UC San Diego CMO, oncologist named president-elect of medical society

UC San Diego (Calif.) Health’s chief medical officer, and breast and gynecologic cancer radiation oncologist, Catheryn Yashar, MD, has been appointed president-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Yashar currently serves as health policy council chair for ASTRO, a medical professional organization representing more than 10,000 physicians, medical physicists, biologists and radiation therapists internationally, according to an Aug. 19 news release from UC San Diego Health. 

She also holds the positions of vice chair of clinical affairs for radiation medicine and applied sciences and associate dean at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and chair of the UC San Diego Health Sciences Faculty Council, the release said. 

She will begin serving as ASTRO president in September 2026.

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