Rotations and Electives

Clinical Rotations
Our residents are required to complete at least 36 months of clinical rotations during their 4 year residency. Clinical rotations include time spent with Dr. Larner, Dr. Janowski, Dr. McLaughlin, Dr. Romano, Dr. Penberthy, Dr. Luminais and Dr. Showalter at UVA Cancer Center and Dr. Khandelwal at Novant Health UVA Health System Culpeper Medical Center.

Electives
Our residents have elective months every year, starting in PGY-2, to complete research or other interests. Residents are required to take one month of Physics/Dosimetry, one month of Gamma Knife, and occasionally one month of Nuclear Medicine. Here are some examples of electives our residents have chosen to do over the past several years:

• Research
• Boards Prep
• Educational Course
  • Medical Spanish
  • Tropical Medicine
  • Business of Healthcare
  • Biostatistics
  • Fundamentals of Epidemiology
  • Quality Management in Health Organizations
  • Medical Ethics
• Away Rotation
  • Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland
  • Inova in Fairfax
  • Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center in Germany
  • St. Jude in Tennessee
  • MD Anderson in Texas
  • Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
  • UF-Proton Therapy Institute
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • UC-Davis