Q & A with Scott Warwick, Executive Director of the National Association for Proton Therapy

March 22, 2019

Sean Ruck , Contributing Editor

From the March 2019 issue of DOTmed HealthCare Business News magazine

Last year, Scott Warwick was less than a year into his role as the executive director of NAPT. He arrived with in-the-field experience as a radiation therapist and a certified medical dosimetrist and leadership experience heading an oncology leadership network for Catholic Health Partners. He was introduced to NAPT during his research into proton therapy. His initial work led to NAPT creating associate memberships for organizations in the developmental stages of creating proton therapy centers. After serving on the board and later chairing the board, the executive director position became available, to which he applied and was named. HCB News checked in with him a year later, and a little more than a year-and-a-half after he started his latest chapter, to see what the latest news is with the association.

proton therapy - the use of protons instead of X-rays - in radiation therapy - specifically target tumors as protons don’t travel beyond the target so there’s a lower risk to healthy tissue.

38 proton radiation therapy centers in the United States.

175,000 patients have been treated worldwide.

25+ types of cancers can be treated with Proton Therapy