Executive Director Message - April/May 2022

Measuring progress is in our nature. As cancer researchers, we have a passion to make treatments better for patients. As radiation oncologists, nurses, radiation therapists, medical physicists and dosimetrists, we have a passion to create the best treatment plan customized for each patient.

Executive Director Message - August 2021

With 15 years of experience, we continue to build on our expertise, excellence and high-quality standards that will continue to lead to new discoveries and improve cancer treatment for patients.

Walt Moore

Walt Moore oversees the finance and accounting operations at UF Health Proton Therapy Institute. He is responsible for delivery of services such as accounting, payroll, treasury, internal controls, budgeting, and financial reporting. He also assists in monitoring the capital budget spending against Board approvals and the organization's mission, as well as compliance with various regulatory agencies.

A Letter from our Executive Director Message

Whether patients are from the local Jacksonville community or beyond, they have the peace of mind knowing the care they receive is customized to meet their needs and follows enhanced COVID-related safety measures.

A Letter from our Executive Director Message

Some of the most effective cancer interventions developed in the modern age are prevention and early detection screening. Mammograms, PSA blood screening, and colonoscopies each have a role in improving survival rates for the most common cancers – breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer, respectively.

Nancy Price Mendenhall, MD, FACR, FASTRO

A University of Florida College of Medicine faculty member since 1985, Dr. Mendenhall served as the chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology from 1993-2006. She has more than 20 years of experience and specializes in the areas of breast cancer, Hodgkin disease, lymphomas and pediatric cancers.

Lucas Gomes Sapienza, MD, PhD

Lucas Sapienza, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida. Dr. Sapienza is originally from Brazil and joined UF after completing residency training at the Department of Radiation Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He specializes in advanced radiation techniques including image-guided adaptive brachytherapy, proton therapy, and radiosurgery for treatment of gynecological cancers, breast cancer and prostate cancer.

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