Medical Student Interest Group

OHSU'S Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group is for high school students, undergraduate students, and graduate students.
For student resources, visit ARRO Medical Student Resources and ROVER Medical Student Resources.
Interested in joining? Sign up here: Radiation Medicine SIG form
The Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group (RMSIG) is organized by students and faculty to provide information about the field of radiation medicine. The specific aims of RMSIG include, providing early and intimate exposure to this rapidly developing field within medicine, providing opportunities for student research, and developing strong mentorship from practicing doctors. The Student Interest Group is open to all students, who desire to learn how cutting edge radiation-modalities are used to treat patients.
OHSU and Stanford are hosting case-based sessions every other week, led by physicians from various institutions. Rad Onc Virtual Education Rotation (ROVER) is a virtual multi-institutional session reviewing patient cases with radiation oncology physicians and discussing treatment options for each patient case. The goal is to review how to treat certain disease-specific cases. Learn more here: https://www.radoncvirtual.com/
For questions about ROVER or student interest group, email us

Jenna Kahn M.D., Medical Student Clerkship Director
Nima Nabavizadeh, M.D., Radiation Oncology Residency Program Director

Upcoming events
Rad Onc Virtual Education Rotation (ROVER): June 25, 2021
GI Panel (for medical students)
To register, visit: www.radoncvirtual.com
Rubinstein Research Retreat: October 30, 2021
The Department of Radiation Medicine's 14th annual Rubinstein Research Retreat is an opportunity to share major research activities and approaches with a research-focused audience. This year's retreat will be a hybrid event with in-person and virtual attendance. We will continue to monitor the OHSU COVID-19 event policy and adjust accordingly. To register, visit: https://bit.ly/2Sj5n21
Radiation Medicine Open House: Fall 2021
Join the Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group this fall to meet the faculty, residents, and staff of OHSU's Department of Radiation Medicine! Details to follow. We hope to have this event in person and will continue to monitor the OHSU COVID-19 event policy and adjust accordingly.
Previous events
Radiation Medicine Open House: October 28, 2019
Join the Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group on October 28, 2019 to meet the faculty, residents, and staff of OHSU's Department of Radiation Medicine!
Welcome to Campus Barbecue & Information Fair: September 26, 2019
Welcome to Campus Barbecue & Information Fair sponsored by All-Hill Student Council, Office of Student Life, Graduate Student Organization and SOM Alumni Association from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the Mac Hall lawn.
RadOnc Talk with Timur Mitin, MD, PhD: April 3, 2019
"Get to Know Radiation Oncology” lunch-and-learn session was held in the spring 201p with Dr. Mitin and interested OHSU medical students.
Get to Know Radiation Oncology Event - Fall 2018
"Get to Know Radiation Oncology” lunch-and-learn session was held in the fall 2018 with Dr. Nabavizadeh and interested OHSU medical students.
Previous ROVER sessions and videos
Adeline Plesiu
Aaron Grossberg, Ph.D.
- Dr. Grossberg received $50K grant from Knight Cancer Institute Pilot Project Award program
- Aaron Grossberg received a 2016 RSNA Research Resident/Fellow
- Hypothalamic mechanisms in cachexia.
- OHSU Radiation Medicine team presents multiple presentations at the ARS 95th annual meeting
- co-author pre-clinical observations publication)
Ally Gallagher (Class of '20)
Ann Oluloro
- Thesis Defense, MPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics Track: “Timeliness of follow-up to positive fecal immunochemical test among community health center patients” View Here
Anna Olsen (Class of 2016)
Arpine Khudanyan (PubMed)
Bahar Kasimi (Class of 2018)
Basma Saadoun (SOM Class of 2015)
Bethany Samuelson (2011 Rubinstien Research Scholar), (Manifestations of Hope), (UCSF Internal Medicine residency program)
Brandon Dyer
(2011 TL1 Grant), (SOM Class '14, residency, radiation oncology, Univ. of California at Davis), (ASTRO 2012 photo1, photo2 [JPG] )
Cymon Kersch, M.S.T.P.
Derek Zachman, M.S.T.P.
Eric Muñoz (SOM Class '10, resident, diagnostic radiology, Univ. of Louisville)
Faisal Siddiqui, Ph.D. (OHSU Radiation Medicine residency program)
Garth Tormoen, M.S.T.P., Ph.D. (Class of 2015), Matching in radiation oncology at OHSU.
- Graduation Photo
- [OHSU-CV [PDF] Photo 1
- (Articles: 2/5/13,12/7/12, 9/6/12, 9/10/12, 2/7/11, 11/2/11, 6/30/10 [PDF])
- Outstanding Medical Student in Radiation Medicine 2014-2015
Ian Wright (SOM Class '15)
Jaime Zelaya, Ph.D. (Class of 2017)
- Jaime Zelaya, PhD (co-leader of the OHSU Radiation Medicine Student Interest Group) served as a panelist at the 2016 OHSU MSTP Annual Retreat
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Research Week Profile (Sched)
- School of Medicine: Rugonyi Lab
- School of Medicine: Rugonyi Lab (People)
- Mike for healthy youth
Jason Flamiatos, Class of 2016, M.D., M.P.H.
Jehan Yahya
- Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Survey of US Radiation Oncologists on Current Practice Patterns[NCBI]
- Jehan Yahya will be presenting 2 papers at the 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
- Multiple abstracts selected for presentation at the 103RD SA&A meeting of the RSNA
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High School Student Wins Recognition for Work with OHSU Assistant Professor Holly Simon
Joshua Walker, Ph.D.
(Characterization of CD8+ T cells following vaccination with an inactivated whole virus vaccine), (OHSU Radiation Medicine residency program)
Katelyn Atkins
(SOM Class '14, MSTP, residency, radiation oncology, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program)
Kristen O'Donnell (SOM Class '09, resident, radiation oncology, Univ. of Arizona)
Kristina Young, Ph.D.
(MSTP)(SOM Class '10, resident, radiation oncology, OHSU), (ABR Holman Research Pathway), (2012 ASCO/AACR Vail Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research), (2013 RSNA Research Resident/Fellow Grant recipient)
Kyungjeen "KJ" Paik
- Cover Letter
- Psychological state and trait correlates of illness-related stigma in prostate cancer
- Psychological state and trait correlates of quality of life prior to radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Lee Rost (Class of 2021)
Leonel Kahn
(Florida presentation), (2011 Tartar Trust Awards), (2012 RSNA Research Medical Student Grant recipient), (UC Davis Radiation Oncology residency)
Mara Rosenberg (PubMed)
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2019 RSNA Research Medical Student Grant award, RMS1932, “Tumor-intrinsic Markers of Cachexia in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma"
Matthew Farrell (Class of 2019)
- Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Survey of US Radiation Oncologists on Current Practice Patterns[NCBI]
- RSNA, Chicago, November 2017
- Why Should Med. Students Attend an IASLC Conference?
- Matt Farrell gave 2 presentations at the Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology
- Multiple abstracts selected for presentation at the 103RD SA&A meeting of the RSNA
Michael C. Ryan
(2011 TL1 Grant) Oleg Sostin, BSN (SOM Class of 2014) (ASTRO 2012 [JPG])
Rakendu Shukla
(Class of 2015), Matching in radiation oncology at the University of California at Davis. (Photo)
- 122 OHSU seniors rip open envelopes to learn their fates today
- Rakendu P. Shukla presented his work on esophageal cancer preoperative therapy at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Am Soc. of Radiation Oncology, held in San Francisco. Congratulations, Rakendu!
- Match Day 2015: 122 fourth-year medical students find out where they will pursue residency training
- Graduation Photo
- Meet the Class of 2015
Reed E. Cope
(SOM Class '14, residency, radiation oncology, Univ. of Minnesota)
- Reed Cope presented at the 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America
- Reed Cope selected to give an oral presentation on his original research
Robert "Robbie" Fain (2015-2016)
- Robbie Fain, III successfully matched in radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin
- Robbie Fain co-authors a short report in JAMA Oncology
- Robbie Fain (M4) to present original research at the Cancer Survivorship Symposium: Advancing Care & Research
Ruth White, Ph.D. (SOM Class of 2013)
Sophia Bornstein, Ph.D. (SOM Class '10, resident, radiation oncology, OHSU)
Ted P. Braun, Ph.D.
(MSTP candidate) - "Central Nervous System Regulation of Muscle Atrophy"
- Cancer and endotoxin induced cachexia require intact glucocorticoid signaling in skeletal muscle
- Ted Braun receives 2013 RSNA Research Medical Student Grant award
Tessa Herman (Class of 2021)
Tiffany Lee (Class of 2021)
Wendy McGinnis (Class of 2017)
- Wendy McGinnis, MS, has successfully matched in radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Wendy McGinnis is a recipient of a Schlesinger Family Foundation
- Pair of OHSU Radiation Medicine investigators inducted into AOA Honor Medical Society
- Wendy McGinnis interviewed in Scholars-in-Training Vodcast for the Radiation Research Society
- Wendy McGinnis has been awarded a 2nd RSNA Research Medical Student Grant for her proposal
- Wendy McGinnis presented her research at the 2017 RSNA Radiobiology oral platform
- Neuroinflammatory and cognitive consequences of combined radiation and immunotherapy in a novel preclinical model[Oncotarget]
- Medical Student Clerkship Certificate
- Astro 2016 Boston part 1
- Wendy McGinnis proffered paper has been selected by the RSNA Scientific Program Committee
- Wendy McGinnis Receives Competitive Grant From the Collins Medical Trust
- Wendy McGinnis (M4) presented her extramurally funded original work
- Wendy McGinnis presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting
- Wendy McGinnis presented at the 2015 Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion
- Wendy McGinnis has been awarded an OSLER TL1 fellowship
- Wendy McGinnis and Derek Zachman are recipients of grants from research awards from the RSNA Research & Education Foundation's Research Medical Student Grant Review Panel
- Wendy McGinnis has been selected to receive a Scholars-in-Training (SIT) Travel Award to the Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting
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