Prof. med. Dr. Esther Troost

Medical Degrees

• Human Medicine — Eberhard Karls University Tübingen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (1998–2004)
• Postgraduate specialisation in Radiation Oncology — Maastricht University Medical Centre (MAASTRO Clinic), Netherlands
• Doctoral Degree (MD) — Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (Hannover Medical School), Germany
• Doctoral Degree — Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Habilitation / Professor of Image-Guided High-Precision Radiotherapy — TU Dresden Faculty of Medicine (2015)

Fellowships & Special Training

• Specialist training in Radiation Oncology — Maastricht University Medical Centre / MAASTRO Clinic
• Specialist training in Proton Therapy — OncoRay National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Dresden
• Specialist training in Image-Guided Radiotherapy and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy

Certifications & Accreditations

• German Medical Association — Specialist Registration (Facharzt für Strahlentherapie / Radiation Oncology)
• European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) — Member
• European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology (ESHIMT) — Member
• German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) — Member
• National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) — Member
• EORTC Radiation Oncology Group — Member
• German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) — Member
• European Thoracic Oncology Group (ETOP) — Member

Current Affiliation

• Director — Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital Dresden, Germany (2019–Present)
• Dean — Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Germany (Present)
• Division Head — Image-Guided Radiooncology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany (Present)
• Professor of Image-Guided High-Precision Radiotherapy — TU Dresden, Germany (2015–Present)

Past Affiliations

• Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital Dresden — Co-Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology and Proton Therapy (2019)
• Maastricht University, Netherlands — Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology (2014–2015)
• Maastricht University Medical Centre / MAASTRO Clinic, Netherlands — Radiation Oncologist (2012–2015)

Academic & Research Roles

• Dean of the Faculty of Medicine — TU Dresden
• Coordinator — KAYAC+ EU Project (Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, ~€1 million Pianoforte funding, 48 months)
• Project Lead — MEDABIS-PRO MR-integrated Proton Therapy Project (€1.1 million, 4 years, BMBF)
• Group Leader — Image-Guided High Precision Radiotherapy, OncoRay Institute
• Reviewer for major international scientific journals including Radiotherapy and Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, and Nature Scientific Reports

Key Achievements

• 22+ years of experience in Radiation Oncology and Proton Therapy
• Director of Radiation Oncology and Dean of Medicine at TU Dresden — leading Germany's premier proton therapy programme
• Author of 349+ peer-reviewed scientific publications
• Recipient of the ESTRO Varian Award for clinically relevant research
• Coordinator of the EU KAYAC+ project on radiation therapy for adolescent and young adult cancers (€1 million)
• Co-coordinator of the BMBF MEDABIS-PRO MR-integrated proton therapy project (€1.1 million)