Nancy J. Tarbell
{{Short description|Professor of Radiation Oncology}}
{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix = Endowed Professor, Dean, Physician
| name = Nancy Jane Tarbell
| image = NJT portrait.jpg
| image_size = 290
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|06|01}}
| birth_place = Hudson, MA
| citizenship = United States of America
| alma_mater = University of Rhode Island
SUNY Upstate Medical University (MD)
| workplaces = Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
| spouse = Jay Steven Loeffler{{cite news |title=Nancy Tarbell to Wed Fellow Boston Doctor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/18/style/nancy-tarbell-to-wed-fellow-boston-doctor.html |work=New York Times|date=18 January 1987 }}
| fields = Radiation oncology, pediatric oncology, proton therapy
}}
Nancy Jane Tarbell is the C.C. Wang Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Previously, she was the Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs at Harvard Medical School (2008–2019).
She was the founding director of the Mass General Office of Women's Careers as well as the Center for Faculty Development (MGH CFD). She has received the Gold Medal from the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) as well as the Margaret Kripke Legend Award from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.{{cite news|title=Three accomplished physicians awarded ASTRO's highest honor|publisher=ASTRO|url=https://www.astro.org/News-and-Publications/News-and-Media-Center/News-Releases/2014/Three-accomplished-physicians-awarded-ASTRO%e2%80%99s-(1)}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2002 (now the National Academy of Medicine).{{cite web|title=Institute of Medicine Elects 65 New Members|url=http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=10142002}} In 2005, she became the C.C. Wang Professor of Radiation Oncology, at Harvard Medical School, an endowed professorship.
Education
Born in Hudson, MA, she attended the University of Rhode Island where she graduated with a major in psychology. She attended SUNY Upstate Medical University for her medical degree.{{cite web |title=Nancy J. Tarbell, ASTRO interview |url=https://www.astro.org/About-ASTRO/History/Nancy-Tarbell}} After medical school, she trained at the former Harvard Joint Center for Radiation Therapy in Boston where she served as Chief Resident.{{cite web |title=Nancy J. Tarbell, Massachusetts General Hospital |url=https://www.massgeneral.org/children/doctors/17152/Nancy-Tarbell}}
Research
Dr. Tarbell developed the pediatric radiation oncology service at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1997–2008. Prior to that, she led the pediatric radiation oncology program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is a specialist in pediatric oncology and pediatric brain tumors and serves on the national Children’s Oncology Group Brain Tumor Committee.{{cite web |title=Harvard Catalyst |url=https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/85768}}
Publications
She has authored more than 250 original publications and book chapters.{{cite web|title=Nancy J. Tarbell, PubMed|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Tarbell%20NJ%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=31498029}} Her h-index according to Google Scholar is 89 with 24,652 citations (as of January 31, 2020).{{cite web|title=Nancy J. Tarbell, Google Scholar|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3rx4lXEAAAAJ&hl=en}} She is co-editor of Pediatric Radiation Oncology, now in its 6th edition.{{cite web|title=Pediatric Radiation Oncology, 6th edition|url=https://shop.lww.com/Pediatric-Radiation-Oncology/p/9781496342867}}
References
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External links
- {{google scholar id|3rx4lXEAAAAJ}}
- [https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/med00181/catalog Nancy J. Tarbell papers, 1984-2008 (inclusive). H MS c312. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.]
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Category:People from Hudson, Massachusetts
Category:Physicians from Massachusetts
Category:20th-century American physicians
Category:20th-century American women physicians
Category:21st-century American physicians
Category:21st-century American women physicians
Category:University of Rhode Island alumni
Category:State University of New York Upstate Medical University alumni
Category:Harvard Medical School faculty
Category:Massachusetts General Hospital people