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Kathryn Winn, MD
Dr. Winn joined Orlando Health in 2019 and is a member of the neonatal intensive care team at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital. She is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine.
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Christa Matrone, MD, EdM, FAAP
Dr. Matrone is board certified in pediatrics and in neonatal-perinatal medicine and serves as the associate program director for the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies. Dr. Matrone is passionate about medical education and strives to create a transformative learning experience in our fellowship program with a focus on autonomy and strong mentoring relationships. In addition to her role in the fellowship, Dr. Matrone is the director of therapeutic hypothermia for the Orlando Health Winnie Palmer NICU, serves on the hospital-wide Ethics Committee, and is on the Complex Care Team, providing care to infants with complicated and chronic medical needs. Her research in medical education focuses on interprofessional training, simulation-based education and effective feedback.
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Jenifer Cuestas, MD, FAAP
Dr. Cuestas was born in Bogota, Colombia and came to the U.S. when she was 16 years old. She considers Miami to be her hometown. She always knew that she wanted to be a pediatrician since she was a little girl.
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Lakshmi Rajkumar, MD
Dr. Rajkumar joined Orlando Health in 2013 and is a member of the neonatal intensive care team at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer. Dr. Rajkumar is board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine.
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About
The Radiation Oncology Physics Residency program is administered within the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute. The cancer center is a unit of Orlando Health, located at the main downtown Orlando campus. In addition to the main campus, there are currently four satellite facilities located in the Orlando Metro area that are a part of our department and all use a common enterprise EMR and treatment planning system. Residency training is mainly concentrated at the main center in downtown Orlando. However, the resident will also have an opportunity to rotate through the satellite facilities, exposing them to different modalities and technologies.
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Technology and Equipment
The Department of Radiation Oncology offers access to state-of-the art machines and technology. We strive to be early adopters of new technology in the field, constantly staying ahead of the curve by updating and purchasing new equipment. Below is a list of the technologies currently available at our downtown campus and the four neighboring satellite facilities, broken down by location.
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Curriculum
At the start of the program, residents are provided with the residency handbook that includes detailed rotation curriculum, that they are expected to follow for the duration of their two-year training. Each rotation’s curriculum provides an overview of the rotation, the rotation duration, learning objectives, reading materials, and the required assignments or competencies. Each competency or skill requires a sign-off by the supervising physicist in order to consider it complete.
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Resident Responsibilities
During the first year, the physics resident attends didactic lectures, conferences, and participates directly in the clinic through a series of structured rotations. The resident works closely with staff physicists and dosimetrists to observe and participate in conventional and IMRT treatment planning, image acquisition, on-board imaging, fusion, registration, dose calculations, design and fabrication of patient treatment aids, treatment machine calibrations, patient and phantom dose measurements, quality assurance procedures, brachytherapy procedures, and other physical and technical tasks performed in the clinic. They will also be responsible for several clinical projects and reports to help strengthen their understanding of the clinic. During this time, the resident should develop basic radiation oncology physics skills and also should develop an overall understanding of the radiation oncology physicist’s and dosimetrist’s role in the clinic.
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Clerkships
Our program welcomes third- and fourth-year medical students. Orlando Health is affiliated with the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, and the University of South Florida College of Medicine. We are also members of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Council of Teaching Hospitals, and the Association for Hospital Medical Education.
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Benefits
Orlando Health offers its residents a competitive comprehensive benefits package. The following is a summary of the various benefits offered at Orlando Health.
