Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California is the world's leading manufacturer of medical technology for treating cancer with radiotherapy and neurological conditions with radiosurgery. The company is also a premier supplier of X- ray tubes and flat-panel digital subsystems for imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications. Varian Medical Systems employs over 4,000 people at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China, as well as in sales and support offices around the world.
Varian Medical Systems is focused on providing true customer solutions in the areas of radiation oncology for treating cancer, X-ray imaging, non-destructive testing, and cargo screening. These are all advanced applications of X-ray technology-the use of targeted energy to solve human problems.
Varian's Oncology Systems and BrachyTherapy businesses are focused on providing doctors with the means of helping patients around the world to beat cancer. The company's Security and Inspection Products Group produces high-energy X-ray devices for non-destructive testing and cargo screening. The X-ray Products business is the leading independent supplier of X-ray tubes and flat-panel digital subsystems for imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications. Ginzton Technology Center, the company's R&D organization and new business incubator, has a mission to create, acquire, and manage bold new breakthrough technologies that will further advance medical diagnosis and treatment.
Linda, Oncology Systems applications specialist
Oklahoma
"Why do I come to work in the morning? Number one, I don’t think of it as work. I think of it as a mission. A mission to truly make a difference in a cancer patient’s life."