Medical Student Interest Group
Radiation Medicine Faculty
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The Student Interest Group is open to all students, who desire to learn how cutting edge radiation-modalities are used to treat patients.

The Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group (RMSIG) is organized by students and faculty to provide information about the field of radiation medicine. The specific aims of RMSIG include, providing early and intimate exposure to this rapidly developing field within medicine, providing opportunities for student research, and developing strong mentorship from practicing doctors.
RMSIG is for High School Students, Undergraduate Students, and Graduate Students.
Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group
- Flier
- The 9th Annual Fall Open House for OHSU 1st and 2nd Year Medical Students
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- Wednesday October 7, 2015 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM
- A great time was had by all - photo montage
- Wednesday October 7, 2015 from 7:00 - 8:30 PM
- OHSU Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group members, Rakendu Shukla and Xiao-Yue Han, named 2014 Swindells Scholars by the OHSU School of Medicine. Congratulations to Rakendu and Xiao-Yue!"
- The 8th Annual Fall Open House for OHSU 1st and 2nd Year Medical Students
- Wednesday, October 29, 2014 7:00 — 8:30 PM
Students
Adeline Plesiu
Aaron Grossberg, PhD
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- Dr.
Grossberg received $50K grant from Knight Cancer Institute Pilot Project Award
program
- Aaron Grossberg received a 2016 RSNA Research Resident/Fellow
- Hypothalamic mechanisms in cachexia.
- OHSU Radiation Medicine team presents multiple presentations at the ARS 95th annual meeting
- co-author pre-clinical observations publication)
- Dr.
Grossberg received $50K grant from Knight Cancer Institute Pilot Project Award
program
Ally Gallagher (Class of '20)
Ann Oluloro
Anna Olsen (Class of 2016)
Arpine Khudanyan (PubMed)
Bahar Kasimi (Class of 2018)
Basma Saadoun (SOM Class of 2015)
Bethany Samuelson (2011 Rubinstien Research Scholar), (Manifestations of Hope), (UCSF Internal Medicine residency program)
Brandon Dyer
(2011 TL1 Grant), (SOM Class '14, residency, radiation oncology, Univ. of California at Davis), (ASTRO 2012 photo1, photo2 [JPG] )Cymon Kersch, MSTP
Derek Zachman (MSTP)
Eric Muñoz (SOM Class '10, resident, diagnostic radiology, Univ. of Louisville)
Faisal Siddiqui, PhD (OHSU Radiation Medicine residency program)
Garth Tormoen, MSTP, PhD (Class of 2015), Matching in radiation oncology at OHSU.
Ian Wright (SOM Class '15)
Jaime Zelaya, PhD (Class of 2017)
- Jaime Zelaya, PhD (co-leader of the OHSU Radiation Medicine
Student Interest Group) served as a panelist at the 2016 OHSU MSTP Annual
Retreat
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Research Week Profile (Sched)
- School of Medicine: Rugonyi Lab
- School of Medicine: Rugonyi Lab (People)
- Mike for healthy youth
Jason Flamiatos, Class of 2016, MD, MPH
Jehan Yahya
- Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Survey of US Radiation Oncologists on Current Practice Patterns[NCBI]
- Jehan Yahya will be presenting 2 papers at the 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
- Multiple abstracts selected for presentation at the 103RD SA&A meeting of the RSNA
High School Student Wins Recognition for Work with OHSU Assistant Professor Holly Simon
Joshua Walker, PhD
(Characterization of CD8+ T cells following vaccination with an inactivated whole virus vaccine), (OHSU Radiation Medicine residency program)
Katelyn Atkins
(SOM Class '14, MSTP, residency, radiation oncology, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program)
Kristen O'Donnell (SOM Class '09, resident, radiation oncology, Univ. of Arizona)
Kristina Young, PhD
(MSTP)(SOM Class '10, resident, radiation oncology, OHSU), (ABR Holman Research Pathway), (2012 ASCO/AACR Vail Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research), (2013 RSNA Research Resident/Fellow Grant recipient)
Kyungjeen "KJ" Paik
- Cover Letter
- Psychological state and trait correlates of illness-related stigma in prostate cancer
- Psychological state and trait correlates
of quality of life prior to radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Lee Rost (Class of 2021)
Leonel Kahn
(Florida presentation), (2011 Tartar Trust Awards), (2012 RSNA Research Medical Student Grant recipient), (UC Davis Radiation Oncology residency)
Mara Rosenberg (PubMed)
Matthew Farrell (Class of 2019)
- Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Survey of US Radiation Oncologists on Current Practice Patterns[NCBI]
- RSNA, Chicago, November 2017
- Why Should Med. Students Attend an IASLC Conference?
