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Kristin Higgins, MD

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Dept of Radiation Oncology

Kristin Higgins, M.D., specializes in the treatment of thoracic cancers. She completed residency in Radiation Oncology at Duke University, as well as an internship in internal medicine. She attended medical school at Tulane Univer-sity in New Orleans, LA. She earned a B.S. in neuroscience at Van-derbilt University and graduated magna cum laude. Throughout her training Dr. Higgins received numerous honors, including in-duction into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and the Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award at Duke University, and the ASCO Bradley Stuart Beller Merit Award.
Dr. Higgins is Professor within the Emory School of Medicine and serves as the Medical Director of Radiation Oncolo-gy at the main campus location. She also serves as Vice Chair for Clinical Research. She leads numerous Winship Clinical Trials that examine innovative treatment approaches in the treatment of lung cancer. One such clinical trial is LU005, A NRG Oncology/Alliance study comparing chemoradiation with or without immunotherapy for limited stage small cell lung cancer. This clinical trial is funded by the National Cancer Institute and provides a novel treatment approach for patients with newly diagnosed small cell lung cancer.

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