ASTRO announces 2014 fellows class

The American Society for Radiation Oncology selected several distinguished members to receive Fellow of ASTRO designation.

The 2014 fellows class will be recognized during ASTRO’s annual meeting, scheduled for Sept. 14-17 in San Francisco.

The fellows program honors radiation oncology leaders who have been ASTRO members for at least 15 years, contributed the equivalent of 10 years of service to ASTRO, and made substantial contributions to the field of radiation oncology in the areas of research, education, patient care or service, and leadership.

The 2014 honorees are: John M. Buatti, MD, chair of and professor in the department of radiation oncology at University of Iowa; Thomas F. Delaney, MD, medical director of the Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center and co-director of the Center for Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital; Adam Dicker, MD, PhD, chair of and professor in the department of radiation oncology at Thomas Jefferson University; Avraham Eisbruch, MD, the Newman family professor of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan; Eduardo Fernandez, MD, PhD, 21st Century Oncology’s senior vice president of medical affairs and medical director for Latin America; David Gaffney, MD, PhD, medical director of the Radiation Oncology Clinic and vice-chair of the department of radiation oncology at Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah; Adam Garden, MD, associate medical director of the Head and Neck Center and professor of radiation oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Katherine L. Griem, MD, professor of radiation oncology at Rush University Medical Center; William F. Hartsell, MD, medical director of CDH Proton Center; James Alan Hayman, MD, MBA, associate chair for clinical activities and professor of radiation oncology at University of Michigan; I-Chow Hsu, MD, vice chair of and professor in the department of radiation oncology at University of California, San Francisco; Lisa Kachnic, MD, chair of the department of radiation oncology at Boston Medical Center; Brian Kavanagh, MD, MPH, vice chair and clinical practice director of the department of radiation oncology at University of Colorado; Timothy Kinsella, MD, MS, MA, research scholar professor in the department of radiation oncology at Warren Alpert Medical School; and Andre Konski, MD, MBA, MA, clinical professor in the department of radiation oncology at University of Pennsylvania.

Also, Patrick Kupelian, MD, vice chair of clinical operations and clinical research and professor of radiation oncology at University of California, Los Angeles; Quynh-Thu Le, MD, chair of the department of radiation oncology at Stanford University; W. Robert Lee, MD, MS, MEd, professor of radiation oncology at Duke University School of Medicine; Stephen Lutz, MD, attending radiation oncologist at Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center; C.M. Charlie Ma, PhD, vice chair of the department of radiation oncology and director and professor of medical physics at Fox Chase Cancer Center; Bruce D. Minsky, MD, deputy division head, director of clinical research, Frank T. McGraw memorial chair in the study of cancer and professor in the division of radiation oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Najeeb Mohideen, MD, attending radiation oncologist at Northwest Community Hospital; Simon N. Powell, MD, PhD, chair of the department of radiation oncology and the Enid A. Haupt chair in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Mack Roach III, MD, chair of and professor in the department of radiation oncology at University of California, San Francisco; Kenneth E. Rosenzweig, MD, chair of and professor in the department of radiation oncology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Christopher J. Schultz, MD, professor of radiation oncology at Medical College of Wisconsin; Dennis Shrieve, MD, PhD, chair of and professor in the department of radiation oncology and the Rudolph P. and Edna S. Reese research professor in radiation oncology at University of Utah; Paul W. Sperduto, MD, MPP, co-director of the Gamma Knife Center at University of Minnesota and radiation oncologist at Minneapolis Radiation Oncology; Maria Werner-Wasik, MD, director of clinical research and professor in the department of radiation oncology at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia; and Jeffrey Williamson, PhD, professor of medical physics at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.