A Never-Ending Quest for New Knowledge
The physicians, scientists, therapists, nurses,
and other staff of the Roberts Proton Therapy
Center have graduated from top academic institutions
and have all reached the highest level of professional
expertise in their fields. But that doesn't mean
that they've stopped learning. On the contrary,
they know that there's always more to study,
more to learn: new knowledge that will translate
directly into better care for patients. An enormous
amount of preparation and training has gone into
this facility.
Proton therapy experts from Europe and the U.S.
have come to Penn Medicine to train our faculty
and staff, and many of our faculty have spent
time learning at other proton therapy centers.
That process won't stop now that the Roberts Center is opened
"We have to continue this education," says Zelig
Tochner, MD, the Radiation Oncology department's
vice chairman for Proton Therapy and the medical
director of the proton facility. "We are committed
at Penn Medicine to making sure that this facility
remains the most advanced proton therapy facility
in the world. We'll constantly look at integrating
new technologies that will allow us to expend
the use of proton therapy to more types of
cancers."
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