Dr Nicholas B Figura, MD

Dr. Nicholas Figura is an Assistant Member in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Figura will be located at the Moffitt partnership site at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, working with Dr. Ronica Nanda and Dr. Roberto Diaz. Dr. Figura received his MD from the University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine. He recently completed a Radiation Oncology Residency at Moffitt Cancer Center/University of South Florida, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Figura's clinical interests include the use of definitive radiotherapy in the treatment of head and neck, thoracic, gastrointestinal, and hematologic malignancies as well as the use of palliative radiotherapy for oligometastatic disease. His primary research focuses on the use of radiotherapy in novel clinical settings to ultimately improve patient outcomes, such as 1) combining immunotherapy and radiation in the treatment of oligometastatic disease, 2) incorporating radiotherapy as a bridging treatment strategy …for patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy, and 3) exploring the potential role of noninvasive cardiac ablation using stereotactic radiotherapy for refractory cardiac arrhythmias.