
Deshan Yang
Professor of Radiation OncologyOverview
Deshan Yang is the professor of Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University. He received his bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from Tsinghua University in 1992, a master’s degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technologies in 2002, and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005. He spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher before joining Washington University in St. Louis as a faculty member. He worked as an instructor to a professor at Washington University in St. Louis between 2006 and 2021 before joining Duke University in 2021. His main research areas are medical image processing and analysis for radiation oncology applications, adaptive radiotherapy, cardiac radiosurgery, health information technologies for radiation oncology and medical physics.
Positions
Professor of Radiation Oncology in the School of Medicine
2023 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2022 School of Medicine
Education
M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison 2005
2005 University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 2006
2006 University of Wisconsin, Madison
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University in St. Louis, RADIATION ONCOLOGY 2006 - 2008
2008 Washington University in St. Louis
Clinical Physics Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, RADIATION ONCOLOGY 2008 - 2009
2009 Washington University in St. Louis
Instructor, Washington University in St. Louis 2009 - 2011
2011 Washington University in St. Louis
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis 2011 - 2016
2016 Washington University in St. Louis
ABR Certification, American Board of Radiology, RADIATION ONCOLOGY 2015 - 2023
2023 American Board of Radiology
Professor with tenure, Washington University in St. Louis 2016 - 2021
2021 Washington University in St. Louis
Associate Professor with tenure, Washington University in St. Louis 2016 - 2021
2021 Washington University in St. Louis
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (3)
- Academics Articles (10)
- Conference Pages (6)
National Institutes of Health
Washington University in St. Louis
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27710
Durham, NC
27710