Affiliates

The Department of Radiation Oncology is part of Washington University School of Medicine. Physicians within the department are faculty members of the School of Medicine and provide care through the facilities and staff of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Siteman Cancer Center. The School is routinely rated among the top four medical schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. It received $289 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2001, making it the fourth-largest recipient of NIH dollars among U.S. medical schools.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a 1,385-bed patient care, teaching and research facility, is the largest hospital in Missouri. The medical staff is composed exclusively of Washington University full-time or voluntary medical school faculty physicians. Rated by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 hospitals in the country, Barnes-Jewish Hospital has a premier reputation in patient care, medical education, research and community service. Its areas of expertise include cancer, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, gynecology, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, pulmonary disease, rheumatology, transplantation and urology. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the result of the 1996 merger between Barnes Hospital and The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis.

Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital is world-renowned for its basic research and patient care. The Siteman Cancer Center holds more than $95 million in funding for cancer research. It was recently named a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center, an honor that recognizes excellence in leading-edge research. For patients, the designation marks Siteman as an institution that provides the latest research-based treatments available.