David Sher, M.D.

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Quality, Medical Director of Radiation Oncology, Chief of Head and Neck Radiation Oncology Service

Professor

Endowed Title: Barbara Crittenden Professorship in Cancer Research
Schools: Medical School
Departments: Radiation Oncology

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Education

Medical School: Harvard Medical School (2003)
Internship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2004), Internal Medicine
Residency: Harvard/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital (2008), Radiation Oncology

Publications

Clinical implementation and evaluation of a patient-specific surface-guided clearance mapping system for collision avoidance and noncoplanar beam planning: Wang S, Chambers E, Li R, Gonzalez YA, Zhong X, Iqbal Z, James K, Cleaton J, Sher D, Godley A, Parsons DD Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2026 May 27
Intrafractional Motion and Margin Assessment for Cone Beam Computed Tomography Guided Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer: Liao CY, Domal S, Yarlagadda P, Tomagan JM, Parsons D, Wang J, Avkshtol V, Jiang S, Moon D, Sher D, Lin MH Advances in Radiation Oncology 2026 May 11
Clinical Implementation of Simulation-Free Palliative Radiation Therapy: Consensus Recommendations From a Modified Delphi Study: O'Neil M, Tan VS, Schuler T, Abraham CD, Boeke S, Huynh E, Kavanagh BD, Nelissen KJ, Roderick S, Sher D, Shinde A, Versteijne E, Wong S, Palma DA Advances in Radiation Oncology 2026 Apr 11
In Reply to Wang et al: Moon DH, Sher DJ International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2026 Mar 124 873
Spatially aware radiomics integrating anatomical knowledge to improve lymph node malignancy prediction in head and neck cancer: Chen L, Radpour S, Dohopolski M, Sher D, Wang J Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2026 Feb 27
Red Journal Reviews: Typology, Methodology, and Standards: Smith J, Dickstein DR, Mitta A, Sher D, Yom SS, McDowell L International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2026 Jan 124 20-26
Response to Fiorica: Sher DJ, Moon DH Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2026 Jan 118 184
Risk of dysfunctional larynx after radiotherapy for early-stage glottic laryngeal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis: Linden SM, Philippens ME, Sher DJ, Sanders ME, de Bree R, Rijken JA, de Ridder M Radiotherapy and Oncology 2026 Jan 214
Feasibility, Workflow, Dosimetry, and Positron Emission Tomography Signal Trends in Lung Cancer Treated With Biology Guided Radiation Therapy: Lin CS, Shen C, Banks T, Prasad R, Badiyan S, Westover K, Zhang Y, Godley A, Pompos A, Dan T, Garant A, Oz O, Sher D, Timmerman R, Jiang S, Choi MG, Cai B International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2026
A Simulation-Free Radiation Therapy Workflow Using Synthetic Computed Tomography Generated from Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Personalized Hippocampal-Sparing Whole-Brain Treatment: Chen L, Iqbal Z, Lu W, Shen C, Dan T, Dohopolski M, Wardak Z, Sher D, Badiyan S, Timmerman R, Parsons DD, Godley A, Jiang SB, Lin M Practical Radiation Oncology 2026