![Shayna Showalter, MD, a breast cancer surgeon, and her husband, Tim Showalter, MD, a radiation oncologist, stand in front of a large machine.](https://makingofmedicine.virginia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tim_and_Shayna_Showalter_WEB-351x244.jpg)
A Husband and Wife Working to Improve Breast Cancer Care
Tim and Shayna Showalter, who are married, have developed a technique called Precision Breast Intraoperative Radiation, which aims to improve on conventional breast IORT by making it more targeted, more powerful, more personalized and, hopefully, more effective.