- Matt Farrell gave 2 presentations at the Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology
- Multiple abstracts selected for presentation at the 103RD SA&A meeting of the RSNA
Michael C. Ryan
(2011 TL1 Grant) Oleg Sostin, BSN (SOM Class of 2014) (ASTRO 2012 [JPG])Rakendu Shukla
(Class of 2015), Matching in radiation oncology at the University of California at Davis. (Photo)-
- 122 OHSU seniors rip open envelopes to learn their fates today
- Rakendu P. Shukla presented his work on esophageal cancer preoperative therapy at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Am Soc. of Radiation Oncology, held in San Francisco. Congratulations, Rakendu!
Reed E. Cope
(SOM Class '14, residency, radiation oncology, Univ. of Minnesota)Robert "Robbie" Fain (2015-2016)
- Robbie Fain, III successfully matched in radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin
- Robbie Fain co-authors a short report in JAMA Oncology
- Robbie Fain (M4) to present original research at the Cancer Survivorship Symposium: Advancing Care & Research
Ruth White, PhD (SOM Class of 2013)
Sophia Bornstein, PhD (SOM Class '10, resident, radiation oncology, OHSU)
Ted P. Braun, Ph.D.
(MSTP candidate) - "Central Nervous System Regulation of Muscle Atrophy"- Cancer and endotoxin induced cachexia require intact glucocorticoid signaling in skeletal muscle
- Ted Braun receives 2013 RSNA Research Medical Student Grant award
Tessa Herman (Class of 2021)
Tiffany Lee (Class of 2021)
Wendy McGinnis (Class of 2017)
- Wendy McGinnis, MS, has successfully matched in radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Wendy McGinnis is a recipient of a Schlesinger Family Foundation
- Massive hemorrhage following definitive esophageal chemoradiation: teaching case of a fatal aortoesophageal fistula and lessons learned
- Pair of OHSU Radiation Medicine investigators inducted
into AOA Honor Medical Society
- Wendy McGinnis interviewed in Scholars-in-Training
Vodcast for the Radiation Research Society
- Wendy McGinnis has been awarded a 2nd RSNA Research
Medical Student Grant for her proposal
- Wendy
McGinnis presented her research at the 2017 RSNA Radiobiology oral platform
- Neuroinflammatory and cognitive consequences of combined
radiation and immunotherapy in a novel preclinical model[Oncotarget]
- Medical Student Clerkship Certificate
- Astro 2016 Boston part 1
- Wendy McGinnis proffered paper has been selected by the RSNA Scientific Program Committee
- Wendy McGinnis Receives Competitive Grant From the Collins Medical Trust
- Wendy McGinnis (M4) presented her extramurally funded original work
- Wendy McGinnis presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting
- Wendy McGinnis presented at the 2015 Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion
- Wendy McGinnis has been awarded an OSLER TL1 fellowship
- Wendy McGinnis and Derek Zachman are recipients of grants from research awards from the RSNA Research & Education Foundation's Research Medical Student Grant Review Panel
- Wendy McGinnis has been selected to receive a Scholars-in-Training (SIT) Travel Award to the Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting
Faculty Advisor
- Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD
Links of Interest
- "Get to Know Radiation Oncology" lunch-and-learn session was held in the fall 2018 with Dr. Nabavizadeh and interested OHSU medical students
- School of Medicine Medical Student Award for Research and the 2018 Outstanding Medical Student in Radiation Medicine
- Does a fine line exist between regional and metastatic pelvic lymph nodes in rectal cancer—striking discordance between national guidelines and treatment recommendations by US radiation oncologists[JGO]
- Dr. Mitin recognized with 2018 Scholarly Projects Outstanding Mentor by OHSU School of Medicine
- Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Survey of US Radiation Oncologists on Current Practice Patterns[NCBI]
- Wendy McGinnis is a recipient of a Schlesinger Family Foundation
- Massive hemorrhage following definitive esophageal chemoradiation: teaching case of a fatal aortoesophageal fistula and lessons learned
- Why Should Med. Students Attend an IASLC Conference?
OHSU radiation medicine resident funded by ASTRO - Matt Farrell gave 2 presentations at the Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology
- Dr. Joshua Walker, co-author on 2 abstracts to be presented @ Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
- Multiple abstracts selected for presentation at the
103RD SA&A meeting of the RSNA
- Platelet count as a predictor of metastasis and venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer [IOP Science]
- Garth Tormoen, MD, PhD has been selected for the B.
