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SPRO’s 7th Annual Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom
SPRO Awards: Accepting nominations!
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2020 Palliative Radiation Symposium at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Seeking Nominations for SPRO Committees
We are now seeking nominations for volunteers to serve on one of five SPRO committees. To nominate either yourself or someone else, please email the SPRO Executive Committee at admin@spro.org and include a paragraph summarizing your interest in one or more of the committees, your relevant skills, and CV. More information on the structure and responsibilities of the committees is located under the membership tab and can also can be found: here.
SPRO’s 6th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
CMS Announces Alternative Payment Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes an innovative payment model in radiation oncology that will align payment to quality and value instead of volume. More information located here.
2019 SPRO Annual Meeting
Report from the 5th Annual Meeting
On October 25th, 2018, in association with the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s 60th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, SPRO held its 5th Annual Meeting. The event was a great success, with 45 members in attendance. Two inaugural awards were announced: the Lifetime Service Award and the Rising Star Award. A report of the Annual Meeting can be found at: http://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/23985/22767
AAHPM Forms a Palliative Radiation Oncology Community
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) recently formed a Palliative Radiation Oncology Community. The group aims to encourage engagement of HPM professionals in promoting palliative radiotherapy and to increase collaboration between palliative care physicians and radiation oncologists. The group will hold its inaugural meeting at AAHPM’s 2019 Annual Assembly in Orlando, Florida. Follow on Twitter @Pall_Rad_Onc
ASTRO membership survey on palliative and supportive care
Just published in PRO! Members of SPRO and ASTRO have completed a national membership survey of radiation oncologists on Palliative and Supportive Care in the United States. Attitudes of Radiation Oncologists Toward Palliative and Supportive Care in the United States: Report on National Membership Survey by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Randy L. Wei, MD, PhD, Malcolm D. Mattes, MD, James Yu, MD, Adrienne Thrasher, Hui-kuo Shu, MD, Harald Paganetti, PhD,Jennifer De Los Santos, MD, Bridget Koontz, MD, Christopher Abraham, MD, Tracy Balboni, M Background/Purpose Radiation oncologists are frequently involved in providing palliative and supportive care (PSC) for patients with advanced…
