Alfred Tinger, MD

Alfred Tinger, MD, is a radiation oncologist with Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare’s Regional Cancer Center. Dr. Tinger attended SUNY Binghamton, where he majored in physics and was a teaching assistant in the field of biological effects of radiation. He received his medical degree from the Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Dr. Tinger performed his medical internship at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York. He attended the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis for his Radiation Oncology residency, where he was selected to be Chief Resident. At the Mallinckrodt Institute, Dr. Tinger was the recipient of both the American Cancer Society's Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Award.

Dr. Tinger is Board Certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the New York State Medical Society and the Westchester County Medical Society. He actively participates in the Westchester County Division of the American Cancer Society and the Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Lung Association.  For the past 11 years, Dr. Tinger has been Medical Director of Radiation Oncology for 21st Century in Westchester County.

Throughout his career, Dr. Tinger has been actively involved in medical research programs and has published his results in numerous journals and publications.