
John Plastaras
@johnplastaras
Radiation Oncologist at Penn Medicine. Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. #lymphomaniac Views are my own.
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28-10-2024 22:32:46
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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



Has anyone used low dose RT for OA after a joint replacement? These are desperate patients. Mechanism? #LDRT_OA Chirag Shah #PPMCRadOnc Heidi Prather

9 days to launch of Project Epimetheus Penn Radiation Oncology Residency at Presby. Shout out to @LFDriscoll for a record-breaking LINAC fit out! #6DOF #HyperSight #PPMCRadOnc

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


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


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


5 days to Project Epimetheus Penn Radiation Oncology Residency at Presby. Big ups to the RTT team, led by Rodel Hidalgo! Helping build their playground… #PPMCRadOnc

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

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



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 is ready for patients Penn Radiation Oncology Residency at PPMC! Therapists all trained up - Dosimetry has planned, and Practice Managers have everyone in order! Penn Medical Physics Residency Penn Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center #PPMCRadOnc


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


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

🙏🏽 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


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…

🚨ASTRO and RT in the News: Low-dose RT for non-cancerous conditions. The Washington Post Gopal K. Bajaj, MD, MBA, FASTRO Sameer Keole Neha Vapiwala ASTRO Chair Howard Sandler catheryn yashar

Concrete poured and lots of math: 1,356 yds=5.5 million pounds =458 🐘=1,375 F-150s 🛞=2,644 Liberty Bells 🛎️ West Philly News 💪🏽🚜🥨🍺 #ProjectAtlas Penn Radiation Oncology Residency Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center #RadOnc #protontherapy
