Jun 27, 2016

UT-DRO Welcomes 29 Trainees to Alumni Family

On June 15, 2016, UT-DRO celebrated the graduation of 6 of Physics Residents, 6 Radiation Oncology Residents and 17 Fellows at the historical Hart House Great Hall at U of T.

UT-DRO Chair Dr. Fei-Fei Liu kicked off the evening by congratulating the graduates and welcoming them to the UT-DRO alumni community. She noted that this year, UT-DRO is celebrating its 25th anniversary and the new alumni are welcome to join one of the several events that will take place during the year.

PGME Associate Dean Dr. Glen Bandiera also congratulated the graduates and acknowledged their many achievements.

Following the welcome addresses, several trainees and faculty members were recognized with an award ceremony. The directors of each program then presented the trainees with their certificates. The chief Radiation Oncology resident, chief Physics resident and chief fellow also took the floor to thank the program directors, their faculty members and colleagues.  

The evening included a special ackowledgement of Dr. Jean-Pierre Bissonnette and Dr. Barbara-Ann Millar, who have both stepped down from their director positions.

 

Awards presented at Post-Graduate Reception

R. S. Bush Award - Academic Excellence in Research by a Radiation Oncology Fellow

Hester Lieng

J. R. Cunningham Award - Academic Excellence in Research by a Physics Resident

Dominique Fortin

Richard P. Hill Award - Academic Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student

Christianne Hoey

W. J. Simpson Award - Academic Excellence in Research by a Radiation Oncology Resident

Jenna Adleman

Best Poster Award - Postgraduate Trainee

Rebecca Goody

Chair's Award for Academic Excellence in Research

Chia-Lin (Eric) Tseng

Resident's Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching

Hany Soliman

Resident's Award for Excellent in Clinical Teaching by a Fellow

Daniel Glick

Physics Resident "Choice Award" - Residents' Award for Excellence in Physics Teaching

David Beachey

Graduating Trainees:

  • Jonathan Klein
  • Robert Thompson
  • Nafisha Lalani
  • Vivian Yau
  • Adam Gladwish
  • Aisling Barry
  • Francesca Caparrotti
  • Siaw Sze (Eve) Tiong
  • George Farha
  • Nicola Lowrey
  • Angela Lin
  • Ali Hosni
  • Rebecca Goody
  • Joe Chang
  • Chia-Lin (Eric) Tseng
  • Hanah Kim
  • Daniel Glick
  • Ahman Ibrahimi
  • Anupam Rishi
  • Negin Shahid
  • Louise Murray
  • Steve Bartolac
  • Lisa Glass
  • Tania Karan
  • Mohammad Rezaee
  • Manuel Rodriguez
  • Moti Paudel
  • Derek Tsang