CASE STUDY
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Radiotherapy redefined
DESIGNING RADIOTHERAPY FOR BETTER ACCESS, EFFICIENCY & SUSTAINABILITY
What will it take to deliver affordable and high-quality cancer care in emerging markets?
DESIGNING RADIOTHERAPY FOR BETTER ACCESS, EFFICIENCY & SUSTAINABILITY
What will it take to deliver affordable and high-quality cancer care in emerging markets?
Exceeding global expectations—designed for access, adopted at scale.
Varian set out to expand access to radiotherapy in underserved markets—requiring a system that was faster to install, easier to use, more affordable to produce, and culturally attuned, while maintaining Western clinical credibility.
Over two years, I led design and engineering from early research through DFM, delivering a compact, iconic system that streamlined workflows, simplified installation and servicing, and redefined patient-centered care—bringing high-quality radiotherapy to places it hadn’t been before.
THE IMPACT
>60%
Reduction in treatment time
Workflow improvements doubled throughput, enhanced patient comfort, and reduced clinician training
84 systems
Ordered in one quarter (2018)
Rapid adoption drove 13% oncology growth and and global expansion within a year
<2 weeks
Install time worldwide
A single-room design cut site costs and dramatically sped deployment
MY ROLE
As Senior Creative Lead, I guided design strategy and execution from concept to OEM hand-off for Varian’s next-gen radiotherapy system.
Directed design vision and advised executives—leading hardware and UX teams to deliver a game-changing system for emerging markets
Aligned clinical requirements, product goals, and engineering constraints across global stakeholder teams
Streamlined physical and digital workflows through field research, prototyping and usability testing to ensure simplicity, repeatability, and high throughput
Maintained design integrity from DFM through production, enabling deployment in both high-resource and constrained clinical settings
DEEP DIVE
From insight to install
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