Seth Blacksburg

Dr. Seth Blacksburg is Board Certified in Radiation Oncology and is the VP and Chief Medical Officer of the Americas at Accuray. He earned his undergraduate degree from Tufts University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and with the highest thesis honors. He pursued his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine, where he also received his Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Health Sector Management from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Dr. Blacksburg pursued research with the CEO and CIO of Duke University involving novel medical informatics applications. Dr. Blacksburg’s post-graduate training includes an internship in internal medicine at New York University and a residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he served as Chief Resident in Radiation Oncology for two years. Dr. Blacksburg continued on as faculty at Mount Sinai, where he was the first radiation oncologist selected into the Greater New York Hospital Association/United Hospital Fund Clinical Quality Fellowship.

He has expertise in the treatment of genitourinary, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system tumors using innovative radiation techniques such as brachytherapy, image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Dr. Blacksburg is a member of several professional societies and is a frequent national lecturer.