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Radiation Oncology: About Our Physicians

Dr. Maria Jacobs

Maria C. Jacobs, M.D.

Maria C. Jacobs, M.D., is Director of Radiation Oncology at Mercy and oversees all radiotherapy services at Mercy Medical Center. Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology, Dr. Jacobs earned her medical degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela. She trained at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque before joining the University of Maryland in Baltimore as an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology.

While at the University of Maryland, she contributed to the development of the Breast Evaluation Program and was an investigator in the areas of combined-modality treatment for breast, gynecologic, and head and neck tumors. Dr. Jacobs was also the residency program director for three years and was active in teaching and mentoring students pursuing careers in radiation oncology.

Prior to joining Mercy, Dr. Jacobs was a faculty member of Johns Hopkins Radiation Oncology at Green Spring.

She is a member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO).

Dr. Maria Jacobs

Marlana Ottinger, M.D.

Marlana Ottinger, M.D., Associate Director of Radiation Oncology at Mercy, is a Board Certified radiation oncologist. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in Radiation Medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Ottinger has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and as Clinical Director of Penn Radiation Oncology at the Chester County Hospital in Chester County, PA.

Dr. Ottinger has numerous awards and honors to her credit, including selection by the Consumers Research Council to appear in The Guide to America’s Top Physicians (2004-2005). She is a member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the Maryland State Medical Society, among other professional medical organizations.

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