Dr. Takita is a Professor and Vice-Chair of Education at the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami / Sylvester Cancer Center. She specializes in breast cancer radiotherapy and her main research interests include evaluation of predictors of locoregional recurrence, potential treatments to reduce radiation-induced toxicity, and healthcare disparities. Dr. Takita is the Co-Leader of the Breast Site Disease Group and Leader of the Breast Proton Therapy Group at Sylvester C. Cancer Center. She is the local principal investigator of national breast protocols from NRG, ALLIANCE, NCI-C, including her own Phase I clinical trial Evaluating the Safety and Feasibility of Preoperative Stereotactic Ablative Breast Radiotherapy (SABER) for Selected Early Stage Breast Cancer. She is a member of NRG Local-Regional Breast Subcommittee and NRG Rare Breast Tumor Subcommittee, American Board of Radiology/Radiation Oncology Oral Board Breast Section Committee, ASTRO CME/MOC and CHEDI.