ARROgram - September 2025 ARRO Announcements
September 5, 2025
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ARRO Day is right around the corner – Room 156/158 from 11:00 a.m. - 05:15 p.m., Saturday September 27, in San Francisco! The ARRO Annual Seminar, held during the ASTRO Annual Meeting, is a dynamic and engaging in-person program. This is an excellent chance to network with esteemed faculty in our field, find mentors, and connect with other residents. We have several highly requested presentations including job panels, reviewing results of the graduating resident survey, a keynote address from Rahul Tendulkar, MD, FASTRO, and a networking event with >40 faculty members from across the country. The full schedule can be found on the ASTRO meeting schedule page. As always, we hope to see you in person at the ARRO Reception in the evening. |
| Varian ARRO Bowl at this year’s ARRO Day 2025 |
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| The fifth annual Varian sponsored ARRO Bowl will take place during ARRO Day from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. It is a fun, fast-paced challenge just for radiation oncology residents. The winning team receives some pretty awesome bragging rights! This year’s event is hosted by the fourth annual ARRO Bowl winners Erin McCammack, MD, and Alex Grosinger, MD, from University of Minnesota. Sign your team up NOW! |
| 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. Please help us plan for ARRO Day events by completing this Participation Form. ARRO would like to thank the following companies for providing the equipment for the hands-on segment of this workshop: Barrigel, Boston Scientific, Elekta, Theragenics, and Varian, A Siemans Healthineers Company. |
| Mentorship opportunity with ARRO Health Care Access and Advancement Subcommittee |
| The ARRO Health Care Access and Advancement Subcommittee (HAAS) is happy to announce the next cohort of its unique mentorship initiative for those with careers or interests in health care access including, but not limited to, underrepresented groups in medicine. Unique aspects of this program include a comprehensive six-month mentor-mentee pairing, access to mentorship resources, and periodic assessments to continually improve the program. If you are interested in becoming a mentor or mentee, please join by filling out this form. For additional questions, please contact Rehema Thomas. |
| Congratulations to the 2025 ARRO Global Health Faculty Scholars! |
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| Please join us in congratulating the newly selected 2025 ARRO Global Health Faculty Scholars for their outstanding commitment to advancing equitable, collaborative oncology care worldwide: Ben Li, MD, MBA, University of Washington, (pictured left) and Joe Weygand, PhD, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine (pictured right).
These honorees will be recognized at ASTRO during ARRO Day and will also contribute to ongoing mentorship and research initiatives in partnership with our subcommittee. |
| Global Health Speaker Series: Onyinye Balogun, MD |
| We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Onyinye Balogun as our featured speaker for the September Global Health Subcommittee meeting!
🗓️ Date: Monday, September 8 Email Dr. Oluwatimileyin Ojo for link to join. |
| Applying for a job soon? Cover Letter/CV Workshop Webinar available |
| Ever wonder what makes cover letters and CVs great? How do you craft a cover letter that gets your foot in the door and a CV that showcases your promotion-worthy work? Check out this webinar with Nicholas Zaorsky, MD, MS, and Christopher Corso, MD, PhD, as they discuss crafting a cover letter with ARRO Communications and Advocacy members Alexis Narváez-Rojas, MD, Reza Zarinshenas, MD, and Yasamin Sharifzadeh, MD. |
| 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 who plan to bring their child(ren) to San Francisco during the meeting and are looking for child care assistance. 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. |
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And more education @ The Resource Corner! Rad Onc Talks is a lecture series led by Ria Mulherkar Kraft, MD, available on YouTube: Rad Onc Talk Youtube Channel (also check out their X and Instagram page!) for students and residents of radiation oncology. The lectures attempt to simplify complex radiation topics with evidence to give you a sense for the background and context, literature, big picture, and key takeaways of classic rad onc concepts organized by disease site! This is an excellent resource for boards preparation and residency in general. |
| Oral Boards Study Groups |
| The ARRO Education Subcommittee is continuing our effort to form oral boards study groups, composed 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. |
| 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; Jeff Michalski, MD, MBA, FASTRO; and Geraldine Jacobson, MD, MPH, 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. |
