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Radiation Oncologist | #hncsm | ☢️ Toxicities | MedEd | @MoffittNews | Views = mine

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Niema Razavian, MD
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How I spent most of my call week as a #radonc resident:
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When you pick #radonc as your oncology speciality
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Contouring your first H&N case as a junior #radonc resident: ⬇️Before ⬇️After
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
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Finally, a meme to summarize my QOL as a #radonc resident:
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When the #radonc contours only the PTV
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What our colleagues in oncology think we do in #radonc
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In case your friends are still looking for a #Halloween 🎃 costume, it’s not too late to be a #radonc ☢️🥼
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Excited to share that our group’s latest study on IMRT ☢️ for early glottic larynx cancer is out now in @IJROBP ! Tweetorial 🧵 ⬇️ 1/ #radonc #hncsm
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Even my family would have trouble with this #radonc
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2 years
Our study on the risk of contralateral neck failure (CNF) after ipsilateral RT (INRT) for patients with tonsil cancer is out now in @JAMANetworkOpen ! Tweetorial 🔽🔽🔽 #hncsm #radonc
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Ending PGY-2 of #radonc on a strong 🎵: Med onc: can you start this pts RT sooner? Me: yes, I already talked with the machines. Med onc: uh, you talked to the machines? 😅
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#radonc contouring with an accurately registered CT/MRI
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Guess we now have a #radonc American Girl
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#radonc picking favorites Photons Protons ⬇️ ⬇️
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#radonc contouring: ⬇️ 3D-CRT ⬇️ IMRT
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3 years
Just when you’ve done your best work as a #radonc resident…🙈
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
Niema Razavian, MD
3 months
Congrats to all the #radonc PGY-5s who passed the clinical board exam today! We did it! 🥳🎉🙌🏼
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Taking vacation in #radonc residency
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3 years
#radonc using SBRT for metastatic disease
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Flight Attendant: is there a doctor on board? Me: 🙋🏽‍♂️I’m a radiation oncologist FA: Awesome! There is a medical emergency! Me: consult neurosurgery, start steroids, and obtain spine MRI FA: …it’s not cord compression #radonc . Sit back down.
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#radonc resident ready to place the brachy catheters
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Me, explaining how to contour HN #radonc plans to Gen Z: “see I’m not including every nodal level. I’m very demure, very mindful”
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1 year
New year = new email signature. It’s officially chief year of #radonc residency
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Niema Razavian, MD
1 year
Honored to be recognized at #ACRO2023 for the work our @ACROresident committee has done for #radonc trainees Also congrats to my co-resident @Laniercm for receiving both a Seed Grant award and a Top Abstract award 🥳
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#radonc doing SBRT without motion management
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PGY-2 #radonc during Head and Neck rotation
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Name specialty and PGY level
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Starting the last day of #ACRO2023 with a shoutout to @alexisschutz_md - she’s gone above and beyond for #radonc trainees at this meeting and set a high bar. Thrilled to have her as both a colleague and a life long friend!
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When you’re a new #radonc resident and someone is explaining radiation physics
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
Niema Razavian, MD
10 months
Visual representation of the #radonc word soup: SABR, SBRT, SRS, GammaKnife, CyberKnife…
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
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Apparently #radonc is a WINNER in Match 2024
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Bryan Carmody
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Breakdown of the initial ERAS application numbers:
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
Excited for the upcoming #RadOnc #JC moderated by @IanJPereira + @SaraBelPonMD - Has SABR Hit the Safe Spot? Will be discussing the recent UK SABR constraints by @PattyDiezH et al ➡️ See you this weekend 💻💬
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1 year
To my #radonc residents friends: regardless of the physics and radbio boards outcomes, you are enough!
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Evolution of #radonc 2D ☢️ ➡️ Daily adaptive ☢️
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
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2 years
My favorite radiation oncologist @blally_md getting his @ACRORadOnc Fellowship Award at #ACRO2022
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
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2 years
The joys of being a #radonc resident
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1 year
Wondering what’s good to eat at #ASTRO23 ? Here are some places I enjoy in San Diego 😋 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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1 year
When you talk to your former #radonc co-residents who are now attendings
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2 months
Can’t believe today was my last day as a #radonc resident! I’m incredibly grateful for the mentors (and now friends) I gained along the way.
@hughrt7
Ryan Hughes
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Happy last day of clinic as a resident to @RadOncDoc_Niema !! Next time you're in the clinic, patients at @MoffittNews will be in your capable 🤲 @wakeradonc @WakeRadOncRes
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2 years
Grateful and honored to be recognized by my co-residents in this months @wakeforestmed resident newsletter 🥰 A perfect pick-me-up for an otherwise busy/stressful week!
