ARROgram - September 2024 ARRO Announcements
September 5, 2024
Mark your calendar for ARRO Day on Saturday, September 28, 2024, in Washington, DC
The ARRO Annual Seminar will be the talk of the town this year! Come meet dozens of mentors, listen to job panels and hear from giants in our field like ASTRO Chair Howard Sandler, MD, MS, FASTRO, Emma Holliday, MD, and Associate Executive Director of RadOnc for the ABR, Michael Yunes, MD. We will also present the results of the 2024 Graduating Resident Survey, which is always the highlight of the day! Please join us from 11:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Lunch is $20 and can be purchased with your ASTRO Registration. If you already registered for ASTRO, you can add this event by modifying your registration. If you still need to register for ASTRO 2024, visit the registration page and select the package that works best for you! The Housing deadline to get the best room rates for the Annual Meeting is September 5, so don’t delay, reserve your hotel room. The ARRO Annual Seminar is supported by an educational grant from Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company.
Looking to connect with potential employers?
Register for the 2024 ASTRO Annual Meeting Career Fair on the ASTRO Career Center. This will flag your resume and let employers know that you are attending the Annual Meeting and would like to meet with them.
Learn more about ASTRO Committees
ASTRO leadership and staff are often asked about how to become more involved with ASTRO, especially with committee work. To help inform members, the ASTRO Early Career Committee is hosting a Committee Fair during the Annual Meeting in the Early Career and Mentoring Lounge, Salon C, on Monday, September 30, from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. The Committee Fair will open with a brief introduction to ASTRO’s Committee Process. Then, the Fair will take on a Speed Mentoring format where attendees can rotate to different tables to learn about the work of ASTRO Councils and Committees. Mark your calendars for this exciting new addition to the ASTRO Annual Meeting.
Global health perspectives in radiation oncology: Navigating the job search
Join us September 9, 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, as Chika Nwachukwu, MD, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Radiation Oncology at UC San Diego and one of the newly selected global health subcommittee faculty advisors, discusses integrating global health into the radiation oncology job search. Gain practical advice and strategic tips whether you are a curious PGY-2 or a PGY-5 actively on the job hunt! To register, please email Joy Ogunmuyiwa, MD, MPH.
4th Annual ARRO Bowl – Sunday, September 29
In another collaboration with Varian, ARRO will host the annual ARRO Bowl during the ASTRO Annual Meeting this year! Join us on September 29 for radiation oncology trivia and prizes! Sign up here!
Need childcare for ASTRO 2024?
New this year, ASTRO Members-in-Training and members in their first year of practice who are presenting or speaking (poster presenter, oral presenter, invited faculty, moderator, panelist, discussant) at the Annual Meeting and are bringing a child(ren) to the meeting may apply for a child care stipend. A limited number of stipends are available on a first-come, first-served basis to eligible members.
Learn more about eligibility requirements and view the Child Care Stipend Application.
Advocacy at ASTRO 2024: Welcome to DC!
The ASTRO Advocacy Team is your representation; they work with policymakers across Washington on your behalf, and they are excited to welcome ARRO at ASTRO 2024 in DC! Schedules are filling up, so reserve space on your calendar now:
- Wednesday, September 18, 3:00 p.m. Eastern time – all ASTRO members are welcome to join the annual Health Policy and Government Relations joint council meeting over zoom – registration is required.
- September 30 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Anne Hubbard will present “Advocacy: Why it Matters and How You Can Get Involved” in the Early Career and Mentoring Lounge, East Salon C.
- Tuesday, October 1, 4:00 p.m.: EDU 53 – 2024 Advocacy Update – better understand how ASTRO advocates for you and hear the latest updates on policies including ROCR.
Throughout the Annual Meeting, you can find your ASTRO Advocacy Team at the ASTROPAC Pod outside the West Salon, Street Level. Drop by to say hi, get your questions answered, share the latest updates, or just satisfy that sugar craving!
Sign up today for the 2024 ROI 5k – ARRO rate offered!
Lace up your running (or walking!) shoes and get ready for the 2024 ROI 5k Powered by Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company!
