Fellowship-trained Proton Therapy Specialist and Radiation Oncologist Joins McLaren Proton Therapy Center Team

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The McLaren Proton Therapy Center, part of the Karmanos Cancer Network, welcomes Brian Yeh, MD, PhD to the team of radiation oncologists in Flint. Dr. Yeh has over a decade of experience in using proton therapy to treat cancer. He has fellowship training in proton therapy, has held lead positions at some of the country’s top proton therapy and radiation therapy centers, does clinical research, has written peer-reviewed publications, and has held faculty positions teaching medical students and residents. He also brings extensive specialty training in using proton therapy to treat pediatric cancers and cancers in the central nervous system, brain, and head and neck regions.

Clinically, Dr. Yeh served as a radiation oncologist at the New York Proton Center in New York City and at the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset, New Jersey. He is one of few who has completed special fellowship training in proton therapy at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Yeh’s residency and internship training was completed at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.  

Dr. Yeh participates in clinical research and has co-authored peer-reviewed publications studying proton therapy treatments for head and neck cancers, breast cancer and pediatric cancers. He has held faculty appointments and has taught medical students and residents at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City), where he also was the Director of Proton Beam Therapy, and at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine (New York City).

Dr. Yeh also specializes in proton therapy treatment for lung cancer, lymphoma, and gastrointestinal cancers. He sees patients at the McLaren Proton Therapy Center and also see patients for conventional radiation treatments at Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint, McLaren Lapeer Region and in Owosso.

Cancer patient referrals can be made by calling the McLaren Proton Therapy Center at (855) 697-7686. Referrals may also be submitted online, faxed, or emailed to the patient navigator.

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