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About Us
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The Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at
Johns Hopkins is part of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center located in
Baltimore, Maryland. As a department of The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, we offer residency programs in radiation oncology and medical physics. The close affiliation that the University has with the Johns Hopkins Hospital means that our clinincal operations, combined with our teaching and research programs, form the tri-fold mission that is the foundation of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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In the 1970's the Department of Oncology was created at Johns Hopkins with research as its base. The notion was that if you have excellence in research, then patients would receive the best possible care and residents would get the best training. This visionary concept put all oncology specialties in the same department - radiation oncology, medical oncology, bone marrow transplant, pediatric oncology, etc. More recently as the biological and physics aspect of radiation oncology grew, it became clear that a new structure was needed. This new structure would allow for greater growth and expansion, hence the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Science was officially inaugurated on September 10, 2003. |
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Radiation oncology specializes in the treatment of cancers through radiation therapy. At the heart of our clinical, educational and research operations is the commitment to improving the lives of our patients by utilizing state-of-the-art technology to deliver novel cancer treatment. Radiation therapy is a much different approach to cancer treatment as electromagnetic energy is used to eliminate cancer cells. Electromagnetic energy is light energy that occurs naturally. Radio waves, visible light and x-rays are all types of electromagnetic waves; the difference between them lies in the amount of energy, or wavelength. Light and radiation consist of particles called photons, and because photons have no weight and are very small, they pass through solid matter. This allows a radiation oncologist to treat any part of the body.
Radiation therapy uses advanced technology medical devices to create very high energy, or short wavelength, beams to treat cancer. |
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Our downtown clinical facility is located in the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg building of the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Campus. We also operate a satellite facility which is located at Green Spring Station. Between the Weinberg and the Green Spring locations, the department has 5 linear accelerators, 2 stereotactic linear accelerator based units, HDR brachytherapy (including a shielded OR for intraoperative HDR treatment), and the Leksell Gamma Knife, all housed in nearly 30,000 square feet. Additional laboratory space is located in the Cancer Research Building across the street from the Weinberg building, with a second research building under construction. A CT-simulator and two conventional simulators are used for patient imaging, and conventional,
3-D, BrainLab and IMRT systems are utilized for treatment planning. |
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The mission of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
is clear: accelerating research in and the delivery of novel cancer treatments that improve
the lives of our patients. |
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