Radiation Oncologist
Prakash Chinnaiyan, MD, earned his medical doctorate at Wayne State University and completed residency and post‐ doctoral training at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Following residency, he joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, specializing in the treatment of patients with brain and spine malignancies. Dr. Chinnaiyan joined Beaumont Health in 2015. As a physician scientist, he is Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Oakland University Beaumont School of Medicine and serves as Chief of the CNS Service. Dr. Chinnaiyan currently leads an NIH‐ funded laboratory that is committed to the study of glioblastoma with the ultimate goal of bringing laboratory‐ based discoveries into the clinic. He is also very active in developing and leading clinical trials designed to test novel anti‐ cancer strategies for brain tumor patients. He is recognized nationally for the treatment of brain tumors, currently serving on the RTOG/NRG Brain Tumor Core Committee and the NCI‐ Molecular Radiation Therapeutics Branch Glioma/Radiotherapy Working Group.
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About Prakash Chinnaiyan, M.D.
Prakash Chinnaiyan, MD, earned his medical doctorate at Wayne State University and completed residency and post‐ doctoral training at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Following residency, he joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, specializing in the treatment of patients with brain and spine malignancies. Dr. Chinnaiyan joined Beaumont Health in 2015. As a physician scientist, he is Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Oakland University Beaumont School of Medicine and serves as Chief of the CNS Service. Dr. Chinnaiyan currently leads an NIH‐ funded laboratory that is committed to the study of glioblastoma with the ultimate goal of bringing laboratory‐ based discoveries into the clinic. He is also very active in developing and leading clinical trials designed to test novel anti‐ cancer strategies for brain tumor patients. He is recognized nationally for the treatment of brain tumors, currently serving on the RTOG/NRG Brain Tumor Core Committee and the NCI‐ Molecular Radiation Therapeutics Branch Glioma/Radiotherapy Working Group.
| 2015 - Present | Chief of CNS Service, Beaumont ‐ Department of Radiation Oncology | |
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| 2015 - Present | Director Tumor Metabolism, Beaumont ‐ Department of Radiation Oncology | |
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| 2001 - 2006 | Resident, University of Wisconsin Medical School ‐ Radiation Oncology | |
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| 2002 - 2004 | Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin Medical School ‐ Laboratory of Dr. Paul Harari | |
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| 2000 - 2001 | Intern, University of Illinois-Chicago ‐ Internal Medicine | |
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| 1996 - 2000 | M.D., Wayne State University School of Medicine ‐ Medicine | |
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| 1991 - 1995 | B.S., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ‐ Biology | |
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| 1991 - 1995 | B.S., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ‐ Art History | |
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Links
- About Prakash Chinnaiyan
- New research may hold key to better treatments for aggressive brain cancer
- Beaumont researcher awarded $1.6 million NIH grant to study deadly brain tumors
- Patients travel from California, Hawaii and Northern Michigan for advanced cancer treatment
- Mid-Michigan man first patient treated at Proton Therapy Center
- 8-year-old girl from Hawaii with brain tumor travels 4,300 miles for proton treatments
- Meet our proton therapy specialists
- Gamma Knife Physicians
Contact Information
Hospital Address
Radiation Oncology Research (306-RI)
William Beaumont Hospital
3811 West Thirteen Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Medical Office Address
William Beaumont Hospital
Department of Radiation Oncology
3601 W. 13 Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073
