Charles R. Thomas, Jr

Charles R. Thomas, Jr, MD, is professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Medicine and professor of hematology/oncology in the Department of Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. He is also an active member of the Knight Cancer Institute. Thomas has received triple-board certification in radiation oncology (American Board of Radiology), medical oncology and internal medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine). He is a member of the NCI Rectal-Anal Cancer Task Force. He also has an interest in cancer disparities and was one of the editors for the special edition on cancer disparities that was published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology in 2006. He is the author or coauthor of more than 240 journal articles and is a coeditor of multiple textbooks.