Undergraduate Medical Education Working Group

Mission:

To provide a forum for professionals and trainees of diverse backgrounds to develop and promote evidence-based radiation oncology education projects within the scope of undergraduate medical education (UME).

Initiatives:

• Cancer Careers Learn Oncology Podcast

• Radiation Oncology Microclerkship
  • https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(22)02506-8/fulltext

• Radiation Oncology Representation in USMLE
  • https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(23)00232-8/fulltext

• Applicant and Program Director Perceptions of Second Look Events During the 2023 Radiation Oncology Residency Match
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2024.101473
• Standardized Clerkship Evaluation
• Survey of Residents Describing Barriers and Enablers to Choosing Radiation Oncology as a Career
• Fostering medical student engagement in RO via ARO Student Scan Newsletter
  • https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11737587/
• Scope of geographic preferences and program signaling in the match
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2025.101746

2025-26 UGME WG members:

• Steve Braunstein (Chair)
• Jillian Gunther (Chair)
• Anthony Alanis
• Anupama Chundury
• Audrey Larnaudie
• Bahareh Sharafi
• Benjamin Laroque
• Christen Elledge
• Christian Schill
• Christina Huang
• Christina Phuong
• Kelsey Corrigan
• Denise De La Cruz
• Drew Bergman
• Ebenezer Asare
• Eris Moglu
• Erqi Pollom
• Hanwen Zhang
• James Assif
• James Janopaul-Naylor
• Jennifer Livschutz
• Jeremy Price
• Jie Jane Chen
• Josh Qjan
• Kara Banson
• Katie Lichter
• Kelsey Corrigan
• Laura Maule
• Lauren Linkowski
• Malcolm Mattes
• Malik Khan
• Marco Santos Teles
• Mary Mahoney
• Matthew Adams
• Neil Wallace
• Nirav Kapadia
• Paris-Ann Ingledew
• Pranit Singh
• Rachel Sabol
• Rohan Patel
• Ryan Cherng
• Sam Webking
• Shrey Derasari
• Sierra Silverwood
• Silvia Ayuko
• Skyler Burke
• Soha Bazyar
• Sumi Sinha
• Sylvia Choo
• Tarita Thomas
• Travis Pflederer
• Trudy Wu
• Victor Javier
• William Tyree
• Yannick Eller
• Yufan (Fred) Wu

2024-25 UGME WG members:

• Steve Braunstein (Chair)
• Jillian Gunther (Chair)
• Anthony Alanis
• Anupama Chundury
• Bahareh Sharafi
• Benjamin Larocque 
• Christen Elledge 
• Christian Schill 
• Christina Huang 
• Christina Phuong 
• Kelsey L Corrigan
• Denise De La Cruz
• Drew Bergman 
• Ebenezer Asare
• Erqi Pollom 
• James Assif 
• James Janopaul-Naylor
• Jennifer Livschitz 
• Jeremy Price 
• Jie Jane Chen
• Josh Qian 
• Kara Banson 
• Katie Lichter 
• Laura Maule 
• Lauren Linkowski 
• Malcolm Mattes 
• Malik Khan 
• Mary Mahoney 
• Matthew Adams 
• Neil Wallace 
• Nirav Kapadia 
• Paris-Ann Ingledew 
• Pranit Singh 
• Rachel Sabol
• Rohan Patel 
• Ryan Cherng
• Sam Webking 
• Sierra Silverwood 
• Skyler Burke 
• Soha Bazyar 
• Sumi Sinha 
• Sylvia Choo
• Tarita Thomas 
• Travis Pflederer 
• Trudy Wu 
• Victor Javier 
• William Tyree 
• Yannick Eller 
• Yufan (Fred) Wu 

2023-24 UME WG members:

• Jillian Gunther (chair)
• Steve Braunstein (chair)
• Ebenezer Asare
• James Assif
• Kara Banson
• Soha Bazyar
• Drew Bergman
• Skyler Burke
• Jie Jane Chen
• Ryan Cherng
• Anupama Chundury
• Kelsey Corrigan
• Christen Elledge
• Yannick Eller
• Christina Huang
• Paris-Ann Ingledew
• James Janopaul-Naylor
• Victor Javier
• Katie Lichter
• Lauren Linkowski
• Malcom Mattes
• Mary Mahoney
• Laura Maule
• Rohan Patel
• Travis Pflederer
• Erqi Pollom
• Jeremy Price
• Josh Qian
• Sierra Silverwood
• Sumi Sinha
• Tarita Thomas
• Neil Wallace
• Sam Webking
• Fred Wu
• Trudy Wu

2022-23 UME WG members:

• Jillian Gunther (chair)
• Steve Braunstein (chair)
• Ebenezer Asare
• James Assif
• Kara Banson
• Soha Bazyar
• Skyler Burke
• Jie Jane Chen
• Ryan Cherng
• Anupama Chundury
• Kelsey Corrigan
• Christen Elledge
• Yannick Eller
• Christina Huang
• Paris-Ann Ingledew
• James Janopaul-Naylor
• Victor Javier
• Katie Lichter
• Lauren Linkowski
• Malcom Mattes
• Mary Mahoney
• Laura Maule
• Rohan Patel
• Travis Pflederer
• Erqi Pollom
• Jeremy Price
• Sierra Silverwood
• Sumi Sinha
• Tarita Thomas
• Sam Webking
• Fred Wu
• Trudy Wu