Gita Suneja, MD, MS

Dr. Gita Suneja is Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and an investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. She has a secondary appointment in the Department of Population Health Sciences. Her clinical specialties include the treatment of breast and gynecologic malignancies. Her research program focuses on utilizing advanced health services research methods to enhance health equity and cancer outcomes.

Dr. Suneja earned a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University. She graduated from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and completed her residency training in Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as Chief Resident. She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and is an active member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). She holds several national leadership positions, including serving as the Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI) Research Committee Chair. This committee is tasked with setting the national radiation oncology research agenda.

Dr. Suneja has a master’s degree in Health Policy Research from the University of Pennsylvania. Her National Cancer Institute-funded research centers on studying cancer treatment and outcomes of people living with HIV and cancer, both in the United States and in global resource-limited settings. She has several ongoing national and international collaborations and is the current co-Chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines Panel on Cancer in People with HIV. Her research findings have been published in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology and Lancet Oncology. Additionally, her work has received national media attention from Newsweek Magazine and National Public Radio. She is an avid clinician, researcher, and teacher at Huntsman Cancer Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the University of Utah.