Radiation Oncology

Albert Chang, MD, PhD
Dr. Albert Chang, Associate Professor, is the Vice Chair of Surgical Services and Brachytherapy Service Chief for the UCLA Radiation Oncology and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Chang received his Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine and M.D. degrees from the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Washington University School of Medicine, and then joined the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco as an Assistant Professor. His clinical focus is on malignancies of the genitourinary and gynecological systems and specialized in high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy. More >

Amar U. Kishan, MD
Associate Professor Dr. Amar U. Kishan is the Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research and Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service for the Department of Radiation Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kishan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology and Public Health. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, where he graduated magna cum laude from the joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program. During medical school, he was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship to study tumor metabolism in the laboratory. He subsequently completed his internship training at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, where he was recognized as the H.H. Jones Intern of the Year. He then completed his residency training in radiation oncology at UCLA. Dr. Kishan specializes in the utilization of radiation to treat genitourinary malignancies (particularly cancers of the prostate and bladder), as well as malignancies of the head and neck. He has an extensive research background and has published in leading journals such as JAMA, JAMA Oncology, European Urology, and Cancer Cell. He serves on several national committees and has received grant support from various national institutions, including the American Society of Radiation Oncology, the Radiological Society of North America, the Radiation Oncology Institute, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation. More >

Patrick Kupelian, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Vice-Chair of Clinical Operations and clinical Research at UCLA. He completed his Residency training in Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and his Fellowship in Radiation Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Kupelian specializes in genitourinary malignancies and has pioneered high-does hypofractionated radiation therapy for prostate cancer. More >

Alan Lee, MD
Assistant Professor in the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Lee completed his undergraduate studies at The University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS and medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. He completed his internship in medicine/surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Boston, MA and his Radiation Oncology residency at Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. During his time in residency he developed a strong interest in brachytherapy which led him to the completion of a brachytherapy fellowship at UCLA. His clinical focus is on delivery of complex high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy in the treatment of gynecologic and genitourinary malignancies. More >

Steve P. Lee, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiation Oncology at UCLA. Dr. Lee attended medical school at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his residency in radiation oncology and received his PhD in radiation biology at UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Lee specializes in cancer-related problems that are specific to Asian minority populations. His current research interest is focused on the quantitative analysis of cancer treatment outcomes in the clinic, linking to theoretical predictions from basic science in oncology. More >

Nicholas Nickols, MD, PhD
Dr. Nickols is a physician scientist who earned his medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and completed his residency training in the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology in 2014. Additionally, Dr. Nickols obtained his doctorate degree at the California Institute of Technology in 2007. He joined the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology as an Assistant Professor in Residence in 2014. Dr. Nickols is interested in exploring a chemical biology approach to the modulation of ionizing radiotherapy, overcoming treatment resistance mechanisms and conducting combined therapy clinical trials for locally advanced prostate cancer. More >

Michael Steinberg, MD
Dr. Michael L. Steinberg is Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His professional career spans private, corporate and academic practice and is known for the development of multi-site radiation oncology care networks that are characterized by clinical excellence and community based clinical research. The UCLA Radiation Oncology network includes the department at Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA, academically oriented community practices as well as Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Steinberg has specific expertise in the treatment of tumors of the GU system, breast and head and neck. He specializes in the use of technically advanced treatment modalities such as Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) and brachytherapy for the treatment of malignancy. More >

Michael H. Xiang, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Xiang received a combined M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School, where he conducted research in molecular and cancer cell biology. He then completed residency training in radiation oncology at Stanford before joining the faculty at UCLA. His clinical interests are in advanced radiation techniques, including stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and cutting-edge adaptive radiation technologies, for genitourinary and other types of malignancies. His current research interests are focused in data science, registry-based studies, comparative effectiveness, healthcare outcomes, and quality of life. In joining the Institute of Urologic Oncology, he is interested in leveraging molecular, clinical, and radiomic databases with the ultimate goal of offering patients more effective and individualized therapies. More >