Walter J. Curran Jr, MD
Executive Director, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Walter J. Curran Jr, MD is professor and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, where he also serves as the executive director of the Emory Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Dr Curran graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and a residency in the department of radiation therapy at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

Dr Curran is currently serving as the group chairman and principal investigator of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), a National Cancer Institute-funded, cooperative group since 1997. He also serves as the RTOG executive committee chairman, the RTOG steering committee chairman, and is the founder of the RTOG Foundation. Dr Curran is the co-chair of the Lung Cancer Scientific Council of the Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups, is the chair of the ASCO Lung Cancer Scientific Abstract Review Committee, and is a member of the ASCO Lung Cancer Think Tank.

Dr Curran has been a principal investigator on many National Cancer Institute grants. He has delivered many lectures in this country and abroad and has authored or coauthored over 200 abstracts and scholarly papers, as well as numerous presentations, reviews, and book chapters. He is a reviewer for 10 national/international journals.

Dr Curran is a board certified radiation oncologist and a fellow in the American College of Radiology. Among other honors, he has received honorary membership to both the European Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) and the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO).