ARROgram - June 2025 ARRO Announcements
June 6, 2025
| Resident Educators of the Year Announced! |
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| Jie Jane Chen, MD, (left) and Stephanie Dudzinski, MD, PhD (right) |
| We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 ARRO Resident Educator of the Year award: Jie Jane Chen, MD, UC San Francisco, and Stephanie Dudzinski, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center. The ARRO Resident Educator of the Year Award honors those who demonstrate outstanding dedication, innovation and effectiveness in teaching medical students, residents and other colleagues in radiation oncology. These two phenomenal educators have made invaluable contributions to radiation oncology education locally and nationally. |
| Graduating Resident Survey |
| Congratulations to all PGY-5s on your upcoming graduation! The annual ARRO Graduating Resident Survey was recently sent out via email. Please search for any emails (including spam!) from "ARRO" or "Alchemer" in order to find your unique link. The survey results provide very important information for your junior peers and is likely the highest-level data for job satisfaction in radiation oncology. The survey takes ~15-20 minutes to complete. |
| ARRO Executive Committee meets at Advocacy Day |
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| ASTRO leaders met with the senior and newly-elected junior ARRO Executive Committee members prior to the start of Advocacy Day. ARRO presented updates on their accomplishments over the past year, shared new initiatives and joined members of ASTRO at Advocacy Day. This year, more than 100 advocates converged on Capitol Hill to discuss the ROCR Payment Program Act, Prior Authorization and continued cancer research funding. Contact your members of Congress today to ask them to cosponsor ROCR (S.1031/HR.2120)! Plan to join us next year! |
| Nominations for the 2025 ARRO-ROI Health Care Access Publication Award now open! |
| ARRO is excited to offer this award in partnership with the Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI) that recognizes trainee investigators who have recently published on topics related to health care access. Applicants must be first or last author of the manuscript, a current resident or medical student, and a member of ASTRO. Contact Rehema Thomas, MD, for more information.
Learn more about the award and submit your application by July 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time using the ROI portal on ProposalCentral. |
| Cover Letter and CV Webinar! Tell us what you want to know! |
| Ever wonder what makes a cover letter great or a CV effective? We’re recording a webinar with Nicholas Zaorsky, MD, MS, and Chris Corso, MD, PhD, on how to write cover letters and CVs for jobs, promotions and beyond! Have a question you want answered? Let us know! Stay tuned for the webinar release in early July, just in time for those new PGY-5s on the job hunt! |
| Calling all graduating residents! Don’t forget to become an Authorized User! |
| Check out this recently recorded webinar hosted by ARRO/ASTRO where we break down the NRC’s 10 CFR Part 35 rules in plain English — tailored just for you. Learn what it takes to qualify for manual brachytherapy (§ 35.490) and unsealed therapies (§ 35.390) and discover why it is important for you to obtain this designation BEFORE graduating! |
| Mark your calendars for ARRO Day on Saturday, September 27, 2025, in San Francisco! | |
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The ARRO Annual Seminar, held during the ASTRO Annual Meeting, is a dynamic and engaging in-person program. As always, we hope to see you in person at the ARRO Reception in the evening. More details to follow soon, but mark your calendars and book your hotel stays and flights accordingly! Please help us plan for ARRO Day events by completing this Participation Form. |
| Brachytherapy Workshop at this year’s ASTRO Annual Meeting |
| ARRO is excited to announce that the ARRO Day program at the ASTRO Annual Meeting has been expanded to include a brachytherapy workshop, Principles and Skills of Brachytherapy: A Resident-focused Workshop, on Saturday morning from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. This workshop will include both didactic lectures and hands-on training. Regular ARRO Day programming will immediately follow the workshop. Please help us plan for ARRO Day events by completing this Participation Form. |
| Child Care Stipend at ASTRO Annual Meeting!! |
| ASTRO is delighted to offer a limited number of $250 child care stipends to its members who are residents or in their first year of practice. These stipends are designed to assist with child care expenses while attending ASTRO’s Annual Meeting. The stipends will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to eligible ASTRO members who submit the Child Care Stipend Application for consideration and approval. Learn more about eligibility requirements and view the Child Care Stipend Application. |
| PGY-5 ASTRO Membership Discount |
| ASTRO is pleased to offer PGY-5 residents a membership discount as they continue their career in radiation oncology. Join ASTRO and pay only $69 for the remainder of 2025. You will also be eligible for a 75% discount on your 2026 membership dues and a 50% discount for 2027. That’s two and a half years of ASTRO membership for less than the cost of a full year of membership — and you receive the benefits of full membership, including online access to the Red Journal and PRO. You must join before December 31 to be eligible for the 2026 and 2027 membership dues discounts. The sooner you join, the more valuable the offer! Log in to ASTRO.org and join! |
| eContouring for Gynecologic Cancers Webinar - Free for Members-in-Training |
| Registration for the eContouring for Gynecologic Cancers Webinar. This webinar will take place Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time and will be led by Scott Silva, MD. This ASTRO Academy webinar offers access to hands-on contouring practice on real cases in addition to a live webinar with time for Q&A. ASTRO members receive a discount and members-in-training and international members-in-training can register for free. Free registration for members-in-training is supported by the Radiation Oncology Institute’s Juan A. del Regato Fund. |
| And more education @ The Resource Corner! |
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We are continuing to revise and develop new ARRO Cases! This month, we are releasing “Palliative XRT for Non-Spine Symptomatic Bony Metastasis: Femoral Metastasis” by Harshan Sivaraju, BS, Mary Mahoney, MD, and Jeremy Price, MD, PhD. Please check out all of the ARRO Cases here. |
| Oral Boards Study Groups |
| The ARRO Education Committee is continuing our effort to form oral boards study groups. These groups will be comprised of residents from different institutions who are interested in oral boards studying. If interested, fill out this form. All residents are welcome to participate, but this is geared toward rising PGY-5s and graduating residents! Please share with your graduated co-residents! We will solicit entries through October, but groups will be formed this summer. For questions, email Shane Neibart, MD. |
| Interested in Clinical Trial Methodology and Design? |
| Apply for the 2026 RSNA Clinical Trials Methodology Workshop (CTMV) occurring in Jupiter, Florida, from January 10-16, 2026. The focal point of each trainee’s participation is the development of a protocol for a clinical study ready for inclusion in an application for external funding. Deadline to apply is July 15. |
| Remember to Follow ARRO on Social Media! |
| We at ARRO provide resident input into professional organizations, disseminate information, and foster communication among residents. Follow us on our freshly-minted ARRO Instagram (@arro_org) or Twitter/X where we post about events, scholarships, grants, educational resources, networking opportunities and more. Direct Messaging on both Instagram and Twitter/X is the fastest way to reach us. |
| Connect with ASTRO Leadership on the ROhub Student Community |
| Looking for an easy and direct way to connect with ASTRO leadership with questions and issues important to you? Join the conversation with ARRO leadership and ASTRO Board members, including Sameer Keole, MD, FASTRO; Howard Sandler, MD, MS, FASTRO; and Jeff Michalski, MD, MBA, FASTRO. Introduce yourself to the community on the Introduce Yourself thread and feel free to pose any questions you have about the field of radiation oncology. All student, graduate student and PGY-1 members have already been subscribed to daily digests and added to the community.
To view the community, navigate to ROhub and select My Communities or visit the community directly. You can also enroll in Mentor Match, hosted on ROhub, today in a few easy steps. |