Leonard Holman Research Pathway
- Dr. Blair Murphy accepted into the 2017 ASCO/AACR Workshop
- Simon A. Brown, MD, has officially achieved
certification by the American Board of Medical Quality
- Dr. Brian Kavanagh, 2017 ASTRO President visits OHSU
- Pair of OHSU Radiation Medicine investigators inducted into AOA Honor Medical Society
- Association of pre-residency peer-reviewed publications with radiation oncology resident choice of academic versus private practice career
- Joshua Walker, MD, PhD becomes the 6th OHSU Radiation
Medicine member to receive the ASCO Young Investigator Award
- Wendy McGinnis interviewed in Scholars-in-Training
Vodcast for the Radiation Research Society
- Dr. Simon Brown has been selected to attend the 19th
ECCO-AACR-EORTC-ESMO Workshop
- Wendy McGinnis has been awarded a 2nd RSNA Research
Medical Student Grant for her proposal
- Dept faculty to serve on the Clinical Oncology (CONC) of
the NIH Center for Scientific Review
- Dr. CR Thomas, Jr., presents at the 47th Annual UF Rad Onc Outcomes Tracking Seminar
- Dr. Thomas, a visiting professor in the dept. of radiation oncology at University of Pittsburgh
- Supply and Demand for Radiation Oncology in the United States: A Resident Perspective
- Joshua
Walker, MD, PhD , is serving on the RT/IT Meeting Planning Committee
- Knight Cancer Institute achieves Comprehensive Cancer Center status, the highest distinction award by the NCI[PDF]
- Dr.
Grossberg received $50K grant from Knight Cancer Institute Pilot Project Award
program
- Wendy
McGinnis presented her research at the 2017 RSNA Radiobiology oral platform
- Neuroinflammatory and cognitive consequences of combined
radiation and immunotherapy in a novel preclinical model[Oncotarget]
- Garth Tormoen (PGY2) presented on life as a physician-scientist in the OHSU residency training program @ the 2016 OHSU Medical Scientist Training Program Annual Retreat held at McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, OR
- Jaime
Zelaya, PhD (co-leader of the OHSU Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group)
served as a panelist at the 2016 OHSU MSTP Annual Retreat
- Applicant Interview Experiences and Postinterview Communication
- Three questions for Reid Thompson
- Astro 2016 Boston part 1
- Tracy
A. Balboni, MD of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Cancer Center, hosted by
Radiation Medicine
- 10th Annual Fall M1-M2 Radiation Medicine Open House
- Robbie Fain, III successfully matched in radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin
- Dr. CR Thomas was a visiting faculty at UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology
- Jonathan Tward, MD, PhD was a visiting faculty scholar in January 2016
- Dr. Thomas Discusses Holman Research Progress with Dr. Walker and Dr. Redmond
- Dr. Mitin represents the Radiation Medicine program by participating in the OHSU SOM class
- Wendy McGinnis Receives Competitive Grant From the Collins Medical Trust
- Wendy McGinnis (M4) presented her extramurally funded original work
- Robbie Fain (M4) to present original research at the Cancer Survivorship Symposium: Advancing Care & Research
- American Physician Scientists Association Research & Fellowship Program Database
- Raising the Next Generation of Physician-Scientists:The Chairs’ Perspective
- OHSU Radiation Medicine congratulates the Class of 2015
- Kristina Young, MD, PhD receives 2015 RSNA Research Seed Grant
- Pregnancy and Parenthood in Radiation Oncology (PROVES), Views and Experiences Survey
- Meet the Class of 2015
- Match Day 2015: 122 fourth-year medical students find out where they will pursue residency training
- 122 OHSU seniors rip open envelopes to learn their fates today
- OHSU Recipients of RSNA Research Grants
- Kristina Young, MD, PhD Recipient of the ASCO Young Investigator Award
- Wendy McGinnis presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting
- Wendy McGinnis presented at the 2015 Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion
- Rad Onc Physician-Scientist Success Primer, ASTRO News Winter 2015
- Role of Proton Therapy for GI Cancers
- Stephanie M. Perkins, MD presents on Late Effects of Therapy in Survivors of Childhood Malignancies
- Max Diehn, MD, PhD, Delivers Keynote Address
- First Intraoperative Electron Beam Radiotherapy Procedure in Oregon
- Darrion L. Mitchell, MD, PhD was a visiting scientist at OHSU in Sept. 2014
- Journal of Clinical Oncology Special Series (Sept. 2014): Radiation Oncology: Emerging Technology, Translational Frontiers, & Novel Clinical Paradigms
- OHSU’s Inter-disciplinary Radiobiology Team Presents Original Research
- ASTRO 2014 OHSU Radiation Medicine Presentations
- Journal of the Student National Medical Association
- Wendy McGinnis, a member of the Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group, has received a Tartar Trust Fellowship for 2014-15. This is the 3rd competitive grant that she has received for her novel research efforts.
