Gaurav Shukla, MD, PhD

Christiana Care Health System
Newark, DE

Dr. Shukla is a graduate of Duke University, where he majored in biomedical and electrical engineering. He joined the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, earning his Ph.D. in bioengineering and his M.D. in 2012. He completed further training during a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, a transitional year medical internship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a radiation oncology residency at Thomas Jefferson University, serving as Chief Resident during his last year of training.


Dr. Shukla is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he collaborates with other experts to develop image-based personalized medicine approaches for patients with cancer. He remains committed to providing excellent care to his patients, and his clinical interests include prostate cancer and other genitourinary cancers, brain and central nervous system tumors, lung cancers, and oligometastatic disease, as well as other disease sites.


Dr. Shukla has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and abstracts, including a book chapter in the American Cancer Society’s Textbook on Cancer. He has presented at regional, national, and international cancer conferences and medical image analysis symposia. He has successfully competed for institutional and government research awards. He is a member of multiple professional societies and organizations, including the American Society for Radiation Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Brachytherapy Society, and the American College of Radiation Oncology.

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