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Welcome to the Department of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern, where state-of-the-art radiation technology meets human caring and compassion.
Dallas, TX
Joined November 2018
Yesterday, we used the RefleXion machine to deliver the very first emulated biologically-guided radiation therapy delivery to a malignancy. No fiducials. No beacon. Just the PET signal from the tumor itself. A new era in precision and personalized radiotherapy!
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Please join us in welcoming our new Department Chair, Dr. Robert Timmerman!. A pioneer in the use of SAbR, Dr. Timmerman has been our Vice Chair since 2004. He now leads the department in a new era of adaptive therapy and personalized radiation treatments.
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Effective today, Dr. @MonaArbabMD has been named Associate Program Director of the Medical Residency in our department. Dr. Arbab will work closely with program director Dr. @kakumar86 on program initiatives including mentorship, recruitment, and ongoing resident well-being.
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With PET guidance on our PET linac, our first SCINTIX patient was treated smoothly today making us the second in the world to execute this groundbreaking therapy!
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A big welcome to Dr. Andrew Wang (@andyzwang) who will lead our department's research efforts as our new Associate Vice Chair for Research! . Learn more about Dr. Wang's research in the graphic below.
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(1/3) Effective today, @ndesai2005, M.D., M.H.S., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology has been named Director of Clinical Research in our department. In this role Dr. Desai will provide overall direction and oversight of the operations of our clinical research (CRO) group.
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Welcome to our newest physician, Mona Arbab, M.D., Assistant Professor! Dr. Arbab will be part of our breast disease-oriented team. Give her a follow @MonaArbabMD!
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Our Interim Chair, Robert Timmerman, M.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology, joined a podcast with @sueyom, editor-in-chief of the Red Journal, to discuss the origins, establishment, and future potential of stereotactic radiotherapy. Give it a listen!.
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Join us in welcoming Interim Chair Dr. Robert Timmerman! Dr. Timmerman has been with our department for 17 years and previously served as Vice Chair and Medical Director. Read Dr. Timmerman's profile here:
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Today we became the world’s first facility to have two MR linacs installed at the same time and, even more, have two patient treatments on the machines on the same day. Congratulations to the team on this huge milestone!
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Today, a team led by @TuDDan, M.D., and @BinCaiMedPhys, Ph.D., treated our first patient on the RefleXion system. The patient, part of a prospective registry, is undergoing PULSAR for liver metastases.
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(1/2)Congratulations to our Chief of Breast Radiation Oncology Service and Associate Vice Chair for Program Development, @AsalRahimiMD, who was awarded $1,999,963 to conduct a clinical trial using a preop ablative radiation approach for patients who have early-stage breast cancer
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This week we treated the first ‘simulation omitted’ hippocampus sparing whole brain radiation therapy case. The process was smooth and efficient with <10 minutes adaptive contour/planning time and < 30 min patient in and out time.
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Congratulations to David Sher (@DavidSherMD), M.D., M.P.H., on his recent promotion to Professor!. Dr. Sher is the Associate Director of Clinical Operations and is Chief of our Department's head and neck cancer services.
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Today on #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay we are proud to celebrate these ten incredibly talented women physicians in our department for their passion and dedication to our patients and the field of medicine! #WomenInMedicine
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After 18 years, we say farewell to Dr. Hak Choy. His leadership has transformed UTSW into one of the leading treatment centers for radiation oncology in the nation and helped the department hit many impressive milestones in its field. Best of luck to you and your family Dr. Choy!
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Congratulations to our department’s Dr. @aguilera_md, Assistant Professor and leader of the Aguilera Lab, who has been named a Cancer Moonshot Scholar!
Through the Cancer Moonshot scholars program, the Biden-Harris Administration is delivering lasting progress—supporting the next generation of world-class scientists and innovators driving advances and supporting patients.
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Congratulations to Maureen Aliru, M.D., Ph.D., one of our second-year medical residents, who has been selected as a participant of the B. Leonard Holman Research Pathway!
