Dr. Tate encourages patients to focus on the future, emphasizing that many cancers are highly curable.  He sees the Martin-O’Neil Cancer Center, with its all-star medical team, advanced techniques, and patient-centered culture as a healing place.

His interest in medicine and cancer treatment began in his youth when his family physician and mentor died of leukemia.  Dr. Tate attended the University of Virginia for undergraduate and Medical School.  After completing his residence in Radiation Oncology at Stanford University Medical Center, he was appointed to Stanford’s medical faculty where his interest in precision radiation therapy focused on intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), brachytherapy, and stereotactic radiation therapy.  He later went into private practice and joined the Martin-O’Neil Cancer center in 2009.  Dr. Tate is Board Certified in Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Tate spends his free time with his wife, Michelle, and two young daughters, Sarah and Eva.