Our Recent Graduates
Our department has a long standing history of hiring many of its own graduates, primarily due to the fact that there is a confidence present in knowing that we have done an excellent job of training our residents for success.

Program Director, Michael Milano, MD, PhD, with former resident Carl Peterson, MD.
2022
- Christopher Doucette, M.D. - Dr. Doucette is employed by Central Connecticut Radiation Oncology as a Radiation Oncologist.
2021
- Khush Aujla, M.D. - Dr. Aujila is working as an attending Radiation Oncologist at the University of Rochester. His special interest is brachytherapy and he is gaining plenty of experience in his new role. Dr. Aujla and his wife recently welcomed their first child.
- Michael Stolten, M.D. - Dr. Stolten is working as an attending Radiation Oncologist at Rochester Regional. He and his wife Amanda are happy to be staying in Rochester where they have made many friends.
2020
- Justin Budnik, M.D. - Justin Budnik is working as an attending Radiation Oncologist at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, New York. He is glad that he, his wife and sons are living close to extended family in a small town.
- Sara Hardy, M.D. - Sara Hardy is staying at the University of Rochester. She has joint faculty appointments in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurology, and was awarded a James P Wilmot Cancer Center Fellowship (which provides research support to junior faculty) She is happy to be able to continue her career in Rochester.
- John Kang, M.D., Ph.D. - John Kang is now a faculty member at the University of Washington, where he will continue his research pursuits in artificial intelligence and machine learning in Radiation Oncology. He is excited to explore Seattle with his new bride.
2019
- Nicholas DeNunzio, M.D., Ph.D. - Pediatric Proton Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard; Director of Proton Therapy, Hackensack Meridian Health Network, John Theurer Cancer Center
- Jaipreet Suri, M.D. - Academic position at the University of Michigan
2018
- Michael Cummings, M.D. - Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester
2017
- Derek Bergsma, M.D. - Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester
- Paul Youn, M.D. - Unity Healthcare, Lafayette Radiation Oncology in Lafayette, Indiana
2016
2015
- Ali Mazloom, M.D. - Tacoma Valley Radiation Oncology Center
- Kristina Maletz Novick, M.D. - Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
2014
- Carl R. Peterson III, M.D., M.S. - Mercy Health System
2013
- Kevin Bylund, M.D. - Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester
- Michael O’Neill, M.D. - Radiation Oncology Associates of Lynchburg, VA
2012
- Praveena Cheruvu, M.D. - Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester, followed by Dayton Physician Network, Dayton, OH
- Sughosh Dhakal, M.D. - Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester
2011
- Sheema Chawla, M.D. - Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
2010
- Su Metcalfe, M.D., M.P.H. - Radiation Oncology Associates, Concord, NH
2009
- Deepinder Singh, M.D. - Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester
- Kenneth Usuki, M.D. - Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester