Beth Erickson-wittmann MD, FACR, FASTRO, FABR

Dr. Beth Erickson is a tenured professor and full-time faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Radiation Oncology. She focuses on the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and eye/orbital cancers and is the Chief of Brachytherapy Services. She has written and spoken nationally and internationally on the treatment of gynecologic and gastrointestinal malignancies, with a special interest in image-based treatment planning, both for external beam and brachytherapy. She has been active internationally with GEC ESTO and served on the ICRU-89 committee. She has been very active in the American Brachytherapy Society leadership, as well as faculty for the ABS GYN Brachytherapy School since its inception in 1995. She was honored with the Henschke Award in 2014. She serves as the Gyn section head editor for the “Journal of Brachytherapy International.”

Dr. Erickson served as Vice-chair of the Cervix Committee for the Patterns of Care/QRRO studies and as Chair of the ACR Practice Guidelines for the performance of high-dose-rate and low-dose-rate brachytherapy. She served on the NRG Cervix Committee and has also been active in RSNA on the Oncologic Imaging and Therapies Task Force. She is a former board examiner and trustee of the American Board of Radiology and also served on the Residency Review Committee for Radiation Oncology. She has been very active in ASTRO with teaching activities including multiple refresher and Gyn econtouring courses and panels, as well as serving on numerous ASTRO committees. She was named Medical College of Wisconsin Alumnus of the Year in 2019.