Yearly News Archives: 2017

Congratulations to Matthew Spraker, MD, PhD., Resident Physician of Radiation Oncology, one of UW Medicine’s Fall 2017 Cares Award recipients!

Congratulations to Eric Ford, PhD, FAAPM, for his election to the Board of Directors for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

Being diagnosed with a brain tumor can be a life-changing event. At the Gamma Knife Center at Harborview, making your treatment as comfortable as possible is our main priority.

Simon S. Lo, MD, FACR, Professor and Vice Chair for Strategic Planning in the UW School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology, will receive the ASTRO Fellow designation.

Focal radiation to just the surgical area is the winner for patients after surgery for limited brain metastases.

Congratulations to Ralph Ermoian, M.D.’s appointment as an Associate Senior Editor for the Pediatrics section in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.

Congratulations to Drs. George Laramore, Jay Liao, Simon Lo, Nina Mayr, Jason Rockhill, and Kenneth Russell for being selected as Best Doctors in America of 2017!

This $2.9 M research grant from the National Cancer Institute will support the development of a cost-effective technology that improves radiation therapy in low- and middle-income countries.

Congratulations to Gabrielle Kane, MB, EdD, FRCPC., for receiving the Fellowship Award of the SACME in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of Continuing Professional Development.

Drs. Lia Halasz, Edward Kim, Janice Kim, Wui-Jin Koh, Jay Liao, and Nina Mayr were selected as Seattle Magazine’s Top Doctors of 2017, and David Hudock, PA-C, was selected as a Seattle Met’s Top Physician Assistant of 2017!