Residents are required to complete an investigative project under faculty supervision during their residency. This may take the form of biological laboratory research, clinical research, translational research, or medical physics research. The results of such projects shall be suitable for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly journals or presentation at scientific meetings. A total of six months of protected time is available for research, provided that the resident has a research mentor, proposal accepted by the program director, and IRB approval prior to starting the research time.
Research Day
Each year we dedicate a day to our residents research efforts. The residents are asked to submit abstracts and presentations. Our faculty and guests are the judges and help us award the best abstract and presentation at the end of the day.
Resident Scholarly Activities
2021-2022 Publications, Grants and Awards
- Consistent multimodality approach to oral cavity and high-risk oropharyngeal cancer in veterans
- Early radiotherapy preserves vision in sporadic optic pathway glioma
- Scoliosis in Children Treated With Photon Craniospinal Irradiation for Medulloblastoma
- Paracervical blocks facilitate timely brachytherapy amidst COVID-19
- Outcomes and toxicity after salvage radiotherapy for vaginal relapse of endometrial cancer
- Risk of in-hospital death associated with Covid-19 lung consolidations on chest computed tomography - A novel translational approach using a radiation oncology contour software
- Clinical effects of morning and afternoon radiotherapy on high-grade gliomas
- Stage Presentation, Care Patterns, Treatment Outcomes, and Impact of Radiotherapy on Overall Survival for Adrenocortical Carcinoma
2020 – 2021 Publications, Grants and Awards
- Paracervical Blocks Facilitate Timely Brachytherapy Amidst COVID-19
- First report of proton beam therapy for breast angiosarcoma from the prospective PCG registry (2018)
- Clinical features, treatment, prognosis, and outcome of 47 patients with pure squamous cell carcinoma of the prostate (2018)
- A Prospective, Multidisciplinary, Quality Improvement Intervention to Facilitate the Timely Initiation of Adjuvant Radiotherapy Among Patients with Locally Advanced Clinical Excellence
- Recipient of an Accelerating Clinical Excellence Grant (Internal grant program)