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Yale-New Haven Health is a part of the Yale Medical Center which is an academic center of excellence in the practice of medicine. Yale Cancer Center is the only NIH-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Connecticut. Extensive research efforts in radiation physics, radiation biology and clinical radiation oncology are ongoing. The Department of Therapeutic Radiology treats approximately 2500 new cancer patients each year: about 1200 in New Haven and 1300 in the department's satellite facilities in Greenwich, Trumbull, Derby, Guilford, Hamden, and Waterford. The department offers a full range of radiation therapy treatments including IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, TBI, TSET and other special procedures using modern linear accelerators with onboard kV-, MV-, and CBCT-imaging; Gamma Knife SRS using the latest ICON unit; biology-guided radiotherapy using the RefleXion PET-Linac, and a full suite of LDR and HDR brachytherapy. Major equipment includes: eleven linear accelerators, one RefleXion X1 PET-Linac, one Gamma Kinfe ICON, seven CT simulators, three HDR afterloaders, major treatment planning systems (cloud-hosted Eclipse and GammaPlan), Calypso image guidance systems, C-Rad/VisionRT surface imaging system, as well as cloud-hosted ARIA oncology information management system. The department also offers fully accredited radiation oncology and medical physics residency programs in addition to other educational programs.