomas serves on the NCI GI Steering Comm. He is also active in protocol development either as chair or co-chair, within the U.S. cooperative group mechanism, with a focus on novel therapeutic translational clinical research on GI and thoracic malignancies. Dr. Thomas has served as the chair of the Radiation Oncology Committee of ACOSOG. He is currently Deputy Editor of JAMA Oncology and the editorial boards of the Seminars in Radiation Oncology, Advances in Radiation Oncology (past), JCO (past), and CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Dr. Thomas has served as an oral and written examiner for the GI section of The American Board of Radiology Certification Examination, as well as on multiple committees within ASCO (Grants Selection Committee, Membership Committee past-chair, Scientific Program Committee), RSNA (past chair, Radiation Oncology Study Section), and ASTRO (Nominating Committee, Science Council Steering Committee, Bylaws & Constitution Committee, Membership Committee, Scientific Program Committee & GI Abstract Review Committee). Dr. Thomas has served as chair of the Grant Writing Workshop for the 2017-2020 annual ASCO meeting. He is the author or co-author of over 350 journal articles & editorials and is a co-editor of multiple textbooks including Oncologic Emergency Medicine: Principles & Practice (Springer, 2nd ed) & Career Development in Academic Radiation Oncology (Springer, 2021).

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Luther Brady Lecture: A Leadership Toolkit for Success in Academic Radiation Oncology: Strategic Adaptation of the Specialty & Normalization of the DEI Mission

  Friday, March 11, 2022
  2:05 PM – 3:00 PM US EST