Dr. Samuels joined Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in September, 2021, after most recently spending 11 years at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center. There, he served as Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, Director of Head-Neck Radiation Oncology, and Co-Leader of the Head-Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Program. From 2011-2020, Dr. Samuels served as Medical Director of the Sylvester Clinical Trials Office, helping to support the Sylvester effort to gain NCI Cancer Center designation in 2019. Dr. Samuels is currently Professor of Radiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine/Phoenix and Adjunct Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Dr. Samuels has experience conducting trials with novel agents in combination with radiation. He served as the International Coordinating Investigator of an industry-sponsored phase I trial of a DNA protein kinase inhibitor (peposertib) in combination with radiation therapy to the head and neck area, a second-in-man trial with this category of agent. He also serves as Co-PI on NRG HN008, using this drug with radiation therapy for head-neck cancer patients who are not eligible for cisplatin chemotherapy.
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