Louis Potters MD, FASTRO, FABS, FACR

Louis Potters, MD, is chair of the Department of Radiation Medicine at Northwell Health and a professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is deputy physician in chief and the Marilyn and Barry Rubenstein Chair in Cancer Research for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and holds an affiliate membership at the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Cancer Institute.

Dr. Potters is a practising radiation oncologist and an internationally recognised expert in the management and treatment of prostate cancer. He has authored more than 150 publications, book chapters and editorials. Board-certified in internal medicine and radiation oncology, Dr. Potters previously served as medical director of the New York Prostate Institute and as an associate member in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre. He received his medical degree from the Rutgers Medical School and his undergraduate degree from Emory University.

Dr. Potters is currently president of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiation Oncology Programs (SCAROP) and has served as a board member and in other leadership roles for the American Society for Radiation Oncology and other medical societies. He has authored several key national cancer treatment guidelines for radiation oncology and been a consultant for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the National Quality Forum and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He has served as an executive committee member for the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and has participated in several U.S. Department of Health and Human Services committees and panels. Dr. Potters is currently on the board for the Long Island chapter of the American Cancer Society and is the founding chair of the Northwell Health Physician Partners Board of Governors, the eighth-largest medical group in the U.S.

Dr. Potters oversees one of the largest radiation oncology departments with a faculty and staff devoted to excellent patient care, research and the education of tomorrow's oncologists. The department is recognised as a pioneer for high-quality, safe cancer care through its Smarter Radiation Oncology initiative.