Lin Joins Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Medical Physics Team
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Lan Lin, PhD, has joined Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center as a clinical Medical Physicist. She earned her doctorate in Medical Physics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where she served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant with the Department of Radiological Sciences. Lin received formal clinical training at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center in San Antonio, TX and worked as a Medical Physicist at International Medical Physics Services before coming to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.
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About Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center:
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for over 35 years. It is the only independent, nonprofit cancer treatment, education and research facility in Louisiana providing state-of-the-art radiation therapy to all community residents regardless of ability to pay. Mary Bird Perkins has integrated cancer programs with Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. These programs are accredited by the American College of Surgeons – the gold standard for community-based cancer care. The Center also enjoys a long-standing relationship with North Oaks Hospital in Hammond.
About the C.A.R.E. Network:
The mission of the C.A.R.E. Network (Cancer Support Services, Awareness and Education, Research and Early Detection) is to lessen the burden of cancer in the community. Established in 2002, it is funded by gifts from the community and provides hundreds of programs and services, including free cancer screenings, to thousands of people every year. The research and academic medical physics partnership with MBP and Louisiana State University is also funded in part by the C.A.R.E. Network. The Center has locations in Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond.
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