Dr. Poonam Yadav is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed her Ph.D. in Radiation Oncology Physics from VIT University. Before joining Northwestern in 2021, she was a faculty member at the Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she was engaged in clinical and translational research for 12 years. Her most recent focus is on MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy. She is actively engaged in exploring real-time MR imaging with its superior soft-tissue contrast to improve precision in high-dose radiotherapy procedures to facilitate radiation dose escalation along with reducing radiotoxicity with optimal sparing of healthy organs in the proximity. She is enthusiastic about utilizing radiotherapy in disparate specialties such as ventricular tachycardia radio-ablation, where patients can benefit from radiation therapy. She is assessing the long-term risks and effects of such treatments through clinical studies.