Nayana Vora

Nayana L Vora, M.D.

  • Clinical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Radiation Oncologist
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Nayana L Vora, M.D.

Clinical Specialties
  • Radiation Oncology
Areas of Expertise
  • Breast Cancer
  • Head and Neck Cancers
  • Intra-operative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
  • Image-Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IG-IMRT) / TomoTherapy
  • Brachytherapy
Research Focus
  • Radiation Treatment for Breast and Head & Neck Cancers
Other Languages Spoken
  • Hindi
  • Gujarati

Few medical professionals are as well-versed and experienced in all facets of Radiation Oncology as Nayana L. Vora, M.D. For more than three decades, Dr. Vora has been a fixture at City of Hope, where she serves as a Clinical Professor, and Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Vora is a nationally recognized authority on brachytherapy, which uses radioactive “seeds” to target tumors. In addition to her work on breast cancer, she helped develop the City of Hope Prostate Seed Program for localized prostate cancer.

Dr. Vora has authored over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and delivered dozens of abstracts and presentations. She serves on numerous committees at City of Hope, as well as national committees.

Professional Experience

  • 1998 - present, Clinical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
  • 2002, Clinical Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine
  • 1995 - 1998, Acting Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
  • 1993 - 1995, Clinical Director & Acting Associate Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
  • 1991 - present, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine
  • 1988 - 1992, Associate Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
  • 1985 - 1990, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine
  • 1979 - 1987, Staff Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
  • 1978 - 1979, Staff Radiation Oncologist, Intercommunity Hospital, Covina, CA

Member of the Following Care Teams

  • Breast Cancer
  • Head and Neck Cancers

Locations

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City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91010

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Phone :  626-256-4673

Education

Degrees

  • 1972, Bombay University (M.B., B.S.), Bombay, India (Rotating)

Memberships

  • Los Angeles Radiological Society
  • Southern California Society of Therapeutic Radiology
  • American Endocurietherapy Society
  • American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology
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