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Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Professor and Vice Chair of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences
  • Chief of Hematologic Malignancies Services, Radiation Oncology
  • Clinical Director of Radiation Oncology, Moores Cancer Center

About Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH

Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH, is a board-certified radiation oncologist who specializes in the treatment and management of skin cancers, head cancers, neck cancers, leukemias, lymphomas and brain tumors. He serves as the department service chief for hematologic malignancies and is the disease team co-leader at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health.

Since joining UC San Diego Health in 2011, he has helped build one of the largest radiation oncology programs for lymphoma in the country. Dr. Sanghvi has repeatedly been named a top doctor in San Diego Magazine's "Physicians of Exceptional Excellence" annual survey, performed in collaboration with the San Diego County Medical Society.

A nationally recognized expert in skin cancer, leukemia and lymphoma, he frequently gives invited talks and chairs conferences on treating these cancers with therapeutic radiation. He also serves on several national radiation oncology committees and is an examiner for the American Board of Radiology. His research focuses on developing techniques to reduce long-term side effects of brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy.

Dr. Sanghvi completed residency training at Oregon Health Sciences University and earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He holds a master's degree in public health from Emory University with an emphasis on epidemiology and international health.

Prior to becoming a physician, he was awarded the O.C. Hubert International Health Fellowship and worked in Bombay, India on HIV testing and counseling.

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For more information, see Radiation Oncology, Cancer Care and Thyroid Cancer Program.

Medical DegreeMedical College of Georgia, Augusta, GAInternshipUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WAResidencyOregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
GenderMale
LanguagesGujaratiHindi
Date Joined Staff2011-09-18
Board Certifications
Radiation OncologyAmerican Board of Radiology
Conditions and Treatments
  • Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
  • Proton Therapy
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Melanoma
  • Skin Cancer
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Brain Tumors
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Lymphoma
  • Pediatric Cancer
  • Brachytherapy
  • Brain Cancer
  • Metastatic Brain Tumors
Cancer
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Meet Parag Sanghvi, MD: Radiation Oncologist, Head and Neck Cancers

Meet Parag Sanghvi, MD: Radiation Oncologist, Head and Neck Cancers

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