Radiation Oncologist

Opportunity Overview
Handshake is looking for radiation oncologists to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. This is not a traditional job. You’ll draw on your clinical training and hands-on experience in radiation oncology, including treatment planning, target volume and organ-at-risk contouring, dose prescription, and multidisciplinary cancer care, to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing radiation oncologist. The Handshake AI program runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise.
This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role.
What You’ll Do

• Use your clinical expertise to create expert-level tasks that today’s top AI models can’t solve, based on real clinical workflows such as target volume and organ-at-risk contouring, simulation CT and imaging review, dose and fractionation selection, plan evaluation, and treatment planning

• Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for clinical accuracy, patient safety, and alignment with current radiation oncology practice and guidelines

• Provide clear, structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance

• Work remotely and complete tasks at your own pace, with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement

Qualifications

• Degree and clinical training :

• Completed MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree

• Completed residency training in radiation oncology

• Licensure : Currently licensed to practice medicine in the United States

• Clinical depth : Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas:

• Contouring of target volumes and organs at risk (e.g., head and neck, thoracic, breast, GI, GU, CNS)

• External beam radiotherapy, including IMRT, VMAT, and image-guided radiotherapy

• Stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SRS/SBRT)

• Brachytherapy

• Proton and particle therapy

• Palliative radiotherapy and radiation oncology emergencies

• Pediatric or hematologic radiation oncology

Additional qualifications (not required, but strengthen your application)

• Board certification or board eligibility in radiation oncology, or fellowship training in a subspecialty

• Experience at an academic medical center or comprehensive cancer center, familiarity with treatment planning systems and contouring software, peer-reviewed publications, or involvement in clinical research

Required for all applicants

• Must have US work authorization

• Strong written communication and attention to detail

• Ability to explain complex radiation oncology concepts clearly

• Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment

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