2025-2026 MCW Radiation Oncology Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 36
2025-2026 Medical College of Wisconsin, Radia琀椀on Oncology Annual Report
Ciani Ellison, MD
Assistant Professor
-MKE Magazine Top Doctor’s 2025
Selim Firat, MD
Professor
-TMJ4 Local News Sta琀椀on Filming for Proton Therapy
-Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2025
-CTSI Discovery Radio- Topic: Advancement in Cancer Research Treatments & Therapies
Mimi Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor
-Commissioned the Radixact system with the core team, along with the
corresponding RaySta琀椀on treatment planning system for Radixact.
-Commissioning the proton unit with the core commissioning team and contribu琀椀ng to bringing
the first proton treatment gantry to Wisconsin.
-Published over five abstracts and peer-reviewed ar琀椀cles presented at AAPM and ASTRO.
Sarah Kerns, PhD
Associate Professor
-Elected to serve on the Radia琀椀on Research Society (RRS) Governing Council
-Appointed to the ESTRO/AAPM Unit for Machine Learning Applica琀椀ons for Radiotherapy
Outcome Modeling
- Board of the Interna琀椀onal Journal of Radia琀椀on Oncology Biology Physics
-Appointed Co-Chair of the MCW Cancer Center Cancer Research Forum
-Received approval from the Na琀椀onal Clinical Trials Network Core Correla琀椀ve Sciences
Commi琀琀ee (NCTN-CCSC) for Proposal# CSC0278, “Radiogenomic-Based Predic琀椀on of Moderate
and Severe Normal Tissue Toxici琀椀es Following Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy in RTOG-0415, 0521, and -0815.” This is part of a larger NCI-funded project (R01CA285801, MPIs: Kerns, Hall,
Oh) that will generate germline gene琀椀c data for approximately 1,800 RTOG/NRG trial
par琀椀cipants.
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