Our radiation oncology residents graduated on Monday, June 27. Congratulations to Collin Kent, MD; Divya Natesan, MD; and Joshua Regal, MD, PhD, and to the faculty members who were recognized for their efforts in education and mentoring.
RSNA Resident Research Award
Collin Kent, MD
Basic Translational Research Award
Joshua Regal, MD, PhD
Outstanding Physics Research Award
Bradley Ackerson, MD
Award for Consummate Clinician
Pooja Karukonda, MD
Divya Natesan, MD
Dedication to Resident Education Award
Leann Smith, MD
Dedication to Resident Education Award
Matthew Boyer, MD, PhD
ARRO Educator of the Year
Joseph Salama, MD
Resident Clinical Teaching Award
Matthew Boyer, MD, PhD
Congratulations to medical physics residents Thomas Cullom, MS, and Yibo Xie, PhD, on the successful completion of their training.
Thomas will be starting at Forrest Health in Hattiesburg, MS as a clinical physicist. Thomas will be tasked covering a wide range of physics activities including SRS/SBRT, brachytherapy and imaging.
Dr. Xie will be starting at Emory in Atlanta, GA as an assistant professor. His primary coverage will be at the Emory Proton Center and the Midtown University Proton site.
Additional congratulations are due to Chunhao Wang, PhD, who was named Instructor of the Year for the medical physics residency program.
Thomas said the following: "Over the last two years, Dr. Wang has served as an excellent instructor and mentor for both myself and the other residents. We greatly appreciate the extra time and effort he put into our training and education." Dr. Xie added that: "Although lots of physicists should be given this award, Dr. Wang stood out because he's always available to help us whenever we have questions with residency training and clinical issues (e.g., IMRT QA)."