The Memorial Hospital Cancer Center's staff includes a full-time radiation oncologists who is specially trained in using radiation to treat cancer.

George Kao, M.D. is a Board Certified Radiation Oncologist.

The staff also includes:

• full-time registered radiation therapists (RRT) who are licensed and registered by the state of Illinois.
• a full-time certified medical dosimetrist who is responsible for the design of treatment plans using sophisticated computer technology in accordance with the radiation oncologist's prescription to a defined tumor volume.
• a board certified medical physicist who is responsible for all aspects of equipment quality assurance along with providing supervision to all treatment plans and calculations.
• licensed nurses who provide patient and family education, assist with the patient's health care needs, and play a key role in the coordination of adjuvant therapy.
• dedicated and compassionate secretarial staff who are responsible for patient registration and the scheduling of treatment planning procedures.
• a therapist assistant who provides patient transportation to and from the cancer center, as well as fabricates all necessary custom blocks.

Physicians providing services at and admitting patients to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Herrin Hospital and St. Joseph Memorial Hospital are not employees of the hospitals. Physicians exercise their own independent judgment regarding medical care and treatment and the hospitals are not responsible for their actions.