Resident Partners
Our vision
With a passion for equitable and high-quality radiotherapy, the GCR Resident Partners seek to foster a community of trainees globally through education, advocacy, and collaboration.
About
We know that radiation oncology is a cost-effective, innovative field that is fundamental to cancer treatment and has a curative or palliative role in nearly every type of cancer. We need to be trained in the political nature of our field and learn how to tackle policy issues and advocate for our patients, especially as trainees, for it is the field we will inherit.
The GCR Resident Partners will work to ensure the future of the radiotherapy workforce is growing, sustainable, and adaptable to the increased needs of cancer patients around the world.
Objectives
Writing
Strategic publishing across various platforms to increase awareness and displace fallacies
Impacting policy
Petitioning and writing to legislators, government representatives and larger
organizations
Travel
In-person lobbying and collaborating with the global radiotherapy community
Education
Continuing resident education and developing training opportunities for global residents.
Mentorship
Connecting one-to-one for professional development
Creating
Collaborating at GCR Webinars on a quarterly basis
Resident Partners Related Work
Meet the team
Kyra N. McComas, MD
GCR Resident Partners Chair
Resident Physician at Vanderbilt
John Peterson
Radiation Oncology Resident at the Moffitt Cancer Center
Michelle Ann Eala
Radiation Oncology Resident at the University of California Los Angeles
May Elbanna
Radiation Oncology Resident at Indiana University Health
Sondos Al Khatib
Radiation Oncology Resident at Henry Ford Hospital
Vandrome Nakundi
3-PGY Resident at Alexandria Clinical Oncology Department, Egypt
Joaquín Carlos Ferrer Criado
Residente de O. Radioterápica. Montevideo, Uruguay