Matthew J. Farrell

@TrudyWuMD, @AnnRaldow_MD, and I wrote a kindly worded letter about residency application personal statements. Our gratitude to all the med students who inspired it! @NEJM @dgsomucla @UCLAHealth nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Thank you to the examiners from @UCLA, @cityofhope, and our extended community/friends for participating in our inaugural mock oral course. Your partnership is invaluable as we establish and build upon the program!

T-2 months until oral boards. The registration link is now open for our UCLA/COH mock oral course! Spots are limited. uclacohmockoralscourse.rsvpify.com

@d_golden @IJROBP @sueyom Beautiful, moving, important story. Thank you for writing and sharing it.

Thanks to @IJROBP & @sueyom for allowing me to share my #mentalhealth journey, "After #Burnout: Reigniting the Flame." I hope this essay can help others out there in medicine that might be struggling. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #physicianburnout #anxiety #depression #wellness

Fantastic visiting professor lecture ⁦@UCLAHealth⁩ from the visionary ⁦@max_diehn⁩, presenting on features of radiation resistance, ctDNA, and cfRNA! ⁦@AnnRaldow_MD⁩ ⁦@TrudyWuMD⁩ ⁦@mattfarrellmd⁩

Pleased to share the primary endpoint analysis of the LUNAR trial out in @JCO_ASCO ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…. The addition of 177Lu-PNT2002 to SBRT improved PFS and HT-FS over SBRT alone, without a significant increase in toxicity, in men with oligometastatic prostate cancer

Such a joy for Dr. Puja Venkat and me to work with and learn from other artists in our rad onc community. Looking forward to reading and writing more poetry together! @IJROBP @ASTRO_org @UCLAHealthJCCC

NEW on the ASTRO Blog: "A Dose of Poetry," by Matthew J. Farrell, MD, MFA, Poetry Editor, International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics @mattfarrellmd @IJROBP Read it now: ow.ly/7Zon50Xr95Q

Hi med students! Join us for this @ASTRO_org Q&A Webinar on Tuesday Nov 4th at 8 PM EST. Excited to meet and chat about our field! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regist…

⁦@AmarUKishan⁩ giving a masterclass lecture on oligometastatic prostate cancer in Trainees’ Day ⁦@FacRadOncology⁩ ⁦@RANZCRcollege⁩

Congratulations to @AmarUKishan on receiving the 2025 Steven A. Leibel Memorial Award, one of the highest honors in radiation oncology, presented by @ASTRO_org and @ABR_Radiology. bit.ly/3ILwltS

@crodriguezrusso Thanks for coming and sharing your wonderful insights!

@mattfarrellmd oops I misspelled your name… need your copywriting skills! 😆

Right now at #astro25: a Red Journal poetry workshop led by Drs. Ferrell and Venkat! Love seeing the budding artistic community in #radonc

If you’re still at #ASTRO25 Wednesday morning, please join us for a poetry workshop hosted by @IJROBP, 9-11am in the Early Career & Mentoring Lounge. No prior poetry or writing experience needed! The first 30 people to arrive get a free gift 🎁

Join us today at Pie Punks! 3:30 PM @AnnRaldow_MD @mattfarrellmd

Come hang out with us at @ASTRO_org! We look forward to meeting you!

Rad onc applicants- we would love to meet you and chat more about our program! ☀️🏖️

As personal statements get their final edits tonight, keep this in mind: ‘When your story is out there in the world, people will absorb it, be moved by it, see themselves in it. They’ll feel less alone. And a little more daring" @NEJM

Check out the new updates to #RadOncCalc and @RadoncTables available now on all platforms (iOS, Android, web) Rad Onc Tables IOS ➡️ is.gd/tnqpTT Android ➡️ is.gd/dzc9xH Rad Onc Calc IOS ➡️ is.gd/txHOue Android ➡️ is.gd/HzIP5x

After a year of clinical rotations in which a medical student learns to face death up close, her experience on a silent meditation retreat provides her with new perspective on death and life. Read the Perspective by Grace Yi, MSPH: nej.md/4eQLkhD

Check out this stunning, poignant, empathetic essay by Grace Yi, a medical student at @dgsomucla whom I had the privilege of teaching (but mostly learning from) in a recent narrative medicine workshop: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…