Radiation Oncology Residency
College
- Center City Campus
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Degree Earned
- Residency
Leadership
- Program Director, Medical Residency Program
- Program Director, Medical Education Clerkship
- Professor, Radiation Oncology
Program Contact
111 S. 11th Street
Bodine Cancer Center - Gibbon
Philadelphia, PA 19107
- 215-955-5669
- 215-955-0412 (fax)
Current Residents
Raleigh Anderson, MD
Medical School
MD - University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School - 2022
Residency
Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - General Surgery, University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School - 2023
Louis Cappelli, DO
Medical School
DO - Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine - 2020
Residency
Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - Internal Medicine, Inspira Health Network - 2021
Narrative
I grew up and went to high school in Collingswood, NJ. From there I attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA for college and then Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school. I love going down to Sea Isle City, NJ in the summer for some fun in the sun! My passions revolve around wine, sports, Italian food, and of course my family and friends. I got married during the COVID-19 pandemic this past November and the wedding was actually featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer. My wife will also be completing her residency training here at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Dermatology. I am beyond excited to complete my training here at TJUH in Radiation Oncology!
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Early outcomes of MR-guided SBRT for patients with recurrent pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Baseline single institutional retrospective review of body mass index (BMI) as a prognostic indicator in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM)
- I-125 eye-plaque seed economics: To re-use or to not re-use? A single institutional cost savings analysis of re-using I-125 radioactive seeds for eye—Plaque brachytherapy
- Long-Term Outcomes of Surgery and Radiation Treatment for Adult Patients with Craniopharyngioma
- Temporal Considerations in Brain Metastases Radiation Therapy: The Intersection of Chronobiology and Patient Profiles
Nilanjan Haldar, MD
Medical School
Sidney Kimmel Medical College - 2020
Residency
Reading Hospital at Tower Health (Internal Medicine) - 2021
Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Adam Katzenberg, DO, MBA
Medical School
DO - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - 2022
Residency
Radiation Oncology - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - Inspira Health Network - 2023
Talya Laufer, MD
Medical School
MD - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University - 2020
Residency
Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - Internal Medicine, Cooper University Hospital - 2021
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Early outcomes of MR-guided SBRT for patients with recurrent pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Novel Oncogenic Transcription Factor Cooperation in RB-Deficient Cancer
- The circadian cryptochrome, CRY1, is a pro-tumorigenic factor that rhythmically modulates DNA repair
- Rb/e2f1 as a master regulator of cancer cell metabolism in advanced disease
- Pleiotropic impact of DNA-PK in cancer and implications for therapeutic strategies
LaToya McLean, MD
Medical School
MD - New York Medical College - 2022
Residency
Radiation Oncology - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - Internal Medicine, Montefiore New Rochelle - 2023
Medical School
MD - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University - 2020
Residency
Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - General Surgery, Temple University Hospital - 2021
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Early outcomes of MR-guided SBRT for patients with recurrent pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Baseline single institutional retrospective review of body mass index (BMI) as a prognostic indicator in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM)
- Long-Term Outcomes of Surgery and Radiation Treatment for Adult Patients with Craniopharyngioma
- Factors influencing local control after MR-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy (MRgSBRT) for adrenal metastases
- Hemangioblastoma with late leptomeningeal metastasis: a case report
Abhrarup Roy, MD
Medical School
MD - Cooper Medical School of Rowan University - 2023
Residency
Radiation Oncology - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - Internal Medicine, Inspira Health Network - 2024
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- No significant salt or sweet taste preference or sensitivity differences following ad libitum consumption of ultra-processed and unprocessed diets: a randomized controlled pilot study
- SeqEnhDL: sequence-based classification of cell type-specific enhancers using deep learning models
- Metabolic Profiling of Blood and Urine for Exploring the Functional Role of the Microbiota in Human Health
- Taste the pain: The role of TRP channels in pain and taste perception
