Resident Research

Our Residency Program offers an entire year dedicated to research, something not available at many other residency programs. We feel strongly that an entire year is necessary given the need for learning many new skills, approaches and techniques. Moreover, a meaningful project can not be accomplished in less time. Residents interested in pursuing additional time for research are welcome to be considered for the Holman Pathway

Prior to their Research Year, Residents select a Faculty Mentor, either one of the RMAS Research faculty in the Center for Precision Radiation Medicine or a faculty member outside of the Department.

Spotlight on Resident Research Year

Residents are encouraged during their research year to apply for internal and external Grants. While obtaining funding is not required for the research year, applying for a grant is a great educational experience and securing a grant is a great addition to one's CV which is helpful during the job search and start of an academic career.

Project 1: Attention and Processing Speed Decline after Brain Radiotherapy—Correlated with Imaging Biomarkers from a Prospective Study Project 2: Evaluation of a polygenic hazard score for prediction of lifetime risk of aggressive

Minh-Phuong Huynh-Le MD (Class of 2020)

Pilot Study of Image-Guided Memory Structure Sparing in Brain Stereotactic Radiosurgery Faculty Mentor: Jona Hattangadi-Gluth M.D.

Jeff Burkeen M.D. (Class of 2019)

Integration of Palliative Care into the Radiation Oncology Clinic Faculty Mentor: Jim Murphy M.D.

Andrew Bruggeman M.D. (Class of 2019)

Hispanic Outcomes by Language Approach (HOLA): Prospective randomized trial measuring impact of language concordance on patient-centered outcomes Faculty Mentor: Jim Murphy M.D.

Dan Seible M.D. (Class of 2019)

Project 1: Characterization of Pelvic Lymph Node Regions Using Advanced Diffusion Imaging Project 2: Disparities in Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy Utilization in San Diego County

Christine Feng M.D. (Class of 2021)

A Competing Event Model to Identify Patients Benefiting from Treatment Intensification Faculty Mentor: Loren Mell MD

Lucas Vitzthum M.D. (Class of 2020)

Leveraging accessible technology to improve patient outcomes Faculty Mentor: Jim Murphy M.D.

Chris Straka M.D. (Class of 2020)

Spotlight on Resident Grants

Center for Precision Radiation Medicine (CPRM)

Chris Straka M.D., Minh-Phuong Huynh-Le M.D., Jeff Burkeen M.D., Andrew Bruggeman M.D.

American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Andrew Bruggeman M.D., Lucas Vitzthum M.D., Anthony Paravati M.D. MBA, Kaveh Zakeri M.D.

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)