2023 - 2024 Radiation Oncology Residents
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Jill De Vis, MD, PhD
Chief Resident '24; ABR Holman PathwayHometown: Aalst, Belgium
Undergraduate: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Medical school: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Graduate school: Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Internship: Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Georgia
Research interests: Brain MR imaging parameters as biomarkers for disease
Outside interests: Cycling, architecture, dining
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Austin Dove, MD
Resident '24, Chief Resident '22-23Hometown: Memphis, TN
Undergraduate: Lipscomb University
Medical school: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Internship: University of Tennessee - Nashville
Research interests: Medical education; improving quality of life in cancer patients; clinical trials
Outside interests: Spending time with my wife (Kate) and daughter (Margaret), college football, exercise, cooking
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Samuel Jean-Baptiste, MD
Chief Resident '24, ABR Holman PathwayHometown: Jacksonville, FL
Undergraduate: Emory University
Medical school: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, FL
Internship: Orange Park Medical Center, FL
Research interests: Improving equity in global cancer care; bioinformatics, fluid biopsy and immuno-oncology
Outside interests: Philosophy, biking, stand-up comedy and electronics tinkering
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Kaleb Darrow, MD
Resident '25Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Undergraduate: University of Tennessee
Medical school: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Internship: University of Tennessee Medical Center
Research interests: Healthcare disparities, improving access to cancer care and clinical trials, predictors of treatment failure
Outside interests: Hiking, camping, cooking, college football, professional basketball
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Kyra McComas, MD
Resident '25Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Undergraduate: Santa Clara University, CA
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Internship: Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Transitional Year, Spokane, WA
Research Interests: Global health/oncology, adaptive radiotherapy, advocacy, quality of life
Outside Interests: Hiking, biking, skiing, snowshoeing, writing, reading, history, recipe-developing, cooking, sports, weightlifting, traveling
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Ha Pham, MD, PhD
Resident '25Hometown: Saigon, Vietnam
Undergraduate: College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
Medical School: University of Central Florida
Graduate School: Carnegie Mellon University
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests: Radiosensitizer and biosensor development, DNA damage response, tumor microenvironment
Outside Interests: Singing karaoke, biking, dogs, music
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Hayden Byrd, M.D.
Resident '26Hometown: Austin, Texas
Undergraduate: Sewanee- The University of The South
Medical school: University of Texas at Houston
Internship: University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville
Research interests: Non-small cell lung cancer; SBRT
Outside interests: Community; Lacrosse; Outdoors (backpacking, climbing, caving, mountaineering); Violin; Writing
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Jayden Curry Gracie, M.D.
Resident '26Hometown: Memphis, TN
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: University of Florida
Internship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Internal Medicine Prelim
Research Interests: rare disease, treatment toxicity, particle therapy
Outside Interests: dancing (salsa, bachata), painting, home building and interior design, plugging into my faith community, travel, going to the zoo, shopping, horseback riding, being outdoors, eating good food that other people make, writing and inspiring others to live their best lives
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Michael Kessler, MD
Resident '27Hometown: Nashville, TN
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin
Medical school: University of Tennessee
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Nashville
Research interests: radiation fibrosis, cancer screening/survivorship, nutrition
Outside interests: camping, fishing, intramural soccer/volleyball, fitness/weightlifting, running, Predators hockey
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Gustavo Sosa, MD
Resident '27Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Undergraduate: University of Southern California
Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Research interests: oligometastatic disease; targeted radionuclide therapy
Outside interests: cooking, college football, history, exploring local restaurants, sci-fi movies, travel, spending time with family and friends
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Betsy Crosswhite, MD
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Callie Dacyczyn, MD
Resident' 28