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| Suzanne Russo, M.D. |
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| Philip Rubin Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology | ||||||
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Suzanne Russo M.D. is a radiation oncologist and Philip Rubin Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology with the Mitchell Cancer Institute. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, Dr. Russo pursued graduate studies in zoology at San Diego State University. She also worked as a research scientist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Burroughs Wellcome Inc. in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina prior to receiving her medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Her internship in internal medicine, as well as her residency in radiation oncology were also fulfilled at UNC, where she was Chief of Radiation Oncology in her final two years. In 2000, she joined the Wake Forest University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. In that same year she was awarded the ASTRO (American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) Clinical Sciences Basic Research Award as well as the RSNA (Radiologic Society of North America) Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award. Just two years later she was recruited to join the faculty at the University of Alabama, Birmingham as an Assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and an Associate Scientist in the Experimental Therapeutics Program. While in Birmingham, she was awarded multiple grants and was the lead investigator on several initiated clinical protocols. Dr. Russo has held faculty positions at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, the East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, and has been a member of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center before joining the MCI in 2010. During this time, she has continued to produce numerous publications in the field of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Russo’s primary focus is the multimodality treatment of sarcomas, gastrointestinal, and thoracic malignancies. She has a special interest in the design and conduct of translational clinical research, incorporating laboratory correlative studies to gain insight into the molecular aspects of tumor biology and mechanisms of targeted therapies. She is interested in the interactions between radiation and systemic treatments, and the use of new technologies and functional imaging to improve the delivery of radiation. Dr. Russo is a busy mother and physician who, not surprisingly has developed a special interest in pediatric malignancies as well as survivorship. She is an active member of the Children’s Oncology Group and is excited to bring her expertise to cancer patients along the Gulf Coast. |
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