Dr. Sushma M. Patel

Thomas Walden is a Radiation Oncologist in Lumberton, North Carolina. Dr. Walden is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, and Lung Cancer. Dr. Walden is currently accepting new patients.

I graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1983 and served as a nuclear-trained officer on board two submarines before shifting to the Navy Medical Corps. Following medical school, I completed Diving Medical Officer training and served as head of diving research at the Naval Medical Research Center. After completing specialty training, I completed my 30+ year Navy career as Head, Radiation Oncology at Naval Medical Portsmouth Virginia. After returning to Duke, I served two years as Medical Director, Danville Center for Radiation Oncology, where I helped introduce technological advances into the clinical setting designed to improve treatment precision while minimizing treatment-related side effects. I joined Duke’s Wake County Radiation Oncology team in June 2017, and see patients in Raleigh and Cary. My clinical focus is on multi-disciplinary treatment of gynecologic, genitourinary, and lower gastrointestinal malignancies, with a focus on quality-of-life through minimizing treatment-related side effects. Dr. Nelson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.