He is a professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Dermatology, Executive Vice Chairman, Therapeutic Radiology, and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Radiation Oncology Services at Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

[3] Wilson earned his medical degree at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., before completing a residency in radiation oncology at Yale New Haven Hospital; he served as a chief resident before joining the Yale School of Medicine faculty in 1994.

[5] Wilson worked in the laboratory of James B. Mitchell, within the Radiation Biology Branch of the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health (NIH)[6] where he also collaborated with former Commissioner of Food and Drugs Stephen Hahn on journal articles.

[14] In 2020 Wilson received the Anthony Edward Kupka ’64 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Landon School.

[15] In 2008, Wilson received the inaugural David J. Leffell, MD Prize for Clinical Excellence[16] and in the same year was the recipient of the Francis Gilman Blake Award for teaching at Yale School of Medicine.