4th Annual Department of Radiation Oncology Research Symposium
The Department of Radiation Oncology will hold its fourth Annual Research Symposium on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Southern Management Corporation (SMC) Campus Center located on the 2nd floor of 621 W. Lombard St. in Baltimore, Maryland. See below for the agenda, past photos and more!
The Research Symposium, established in 2023, provides a dedicated forum for faculty, staff, trainees, and students across the Department of Radiation Oncology to share ongoing research, collaborate, and exchange ideas that advance our missions of research, education, and patient care—all through a passionate, patient-centered focus.
Research Symposium Planning Committee Chair
Amit Sawant, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Medical Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Awardees
2026 Best Speakers
1st Place
Amol Shetty, PhD, MS
Bioinformatics Software Engineer Manager
UM SOM Institute of Genome Sciences (IGS)
Deciphering the Code: Biologic Pathways Underlying Multimodal Digital-Pathology Artificial Intelligence in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
2nd Place
Reza Zarinshenas, MD
Medical Resident
University of Maryland Department of Radiation Oncology
Estimating Neurocognitive Failure in the Presence of Competing Mortality: Kaplan–Meier and Competing-Risk Analyses from NRG CC001
3rd Place
Catherine Drovetsky
Student, UM SOM
Comparison of Urinary Toxicity in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiation Therapy With High-Dose vs. Low-Dose Brachytherapy Boost
2026 Best Posters
1st Place
Travis Hoover, MD
Medical Resident
University of Maryland Department of Radiation Oncology
Predictors of Heterotopic Ossification After Acetabular Fixation: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Radiation
2nd Place
Apurva Singh, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UM SOM Department of Radiation Oncology
Prediction of metastasis-free survival in patients with localized prostate adenocarcinoma using delta radiomics from PSMA-PET/CT scans and dosiomics
3rd Place
Dennis Herschbach
Medical Physics Assistant
UM SOM Department of Radiation Oncology
Comparison of Delivery-Based Strategies for Reducing Voxel-Wise Dose Rate in Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy
Awards Presentation
Awards will be given for the top 3 best oral speakers:
1st Place - $500 each
2nd Place - $400 each
3rd Place - $300 each
and the top 3 best posters:
1st Place - $250 each
2nd Place - $150 each
3rd Place - $100 each
Previous Symposiums & Awardees
Exhibitor & Grant Support
Thank you to the sponsors listed below for their generous support of this event!
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