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Resident Core Rotations

Clinical assignments for Radiation Oncology residents are based upon 3-month rotations on eleven individual services, accounting for approximately 42 of the 48 months of training. Five to 6 months of dedicated clinic time is afforded each organ system, providing residents with optimal exposure to the entire spectrum of oncology patients and their treatments.

While the majority of these rotations take place at the Wilmot Cancer Center, which is housed within the University of Rochester Medical Center, residents also rotate to the nearby Highland Hospital Cancer Center and the Pluta Cancer Center, where they gain experience in treating gynecologic and breast cancer.

Each rotation is managed by a single physician faculty member who is able to give the resident assigned to his or her service the one-to-one individual attention needed for an enriching educational experience.

Green Service - Kevin Bylund, MD

Sites: genitourinary & gynecological cancers

Location: Highland Hospital Cancer Center & Wilmot Cancer Center

Red Service - Kimberly Gergelis, MD and Marilyn Ling, MD

Site: breast cancer

Pluta Cancer Center

Orange Service - Yuhchyau Chen, MD, PhD, Department Chair Sites: head and neck & thoracic cancers

Wilmot Cancer Center

Yellow Service - Amit Chowdhry, MD, PhD

Sites: gastro-intestinal cancers Wilmot Cancer Center

White Service - Deepinder Singh, MD

Sites: head and neck & thoracic cancers Wilmot Cancer Center

Purple Service - Michael Milano, MD, PhD

Sites: CNS & thoracic cancers; special procedures - stereotactic radiosurgery Wilmot Cancer Center

Gray Service - Kenneth Usuki, MD

Sites: CNS and skin cancers; special procedures - stereotactic radiosurgery Wilmot Cancer Center

Blue Service - Louis Constine, MD

Sites: CNS, lymphomas, sarcomas, & pediatrics Wilmot Cancer Center

Amber Service – Michael Cummings, MD

Sites: head and neck & genitourinary cancers

Wilmot Cancer Center & Highland Hospital

Gold Service – Haoming Qiu, MD

Sites: gastrointestinal, thoracic & palliation

Wilmot Cancer Center

Pink Service - Hong Zhang, MD, PhD,

Sites: genitourinary

Highland Hospital Cancer Center & Wilmot Cancer Center