GaryBrandonGunnMD

Summary

• Dr. G. Brandon Gunn is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Associate Vice President-Radiation Oncology Medical Operations. He received his medical degree and graduated valedictorian from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine in Lubbock, Texas in 2004. Following completion of his clinical residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, he joined the MD Anderson faculty in 2009. Dr. Gunn specializes in the management of patients with malignancies of the head and neck, including skull base, thyroid and skin cancers. He is dedicated to securing the best possible outcomes for his patients, by prioritizing a patient-centered approach, comprehensive multidisciplinary patient evaluation and care, attention to detail and quality assurance, clinical trial participation, and implementation of advanced radiation therapy approaches and technologies including intensity modulated proton therapy, volumetric arc radiation therapy, MRI-simulation and treatment planning, adaptive radiotherapy, and brachytherapy. Dr. Gunn leads numerous research efforts and clinical trials in patient reported outcomes, quality of life, patient symptom and toxicity reduction, proton therapy, aggressive thyroid malignancies, has over 200 scientific publications, and is the radiation oncology lead of the MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Working Group, radiation oncology lead of the Facilitating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Specialized Treatment (FAST) Team, and co-lead of the MD Anderson Head and Neck Cancer Service Line.