Dr. Sharon Spencer

Dr. Spencer is currently a professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. She is the Clinical Director of the Department. She is also the recipient of the Ruby F. Meredith Outstanding Clinician in Radiation Oncology Endowed Chair. She is a board member for the American Cancer Society. Her primary academic interest includes the treatment of brain, head and neck, and lung cancer. She is a part of the RTOG head and neck clinical trials committee as well as the radiation oncology chair of the ECOG head and neck clinical trials committee. Dr. Spencer is currently the academic PI for the NCI supported Community Radiation Oncology Disparity Group Program and serves as one of the mentors to the Singing River Hospital in Pascagula, MS. She has supported the School of Preventive Medicine at UAB as liaison to the Women’s Health Initiative, the PLCO and CANcors.