Radiation Oncology Residency Program – Faculty

Matthew Katz, MD
Title(s): Interim Chairman and Residency Program Director at Tufts Medical Center
Academic Appointment: Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine (pending)
Clinical Specialties: Head and neck cancer, thoracic malignancies (lung cancer, esophagus cancer), breast cancer, liver cancer, rectal and anal cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer.
Medical School: University of Massachusetts
Postgraduate Training: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Board Certification: Radiation Oncology
Contact: Matthew.Katz@tuftsmedicine.org
 

Brett Diamond, MD
Title(s): Radiation Oncologist
Academic Appointment: Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Clinical Specialties: Gynecologic malignancies (uterine cancer, cervix cancer), genitourinary malignancies (prostate cancer, bladder cancer), head and neck cancer, breast cancer.
Medical School: University of Connecticut Medical School
Postgraduate Training: Hospital Tufts Medical Center
Transitional year: Scripps Mercy
Board Certification: Board eligible, Radiation Oncology
 

John E. Mignano, MD, PhD 
Title(s): Radiation Oncologist; Associate Clinic Director
Academic Appointment: Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine 
Clinical Specialties: Oncologic consultation for general radiotherapy and Gamma Knife, pediatric radiation oncology 
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 
Postgraduate Training: Tufts Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital; Alleghany General Hospital  
Board Certification: Radiation Oncology 

The Division of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology at Tufts Medical Center comprises two PhD prepared medical physicists, one Masters prepared medical physicist, and one dosimetrist. Faculty support all clinical modalities, including external beam, brachytherapy, and Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery, which is a unique treatment modality in northern New England. The division is nationally recognized for its work in quality assurance, leadership, and brachytherapy. The physics faculty are embedded in residency program operations and provide didactic teaching throughout the academic year. Residents have the opportunity to participate in research activates, a dosimetry rotation, and incident learning training with the medical physics division. 
 

Christopher S. Melhus, PhD, DABR
Title(s): Chief, Radiation Oncology Medical Physics
Academic Appointment: Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Clinical Specialties: Therapeutic Radiologic Physics, quality assurance, clinical protocols
Undergraduate: Reed College
Graduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD: Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology
Post-graduate: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Board Certification: Therapeutic Radiologic Physics

Cassandra Stambaugh, PhD, DABR
Title(s): Medical Physicist, Resident Advocate, Physics Course Director
Academic Appointment: Associate Professor as Clinician/Educator, Tufts University School of Medicine
Clinical Specialties: Medical physics, Safety Leader for Patient Safety and Quality Assurance, Gamma Knife 
Undergraduate: Bates College
Graduate: Northeastern University
PhD: University of South Florida
Postgraduate Training: Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
Board Certification: Therapeutic Radiologic Physics