Kristin Ann Higgins MD

Kristin Higgins, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Higgins also serves as medical director of radiation oncology of The Emory Clinic at Winship Cancer Institute's Clifton campus location. A board-certified radiation oncologist, Dr. Higgins specializes in the treatment of lung, head, and neck cancers. She treats patients at Winship Cancer Institute and Emory Proton Therapy Center.

Dr. Higgins is a member of multiple professional organizations including the American Society for Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology, International Association for the study of Lung Cancer, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. She is a member of the NRG Oncology Board of Directors and a member of NRG Oncology's Lung Cancer Core Committee, Communications Committee, Research Strategy Committee, and Protocol Operations Management Committee and serves as chair of the RTOG Foundation Communications Committee.

Dr. Higgins attended medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed a residency in Radiation Oncology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, as well as an internship in internal medicine. Throughout her training, she received numerous honors, including induction into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award at Duke University, and the ASCO Bradley Stuart Beller Merit Award, given to the top ASCO abstract submitted by a resident or fellow.