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Salma Jabbour

MD

Salma Jabbour, MD, vice chair of Clinical Research and Faculty Development at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and clinical chief of Radiation Oncology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (FASTRO). This distinction honors individuals who have made significant contributions to society and to the field of radiation oncology through research, education, patient care, and service to the field.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is the largest radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 10,000 members who are physicians, nurses, biologists, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists, and other health care professionals who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. Since 2006, the FASTRO designation has been awarded to just 394 of ASTRO’s 10,000 members worldwide.

Dr. Jabbour, an expert in lung and gastrointestinal cancers, has been a member of ASTRO since 2006. In her roles at Rutgers Cancer Institute, she works closely with a multi-disciplinary team from the Thoracic Oncology and Gastrointestinal Oncology Programs to educate patients and help them make informed decisions about what treatment options are right for them. In addition to clinical care, she conducts research in areas such as gastrointestinal cancers, lung cancers, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT, SABR, Cyberknife), proton therapy, radioembolization (SIRT), chemoradiation therapy, immunotherapy and is instrumental in the development of clinical trial protocols.