Dr. Duda obtained a DMD from the University of Medicine in Iasi, Romania, in 1993, and a PhD in Medical Sciences (with a focus on GI Surgery) from Tohoku University School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan, in 2001. After graduation, he pursued postdoctoral research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston (2001-2004). He became a Junior Faculty member at Harvard (Instructor) in 2004 and then rose to Full Investigator at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Research Institute in 2016, and Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School in 2023. From 2016 to 2025, he served as the Director of Translational Research in Gastrointestinal (GI) Radiation Oncology at MGH. He received the Doctor Honoris Causa honorary degree from his alma mater, the University of Medicine Iasi, Romania, in 2021, and a Master of Arts honorary degree from Harvard University in 2023. In 2025, Dr. Duda joined the Houston Methodist Hospital as the Scientific Director of Transplant Oncology and Therapeutics.