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Congratulations to @andyzwang, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Associate Vice Chair for Research, who, with a team of UTSW physician researchers, has developed an innovative nanotherapeutic drug that prevents cancer from spreading to the liver in mice.
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Congratulations to Dr. @NiuSanford who has been awarded the Early Onset Colorectal Pilot Program Award! The title of her award is, "The Role of the Gut and Tumor Microbiome in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer.". The award is funded Sep. 1, 2022 - Aug. 31, 2023 for $75,000.
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Please welcome our Chief of Breast Radiation Oncology Service, Dr. @AsalRahimiMD to Twitter! Be sure to give her a follow!
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After several weeks of joy which included source loading, installation, acceptance testing, and commissioning, the second Gamma Knife® Icon™ is now in clinical service at UT Southwestern Medical Center!
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Congratulations to Michael Folkert (@DrMikeFolkert), M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology Service, and Director of the Medical Residency Program, who has been named (in a tie) Program Director of the Year at UT Southwestern!
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Welcome to our newest faculty member, Dr. @BadiyanMD! Dr. Badiyan joins both our gastrointestinal and lung disease-oriented teams. He will also serve as our department's Director of Clinical Adaptive Therapy.
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Our Chief of GI Radiation Oncology Service, Dr. @NiuSanford, is a nominee for the NextGen Disruptor Award, which recognizes an up-and-coming physician who is disrupting the status quo in the field through new techniques, new thoughts, questioning methods or breakthrough research.
These NextGen Disruptor nominees are sure to continue making their own path toward improving care:.@KekoaMDPhD.@AnaVManana.@loveandmedicine.@NiuSanford.@NazliDizman.@LymphClinician.Pick the next big thing with your votes: .And join us June 1 in Chicago!
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Today at 4:30, @NiuSanford, Chief of GI Radiation Oncology Service in our Department, will be honored as one of UTSW's Leaders in Clinical Excellence. She will be one of four to receive the Rising Star Award. To learn more and watch the ceremony live:
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Congratulations to @chikarebeccaN, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, who has been named a recipient of the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award!
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This is made possible by AI-guided diagnostics MRI to synthetic CT generation, surface image guidance setup, and Ethos online adaptive therapy. This treatment is traditionally complicated and takes days to plan. Now with AI and Ethos, we can do day 0 immediate treatment!
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(1/2) Effective today, Aurelie Garant, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology has been named Director of Brachytherapy Program in our department. In this role Dr. Garant will provide overall direction and oversight of the Brachytherapy Program in our department.
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Today we successfully completed the imaging session for our first investigational device exemption (IDE) trial patient led by Dr. Aurelie Garant and Dr. @IyengarPuneeth. This trial is designed to show the safety and feasibility of PET linacs for biology-guided radiation therapy.
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On this day in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive an M.D. in the U.S., initiating the movement helping women gain entry and equality in the field of medicine. Today on #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay, we recognize women physicians all across the world!
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While we are sad that @IyengarPuneeth and @chikarebeccaN will be leaving us soon, we are just as excited for the next part of their journeys and what the future holds for them! Thank you for all you've done for this department and our patients. We wish you both the best of luck!
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Congratulations to Drs. @IyengarPuneeth, Zabi Wardak, @NiuSanford, and @kakumar86 on their new administrative titles, effective today.
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Congratulations to Nina Sanford (@NiuSanford), M.D., Assistant Professor, who has been been awarded funding for her clinical trial, "Personalized ultra-fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiation (PULSAR) for Watch and Wait in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.". More info below.
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(2/2) The award, presented annually by @ARRO_org, recognizes outstanding teachers and mentors of radiation oncology residents. Each radiation oncology residency program may nominate one faculty member for the award. Congratulations Dr. Dan!
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Congratulations to @SteveJiangPhD, who has been elected to the @aimbe College of Fellows Class of 2022! AIMBE Fellows—comprised of academia, industry, education, clinical practice, and government—represent only the top 2% of the most accomplished medical and biological engineers.
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Congratulations to Kiran Kumar (@kakumar86), M.D., MBA, Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Medical Residency Program and Chief of Lymphoma and Pediatrics Radiation Oncology Services, who has been named the 2020-2021 Educator of the Year by our medical residents!
