Dr. Edward C. Elliott, radiation oncologist and partner with Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, S.C., is the Director of the Radiation Oncology Center at Decatur Memorial Hospital. He primarily sees patients at the Decatur Memorial Hospital Radiation Oncology Center and also provides radiation oncology services at St. Mary's Hospital. In addition, he provides occasional services in Effingham and Mattoon.

Dr. Elliott received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and his M.D. degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1979. After completing his residency in Pathology in 1983, Dr. Elliott remained on the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He simultaneously served as the Director of the Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center and was a Pathologist at St. Claire Medical Center in Morehead, Kentucky.

In 1986, Dr. Elliott chose to pursue his interest in clinical oncology. He completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Kentucky in 1989 and since that time has been in practice in Decatur, Illinois. Dr. Elliott is active in organized medicine and has served as president of the Central Illinois Radiological Society and the Macon County Medical Society.