The mission of the Duke Radiation Oncology Residency is to train the next generation of leaders in academic and clinical radiation oncology. We strive to teach our trainees the importance of expert, prompt, compassionate patient care by serving our local Durham and North Carolina communities as well as those that seek out care at Duke regionally, nationally, and globally.

We strive to advance the understanding of cancer and the discovery of new techniques to treat cancer by teaching our trainees the fundamentals of scientific discovery and giving them the resources and opportunities to make their own. We aim to do all of this using novel educational techniques to adapt education to the rapidly changing clinical landscape. This aligns with Duke Health's mission which strives to "deliver tomorrow's health care today, accelerate discovery and its translation, create education that is transforming, build health communities, and connect with the world to improve health globally."

Duke Radiation Oncology offers a position to up to one Army resident per year. The residency provides ample exposure to state of the art treatment at the Duke Cancer Institute (an NCI Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center) as well as the Durham VA Medical Center (a VA referral center for radiation oncology) immediately adjacent to the Duke University Hospital Campus.

Opportunities also exist for elective rotations at our community affiliates in Raleigh, NC. The Duke Radiation Oncology residency provides extensive training in:

• Stereotactic radiosurgery
• Stereotactic body radiotherapy
• Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
• Image-guided radiotherapy

Trainees are also exposed to 4-dimensional CT, PET-CT, and MRI based as well as adaptive treatment planning.

Residents rotate through 8, 3-month disease specific rotations at Duke University Hospital which is supplemented by 6-12 months of general rotations at the Durham VA Medical Center. Call is on average 4-5 weeks per year. Duke University Hospital and Duke Radiation Oncology have many former military trainees on faculty. Many other Duke training program host military residents as well.

For additional program-specific information, including clinical rotations/schedules, curriculum, and research opportunities, please visit  Duke University Radiation Oncology.

All military candidates for the Duke Radiation Oncology Military Track must apply through the JGMESB using the MODS application platform, for information on the Army application process please contact the OTSG GME Office.