Dr. Diana Stripp Joins
Commonwealth Atrius Cancer Center
as Radiation Oncologist
Weymouth, MA: Diana Stripp, MD has joined the growing staff at Commonwealth Atrius Cancer Center in Weymouth, Mass., as a board-certified radiation oncologist. She joins Claire Fung, M.D., Director of Radiation Oncology at Commonwealth Atrius, the area’s first free-standing cancer center providing comprehensive cancer care in one location.
Prior to joining Commonwealth Atrius, Dr. Stripp was an associate physician at Princeton Radiology Associates in Princeton, NJ. After receiving her M.D. from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, she completed her internship at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. She then completed her residency in radiation oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she continued as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Stripp specializes in the treatment of adult cancers, including lung, head, and neck cancers. She is also skilled in the use of brachytherapy for prostate and other cancers.
She has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and she frequently serves as a guest reviewer for the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, & Physics. She is a member of the American Society for Theraputic Radiology and Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Medical Association, and the American Society for Women Radiologists.
Dr Stripp is affiliated with South Shore Hospital and is accepting new patients. For more information, call 781-682-0510.
About Commonwealth Atrius Cancer Center
Commonwealth Atrius Cancer Center (CACC) in Weymouth, Mass., the first comprehensive, freestanding cancer center in the area, is a collaboration between Commonwealth Hematology-Oncology (CHO) and Harvard Vanguard, an affiliate of Atrius Health. The cancer center features personalized, multidisciplinary cancer care with all non-surgical cancer care services—medical oncology, radiation oncology, imaging, and other allied health services—under one roof For more information, visit www.commonwealthatrius.com.
Commonwealth Hematology-Oncology (CHO), based in Quincy, Mass., with offices and clinical sites throughout Massachusetts, is the largest private practice cancer care network in New England. Known for its leadership in community-based cancer care, CHO physicians have been caring for patients for over three decades. CHO was the first group practice in the state to develop treatment guidelines for specific cancers, the first to develop a computerized software program for chemotherapy ordering, the first to create a free patient advocacy program, and the only area practice to be selected by the National Cancer Institute to offer a community-based clinical trials program. CHO also provides genetic risk assessment and testing to community residents who may be at high risk for cancer.
Five community-based, multi-specialty medical groups—Dedham Medical Associates, Granite Medical, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Southboro Medical Group, and South Shore Medical Center—have joined together as Atrius Health to create a better approach to patients’ health. Building on a long and proud history of high quality and preventive care for Massachusetts residents, Atrius Health cares for nearly 600,000 adult and pediatric patients across more than 35 specialties, from obstetrics to pediatrics, including hematology/oncology, radiation oncology, dental services, cardiology, ophthalmology, sports medicine, allergy, dermatology, surgery, and behavioral health. With more than 700 physicians and 1,000 other medical professionals, Atrius Health serves patients at 30 convenient practice locations in eastern Massachusetts.