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Overheard in #radonc clinic: Resident: Ugh, why do I have to learn ☢️ physics? Physicist Attending: You think you fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you 🌴🥥
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
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@MS_Martinez_MD Rad Onc: either “We’ll see them outpatient” or “Despite what heme/onc says, we didn’t cause that side effect. The organ wasn’t in the radiation field”
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🙏🏽 @QuadShotNews for featuring our recent study in @IJROBP on IMRT for early stage glottic larynx cancers! Glad we could help continue the “kerfuffle” 👊🥊😂 #radonc
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Excited to share that our group’s latest study on IMRT ☢️ for early glottic larynx cancer is out now in @IJROBP ! Tweetorial 🧵 ⬇️ 1/ #radonc #hncsm
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End of an era! Had a great time celebrating #radonc residency graduation 🎓 with @WakeRadOncRes , family, and friends. Looking forward to my next steps @MoffittNews @MoffittRadOnc
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2 years
That’s a wrap on @ABR_Radiology #radonc physics and rad bio! Congrats to all the PGY4/5s that passed! 🥳🥳🥳
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Contouring my first ☢️ plan as a #radonc resident
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
I think this means I’m officially a #radonc senior resident 😅
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Niema Razavian, MD
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Thank you @wakeradonc for putting together this fun graduation party with the department. T-minus 3️⃣ weeks till the end of #radonc residency!
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Surprise Double Meme: The Tortured Physicians Department ( #radonc version)
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#radonc med student watching the resident and attending review contours
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#radonc having a difficult conversation with surgery at tumor board
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Gave AM lecture ➡️ LDR brachy ➡️ 3 consults + 1 sim ➡️ finally time to head off to Orlando for #ACRO2024 ! 😎🌴
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
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2 years
A highlight of #ASTRO2022 : Meeting of the @ACROresident and @ARRO_org presidents! 2️⃣ orgs dedicated to supporting the #radonc trainee experience
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3 years
#radonc junior residents submitting contours to their attendings for review
@AhearnColeen
Coleen Ahearn
3 years
Good morning Twitter and Happy Friday!
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1 year
Me, checking in on my friends about to to take #radonc physics + radbio board exams
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
Niema Razavian, MD
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Whoa - it’s been 3️⃣ years of ACRO meetings hanging out with @alexisschutz_md Can’t believe we went from baby PGY-3s ➡️ about to graduate PGY-5s #ACRO2022 > #ACRO2023 > #ACRO2024
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Who knew the temperature 🌡 (and sequence) of the steps of PCR were important for #radonc radbio exam 🤷🏽‍♂️ Can’t wait for a patient to ask me about this!
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“Hi, we have an inpatient consult…yeah, we don’t have imaging or path” #radonc
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Happy Persian New Year! #Norouz Mobarak! 🥳 Wishing everyone a happy and healthy year ahead 🌸
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#radonc resident when the attending asks for a CT SIM with thin slices
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Chief resident is out this week so our junior residents were subjected to my #radonc ranting and ravings
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#radonc using 0mm PTV margins 😬
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
Looking forward to this new role with our #radonc resident committee. Couldn’t have asked for a better committee partners! 🤝
@ACROresident
ACROresident
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🚨Introducing our 2022-2023 Resident Committee🚨 Chair: @RadOncDoc_Niema Vice-Chair: @alexisschutz_md DEI/Education: @marisandoval151 Social Media: @yazshaz Mentorship: Cecil Benitez Scholarship: Leslie Chang Past Chair: @MonaArbabMD Excited to keep working w/ the #radonc community
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Good Morning #ASTRO23 ! Whose ready for @ARRO_org day aka #ARROchella ? Looking forward to this portion of the program dedicated to #radonc trainees ☢️🧬
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Me at the end of each year of #radonc residency
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All settled in for #ARS2023 ! Looking forward to seeing #radonc friends 🌺🏝️
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When #radonc has to convince medonc to give concurrent systemic therapy
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Niema Razavian, MD
1 year
Another great @ACROresident #radonc resource includes this 15 pg document outlining important studies and ☢️ contouring guides for each disease site
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ACROresident
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🎉 #radonc PGY-2 Twitter Orientation Week 🎉 ACRO has even more great resources! ♠️♥️♣️♦️ACRODecks by @QatKhanMD are a great intro for 🧠 & 🫁 services with more decks to come Also check out our Educational Videos 🎥 for 🔥 #radonc topics
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Get ready for speed networking at #ACRO2023 ! Join us upstairs (take the lobby stairs)
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
So this was my mom’s take away about #radonc from watching #indianmatchmakingS2
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Niema Razavian, MD
1 year
🙏🏽 @IJROBP for letting me discuss our recent #radonc paper on IMRT for early stage glottic larynx cancer 🗣️ @hughrt7 @rfshenkerMD
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ASTRO
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New #RedJournal outtake video! Watch as Dr. Niema Razavian ( @RadOncDoc_Niema ) presents on IMRT for SCC of the Glottic Larynx.
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Finished my last call week of #radonc residency! 🥳 …now to do this for the rest of my career as an attending
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Niema Razavian, MD
6 months
First day of spring = Happy Persian New Year! 🌸🐥 Sol-e No Mobarak! #Nowruz
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
Time for Session #2 at #ROECSG22 moderated by @SprakerMDPhD + @JillGunther - New Education Programs to Expand #radonc Skillsets What innovations are you excited to see implemented? #ROECSG22
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Niema Razavian, MD
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@ABR_Radiology #radonc physics + bio exams! Looking forward to the long weekend 😎 and upcoming research block🔬 PGY-4 here I come!
