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Nick Eustace, MD, PhD

Nick Eustace, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology

Lifelong learner, explorer, camper & beach person

Meet Dr. Eustace

I strive to deliver the most effective and timely cancer care while preserving my patients’ quality of life and well-being.

Dr. Nicholas Eustace, MD, PhD, is a radiation oncologist who specializes in the treatment of head and neck, skin, and thoracic malignancies. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of South Florida, where he also studied targeted therapy resistance mechanisms in lung cancer at the Moffitt Cancer Center. He received his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center, with his research focusing on the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and developing a peptide therapeutic for glioblastoma. He later completed his general surgery internship at the University of Washington in Seattle before his radiation oncology residency at the City of Hope Medical Center in Los Angeles. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Eustace focuses his research on making radiation therapy more effective for patients with head and neck and lung cancer, with a special interest in squamous cell cancers, and in reducing the long-term side effects of radiotherapy and their impact on patient quality of life.

 

Education

Education

2025-2026 City of Hope National Medical Center Chief Resident Radiation Oncology
2022-2026 City of Hope National Medical Center Residency Radiation Oncology
2021-2022 University of Washington Internship General Surgery
2012-2020 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine MD Medicine
2012-2019 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine PhD Cancer Biology
2008-2012 University of South Florida BS Biology
              
Professional Experience

Professional Experience

2026-present University of California, San Francisco Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology
             

Awards & Honors

2025 City of Hope Chuck Family Fellow GME Trainee Award
2025 ASTRO Annual Meeting Abstract Award – Basic Transitional Award in the Clinical Category
2024 ASTRO LUNGevity Grant Recipient
2024 ACRO Seed Grant Recipient
2024 Cherng Family Center for Integrative Oncology Scholarship
2017 Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Radiation Oncology Pilot Grant
2017 T32 Training in Brain Tumor Biology Renewal, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
2016 Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Radiation Oncology Pilot Grant
2016 T32 Brain Tumor Biology Awardee, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

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