UT DRO’s Postgraduate Ceremony 2014 – A celebration of firsts
Photo credit: Horst Herget
On June 9, 2014, 24 of UT DRO’s postgraduate trainees received their graduation certificates and entered into the University of Toronto alumni circle. This year’s UT DRO Postgraduate Ceremony was a ceremony of firsts.
This was the first time that UT DRO co-hosted the ceremony with the Postgraduate Medical Educationdepartment at the Faculty of Medicine. It was also the first time that this ceremony was held at the historic Hart House.
The day included mingling with colleagues inside the Great Hall and an award ceremony, and ended with live music and dinner in the Quad. During the award ceremony, Charles Catton (Director of the Fellowship Program), Barbara-Ann Millar (Director of the Radiation Oncology Residency Program), and Jean-Pierre Bissonnettee (Director of the Physics Residency Program) handed out Research Day awards and graduation certificates to 13 Fellows, 4 Radiation Oncology Residents, and 7 Physics Residents. The chief trainees in each program also took the stage to recognize the leadership of their directors.
The highlight of the evening was Charles Catton, who is stepping down from his position as Director of the Fellowship Program. Chief Resident Matt Mason presented Dr. Catton with a video tribute from his colleagues and trainees, and an award for his years of dedication to the Fellowship program. Dr. Catton also announced that the incoming Fellowship Director will be Peter Chung, a well-known radiation oncologist at UT DRO. Although Dr. Catton has stepped down from his position, he will continue his role as a faculty member with UT DRO.
On a similar note, although our graduates are taking on new roles, they will continue to be a part of the UT DRO community as our alumni. We will be seeing them at various conferences and meetings around the world, and at our Annual ASTRO alumni event. As alumni, they will continue to contribute to cutting-edge research and education as they have been doing during their training. We wish them the very best as they continue to grow into the next leaders in radiation medicine.
AWARDS
W.J. Simpson Award For Academic Excellence in Research by a Radiation Oncology Resident
Adam Gladwish
Title: Does the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Value Predict Disease Recurrence in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Treated with Radical Chemoradiation?
Authors: Gladwish A, Milosevic M, Fyles A, Foltz W, Becker N, Jiang H, Levin W, Manchul L, Han K.
R.S. Bush Award For Academic Excellence in Research by a Radiation Oncology Fellow
Alejandro Berlin
Title: NBN Gain Is Predictive for Adverse Outcome Following Image- Guided Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Authors: Berlin A, Lalonde E, Zafarana G, Sykes J, Lam W, Meng A, Milosevic M, van der Kwast T, Boutros P, Bristow R.
J.R. Cunningham Award For Academic Excellence in Research by a Physics Resident
Marcus Sonier
Title: Implementation of VMAT for Kidney SBRT Authors: Sonier M, Chu W, Lalani N, Korol R
Richard P. Hill Award For Academic Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student
Priscilla Lai
Title: Design and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticle Brachytherapy Seeds for PBSI
Authors: Priscilla Lai, Eli Lechtman, Shahram Mashouf, Christina Kim, Emily Wong, Ahmad El-Falou, Azza Al-Mahrouk, Gregory Czarnota, Jean-Philippe Pignol
Best Poster Award for a Postgraduate Trainee
Kate Barrett
Title: Genetic polymorphisms associated with radiation-related esophagitis and pneumonitis following definitive treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Authors: Barrett, Katherine, Xu, Jingxiong, Kim, Su Woon, Boyd, Kevin, Cheng, Dangxiao, Chen, Zhuo, Bezjak, Andrea, Sun, Alex, Cho, John, Brade, Anthony, Leighl, Natasha, Shepherd, Frances, A Xu, Wei, Liu, Geoffrey, Hope, Andrew
Chair’s Award for Academic Excellence in Research
Dr. Adam Gladwish
Title: Does the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Value Predict Disease Recurrence in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Treated with Radical Chemoradiation?
Authors: Gladwish A, Milosevic M, Fyles A, Foltz W, Becker N, Jiang H, Levin W, Manchul L, Han K.
Resident’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Presented to: Dr. Andrea Bezjak
Residents Award for Excellence in Physics Teaching
Presented to: Dr. Claire McCann
