Dr. Deborah Frassica is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Oncology. She completed residency training in radiation oncology at the Mayo Clinic and served in the United States Navy as a radiation oncologist for ten years prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 1998.

Dr. Frassica’s clinical practice is located at the Radiation Oncology Center at Green Spring Station in Lutherville. There, Dr. Frassica offers full consultation services and external beam radiation treatment for adult patients. Musculoskeletal (primary and metastatic disease), breast, and colo-rectal cancers are her primary interests. The center participates in clinical trials under the auspices of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and others.

Dr. Frassica is the Radiation Oncology residency program director and the coordinator of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards. She is a member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the Mid-Atlantic Society of Radiation Oncologists. She is currently a member of the Scientific Session Committee (Sarcoma Track) for ASCO. Dr. Frassica also serves as a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Bone Tumor Panel. She is currently the institutional principle investigator for two clinical trials sponsored by the American College of Surgeon’s Oncology Group (adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer and pre-operative radiotherapy for retroperitoneal sarcoma) and a co-investigator on numerous studies including the Johns Hopkins’ study on partial breast irradiation and the RTOG study for extremity soft tissue sarcomas.

Personal Quotation
“I have been honored to be able to participate in the clinical care of patients with cancer over the past 20 years. Providing patients with education, comfort and support throughout their experience with cancer in addition to radiation treatments has been my goal. It has also been a great privilege to teach residents in Radiation Oncology, helping them to become caring physicians and patient educators, as they are our specialty’s future leaders. ”