Incorporating Palliative Care program in Radiation Oncology

Anish Butala shared a post on LinkedIn by Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology, adding:

“Thrilled to announce the below opportunity!

Please share with your network and any Radiation Oncologist who may be interested in obtaining dual-board certification.

Excited to collaborate with Drs. Neha Vapiwala and Laura Dingfield on building this educational program.

We look forward to meeting potential candidates!”

Quoting Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology’s post:

“If you’re a Radiation Oncologist who is interested in becoming board certified in Hospice/Palliative Medicine, then we encourage you to apply to our new 1-year ACGME-accredited fellowship track.

Through this specialized offering, you will expand your skill set in complex symptom management and serious illness communication to care for patients with advanced disease.

Fellows will rotate with a metastatic disease radiotherapy service, treating a high volume of complex, re-irradiation and spine SRS cases in a multi-disciplinary spine program.

This is in addition to completing all required HPM rotations.

New graduates will be able to sit for oral Radiation Oncology boards and HPM boards in 2025, resulting in dual-board certification.

Applications are now open. Learn more and apply today.”

Rahul Gosain, Co-Host of Oncology Brothers podcast,shared Anish Butala’s post, adding:

“Palliative care should be an essential part of training in every field medical specialty! Anish Butala thanks for incorporating/initating this program in Radiation Oncology.”

Anish Butala is the Associate Director of Clinical Operations at Penn Medicine, where he also serves as the Director of the Spine Radiotherapy Program and Chief of the Palliative Radiotherapy Service. He specializes in Radiation Oncology.