Sunil Krishnan MD, FACP

Dr. Krishnan received his medical degree from Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, and completed two residencies, one in internal medicine at Penn State Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, and another in radiation oncology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Dr. Krishnan moved to MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2004 for his first faculty position after residency and rose to full professor of radiation oncology there and was the Director of the Center for Radiation Oncology Research. He co-directed a T32 training grant on nanotechnology applications in cancer and co-directed the Radiation Oncology Program of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Support Grant.

Dr. Krishnan then joined Mayo Clinic Florida in 2019 as a professor of radiation oncology. He co-directed the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Support Grant, was Director of the Office of Clinical Trials for the institution and helped with research efforts across the department, institution, and cancer center.

He recently returned to Houston as a professor of radiation oncology at UTHealth Houston and continues his research activities on sensitizing tumors to radiation therapy and protecting normal tissues from radiation injury.