Nancy J. Tarbell, MD

Nancy J. Tarbell, MD, is the C.C. Wang Professor of Radiation Oncology, Emerita, at Harvard Medical School. A pioneering pediatric radiation oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, she helped establish one of the nation's first hospital-based proton therapy programs for children. The first woman to serve as dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs at Harvard Medical School, she was the founding director of the MGH Office for Women's Careers and Center for Faculty Development and spent decades advancing women in medicine. Her clinical and scientific contributions have been recognized across ASTRO, ASCO, the Children's Oncology Group, and SIOP, and she continues to advise on advances in proton therapy. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has received the prestigious ASTRO Gold Medal. She currently lives in Jupiter, FL and Boston, MA.