Thomas Zusag, MD - Radiation Oncology

Dr. Thomas Zusag received his medical degree with honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago. His residency and fellowship were both completed at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis, Missouri.

Prior to joining us Dr. Zusag has been practicing at Raymond G. Scott Cancer Care Center in Geneva, IL and Rush University Medical Center where he served on many committees involved with cancer treatment, leadership, clinical information, and patient care. His special areas of expertise include lung and gynecologic cancers, all forms of Brachytherapy, medical physics, image fusion, precision in treatment delivery, and any technically complicated or challenging treatment problems. During his career Dr. Zusag has published over 40 articles in medical journals and has been invited to perform multiple presentations on radiation oncology.

Dr. Zusag’s ongoing research interests include PET-CT fusion treatment design and lung cancer monitoring, tumor response assessment tools, visual 3D treatment planning, applicator design in gynecologic brachytherapy, and biologically modeled treatment planning in gynecological implants.