Last Updated: 04/06/07
C. Norman Coleman, M.D.
Associate Director
Radiation Research Program
C. Norman Coleman, M.D., holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Vermont and received his medical training at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Coleman completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and a fellowship in medical oncology at NCI.
Board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and radiation oncology, Dr. Coleman was a tenured faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine before joining Harvard Medical School in 1985 as the Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Professor and Chairman of the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy. In 1999, he became Director of NCI’s Radiation Oncology Sciences Program. Dr. Coleman created this program to coordinate all radiation oncology activities across all NCI components. He then served as Chief of the Center for Cancer Research’s Radiation Oncology Branch from 1999 until 2004.
Dr. Coleman currently is Associate Director of the DCTD Radiation Research Program, a Special Advisor to the Director of NCI’s Center for Cancer Research, and a Special Advisor to the NCI Director. Since 2004, he has been the Senior Medical Advisor at the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He also has written extensively in his field and has won numerous awards, including the 2005 Gold Medal Award from ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology) for his many scientific and professional contributions to the fields of radiation oncology and radiation biology.
