Mack Roach III, MD, expert radiation oncologist and prostate cancer specialist, par excellence!

Mack Roach, III, MD, is a son of Texas who was born in the east Texas town of Palestine. Dr Roach recalled that while growing up, he, along with his 4 brothers, was strongly and lovingly supported by their parents, especially their mother, who was, as Dr Roach recalled, "always there" for them. He went on to remark that his father taught him 2 important life lessons. One lesson his dad imparted to him was that "whatever you do, be the best," and equally as important, his dad taught him how to play dominos. Following his early youth in Texas, he and his family, relocated to northern California to the San Francisco Bay Area. After completing high school there, he entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he completed his undergraduate studies in physics, finishing with honors in 1975. He later attended medical school at Stanford University in California, graduating in 1979. Dr Roach is married and has 2 daughters: Imani, who is in a PhD program at Harvard University, and Sarah, who is currently in high school. Dr Roach is currently a tenured professor of radiation oncology and urology, and serves as the chairman of the Radiation Oncology Department at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco, California. He has received many accolades in his career to date such as being voted one of the Best Doctors in the Bay Area (1997, 1998) and Best Doctor in America in (1996, 1997, 2003, and 2005), and he was awarded the Health and Wellness Award from the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area (1999). He has traveled the world lecturing on the intricacies of prostate cancer treatment from a radiotherapeutic perspective, both technical and clinical, including a United Nations meeting on prostate cancer in Vienna, Switzerland.