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Fostering Radiation Oncology Physician Scientist Trainees Within a Diverse Workforce: The Radiation Oncology Research Scholar Track.

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2021-06
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Salama, Joseph K
Floyd, Scott R
Willett, Christopher G
Kirsch, David G
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There is a need to foster future generations of radiation oncology physician scientists, but the number of radiation oncologists with sufficient education, training, and funding to make transformative discoveries is relatively small. A large number of MD/PhD graduates have entered he field of radiation oncology over the past 2 decades, but this has not led to a significant cohort of externally funded physician scientists. Because radiation oncologists leading independent research labs have the potential to make transformative discoveries that advance our field and positively affect patients with cancer, we created the Duke Radiation Oncology Research Scholar (RORS) Program. In crafting this program, we sought to eliminate barriers preventing radiation oncology trainees from becoming independent physician scientists. The RORS program integrates the existing American Board of Radiology Holman Pathway with a 2-year post-graduate medical education instructor position with 80% research effort at the same institution. We use a separate match for RORS and traditional residency pathways, which we hope will increase the diversity of our residency program. Since the inception of the RORS program, we have matched 2 trainees into our program. We encourage other radiation oncology residency programs at peer institutions to consider this training pathway as a means to foster the development of independent physician scientists and a diverse workforce in radiation oncology.
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Journal article
Subject
Humans
Career Choice
Radiation Oncology
Training Support
Internship and Residency
Research Personnel
Program Development
North Carolina
Radiation Oncologists
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/24177
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10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.12.050
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Salama, Joseph K; Floyd, Scott R; Willett, Christopher G; & Kirsch, David G (2021). Fostering Radiation Oncology Physician Scientist Trainees Within a Diverse Workforce: The Radiation Oncology Research Scholar Track. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 110(2). pp. 288-291. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.12.050. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/24177.
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Floyd

Scott Richard Floyd

Gary Hock and Lyn Proctor Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Kirsch

David Guy Kirsch

Barbara Levine University Distinguished Professor
My clinical interests are the multi-modality care of patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas and developing new sarcoma therapies. My laboratory interests include utilizing mouse models of cancer to study cancer and radiation biology in order to develop new cancer therapies in the pre-clinical setting.
Salama

Joseph Kamel Salama

Professor of Radiation Oncology
I have the privilege to be the Chief of the Durham VA Radiation Oncology Service, where I care for veterans who have served our country. I am a dedicated educator, serving as the Residency Program Director for the Duke Radiation Oncology Residency Program.  I am also a cancer researcher developing novel treatment techniques for patients with head and neck cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and those limited metastatic disease, and integration of these treatments with drug therapies.&nbsp
Willett

Christopher G. Willett

Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
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