John Plastaras (@johnplastaras) 's Twitter Profile
John Plastaras

@johnplastaras

Radiation Oncologist at Penn Medicine. Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. #lymphomaniac Views are my own.

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On the topic of very low dose RT for marginal zone lymphoma #MALT - I love the response-adapted approach by the Heme #womenwhocurie at MDA for even limited stage MZL of orbit and stomach pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38843856/ I’m adopting for young pts with st1 gastric MZL Jillian Gunther

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At 10 yrs old my father took me to a march on Washington to make the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a Holiday. I am honored to deliver the keynote tomorrow. “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.”MLK,Jr.

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Inspiring keynote lecture from Dr. @AlaStanford at the 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Symposium! What an amazing leader!

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8 days to Project Epimetheus Penn Radiation Oncology Residency at Presby. Big ups to Senior Project Manager, Mason Riley - worth his weight in GOLD! Bricks2Beam in under 50 days! #6DOF #HyperSight #PPMCRadOnc #ProjectManagement

8 days to Project Epimetheus <a href="/PennRadOnc/">Penn Radiation Oncology Residency</a> at Presby. Big ups to Senior Project Manager, Mason Riley - worth his weight in GOLD! Bricks2Beam in under 50 days! #6DOF #HyperSight #PPMCRadOnc #ProjectManagement
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7 days to Project Epimetheus Penn Radiation Oncology Residency at Presby. Major milestone: DAAC inspection passed!  Thank you to regulatory team, EHRS, facilities, EVS, IC, security, safety teams and hospital leadership for tireless attention to details! #6DOF #HyperSight #PPMCRadOnc

7 days to Project Epimetheus <a href="/PennRadOnc/">Penn Radiation Oncology Residency</a> at Presby. Major milestone: DAAC inspection passed!  Thank you to regulatory team, EHRS, facilities, EVS, IC, security, safety teams and hospital leadership for tireless attention to details! #6DOF #HyperSight #PPMCRadOnc
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6 days to Project Epimetheus Penn Radiation Oncology Residency at Presby. Hidden heroes – who shields us from danger? Tons of high-density concrete behind drywall! Veritas Medical Solutions packed our vault with unparalleled rapidity!  #PPMCRadOnc #radiationsafety Veritas Shielding

6 days to Project Epimetheus <a href="/PennRadOnc/">Penn Radiation Oncology Residency</a> at Presby. Hidden heroes – who shields us from danger? Tons of high-density concrete behind drywall! Veritas Medical Solutions packed our vault with unparalleled rapidity!  #PPMCRadOnc #radiationsafety <a href="/VeritasMedical/">Veritas Shielding</a>
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4 days to Project Epimetheus Penn Radiation Oncology Residency at Presby. #Thanks to Varian as a steadfast industry partner! Looking forward to ringing all the bells and blowing whistles on state-of-the-art #truebeam with #Hypersight and #6DoF couch… #medphys #PPMCRadOnc

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In 3 days, the once-empty second vault in #PPMCRadOnc comes alive as Project Epimetheus—named for the Titan of afterthought— taking advantage of demolition for the Roberts Proton Center @PPMC-Brilliant planning by Penn Radiation Oncology Residency leadership! #ProtonTherapy #ProjectAtlas Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center

In 3 days, the once-empty second vault in #PPMCRadOnc comes alive as Project Epimetheus—named for the Titan of afterthought— taking advantage of demolition for the Roberts Proton Center @PPMC-Brilliant planning by <a href="/PennRadOnc/">Penn Radiation Oncology Residency</a> leadership!

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Well-being is not a “soft skill.” It’s the foundation of a strong, compassionate, and sustainable residency program. Thank you @ACCGME for continuing to advocate for this. #radonc #MedPhys #AROPAStrong #wellbeing

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Project Epimetheus fires up tomorrow at Penn Radiation Oncology Residency PPMC- my deepest praise and respect for #medphysics maestro, Steve Philbrook. Amazing leadership and work ethic! No extra #Gray hairs with Steve at the wheel! Penn Medical Physics Residency Penn Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center #PPMCRadOnc

Project Epimetheus fires up tomorrow at <a href="/PennRadOnc/">Penn Radiation Oncology Residency</a>  PPMC- my deepest praise and respect for #medphysics maestro, Steve Philbrook. Amazing leadership and work ethic! No extra #Gray hairs with Steve at the wheel!
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Continuing with our #BeyondGME series, huge congrats to Cordy Baffic from Penn Rad Onc Fellowship Penn Medicine on being awarded the CAREs Grant for her incredible project: ”Creating Healthy Eating Habits for Seniors in 19104”. #AROPAStrong #radonc #MedPhys #seniorwellness #HealthyEating

Continuing with our #BeyondGME series, huge congrats to <a href="/CBaffic/">Cordy Baffic</a> from <a href="/PennROFellow/">Penn Rad Onc Fellowship</a> <a href="/PennMedicine/">Penn Medicine</a> on being awarded the CAREs Grant for her incredible project: ”Creating Healthy Eating Habits for Seniors in 19104”. #AROPAStrong #radonc #MedPhys #seniorwellness #HealthyEating
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Channeling my inner 4yo child cheering on construction vehicles! Massive dig for Roberts #ProtonTherapy Center at Penn Medicine Presbyterian-soon to be filled by TONS of concrete 🚜👷🏼‍♀️💪🏽 #ProjectAtlas #ProteusOne Penn Radiation Oncology Residency

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🙏🏽 for COACH PRIME speedy recovery from #BladderCancer as Neha Vapiwala informs FOX 29 viewers about equivalent outcomes of #chemo #radiotherapy bladder preservation with her buddy Mike Jerrick pennmedicine.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=… Penn Urology Penn Radiation Oncology Residency

🙏🏽 for <a href="/DeionSanders/">COACH PRIME</a> speedy recovery from #BladderCancer as <a href="/NehaVapiwala/">Neha Vapiwala</a> informs <a href="/FOX29philly/">FOX 29</a> viewers about equivalent outcomes of #chemo #radiotherapy bladder preservation with her buddy <a href="/MikeFOX29/">Mike Jerrick</a>

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High risk pediatric HL study exploratory analysis showed similar PFS with protons, but much lower dose to heart, lungs, breast. By end of study, 1/3 of pts were receiving protons. Comparison of Contemporary Radiation Therapy Approaches in Combined Mo... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…