Monday, October 10, 2011

In partnership with the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) has recognized 39 educators with the 2011 Educator of the Year Award.

ARRO sponsors the annual Educator of the Year Award to recognize outstanding teachers and mentors of radiation oncology residents. Residents from all radiation oncology programs were given the opportunity to select one faculty member from their program for the award. Outstanding educators included faculty from physics, biology and the clinic.

"Proper education and training are not only essential to the foundation of medicine, they also provide the keys to advancing the field. The award recipients have demonstrated their ability to challenge residents to progress beyond their potential," Eric Donnelly, MD, chairman of the ARRO Senior Executive Committee, said. "We are honored to recognize these individuals for their contributions to the future of radiation oncology."

This year's Educator of the Year recipients are:

• Daniella Addeo, MD, Columbia University, New York

• Muthana Al-Ghazi, PhD, University of California Irvine, Irvine, Calif.

• Smith Apisarnthanarax, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

• Voichita Bar-Ad, MD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

• Stewart Becker, PhD, New York University School of Medicine, New York

• Stephen Brown, PhD, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

• Steven L. Carpenter, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

• Peter Chen, MD, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.

• Wendla Citron, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore

• Louis S. Constine, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.

• Thomas Dipetrillo, MD, Tufts Medical Center, Boston

• Vishal Gupta, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

• Wendy Hara, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.

• Lisa J. Hazard, MD, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.

• Mark Henderson, MD, Indiana University, Indianapolis

• Atif Khan, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – UMDNJ, New Brunswick, N.J.

• Gregory Kubicek, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

• Mahesh R. Kudrimoti, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

• Larry E. Kun, MD, FASTRO, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.

• Stanley Liauw, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago

• Winston Lien, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles

• Arthur Liu, MD, PhD, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colo.

• Beryl McCormick, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York

• Jeffrey Meyer, MD, MS, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas

• Steven R. Miller, MD, Wayne State University, Detroit

• Suneel N. Nagda, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill.

• Paul L. Nguyen, MD, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

• Kevin S. Oh, MD, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

• Michael Olson, MD, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Fla.

• William P. O'Meara, MD, National Cancer Institute/National Capital Consortium, Bethesda, Md.

• Bhupesh Parashar, MD, Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian, New York

• Dheerendra Prasad, MD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N.Y.

• Kevin Redmond, MD, University of Cincinnati Department of Radiology, Cincinnati

• Hui-Kuo Shu, MD, PhD, Emory University, Atlanta

• Shiyu Song, MD, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Va.

• Kevin Stephans, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland

• Li-Xi Yang, MD, PhD, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco

• Min Yao, MD, PhD, University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

• Sue Yom, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco

ASTRO is the largest radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 10,000 members who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. As the leading organization in radiation oncology, biology and physics, the Society is dedicated to improving patient care through education, clinical practice, advancement of science and advocacy. For more information on radiation therapy, visit www.rtanswers.org. To learn more about ASTRO, visit www.astro.org.

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