Annemarie Shepherd

Annemarie Shepherd is a radiation oncologist who specializes in thoracic malignancies.  She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and her medical school at Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey with a distinction in research.  She then completed her radiation oncology residency training at the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as the chief resident in her final year.  She then practiced at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and New Jersey for 9 years, where she served as the Director of Proton Therapy for Thoracic Malignancies.  She is currently the Medical Director of the Fred Hutch Cancer Center Proton Therapy Center and Associate Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.  Her current interests include studying novel radiation techniques and regimens for lung cancer, thymic tumors and high risk tumors.