is Professor and the Section Chief in Thoracic Radiation Oncology in the Division of Radiation Oncology and the Gloria Lupton Tennison Distinguished Endowed Professor for the Lung Cancer Research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She went to medical school at Hiroshima University, and received her training and fellowship in Radiation Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and MD Anderson, and received tutelage under Dr. Gilbert Fletcher. She was on faculty at Wisconsin, at Columbia University, and subsequently went to MD Anderson, where she remains since 1988, where she has been a professor since 1994. Dr. Komaki has been an innovative researcher and clinician, and has been and still is the principle investigator in a number of important Radiation Therapy Oncology Group clinical trials in lung cancer.

For her contributions to the field, she has been recognized with numerous awards, including the American Society for Radiation Oncology Fellow in 2006, the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in 2006, which commemorates the 100th anniversary discovery of Radium by Madam Cure, the Juan del Regato Gold Medal in 2008, the American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation Merit Award in 2009, the Gold Medal from the Japan Lung Cancer Society in 2009, a Gold Medal from the Japan Radiological Society in 2009, and the Gold Medal from the Japan Society of Therapeutic Radiology in 2010. She was also appointed to be the Emeritus Professor of Japanese Association of Women Radiation Oncologists. Dr. Komaki has been appointed to be the invited professor of Kyoto University in 2009 to 2010. She was given a special award of Takahashi Memorial Lecturer from Japan Radiological Society in April 2009. She has served as the president of American Radium Society in 2008, and was president of the Fletcher Society 2013.