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Radiation Oncology residents attend ASTRO Advocacy Day

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-05-15T22:39:25Z

Radiation oncology residents Drs. Gregg Goldin and Seth Miller attended the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) Advocacy Day, held in Washington, DC on April 29 and 30, 2013.

Advocacy Day provides radiation oncologists the opportunity to interact with policymakers and legislative experts and learn about important policy issues facing the profession, as well as the US health care system as a whole.

Dr. Goldin received an ASTRO Advocacy Day Travel Award to support his attendance, and Dr. Miller attended as part of his responsibilities as a member of the American Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) Executive Committee.

Tepper elected to Faculty Council

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-29T15:14:17Z

Congratulations to Dr. Joel Tepper, Hector MacLean Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research, on his election to UNC Faculty Council representing tenured faculty in the School of Medicine, and his appointment to the Promotion and Tenure Committee for the School.

Sethi wins best poster award

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-25T19:18:56Z

Dr. Manish Sethi, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Andy Wang's laboratory, received first prize for his research poster entitled Nanoparticle Chemosensitization at the 3rd Annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium, held on April 19, 2013. The symposium provides an opportunity for postdocs to hear inspiring stories of previous Nobel Prize winners, as well as to highlight the biomedical research they are doing.

Congratulations!

Radiation Oncology designated a "Top Five" clinic (again!)

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-11T20:45:00Z

The Department of Radiation Oncology scored among the top five of all UNC Healthcare ambulatory clinics during the first quarter of 2013 based on patient satisfaction survey scores. The "Top Five" designation is nothing new to us, as we've received this honor in the past (twice in a row, and in 4 of the past 7 quarters). Still, any award – especially coming from our patients – is something to be very proud of!

Thanks to all for their continued hard work and dedication in serving our patients and making our clinic a “Top Five”.

Cox delivers keynote address at graduate student symposium

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-02T20:25:00Z

Dr. Adrienne Cox, Division Chief of Molecular Radiobiology, delivered a keynote address at the 2013 EVMS Graduate Student Research Conference, held on Friday, March 29, 2013. Her talk was entitled "Drugging the undruggable: understanding and targeting Ras and Rho in cancer.

Congratulations to Dr. Cox for being chosen to give such a high profile talk, at her alma mater no less!

Adams named AAMD Fellow

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-02T20:05:00Z

Dr. Robert Adams has been named an American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD) Fellow. Official recognition of new AAMD Fellows will take place during the Fellows Ceremony and Reception at the 2013 AAMD Annual Meeting on June 17, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas.

The honorary category of Fellow is bestowed upon members who have made outstanding contributions to the medical dosimetry profession and to the AAMD.

Church appointed to editorial board of Radiation Therapist

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-01T22:50:00Z

Jessica Church, BSRT (R)(T), MPH, has been appointed to the editorial review board for Radiation Therapist, an official scholarly journal of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

Zhou and colleagues win 2013 NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award

Elaine M Zeman — 2013-04-01T16:50:00Z

Congratulations to Dr. Xiaofeng Zhou and the Radiation Oncology physics team for winning an NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award for their project entitled "Improving radiotherapy safety and efficiency by infrared imaging".

Price and colleagues win a 2013 NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award

Gregg S Tracton — 2013-02-04T22:25:00Z

Drs. Michael Price (PI), Ellen Jones and Mahesh Varia, along with computer scientist Gregg Tracton, have received a 2013 NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund Award for their project, “To reduce brachytherapy discomfort for gynecological patients.”. Congratulations!

Zagar wins a 2013 Junior Faculty Development Award

Gregg S Tracton — 2013-01-03T15:10:00Z

Dr. Timothy Zagar received a Junior Faculty Development Award for calendar year 2013 from the UNC Committee on Faculty Research and Study Leaves.

Happy Birthday!

Elaine M Zeman — 2012-09-20T19:20:40Z

Sixty years ago – during September, 1952 – North Carolina Memorial Hospital first opened its doors to new patients. The opening of the hospital also heralded the expansion of the UNC School of Medicine from a two year program to today's four year one.

Needless to say, a lot has happened since that time. UNC Healthcare has expanded greatly both on campus and across the state of North Carolina, and is now considered a national leader in patient care, medical education and biomedical research. Quite an accomplishment.

The Department of Radiation Oncology is honored to be a part of the UNC Healthcare enterprise, and wishes it a very happy 60th birthday. And many happy returns!

Alston promoted to CyberKnife Coordinator

Suzanne G Bodeen — 2012-09-04T20:30:00Z

Tonia Alston recently accepted the position of CyberKnife Coordinator, replacing the departing Virginia Green. As coordinator, Tonia provides cross-departmental support for each patient's appointments, records and billing, as well as tracks ongoing CyberKnife treatments. She also facilitates communication at the weekly brain tumor board. (Some may already know Tonia, as she served previously as Radiation Oncology's financial counselor.)

Congratulations Tonia and best of luck in your new position!

Visit the CyberKnife Center.

Chen receives a UNC Health-E-NC grant

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-07-26T14:55:00Z

Dr. Ronald Chen is among the recipients of a UNC Health-E-NC* project grant entitiled “Improving Cancer Survivorship Care through Enhanced Communications and Coordination.” The study consists of two coordinated projects to both develop and evaluate a comprehensive approach to integrating primary and specialty oncology survivorship care for patients with breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer.

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*Health-E-NC is a statewide effort to improve cancer outcomes for diseases that affect North Carolina's citizens. Sponsored by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University Cancer Research Fund, the effort is aimed at finding innovative approaches to cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship, and spreading the latest and best evidence-based cancer information to health care providers, advocacy groups, cancer patients, their families and survivors.

Sheets honored by the cancer center for IMRT publication

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-07-10T20:55:00Z

Radiation Oncology Chief Resident Dr. Nate Sheets was one of five clinical research fellows honored recently by the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center for research accomplishments and clinical excellence:

“ was first author of a recent paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the comparative effectiveness of IMRT radiation therapy for prostate cancer with proton beam therapy”

Chen wins Medical Student Research Mentor Award

Gregg S Tracton — 2012-06-19T16:00:00Z

Congratulations! Dr. Ron Chen was recently selected as a 2012 recipient of the Medical Student Research Mentor Award by the Academy of Educators of the UNC School of Medicine. This award recognizes Dr. Chen’s excellence in the teaching and mentoring of medical students conducting research in the Dept. of Radiation Oncology.