Celebrating Remarkable Achievements of UTDRO Fellows and Residents at the 2023 CARO-COMP JSM
UTDRO members (and a few alumni) at the CARO-COMP Awards Dinner in Montreal on Sept 22nd, 2023.
We are excited to share the outstanding accomplishments of our UTDRO residents, fellows, and faculty members at the 2023 CARO-COMP JSM, held in Montreal from September 20-23, 2023. Under the theme "Interprofessional Collaboration: Better Together", our department showcased a level of excellence that exceeded all expectations. Please join us in congratulating these exceptional individuals:
CARO Best of the Resident Oral Presentation Session: Eric Zhao (PGY3 resident)
"Plasma EBV DNA in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) treated with definitive radiotherapy"
Supervisor: Scott Bratman (Radiation Oncologist)
CARO Best Abstract in Clinical and Population-based Oncology: Donna Liao (PGY4 resident)
"Analysis of Hodgkin's lymphoma patients with incomplete metabolic response after first-line systemic therapy"
Supervisor: David Hodgson (Radiation Oncologist)
CARO Best Fellow Oral Presentation: Rohan Salunkhe (UTDRO Fellow)
"Dawn of staging for Head and Neck Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Validation of the novel 8th edition AJCC T classification and proposed stage groupings"
Supervisor: Ezra Hahn (Radiation Oncologist)
CARO Quality Assurance Book Prize: Hannah Bacon (PGY2 resident)
“Association of artificial intelligence-screened interstitial lung disease with radiation pneumonitis and mortality in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer"
Supervisor: Andrew Hope (Radiation Oncologist)
CARO Medical Student Awards:
Victoria Anthes (3rd year Medical Student, University of Toronto; Supervisor: Derek Tsang, Radiation Oncologist)
Vijithan Sugumar (3rd year Medical Student, University of Toronto; Supervisor: Benjamin Lok, Radiation Oncologist)
COMP J.R. Cunningham Young Investigators Award: Aly Khalifa (PhD Student)
“Machine Learning Plan Adaptation Improves Quality of Ultra- Hypofractionated Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer on a 1.5t Mr-Linear Accelerator”
Supervisor: Tom Purdie (Physicist)
Fellow of COMP (FCOMP) Award: Michelle Nielsen (Physicist)
COMP #1 Abstract Award: Monica Serban (Physicist)
"Impact of Brachytherapy Applicators on Clinical Outcomes in Cervix Cancer: An Embrace-I Study Analysis"
COMP #2 Poster Presentation: Robert Weersink (Physicist)
"Ovoid Applicator Commissioning Using 2D Optical Scintillating Imaging"
CARO Past President - Jolie Ringash (Radiation Oncologist)
CARO Board of Directors
Barbara Ann Millar (Radiation Oncologist) and Donna Liao (PGY4 resident) - incoming Board members
Amandeep Taggar (Radiation Oncologist) - continued Board member
CARO Annual Meeting Scientific Chair: Jennifer Croke (Radiation Oncologist)