- Gene co-expression networks are associated with obesity-related traits in kidney transplant recipients
Olga Russial, DO
Medical School
DO - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - 2020
Residency
Radiation Oncology - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - Internal Medicine, Inspira Health Network - 2021
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- No significant salt or sweet taste preference or sensitivity differences following ad libitum consumption of ultra-processed and unprocessed diets: a randomized controlled pilot study
- SeqEnhDL: sequence-based classification of cell type-specific enhancers using deep learning models
- Metabolic Profiling of Blood and Urine for Exploring the Functional Role of the Microbiota in Human Health
- Taste the pain: The role of TRP channels in pain and taste perception
- Gene co-expression networks are associated with obesity-related traits in kidney transplant recipients
Robert L. Walker, III, MD, MS
Medical School
MD - Howard University College of Medicine - 2018
MS - Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah - 2019
Residency
Radiation Oncology - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Internship - General Surgery, Boston Medical Center- 2020
Fellowship - Neurosurgery Pre-residency, Boston Medical Center - 2023
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Cerebrospinal fluid galactomannan detection for the diagnosis of central nervous system aspergillosis: a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis
- Conical drill bit for optimized external ventricular drain placement: a proof-of-concept study
- Surgical Morbidity in Relation to the Surgical Approach for Olfactory Groove Meningiomas—A Pooled Analysis of 1016 Patients and Proposal of a New Reporting System
- Audiologic Natural History of Small Volume Cochleovestibular Schwannomas in Neurofibromatosis Type 2
- Docosahexaenoic acid pretreatment confers protection and functional improvements after acute spinal cord injury in adult rats
Alumni
- Omoruyi Credit Irabor, MD, MPH - 2020-2024 - Central Cancer Care Center
- Muneeb Niazi, DO - 2020-2024 - University of Washington
- Ayesha Ali - 2019-2023 - Penn Medicine at Lancaster General Hospital
- Joseph Lombardo - 2019-2023 - MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
- Ryan Miller - 2019-2023 - Kaiser Permanente
- Victor Chen - 2018-2022 - The Oregon Clinic, P.C.
- James Taylor - 2018-2022 - GenesisCare
- Christian Fernandez - 2017 - 2021 - Cook Radiation Oncology Group
- Benjamin Greenberger - 2017 - 2021 - University of Pittsburgh
- Gregor Manukian – 2016-2020 – Berks Radiation Oncology Associates
- Andrew Song – 2016-2020 – Inova Schar Cancer Institute
- David Gasalberti – 2019-2020 – AtlantiCare
- Brittany Simone – 2015-2019 – SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Joseph Marascio – 2017-2019 – Atlanta VA Health Care System
- Shivank Garg – 2015-2019 – Pioneer Valley Radiation Oncology
- Gaurav Shukla – 2014-2018 – Christiana Care Health System and University of Pennsylvania
- Noelle Williams – 2014-2018 – Southeast Radiation Oncology Group, P.A.
- Kamila Nowak Choi – 2013-2017 – University of Maryland
- Hyun Kim – 2013-2017 – Washington University in St. Louis
- Tu Dan – 2012-2016 – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Joshua Palmer – 2012-2016 – The Ohio State University
- Harriet Eldredge-Hindy – 2011-2015 – University of Louisville
- Kosj Yamoah – 2011- 2015 – Moffitt Cancer Center & Research
- Joshua Siglin – 2010-2014 – University of Pittsburgh
- Matthew Witek – 2010-2014 – University of Maryland
- Colin Champ – 2009-2013 – Allegheny Health Network
- Mark Mishra – 2009-2013 – University of Maryland
- Nitin Ohri – 2008-2012 – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Xinglei Shen – 2008-2012 – University of Kansas
- Robert Den – 2007-2011 – Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- Evan Wuthrick – 2007-2011 – Moffitt Cancer Center
- Shannon Fogh – 2006-2010 – University of California, San Francisco
- Michal Whiton – 2006-2010 – Skagit Valley Regional Hospital
- Gregory Kubicek – 2007-2009 – MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
- Ruben Fragoso – 2005-2009 – University of California, Davis
- Timothy Showalter – 2005-2009 – University of Virginia
- Gregory Russo – 2004-2008 – Dartmouth Hitchcock Radiation Oncology
- Aradhana Kaushal – 2003-2007 – University of Kentucky
- Catherine Kim – 2003-2007 – Virtua Hospital
- Mary Frances McAleer – 2002-2006 - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Igor Poltinnikov – 2002-2006 - UPMC HIllman Cancer Center, Excela Health
- Gabriella Wernicke – 2001-2005 - Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
- Tracy McElveen – 2001-2005 - Radiation Therapy Clinics of Georgia
- Lisa Febles-Henson – 2001-2005 - Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Luba Scally – 2004-2005 (Fellow)
- Heather Lee – 2000-2004 - Associates in Radiation Medicine
- Christopher Chen – 1999-2003 - GenesisCare
- Vera Nigrin – 1998-2002 (Neuro-Oncology Fellow) - SSM Health
- Sylwester J. Dziuba – 1998-2002 - Ascension Saint Agnes Radiation Oncology Services
- Deborah Ann Butzbach – 1998-2002 - Penn Medicine at Virtual Health
- Samuel Hughes – 1997-2001 - Hughes Cancer Care, Ltd.
