Sujith Baliga, MD

Sujith Baliga, MD, is a board-certified radiation oncologist who specializes primarily in the treatment of head and neck and base-of-skull cancers. He has expertise in proton therapy. He treats patients at Emory Proton Therapy Center and Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown.

Dr. Baliga is an associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Prior to joining Emory in 2026, he served on the faculty and as clinical director of pediatric proton radiation oncology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Dr. Baliga received his medical degree with research distinction from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. He completed his residency in radiation oncology at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident in his final year. He completed a fellowship in pediatric proton therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

• Educator of the Year in the Department of Radiation Oncology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 2020
• Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Most Innovative Protocol, ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research, Vail, Colorado, 2019
• Einstein-Montefiore Young Research Investigators Symposium 2nd Place Prize Winner, 2017
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Travel Award, 2016
• BEST Travel Award ACRO Essay Competition Winner, 2014
• Einstein Summer Research Fellowship Award, 2010