Head, Radiation Medicine Program
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, Canada
David Kirsch, MD, PhD, is the Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Radiation Medicine, Head of the Radiation Medicine Program, and Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network. He is also a Professor in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kirsch is an expert in the use of radiation therapy to care for patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas. As a Senior Scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, he leads a research lab utilizing sophisticated genetically engineered mouse models and human cancer cell lines to study mechanisms of tumor development and the response of cancer and normal tissues to radiation.
After graduating from Duke with a BS in Biology, he completed the MD/PhD program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he performed his thesis research with Dr. Michael Kastan. After an internship in Internal Medicine, Dr. Kirsch trained in radiation oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed a post-doc in the laboratory of Dr. Tyler Jacks at M.I.T. In 2007 Dr. Kirsch returned to Duke to care for patients with sarcomas and establish an independent laboratory. In 2023 he was recruited to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
