University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is an academic, NCI-designated program embedded within UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, offering high-volume technical infrastructure (eight vaults, four linear accelerators, HDR afterloader) alongside VA and university hospital training that spans both underserved and tertiary-referral populations. The program balances strong clinical throughput across all disease sites with mandatory protected research time (minimum one project, three months), institutional and NRG/SWOG cooperative group trial involvement, and adjacent PhD/DMP programs in radiation biology and medical physics, signaling genuine translational infrastructure rather than token research exposure. Graduate outcomes skew heavily toward community and private practice placement across the country, indicating the program trains broadly competent clinical radiation oncologists rather than exclusively academic faculty. The department values candidates who combine solid academic performance with demonstrated engagement in clinical trials and multidisciplinary tumor board culture, reflecting its NCI-affiliated, disease-site-based structure.