ASTRO-BCRF MSF: Mentor Awards
ASTRO and BCRF congratulates the recipients of the 2026 ASTRO-BCRF Medical Student Fellowship Mentor Awards
This award honors the tremendous contributions of ASTRO mentors in supporting medical students participating in the Medical Student Fellowship (MSF) program. The award was established to recognize the impact ASTRO members and quality mentors have on students’ professional development and pursuit of radiation oncology careers.
The ASTRO-BCRF Mentor Awards are made possible through the generous support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) and contributions from donors to Speed of Light – The ASTRO Foundation.
2026 MSF Mentor Award Recipients
Naba Ali, MD, BS
Emory University
Mentoring: Robert Combs, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Sanjay Aneja, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Mentoring: Rohan Sharma, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Julie Bradley, MD
University of Florida
Mentoring: Erin Kim, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Simon Cheng, MD, PhD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Mentoring: Marlee Pincus, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Curtiland Deville, MD, FASTRO
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mentoring: Sierra Edwards, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Hesham Elhalawani, MD, MS
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard Medical School
Mentoring: Manu Onteeru, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Ariel Hirsch, MD
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
Mentoring: Afzalbek Fayzullaev, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Daniel Kim, MD, MBA
Inova Health System
Mentoring: Colin Burns, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Kiran Kumar, MD, MBA
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern)
Mentoring: Swapnil Dash, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Nancy Lee, MD, FASTRO
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
Mentoring: Nishant Chadha, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Nikol Mladkova, MD, PhD, MPH
New York Medical College
Mentoring: Doneal Bromberg, 2026 Basic Science Awardee
Abdallah Mohamed, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Mentoring: Josiah Harsh, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Kelli Pointer, MD, PhD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Mentoring: Elisa Bu Sha, Basic Science Awardee
Narek Shaverdian, MD
Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Mentoring: Cynthia Martucci, 2026 Clinical Awardee
Melissa Vyfhuis, MD, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Mentoring: Delara Rajabi Abhari, 2026 Clinical Awardee
