M e d i c a l R e c o r d F e at u r e
Welcome New Members
Why did you decide to practice medicine in Berks County? There is a great diversity of patients in this region. What do you like best about practicing medicine? I enjoy the day to day interactions with patients and their families.
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he Berks County Medical Society is pleased to welcome Dr. Colin T. Murphy, Radiation Oncology specialist with Berks Radiation Oncology Associates. Dr. Murphy earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Columbia University and subsequently completed a Post-B.A. Pre-Health program at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 2011 and completed a Transitional Internship at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center prior to undertaking training in Radiation Oncology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. He served as Chief Resident there in 2014-2015. To get to know Dr. Murphy a little better, we asked him to respond to the following questions: Describe the focus of your practice and any areas of special interest/expertise. My practice includes the radiotherapeutic treatment of most adult patients with solid tumors, with special interest in breast, gynecologic, urologic, thoracic, and head and neck cancers.
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If you could change one thing about the current practice environment, what would it be? I wish that the pace of innovative changes in treating difficult cancers was faster. Are you involved in any nonprofit/ community groups at this time? Not yet, but I look forward to doing so in the near future. Please tell us a little about your family and the activities you enjoy outside of work. I enjoy spending time with my wife and two sons, and I always make time to watch the Eagles, win or lose. Name one thing about your practice / field of medicine that you think all your patients should know. Berks Radiation Oncology Associates at the McGlinn Cancer Institute offers state of the art therapies, rivaling most (and in some cases surpassing) large academic institutions.
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he Berks County Medical Society is delighted to welcome Adam J. T. Smith, Radiation Oncology specialist with Berks Radiation Oncology Associates. Dr. Smith graduated from Emory University with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Philosophy. He attended UCLA School of Medicine in the Medical Scientist in Training program, earning his Ph.D. in 2008 and his M.D. in 2010. After an internship in Internal Medicine at the University Medical Center of the University of Nevada, he trained in Radiation Oncology at the University of Kentucky. He served as Chief Resident there in 2014-2015. To get to know Dr. Smith a little better, we asked him to respond to the following questions: Describe the focus of your practice and any areas of special interest/expertise. Ours is a general radiation oncology practice, providing curative and palliative treatments to all adult cancers.