Linda Filipczak, RN, BSN, MBA, is Director of Oncology Services. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mercy College of Detroit, and her MBA from the University of Phoenix- Southfield , MI. Filipczak's experience includes as a staff nurse, clinical coordinator of radiation oncology and as a vice president over staffing and retention. She chairs the Nursing Committee for the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, where she is one of ten committee members that represent the United States in radiation oncology nursing. She is also a committee member on C-Change, a non-profit organization striving to eliminate cancer as a public health problem. The organization is co-chaired by former President George Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush.
Carol Hahn, Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Dr. Carol A. Hahn's clinical interest include breast cancer, neuropsychologic effects of cancer therapy, and depression and anxiety in cancer patients. While her research interests include development of evidence based clinical practice guidelines for radiation oncology, assessment of patient anxiety and depression in oncology, clinical trials examining patient education methods as well as therapeutic interventions to decrease anxiety and depression levels in oncology patients and improve quality of life, analysis of patterns of utilization of therapeutic modalities for breast and prostate cancer, disparities in care for oncology patients between tertiary care and community hospitals, assessment of neuropsychologic function in brain tumor patients and the metabolic and functional changes induced by radiation therapy,and normal tissue toxicities related to Radiotherapy and use of functional imaging tools to predict outcomes of clinical significance.