Dr. Herman is currently the Director of Clinical Research for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute.  Previously, he was Professor and Ad Interim Division Head in Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Prior to this he was an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University Department of Radiation Oncology, where he was director of the gastrointestinal division and initiated and co-directed the Pancreatic Multidisciplinary Clinic. He has been a writing member for the NCCN and ACR guidelines committees and on the medical advisory board and Chief Medical Officer for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network as well as a member of the NIH Neuroendocrine and Pancreas Task Forces. He has served as Principal Investigator for several institutional gastrointestinal protocols. His major areas of clinical and basic research involve identification of novel biomarkers and integration of SBRT and hypofractionated radiation with immunotherapy and targeted therapies.