During this past academic year, in my new role as Executive Vice Chair of the University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, we have seen many changes. We have had to say goodbye to some of our outstanding faculty members who have assumed leadership roles outside of UTDRO or retired from practice, but have in exchange gained new, exuberant, ambitious young staff.
Our programs downtown and uptown are evolving as expertise continues to develop and mature, and our drive to be one of the top North American Departments of Radiation Oncology remains unwavering as we continue to push the boundaries in clinical excellence, teaching and education, and research.
In this era of personalized cancer medicine with“game changing” technologies like the Gamma-Knife Icon and the MR-Linac redefining the precision and accuracy of the radiation oncology paradigm, we have remained true to delivering the best radiation medicine for our patients.