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Early Career and Community Practice Suggestion

The Early Career Committee and Community Practice Task Force want to hear from you. Please provide suggestions/comments about services, benefits, topics of interest, etc.

 

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Education Subcommittee

James Bates, MD, Chair
Anupama Chundury, MD
Pericles Ioannides, MD
Jenna Kahn, MD
Aria Kieft, MD
Niema Razavian, MD
Jay Shiao, MD, MD, MPH
Shivani Sud, MD
Horatio Thomas, MD, MMSc
Carlos Rodriguez-Russo, MD, Member-at-Large

Objectives:

  • Working with committee members to develop early career specific sessions for the Annual Meeting
  • Developing educational resources for Early Career physicians/physicists and our collaborators

Membership/Community-Building Subcommittee

Anna Brown, MD, MPhil, Chair
Avinash Chaurasia, MD
Isabelle Choi, MD
Anupama Chundry, MD
Kelsey Corrigan, MD, MPH
Jie Fu, PhD
Sergio Jaramillo, MD
Jay Shiao, MD, MS, MPH
Horatio Thomas, MD, MMSc

Objectives:

  • Encourage participation in ASTRO early career social and networking events
  • Help recruit and retain early career ASTRO members from all communities

Communications/Liaisonship Subcommittee

Shearwood “Woody” McClelland, MD, Chair
Avinash Chaurasia, MD
Grace Blitzer, MD
Anna Brown, MD, MPhil
Haidy Nasief, MS, PhD, MSCE
Sara Zakem, MD
Chris Gay, MD, Member-at-Large

Objectives:

  • Partner with radiation oncology organizations (ACRO, ACR, ABS, SWRO, ABRO, etc.) to develop and/or promote content, resources, meetings, webinars relevant to the early career radiation oncology practitioner
  • Facilitate networking and engagement among early career radiation oncologists across the spectrum of practice settings

Artificial Intelligence/Physics Subcommittee

Christopher Straka, MD, Chair
Jei Fu, PhD
Pericles Ioannides, MD
Han Liu, MS
Haidy Nasief, MS, PhD, MSCE
Reid Thompson, MD, PhD
Jacob Wynn, MD
Leslie Chang, MD, Member-at-Large

Objectives:

  • Provide resources applicable to Early Career Physicists
  • Liaise with similar early career group in AAPM and other organizations
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