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Congratulations to @FaithZhangMD who received a Distinguished Researcher Award from UT Southwestern's President’s Research Council (PRC)!
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Congratulations to Michael Folkert (@DrMikeFolkert), M.D., Ph.D., on his recent promotion to Associate Professor. Dr. Folkert is Chief of our Department's gastrointestinal cancer services and is Director of the Medical Residency Program. He also specializes in brachytherapy.
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One of our breast radoncs, Dr. @MonaArbabMD, and three of our medical residents, Dr. @JosephKwonMD, Dr. Meng-Lun Hsieh, and Dr. Mihailo Miljanic, representing our department and UTSW at #ACRO2023!
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Congratulations to @chikarebeccaN, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, who has been named Associate Program Director of our Medical Residency Program! Dr. Nwachukwu is part of both our breast and GYN disease-oriented teams. Read Dr. Nwachukwu's profile:
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Congratulations to @MaryGronberg, Ph.D., one of our physics residents, who was selected for the International Council Associates Mentorship Program! This decision was based on her commitment to #medphys in the global health context and potential to be a leader within @aapmHQ.
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Our amazing team of physicians, physicists and radiation therapists hit a HUGE milestone this week. Since we started using the Ethos in June 2021, we have delivered 6,000 total treatments - over 2,000 of which were CBCT-based online adaptive treatments!
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Congratulations to Dr. @GynRadOnc and Dr. @chikarebeccaN whose abstract, "A phase I study of tremelimumab, durvalumab, and hypofractionated radiotherapy for metastatic gynecologic cancers," was accepted as a scientific plenary oral presentation at the upcoming @SGO_org meeting!
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Congratulations to our Chief of GU Radiation Oncology Service, Dr. @Raquib_Hannan, who was awarded $1,999,993 to conduct a clinical trial evaluating the impact of SAbR combined with a novel drug, IMSA101, to harness the immune system in patients with metastatic kidney cancer.
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Congratulations to @MDohopolski who has been named an awardee of Dean’s Scholar in Clinical Research! Dr. Dohopolski is one of our chief medical residents.
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Yesterday, our team, led by Drs. Aurelie Garant, @BadiyanMD, and Brian Hrycushko, alongside Dr. @kimstyrvoky, Director of Interventional Pulmonology, completed the first robotically-assisted endobronchial brachytherapy procedure here at UT Southwestern!
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Happy #NationalDoctorsDay to the doctors who bring hope, healing, and comfort to patients all across the world! Their compassion knows no bounds.
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Today we had the pleasure of being joined by Dr. @drjcanJJ, Chair and Professor of @StephensonCC's Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Jaboin gave a talk titled, "Cracking the Code: Navigating the Frontier of MultiCancer Early Detection."
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Congratulations to Dr. Jing Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and @DavidSherMD, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, who were recently awarded a five-year @NIH RO1 grant titled, "A Multifaceted Radiomics Model to Predict Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis for Involved Nodal Radiation Therapy."
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Dr. Nina Sanford, Chief of the Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology Service, and one of three @IfThenSheCan Ambassadors at UTSW, is part of a new project on our campus highlighting #WomenInSTEM. Congratulations, @NiuSanford! .Read more:
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Todd Aguilera (@aguilera_md), M.D., Ph.D., who is part of our GI radiation team and head of the Aguilera Lab, recently received the Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award. This award supports young physician-scientists who conduct transformative disease-specific research.
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Welcome to our four incoming medical residents! #Match2023.
Thrilled to announce the stellar @UTSW_RadOnc Class of 2028: @zhao_lucian, Holly Grace, @AlstonMickel, and Kishan Pithadia! Congrats to all of you in #Match2023, couldn’t be happier to have y’all join us next year! 😁🎉🍾 #radonc #MatchDay @chikarebeccaN @BobTimmermanMD
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Congratulations to two of our physics faculty, Weiguo Lu, Ph.D. Professor and Jing Wang, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Data Management, who have been elected as fellows of the @aapmHQ!
