Background
Dr. Ritsuko Komaki earned her medical degree from Hiroshima University School of Medicine. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency and radiation oncology fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Dr. Komaki currently practices as a medical oncologist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she also serves as Professor of Radiation Oncology. Her special areas of interest include the asbestos-related cancer of lung cancer.
Dr. Ritsuko Komaki has received national and international recognition for her participation in groundbreaking research. In fact, she belonged to a team that pioneered pencil beam proton therapy for the treatment of lung cancer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Research and Publishing
Dr. Komaki has received national and international recognition for her participation in groundbreaking research. In fact, she belonged to a team that pioneered pencil beam proton therapy for the treatment of lung cancer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. This treatment, also known as intensity-modulated proton therapy, offers patients a safer method of radiation therapy.
Dr. Komaki has written over 550 peer-reviewed journal articles and serves on the editorial board of multiple journals, including the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics; the Journal of Women’s Imaging; Radiology, and Radiotherapy and Oncology. She continues to better the field of radiation oncology through her work, providing her patients with the most advanced care.
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