RICHARD ZELLARS was named professor and chair of radiation oncology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, pending approval by the IU trustees. He will begin his new duties in January.
Zellars is a breast cancer research and associate professor of radiation oncology at The Johns Hopkins University, and is assistant director of clinical trial accrual at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. He previously held faculty positions at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Georgetown University.
Zellars’ research focuses on the safety and efficacy of radiation for the treatment of breast cancer. He also does research into health care disparities in African-American women who typically have more severe radiation toxicities. He also founded the Cancer in the Under-Privileged, Indigent or Disadvantaged Summer Fellowship, which exposes first-year medical students who have a demonstrated interest in serving disadvantaged populations to the specialty of oncology.
