RADIOLOGY

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Location — Akron General Medical Center
Duration — 4 weeks
Number of Students — 1

Director(s) —
Mitchel Fromm, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology
400 Wabash Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44307
1-330-344-6448

Teaching Faculty —
Mitchel Fromm, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology

Objectives:

• To give the student exposure to Radiation Oncology’s role in the treatment of patients and to the therapeutic uses of radiation in dealing with cancer patients.

Description:

• Provide the student with a familiarity of the instrumentation and their therapeutic uses, as well as treatment planning procedures.
• Emphasis will be placed on the procedures used in therapy and treatment as a part of solutions to patients’ oncologic needs.
• Study under the supervision of the radiation therapist/oncologist at each hospital.
• Emphasis will be placed on patient history, clinical findings, pathology, treatment and prognosis of new patients.
• An extensive exposure to as many cancer cases as possible will take place, emphasizing the related problems involved in treatment. A brief written report or presentation on an assigned subject may be required. The interesting case file will be available for review and discussion.

Night Call/Special Requirements: None