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Dr Alphonse Taghian is the CC Wang Endowment Chair Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Breast Radiation Oncology service and Director of the Lymphedema Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He earned his Medical Degree from Alexandria University in Egypt. He completed his residency in Radiation Oncology in France, after which he pursued his PhD in Radiobiology at the Gustave Roussy Institute and Paris University. An internationally recognized leader in breast radiation oncology, in particular in the field of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation and Lymphedema Research. Dr Taghian has published more than 275 peer reviewed articles, general reviews, letters to editor, commentaries, and chapters. He was awarded several NIH grants totaling around $2.7 Million for research in breast cancer related lymphedema. His main interests include screening and early intervention for lymphedema, methods to minimize cardiac exposure to radiation, accelerated partial breast irradiation, Protons radiation in breast cancer and complications on breast reconstruction.