Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD

Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD, is a board-certified radiation oncologist who specializes in treating primary and metastatic brain tumors, as well as breast cancer. As a radiation oncologist, she uses high doses of radiation energy to destroy or damage cancer cells. Her expertise includes stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).

Dr. Hattangadi-Gluth is chief of the Central Nervous System Tumor Service and a co-leader of the Central Nervous System Disease Team at Moores Cancer Center.

An associate professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, Dr. Hattangadi-Gluth is the associate director of the Center for Precision Radiation Medicine. She is actively involved in research to improve the efficacy and safety of radiation therapy for brain tumors. Specifically, her research lab focuses on developing novel imaging tools to improve radiation oncology treatments and using functional and quantitative MRI to measure response to radiation in cancer patients.

Dr. Hattangadi-Gluth completed residency training in radiation oncology and earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She also completed research training in breast oncology and imaging at UC San Francisco as a Doris Duke research fellow. She was also a Fulbright scholar. Dr. Hattangadi-Gluth is board certified in radiation oncology.

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