Dr. Phuoc Tran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. He received his medical and graduate degrees from Oregon Health and Science University and completed residency training at Stanford University.

Dr. Tran and his laboratory focus their studies on the transitions between epithelial and mesenchymal cellular states and the implications of these transitions for tumorigenesis, cancer treatment resistance and radiation-induced fibrosis primarily through the use of transgenic mouse models.  One of these transitions known as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a conserved developmental program that when inappropriately activated in post-natal life has been associated with organ fibrosis, tumorigenesis and metastasis.

Clinically Dr. Tran treats patients with cancers of the genitourinary system and uses stereotactic radiation techniques for the treatment of patients with oligometastatic disease.