Terry Williams: To those who stayed and accepted change – Thanks

Terry Williams, Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the City of Hope, shared on X/Twitter:

“I am very proud of our progress. Much has changed in the last 2-3 years and we have grown so fast as an organization. Clinically, major growth in SoCal with 28-33% increases in gross revenues and wRVU productivity, with significant increases in treatment starts.

All the while, maintaining extremely high levels of operational efficiency. On the academic side, we have seen year-over-year growth in research funding (>90% growth in the last 3 years), Radonc PI-led clinical trials (209% growth), and trial accruals by RadOncs (222% growth).

Not to mention many new faculty PI funded clinical trials. Growth in publications, 100s per year with >25% increase in median impact factor. Investments in unification of our RT planning software and hardware, roll-out of auto-segmentation, common EMR, and SGRT programs.

Together with our conceptual integration and standardization through our new Radonc Disease Teams, and quality programs (ASTRO APEx, toxicity reporting, peer review): All serves to enhance collaboration, efficiencies, and connectivity.

Proud that our Press-Ganey patient satisfaction scores are higher than the average for City of Hope (94%tile vs 89%tile). Changes to our residency program, and growth of our RTT programs highlights our commitment to education.

We have started to leverage our vast RadOnc Network across 4 counties including LA, Orange, Riverside, and SB). The addition of our new centers in Phoenix, Atlanta, and Chicago will further boost our missions.

Thankful for M Caligiuri, J Walker, R Stone, S Rosen, V Trisal, V Jensen, A Lee, J Trent, Edward S. Kim, many others for providing the opportunity to transform City of Hope – Department of Radiation Oncology. Very appreciative of our internal leadership team (Louis M, Phyllis B, A Liu, L Botnick, Milt H, Kim H)as well.