What a beautiful girl! Happy Caturday from Kacey. 💙

New year new social media platform! Radiation Oncology folks new to blue sky here is your chance. Introduce yourself below, and I can add you to the starter pack as well. #match2025 #radonc #medsky #oncsky 💕☢️🥳

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Surgery intern year ✅! This has been a busy year but one that has left me with an appreciation for the role of surgery in multidiscplinary oncology care, and where I have grown as a physician. Onto rad onc this week!! ☢️💕👩🏻‍⚕️ #radonc

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Representation of Radiation Oncologists on National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guideline Committees The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline committees play a vital role in defining the standard of care for cancer management. Equitable specialty representation is crucial for unbias...

#Radonc representation on @NCCN Treatment Guideline Committees is <10%, even for committees that recommend #radiation.

Additionally, certain institutions have nominated relatively few ☢️👩‍⚕️ for their designated slots.

Glad to see this 📰 finally published.

www.advancesradonc.org/article/S245...

Thank you to the amazing team that made this work possible! Finally, thank you to the women in medicine who inspire me and empower me to pursue a career in academic radiation oncology. 💕

We found that while there are more women in medicine than ever before, inequities in leadership attainment by women persist across all roles studied. These findings suggest that systems and organizational level changes are essential to recruit and retain diverse leaders in academic medicine.

What is the current state of gender inequity in institutional leadership roles at US academic medical centers?
Our systematic scoping review analyzed data from 94 articles between 2019-2022 focusing on deans, department chairs, division chiefs, and program directors.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enhancing Sexual Health for Cancer Survivors Changes to sexual function after cancer treatment are extremely prevalent, affecting up to 90% of female patients with cancer and 40%-85% of male patients with cancer. Sexual health concerns include l...

Excited to share that our ASCO Educational Book chapter on sexual health after cancer is now published! Grateful for the opportunity to highlight this vital, often overlooked part of survivorship care.

#CancerSurvivorship #SexualHealth

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Welcome to everybody who just matched into Radiation Oncology! Introduce yourself below, and I can add you to the starter pack as well. #match2025 #radonc #medsky #oncsky 💕☢️🥳

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So honored and humbled to be nominated as a NextGen Disruptor for the #HealioInnovators awards! I look forward to a career in #radonc dedicated to improving women’s cancer care and advancing gender equity in our profession. 💕

Link to vote is here:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/HealioInno... #medsky

When This Professor Got Cancer, He Didn’t Quit. He Taught a Class About It. (Gift Article) Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, was given a terminal diagnosis. He wanted his students to understand the humanity at the core of medicine.

Dr. Lin, a physician who is dedicated to addressing health disparities in lung cancer in non-smokers like himself, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and decided to teach a course on humanity in medicine. A truly powerful story. #lcsm

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Lung cancer screening saves lives.

This month on Thoracic Surgery I have seen many patients diagnosed with lung cancer when it’s still early stage on screening!

Criteria: age 50-80, current smoker or quit in past 15 years, >20 pack year smoking history. #cancerprevention

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He is already on there! :)

Physicians, medical students face significant costs with assisted reproductive technology Both medical students and physicians reported incurring significant out-of-pocket costs from using assisted reproductive technology, according to study results. The findings indicate the need for bett...

Great write up of the study featuring first author @morganslevy.bsky.social by @gohealio.bsky.social here!

www.healio.com/news/hematol...

Hello from Kacey!

Can confirm this is true - and said feedback has significantly improved my work and scientific writing over time!

Costs of Family Building for Physicians and Medical Students This survey study examines the financial costs incurred by physicians and medical students in building their families.

Link to the paper here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Overall, we must support family building starting at the trainee level through interventions such as adequate parental leave policies, on site free child care, and insurance coverage.

Thank you again to the team that made this work possible!

Our results highlight the substantial financial burdens incurred with some participants spending >$140,000. Of note, participants with insurance coverage for ART did incur significantly less costs.

What are the costs associated with family building in physicians and medical students?

Out today in @jama.com Network Open the latest chapter of the #SPACEStudy looks at costs associated with ART, Adoption, and Gestational Carriers in this sample.

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