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Dr. @andyzwang and colleagues report in @CR_AACR the development of nanoformulation of the liver-specific microRNA, miR-122, for preventing cancer metastasis to the liver. View the publication here:
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Congratulations to @AsalRahimiMD, Chief of Breast Radiation Oncology Service, who will serve as Medical Director of the @utswcancer Clinical Research Office, effective March 1. Dr. Rahimi previously served as Vice Chair of the SCCC Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee #1.
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Congratulations to @MDohopolski on graduating from our medical residency program! Dr. Dohopolski will be staying on as faculty in our department.
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Chika Nwachukwu (@chikarebeccaN), M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor and @utswcancer Cellular Networks in Cancer Research Program member, is one of two recipients of the 2021 Eugene P. Frenkel, M.D., Clinical Scholars Program. Read Dr. Nwachukwu's profile:
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Our Department Chair, @BobTimmermanMD, speaking at the Invited GE Luncheon on the topic, "New Frontiers in Radiotherapy," at the #ASTRO2023 meeting.
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A big welcome to our three incoming medical residents who are starting next week: Drs. Maureen Aliru, Steven Montalvo, and Mihailo Miljanic. We're so glad to have each of you become a part of the RadOnc family!
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Congratulations to Dr. Hak Choy (@hak_choy), our former Department Chair, who has been awarded Professor Emeritus recognition by UT Southwestern's administration!
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We are seeking clinical radiation oncologists to join our GU, H&N, and GYN disease-oriented teams! . To apply, scan the QR code below or visit direct link:
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Congratulations @FaithZhangMD! Dr. Zhang graduated from our medical residency program in June and is now an instructor and part of the lung disease-oriented team in our Department.
Loved seeing this shout-out in this morning's "Today @ UTSW" internal newsletter. Congrats again, Dr. McDonald, and congrats to @UTSWNews' five other scholars!
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Great turnout at today's @PanCAN Purple Stride DFW event! The Purple Beam Team and our Department represented very well!
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Dr. Dennis Stanley, Chief of Adaptive Therapy at @UABradonc, speaking on, "Thinking in 4D: planning for adaptive therapy."
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Congratulations on this incredible achievement! Dr. Jiang, Jia, and Nguyen are all part of our Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Lab. Learn more about the MAIA Lab:
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On October 27, @_ShankarSiva of @PeterMacCC will be visiting our department as part of our Visiting Professor Lecture Series. His talk is titled, "Radiotherapy for renal cell carcinoma: renaissance of an overlooked approach.". Zoom Link:
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Our new expansion opens TOMORROW! . This addition allows us to provide adaptive therapy, which combines real-time, high-res imaging and modern radiation techniques to deliver ultra-precise treatment that can quickly be adapted to changes in patients’ anatomy and tumor size.
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Congratulations to our five Biomedical Engineering Program (medical physics track) graduates on their matches!
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Effective October 1st, Puneeth Iyengar, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, will assume the role of Director of Clinical Research, previously held by Asal Rahimi, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor. Dr. Iyengar previously held this role for 2 years prior to Dr. Rahimi.
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Callie stops by every Tuesday to see our patients and staff!
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Our department's @AsalRahimiMD and @DavidSherMD both presented late breaking abstracts today during this week's #ASTRO2023 meeting.
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Congratulations to Meng-Lun Hsieh, Ph.D., D.O., and Joseph Kwon, M.D., who received 2023 Novocure Travel Grants for the upcoming Radiation Oncology Summit @ACRORadOnc Meeting in March! Dr. Hsieh and Dr. Kwon are current medical residents in our department.
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Thank you to everyone who came out today to support the RadOnc Purple Beam Team and the fight against pancreatic cancer! #purplestride
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Last week we treated our first pre-op breast patient on our Ethos adaptive platform! The total treatment time was 37 minutes.
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We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Medical Physics Adaptive Radiotherapy Fellowship Program! . The program is designed to provide highly motivated and qualified individuals with comprehensive clinical/research training on the physics aspects of adaptive radiotherapy.
