Charles W. Scarantino Radiation Oncology Medical Student Award

2023 – Duy M. Huynh

In recognition of outstanding student accomplishment in Radiation Oncology. Duy worked on a project examining the patient and clinical factors affecting the number of fiducials that were tracked by our CyberKnife system. This work was presented at the Brody Medical Education Day and at the North Carolina LEAD Conference, and also combined with the work on Akash Patlolla for a presentation at ASTRO as co-first author. This work has been submitted for publication in Advances in Radiation Oncology. As part of the Research Distinction Track, he has also written a prospective IRB protocol using these findings, as well as 4D-CT image deformation software developed by our medical physicists, to improve the placement of lung fiducials via bronchoscopy prior to CyberKnife SBRT. He has also worked with Dr. Charles Shelton III examining the collaborative model of care in our system in reducing cancer disparities, which was work presented at the 2019 Raab Symposium.

2022 – Akash R. Patlolla

In recognition of outstanding student accomplishment in Radiation Oncology. Akash was a Brody Summer Scholar whose project was on how geometric and tumor location characteristics correlated with the number of fiducials that were tracked by our robotic respiratory motion management system and the errors generated by the system. This work was presented at the Medical Student Scholarship forum, and also combined with the work on Duy Huynh of the Class of 2023 for a presentation at ASTRO as co-first author. This work has been submitted for publication in Advances in Radiation Oncology. As part of the Research Distinction Track, he has also worked with Duy on writing a prospective IRB protocol using his initial findings, as well as 4D-CT image deformation software developed by our medical physicists, to improve the placement of lung fiducials via bronchoscopy prior to CyberKnife SBRT.

2021 – Hannah L. Conley

Hannah Conley is the recipient of the 2021 Radiation Oncology Medical Student Award, in recognition of stellar student accomplishment in Radiation Oncology. Hannah assumed a project from BSOM graduate Raven Delgado (examining patients who present to the Emergency Department with a cancer diagnosis), and devoted a tremendous amount of effort to finalize the database and the analysis, to demonstrate that patients who are diagnosed with cancer through an ED visit present in a more advanced stage and have lower survival rate. The project was presented at the NC Medical Society LEAD Conference, and also at the 2019 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Hannah was the driving force on this multidisciplinary project, to include a number of faculty in the BSOM Department of Emergency Medicine Department, and the School of Public Health. She is first author on a related manuscript being submitted for publication. Hannah is currently doing a residency in OB/GYN at the The Medical University of South Carolina.

2020 – Cory S. Pierson

In recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of Interventional Radiology. Cory has demonstrated leadership and keen interest in collaborative research as a Brody School of Medicine student. He is first author on a published paper in Practical Radiation Oncology (2019), and first author on a published paper in Radiation Oncology (2018). He was first author in presentations for the annual ASTRO meeting (2017; 2019). Cory was first author of a presentation for Brody School of Medicine Medical Education Research Day (2018); he was co-author of presentations for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) 2018, and Brody School of Medicine Distinction Day (2019). He did a Radiation Oncology clinical rotation in 2018 (EDMD 915 and EDMD 9320). Cory has also served in the following medical student leadership roles: BSOM Oncology Interest Group President 2017-18, M1/M2 Foundation of Medicine Student Facilitator 2018-Present, and 3-Year Course Review Panel Member 2019. Cory will be doing his residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, in Madison, Wisconsin (matched in Radiology Diagnostic).

2019 – Hayley B. Stowe

In recognition of outstanding achievement as an aspiring Radiation Oncologist. Hayley has shown consistent leadership and interest in collaborative research (first author on a publication in Frontiers in Oncology (2017) and a poster presentation at the 2017 ASTRO meeting. Hayley is on the Brody School of Medicine Research Distinction Track, and a school representative with the American Physician Scientist Association. She has also been recognized as a student researcher in the Departments of Radiation Oncology at both Washington University (St. Louis, MO) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Charles W. Scarantino, MD, PhD

2023 – Duy M. Huynh

2022 – Akash R. Patlolla

2021 – Hannah L. Conley

2020 – Cory S. Pierson

2019 – Hayley B. Stowe