- Sunjay Shah – 1997-1997 (Neuro-Oncology Fellow) - ChristianaCare Hospitals
- Richard Hudes – 1996-2000 - Ascension Saint Agnes Radiation Oncology Services
- Dwight Heron – 1996-2000 - Bon Secours Mercy Health System
- Courtney Coke – 1996-1997 (Neuro-Oncology Fellow) - Advocate Medical Group
- Eric Gressen – 1995-1999 - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- Ruth Massuda – 1995-1996
- Steven DiBiase – 1995-1999 - Weill Cornell Medicine
- Shari Rudoler – 1995-1996 (Neuro-Oncology Fellow) - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- Lawrence Minarik – 1994-
- Tony Lee – 1994-1998
- Mark Ono – 1993-1997
- David Suh – 1993-1997
- Shimett Williamson – 1994-1996
- Kirah Mehta – 1992-1994
- Vasudha Lingareddy – 1992-1996
- James Stevens – 1991-1995
- Desiree Doncals – 1991-1995 - Summa Physicians, Inc.
- Et-Tsu Chen – 1991-1994
- Neelofur Ahmad – 1991-1993
- Marc Rudoltz – 1990-1994
- Jack Sandford – 1990-1994
- Douglas Miller – 1990-1990
- Kenneth Zeitzer – 1989-1993 - Einstein Healthcare Network
- Mark Alden – 1989-1993
- Christine Birchansky – 1988
- William Regine – 1988-1992 - University of Maryland
- Robert Tobin – 1987-1991
- Danny Lee Curtis – 1987-1990
- Abne Hasan – 1987-1990
- Judith Lightsey – 1986-1990
- Parvesh Kumar – 1986-1989
- James Lamer – 1986-1989
- Thomas Canty – 1985-1989
- William Grizos – 1985-1987, 1987-1988 (Fellow)
- Gregg Dickerson – 1984-1988
- Richard Yelovich – 1984-1986, 1987 (Fellow)
- Lawrence Dardick – 1983-1987
- Lydia Komarnicky – 1983-1986, 1986 (Fellow) - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- Merrill Solan – 1983-1986
- Marcia Gooberman – 1982-1985
- Joseph Lanzillo – 1982-1986
- Lawrence Solin – 1981-1982
- David Nagel – 1981-1982
- Victor Onufrey – 1981-1984
- Beatrice Bloom – 1981-1984
- Albert Scariato – 1980-1982
- Alan Shaiman – 1980-1982
- Jeffrey Wenger – 1979-1981, 1982-1984
- Douglas Colkitt – 1979-1983
- David Moylan – 1979-1982
- Richard Whittingdon – 1979-1981
- William Steinberg – 1978-1979
- Lawrence Coia – 1978-1982
- Jerome Derdel – 1979-1982
- Gary Fisher – 1977-1980
- Nalini Mehta – 1977
- Hyesook Chang – 1977-1980
- Corrine Devereus – 1976
- David Ross – 1976-1978
- Tri Nguyen – 1976-1979
- John McDay – 1977-1980
- Joseph Scogna – 1976-1977
- Bruce Borgelt – 1975-1979
- Reva Oren – 1975-1977
- Cornelius Turalba – 1974-1977, 1977-1978 (Fellow)
- Elida Rouby – 1974-1977, 1977-1978 (Fellow)
- Harry Katz – 1974-1977
- Philip Harber – 1974-1975
- Isaac Vaisman – 1973-1976
- William Sieper – 1973-1976, 1976-1977 (Nuclear Medicine Resident)
- Robert Lustig – 1973-1976
- Donald Tilton – 1972-1974
- Alan Cohler – 1972-1975
- Chan K. Chung – 1972-1975
- Alexander Haas – 1972-1973 (Fellow)
- Robert Fishburn – 1971-1974
- Ralph Dobelbower – 1971-1974
- John Clement – 1971-1974
- Alvaro Vallejo – 1971-1973 (Fellow)
- Elio Viera – 1971-1972 (Fellow)
- Chaiyaport Pichetshote – 1970-1971
- Chan Park – 1968-1969 (Nuclear Medicine)
- Paul DeMare – 1968-1971
- Juliana Simmons – 1967-1969
- Sucha Asbell – 1967-1971
- Joseph Stella – 1966-1969
- Stanley Harris
- Cornelia Dettmer – 1966-1969
- Walter Gunn – 1962-1964
- Carl Mansfield – 1960-1963, 1964-1966 (Fellow)