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For National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we honor Dr. Larry Kun, an American radiation oncologist who influenced and changed the way children with brain tumors are treated. We remember Dr. Kun as a dedicated, kind, and compassionate physician and a brilliant educator.
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Congrats to @IyengarPuneeth, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Medical Director and @infante_rodney, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, who were awarded a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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Congratulations to @DaveParsonsPhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, who is now Associate Program Director of our Medical Physics Residency Program. Dr. Parsons was one of our physics residents from 2017 to 2020. Read Dr. Parsons' profile:
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Our Rad Onc Purple Beam Team, led by Dr. @aguilera_md and Minda Hill, came in third place for overall fundraising for the #PanCANPurpleStride @PanCAN! Dr. Aguilera also placed second for individual fundraising!
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Hear from @MonaArbabMD and @AsalRahimiMD, two of our breast radiation oncologists, and why they decided to get in the medicine and radiation oncology field. #WomenInMedicine
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Congratulations to Faith Zhang (@FaithZhangMD), M.D., Ph.D., who is the recipient of the 2021 Roentgen Resident Research Award! Dr. Zhang recently graduated from our medical residency and is now an instructor in our department focusing on the treatment of lung cancer.
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Congratulations to Dr. @FaithZhangMD, one of our lung radiation oncologists, who was named an Early Career @AmericanCancer Society Institutional Research Grant Awardee for her lab's research on targeting lung cancer metabolism to improve radiation outcome.
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The Jiang Lab, led by Wen Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., #RadOnc Assistant Professor, was awarded a three-year K08 grant from the NIH/NCI for $760,131 to develop a novel nanomedicine platform to enhance immune-mediated eradication of breast cancer.
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Welcome to Dr. @MDohopolski who joins our department as clinical faculty after graduating from our Medical Residency Program! Dr. Dohopolski will be part of our central nervous system disease-oriented team.
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Tomorrow morning, Dr. @MonaArbabMD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, will be speaking at the Let's Taco-Bout Onc Emergencies 2nd annual Brunch and Learn at the @utswcancer Simmons Cancer Center. Dr. Arbab's topic will be on the role of radiation in cancer management.
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Both our medical and physics residents have pivotal roles in providing the best possible care for our patients. We appreciate the hard work you all put in each day for this department! #ThankaResidentDay
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Today we celebrated these 6 in our department who passed their @ABR_Radiology exams!. Congratulations to Drs. @ChenyangShenPhD, @_YeseniaGonz, and Justin Visak for passing the ABR exam Part 2 and Drs. @Yamalutu_Chen, Xinran Zhong, and Chris Kabat for passing the ABR exam Part 3!
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Congratulations to @SteveJiangPhD, Dr. Dan Nguyen, and Dr. You Zhang who received a @theNCI-sponsored grant for their work, "Artificial Intelligence-Based Quality Assurance for Online Adaptive Radiotherapy with MR Linacs," in Experimental Therapeutics.
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Congratulations and welcome to our four newly matched medical physics residents! We are so excited to have you here and watch you grow under the leadership of Dr. Paul Medin, @DaveParsonsPhD, and many others in our department!
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Our #ART symposium had a great turnout yesterday! We appreciate everyone who helped with the successful day.
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Congratulations to Osama Mohamad, M.D., Ph.D., on being this year's Roentgen Research Award recipient!. Recipients of this award have published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at regional meetings, received a research grant, or contributed to a departmental research program.
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We'd like to welcome Bin Cai (@BinCaiMedPhys), Ph.D., Associate Professor, to the Department! Dr. Cai joins our Division of Medical Physics & Engineering after spending six years as a faculty member at @WUSTL where he also completed his medical physics residency training.
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Dr. Asal Rahimi discussing "Early Follow-up of Multi-institutional Trial of a Phase I Dose Escalation Using Single Fraction Stereotactic Partial Breast Irradiation (S-PBI) for Early Stage Breast Cancer" at #ASTRO21.
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Drs. @DavidSherMD, Jon Leeman, @lauren_henke, @GynRadonc, and @kenwestover closing out with a Q&A panel discussion before we break for lunch at today's X-Ray guided Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Symposium.
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