Doctor's Bio
David S. Yu, MD, PhD, is a board-certified radiation cancer doctor and Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Grady. He treats many types of cancer, with a focus on head and neck and breast cancers.
At Grady, Dr. Yu sees patients at the Edward C. Loughlin Radiation Oncology Center. He works closely with each patient to guide treatment and support them through every step of care.
Dr. Yu brings strong experience in both patient care and cancer research. His work focuses on finding new ways to improve treatment and outcomes for people with cancer. His goal is simple: deliver high-quality, trusted care for every patient.
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Internship: Summa Health System (NEOUCOM)
- Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Locations and Directions
Correll Pavilion
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Gilmer St. SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Radiation-Oncology Center
Phone: (404) 616-3947
Location:
145 Edgewood Ave., SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Radiation Oncology-Biology Integration Network (ROBIN): Bridging the gap between biological research and clinical practice.
Gregucci F, Lee-Poturalski C, Dirrim M, Stewart J, Caruthers D, Stiles CD, Hentrich K, Cardenas J, Chan TA, Yu DS, Tran P, Simone N, Sawant A, Schwarz J, Robinson C, Haas-Kogan D, Michor F, Vanpouille-Box C, Ng J, Hasan Y, Yu J, Ren L, Marchionni L, Hugo G, Berbeco R, Nakamura JL, Lindsay J, Yang X, Deasy JO, Weichselbaum RR, Formenti SC
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2026;
PMID: 41941260 - AURKA inhibitor VIC-1911 induces mitotic defects and functional BRCAness, sensitizing prostate cancer to PARP inhibition.
Gritsina G, Rath SK, Shi H, Chu Q, Xie W, Nguyen QTT, Senthil S, Myers TJ, Bilen MA, Fenton SE, Hussain M, Yu DS, Zhao JC, Yu J
JCI insight. 2026;
PMID: 41915443 - Vision foundation model for 3D magnetic resonance imaging segmentation, classification, and registration.
Wang S, Safari M, Li Q, Chang CW, Lj Qiu R, Roper J, Yu DS, Yang X
Medical image analysis. 2026;
PMID: 41702178 - An efficient 3D latent diffusion model for T1-contrast enhanced MRI generation.
Eidex Z, Safari M, Ding J, Qiu RLJ, Roper J, Yu DS, Shu HK, Tian Z, Mao H, Yang X
Biomedical physics & engineering express. 2026;
PMID: 41604705 - MRE11 deacetylation by SIRT2 promotes DNA binding to facilitate DNA end resection and ATM-dependent signaling.
Sesay F, Zhang H, Kapoor-Vazirani P, Jung AT, Essien ME, Bastien AJ, Luong NC, Liu X, Head PE, Duong DM, Yang X, Buchwald ZS, Deng X, Seyfried NT, Yu DS
The Journal of clinical investigation. 2026;
PMID: 41505211 - OpenVocabCT: Towards Universal Text-driven CT Image Segmentation.
Li Y, Lai Y, Thor M, Marshall D, Buchwald Z, Yu DS, Yang X
IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2025;
PMID: 41411350 - A physics-informed deep learning model for MRI brain motion correction.
Safari M, Wang S, Eidex Z, Qiu RLJ, Chang CW, Yu DS, Yang X
Medical physics. 2025;52(12):e70197.
PMID: 41395855 - A novel F-labeled brain penetrant PET ligand for imaging poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1.
Patel JS, Zhou X, Chen J, Gao Y, Zhao C, Song Z, Zhao T, Hu Q, Li X, Li C, Wu S, Schuster DM, Yang L, Li Y, Yu DS, Liang SH
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2025;
PMID: 41278671 - Multi-group deformable convolution network for 3D medical image segmentation.
Li Y, Hu M, Wang J, Wang T, Yu DS, Yang X
Medical physics. 2025;52(11):e70135.
PMID: 41206346 - Clinically Interpretable Survival Risk Stratification in Head and Neck Cancer Using Bayesian Networks and Markov Blankets.
Shah KD, Chamseddine I, Yuan X, Tian S, Qiu R, Zhou J, Dhabaan A, Al-Hallaq H, Yu DS, Paganetti H, Yang X
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 2026;124(3):856-867.
PMID: 41083026
PLANNING
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