This annual event welcomes ASTRO Annual Meeting attendees, vendors and guests to help accelerate #RadOnc research by supporting the Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI) – the ASTRO Foundation. Participants this year will join a sunrise group to run along the DC monuments (perfect Instagram picture!) or complete their 5k at their convenience using Strava – a free app. With your race registration, you’ll receive awesome swag, an invite to our group run on Tuesday, October 1, and access to multiple scenic routes.
ARRO members receive a $15 discount by using the code ARRO2024 when you register here.
Hear ye, Hear ye! New follicular lymphoma ARROCase is here!
Check out our new follicular lymphoma ARROCase (four cases in one!) created by Allison Matous, MD, from Dartmouth Cancer Center and mentors Lesley Jarvis, MD, PhD, from Dartmouth and Michael LaRiviere, MD, from University of Pennsylvania. Lymphoma cases can be hard to come by in residency, so this is a great way to learn more!
Live Webinar on Wednesday, October 23, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time: eContouring for Central Nervous System - In Spanish
Especially for our Spanish-speaking audience, this educational activity focuses on radiation therapy contouring techniques specifically for central nervous system tumors. It includes case-based discussions and practical exercises – all presented in Spanish! Earn up to 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Free resident registration is supported by the Radiation Oncology Institute’s Juan A. del Regato Fund. Register now!
The Resource Corner!
This month’s featured educational resource is radoncreview! Talk about a comprehensive resource! Thanks to Jeff Ryckman, MD, MSMP, Anna Brown, MD, MPhil, and Christian Fernandez, MD, this resource walks through all the relevant studies for any question you could possibly have for radonc treatment paradigms in all major disease sites. Don’t have time to read a whole practice-changing paper? Radoncreview has got you covered!
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) project
We are finalizing templates for volunteers to streamline the writing process, and we will then pair resident volunteers with faculty members. We anticipate a group meeting in the next one to two months to review the logistics. Again, we appreciate everyone’s interest and enthusiasm in helping ARRO/ROECSG with this important topic. If you’re interested in helping with writing, please reach out to our education chairs Mustafa Basree, MD , and Shane Neibart, MD.
Remember to follow ARRO on social media!
We at ARRO provide resident input into professional organizations, disseminate information, and foster communication among residents. Follow us on our freshly-minted ARRO Instagram (arro_org) or Twitter/X where we post about events, scholarships, grants, educational resources, networking opportunities and more. Direct Messaging on both Instagram and Twitter/X is the fastest way to reach us.
Are you interested in brachytherapy and helping to develop education programming?
The American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) has recently established the ABS Resident Council, and they would love to have you! The council will provide a platform for residents interested in brachytherapy to come together, expand our professional networks, and impact our profession's trajectory. ABS membership is FREE for residents. If you're interested in becoming involved, please email the ARRO-ABS liaison, Rehema Thomas, MD, our education chairs Mustafa Basree, MD and Shane Neibart, MD, or Kristin Bradley, MD, ABS Board member and resident council advisor.
ABS is also interested in launching a newsletter that includes challenging brachytherapy teaching cases. This will be similar to the Red Journal’s Grey Zone cases – we hope to gather faculty/resident perspectives on these cases to facilitate our learning. If you’re interested in contributing, please email ARRO-ABS liaison Rehema Thomas, MD, and/or Chirag Shah, MD, ABS faculty. Our team would be happy to work with you to write the case and solicit input from other faculty. This is a fun opportunity and one that allows residents to connect with faculty both at their home and outside institutions.
Connect with ASTRO Leadership on the ROhub student community
Looking for an easy and direct way to connect with ASTRO leadership with questions and issues important to you? Join the conversation with ARRO leadership and ASTRO Board members, including Howard Sandler, MD, MS, FASTRO; Jeff Michalski, MD, MBA, FASTRO; and Geraldine Jacobson, MD, MPH, MBA, FASTRO. Introduce yourself to the community on the Introduce Yourself thread and feel free to pose any questions you have about the field of radiation oncology. All student, graduate student, and PGY-1 members have already been subscribed to daily digests and added to the community. To view the community, navigate to ROhub and select My Communities or visit the community directly.
You can also enroll in Mentor Match, hosted on ROhub, today in a few easy steps.