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The #radonc team trying to get out of a weekend consult:
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Niema Razavian, MD
10 months
Is #radonc on the 📈? Will be interesting to see how things shake out for #MATCH2024
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Francis Deng, MD
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#ERAS2024 prelim data (as of 10/5): Radiology (DR) had the largest one-year pullback in applicants (-7.5%) but is still up 21.2% from 5y ago. (Match % for US MD will likely be in mid 80s.) EM had the largest one-year rebound (+33.0%), up 20.2% from 5y ago. (No SOAP for you!)
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Me as a #radonc trainee getting asked what goals/constraints to use for the ☢️ plan
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#radonc attending: trims 1 slice of a PTV
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Me, after studying for #radonc radbio/physics boards
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Niema Razavian, MD
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Poster session time at #HNCS24 ! Check out @rfshenkerMD poster on HPV status and oncologic outcomes
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Niema Razavian, MD
1 year
Curious about how to get around San Diego during #ASTRO23 ? Let’s review some of the city’s *unique* (and green 🌱) transportation options ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Niema Razavian, MD
3 years
Perhaps a meme to summarize this “problem” for #radonc ?
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@jbcarmody
Bryan Carmody
3 years
Most and least competitive specialties, then and now (listed in order of lowest-to-highest match rate for graduating U.S. MD students) Biggest ⬆️: OB-GYN Biggest ⬇️: Radiation oncology
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Niema Razavian, MD
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Wrapping up #ASTRO22 discussing our work on contralat neck failure (CNF) after unilateral neck ☢️ for tonsil cancer. We found: -⬇️ CNF overall -CNF ⬆️ by T- stage, not N-stage (includ N2b) -Bilateral neck ☢️ has ⬇️ CNF (~2️⃣%) than unilat ☢️ 🙏🏽 to mentor @hughrt7
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Niema Razavian, MD
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Out now in @JNeurooncol - our institutional experience using SRS for RT-induced meningiomas (RIMs) ☢️🔪🧠 🙏🏽 @WakeCancer neuro-onc team Link: Tweetorial ⬇️ #BTSM #radonc 1/n
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Niema Razavian, MD
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#radonc residents are🔑in #medstudent interest/mentorship in the field. Many go in with little training on HOW to mentor. Excited to open this study @WakeRadOncRes ! #ROECSG22
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Taking time out from #ASTRO23 to explore San Diego. 🛥️ to Coronado Island ➡️ 😍 view
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Niema Razavian, MD
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Had a great #radonc retreat with @WakeRadOncRes today! Spent the afternoon doing a wellness activity at Top Golf ⛳️🏌️‍♂️
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The 4️⃣ faces of contouring a new disease site as a #radonc resident: excited, inquisitive, perplexed, panicked
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Niema Razavian, MD
1 year
Our @ACROresident manuscript on the utility of webinars for #radonc residency applications is out now in @Applied_RadOnc ! 🙏🏽 @ACRORadOnc for supporting our efforts to prepare the next gen of #radonc
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Niema Razavian, MD
1 year
#RadOnc is the #Barbenheimmer of medical specialties: externally a Barbie, internally an Oppenheimer
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Hernan Letelier
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Niema Razavian, MD
1 year
Looking for things to do while at #ASTRO23 ? Here are some places to check out in San Diego ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
Wouldn’t be a trip back home without come amazing Persian food 🤤
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Every time I return home for the holidays: “Im a #radonc . No, not a radiologist. It’s a different field. Well, they were the same back in the day, but not anymore…I use radiation to treat cancer, and benign diseases. No, I can’t manage your diabetes.”
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Niema Razavian, MD
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Not a medical oncologist, not a surgical oncologist, but a secret, third thing #radonc
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
Had a blast discussing 🗣 the #radonc residency interview process for #MATCH2023 with @alexisschutz_md @CyWashington20 #MedStudentTwitter 👀 for this podcast 🎙 on the @ACRORadOnc #acropolis page in the coming weeks
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
Niema Razavian, MD
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Good luck to all the #radonc PGY-5s taking their @ABR_Radiology clinical board exam today! Let’s rock this!
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
🚨Upcoming #RadOnc #JC 🚨 Join us this weekend - May 21-22 - to talk about 🗣 #DEI in #oncology We’ll be discussing @sophia_kamran et al’s study on diversity in oncology faculty Blog Post⬇️ Article⬇️
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Niema Razavian, MD
2 years
#Medstudents applying to #RadOnc ☢️🧬- @ACROresident is doing a podcast 🎙on the residency interview process: any ❓or topics you want addressed? DM/Comment ⬇️ #Match2023
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Is it too early to start getting excited for #ASTRO2023 in SD?
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@RadOncDoc_Niema
Niema Razavian, MD
9 months
4 stages of being a graduating #radonc resident: Chief year begins ➡️ interview season ➡️ job secured ➡️ starting the job
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