Past UTDRO Residents and Fellows: Where are they now?

THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE 2017-2018 ANNUAL REPORT.

	Dr. Derek Tsang Radiation Oncology Resident 2011–2016 “The best part was going through residency with a fantastic group of co-resident colleagues. We cared for patients together, studied together, and griped about exams together. Residency in Toronto also offered the unique opportunity to work at worldleading cancer centres alongside mentors who are global leaders in their field. This combination provided limitless opportunities for personal learning and nurturing academic excellence. “I am currently a Staff Radiation Oncologist in the Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM). I am also an Associate Staff Physician in the Division of Haematology/Oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children. I treat malignant and benign adult primary brain tumours in the Pencer Brain Tumour Centre at the PM, and the Gamma Knife Centre at Toronto Western. I also treat paediatric brain tumours, solid cancers, and haematological malignancies at the Hospital for Sick Children.”
	Dr. Jonathan Klein Radiation Oncology Resident 2010–2015 “UTDRO provides trainees with access to the latest technologies for radiation therapy and teaching from experts who not only use these technologies, but in many cases, have been instrumental in their development and validation. Being able to work on the cutting edge of radiation oncology gives UTDRO trainees an insight not only of the field’s past and present, but also where it is likely to be going in the future. “I am currently an attending Radiation Oncologist at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York and an Assistant Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I focus predominantly on breast cancer and lymphoma, but I also treat patients with all sites of cancer.”
	Dr. Sandra Meyers Physics Resident 2015–2017 “I valued the exposure to a large department with very standardized, streamlined clinical operation and procedures, and a lot of new and exciting technology. I also really appreciated the applied physics course. “I am working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, and a Medical Physicist at Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, California.”
	Dr. Dominique Fortin Physics Resident 2014–2016 “At UTDRO, I received a rigorous training, and acquired experience with equipment and treatment techniques that are often not available at smaller centres. I very much enjoyed taking courses alongside radiation oncology residents and working on common projects with them. It was an excellent opportunity to create interdisciplinary collaboration, and learn from a large group of talented experts. “I am working at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency in Regina as a Medical Physicist, where I chair the head and neck interdisciplinary tumour group. I will move to Brisbane, Queensland in August 2018 to work as a Medical Physicist for the Icon Group, Australia’s largest private provider of cancer care, which is expanding its operation to New Zealand, Singapore and China.”
	Dr. Max Dahele Clinical Fellow 2005–2008 “Being immersed in radiation oncology gave me the chance to broaden my technical horizon, along with the opportunity to acquire and refine skills that would help me to better manage my future patients. There was a can-do attitude, fine colleagues, administrative staff, technologists, physicists, nurses, other fellows and radiation oncologists. “For the last nine years, I have been a Radiation Oncologist at the Department of Radiation Oncology, VU University Medical Center (VUmc), in Amsterdam, Netherlands. My clinical practice is quite varied with specialization in lung cancer, endocrine tumours, spine and bone metastases, stereotactic body radiotherapy, complex palliation and re-irradiation.”

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