Minh T. Truong, MBBS, MBA

Biography

Dr. Truong is the Chair and Professor of Radiation Oncology at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and Chief of Radiation Oncology at Boston Medical Center.

She received her medical degree from the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia and completed her residency in Radiation Oncology at New York University Medical Center, her last year as chief resident. She is board certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology. She also holds a Master’s of Business Administration from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.

She is an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of head and neck, skin and central nervous system malignancies, as well as benign diseases, including post operative radiation for the prevention of Keloids, Airway Amyloidosis, Graves Orbitopathy.

Dr. Truong serves on a several national committees with leadership roles within the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and NRG Oncology (National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), and the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG)).

She is the Quality of Life Co-Chair on several international head and neck cancer multicenter trials conducted by the NRG Oncology group and has been instrumental in the prospective trial design of the Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcome sub-studies on these trials.

She also contributes her radiation expertise to the National Cancer Institute’s Adult Oncology Treatment editorial board for over 15 years.

At Boston Medical Center, she maintains a busy clinical practice and supports many research activities at Boston Medical Center and Boston University. Over the past two decades, she has taught and mentored many Boston University Medical Students, over 80 physician residents in the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, and Boston University physician faculty. She is actively involved in promoting clinical research activities at Boston Medical Center and was awarded funding as Principal Investigator for an American Cancer Society/Boston University Institutional Grant for the investigation of novel function imaging in head and neck cancer using CT perfusion Imaging in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer undergoing Conformal Radiotherapy. Dr. Truong has also contributed to several Boston Medical Center funded research efforts including two U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command Office Center of Excellence Program Projects and was a project principal investigator of a department of defense funded study investigating the role of stereotactic body radiotherapy for recurrent head and neck cancer.

Her research has resulted in over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications, editorials, book chapters, and invited reviews.

In 2022, Dr Truong was awarded the Fellow of the American Society of Radiation Oncology for her contributions to the field of Radiation Oncology and service to ASTRO.

Since 2017 to 2024, she has been named Top Doctor in Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors, Exceptional Women in Medicine, and Boston Magazine.