- Radiation Medicine Celebrates Resident Graduation and Department Awards
- Dr. Timur Mitin Participates in the MSTP Residency Rountable
- 56th Annual Meeting of ASTRO 2014 OHSU Radiation Medicine Presentations
- Sean McGuire, MD, PhD, Presents Seminar “Identification of a Pan-Cancer Oncogenic MicroRNA ‘Superfamily’ Anchored by a Central Core Seed Motiff"
- 36 Hours in Hood River, Ore. - New York Times
- Multiple Oral Presentations from the OHSU Medicine Team
- 2014 Radiation Oncology Study Section of the Radiological Society of North America (photo)
- Wendy McGinnis and Derek Zachman are recipients of grants from research awards from the RSNA Research & Education Foundation's Research Medical Student Grant Review Panel
- Wendy McGinnisa has been awarded an OSLER TL1 fellowship
- 56th Annual Meeting of ASTRO 2014 OHSU Radiation Medicine Submissions
- Blake Sullivan's original research has been selected for presentation at the 2014 AACR Annual Meeting
- Dr. Nabavizadeh has been selected to serve on the ARRO Executive Committee for a two year term
- Dr. Charles Thomas, represented at the annual Medical Specialty Speed Dating event in November 2013
- 7th Annual Rubinstein Radiation Medicine Research Retreat
- Multiple original research papers selected for presentation at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head & Neck Cancer Symposium, held Feb 20-22 at the JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, AZ.
- 2013 Annual Medical Scientist Training Program/MD-PhD Retreat
- Sophia Bornstein was a panelist at the annual Medical Scientist Training Program
- OHSU Radiation Medicine were presenter and co-presenters at the 55th Annual ASTRO meeting
- OHSU Radiation Medicine team co-authors a record 24 presentations for the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Radiation Oncology.
- Book Review published on the RADIATION ONCOLOGY STUDY GUIDE
- Kristina Young receives 1st Place Resident Award
- Kristina Young will present her original research at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer in November 2013
- Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil was a Visiting Faculty Scholar at OHSU in July 2013
- Reed Cope selected to give an oral presentation on his original research
- Former Radiation Medicine Holman Research Pathway Resident, garners R21 grant
- Tim Mitin, MD, PhD presented on "Trimodality Bladder Preservation Therapy for Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer"
- One-third of OHSU's MD-PhD graduates were active members of the Student Interest Group
- Radiation Medicine's prepares trainees with annual mock oral board examinations
- Rubinstein Research Scholars describe their work to members of the Radiation Medicine Advocacy Group
- Department Report: The New Face of Radiation Oncology at OHSU
- OHSU Radiation Medicine team presents multiple presentations at the ARS 95th annual meeting
- OHSU Diversity Action Plan 2013: Creating a Community of Diversity and Inclusion
- 100% NRMP match rate for Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group students in 2013
- 2014 Radiation Oncology Trainees
- Amato Giaccia visited the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute in March 2013
- Ted Braun receives an AMA Foundation Seed Grant Research Program Award
- 5 OHSU Medical Students Designated Rubinstein Radiation Medicine Research Scholars for 2013
- 18 original abstracts submitted for 55th Annual ASTRO Meeting
- Past, present, and future of radiotherapy for the benefit of patients
- OHSU Radiation Medicine Visiting Faculty Lectures
- Department to present 6 original research papers at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society
- 2012 OHSU RSNA Grant Recipients
- Department chair has been named chair of the RSNA Radiation Oncology Study Section
- OHSU Faculty and House Staff jointly edit and co-author one of the first comprehensive board review book
- OHSU's Radiation Medicine students and faculty were prominently represented at RSNA
- Drs. Braun and Grossberg, co-author novel pre-clinical observations on the neurophysiologic mechanisms of sickness behavior
- Photos of Students during 4th year clinical elective at OHSU's Department of Radiation Medicine
- 6th Annual Rubinstein Research Retreat
- Holman Pathway Resident received competitive funding
- Samuel J. Wang, MD, PhD (Adjunct Assistant Professor) teaches biostatistics in the residency core lecture series (pictures)
- M1-M2 Annual Radiation Medicine Open House
- Interactive Teaching Conference on "Biostatistics"
- Fall 2012 OHSU School of Medicine MD-PhD Retreat
- Three OHSU medical students receive prestigious RSNA Research Medical Student Grant awards
- Eight Behavioral Neuroscience Trainees Receive NIH NRSA Awards
- 36 Hours in Portland, Oregon
- RSNA grant supports research of Ms. Katie Atkins, a current MD-PhD student at OHSU
- Radiation Medicine Medical Student Interest Group members receive competitive 2011 Tartar Trust awards
- Translational Research Training at OHSU
- Journal Club, March 2010: Head & Neck QUANTEC
- Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging Symposium: Mentorship Panel