Dr. Shannon Offerman is the President of Radiation Oncology Associates in Milwaukee, WI, the largest provider of radiation oncology services in Wisconsin. She is a full-time private practice radiation oncologist with special interests in brachytherapy, radiosurgery, gender and health equity. She graduated with her MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin, and completed her radiation oncology residency at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Offerman joined ROA in 2011 after graduating from residency. She has been a writer in various formats all her life, and has also taken up knitting and jewelry-making as creative outlets. She finds that approaching treatment plans and patient care with a sense of creativity adds to her ability to provide the best possible cancer care for patients.
Eva Katsoulakis , M.D. is an experienced radiation oncologist whose passion is to improve the lives of Veterans through the use of data science and health informatics. My work has spanned clinical care to genomics. She is a graduate of MIT, SUNY Downstate, also completed SBRT fellowship at MSKCC.
I have immersed myself in the arts and enjoy learning and the creative process. I have taken singing classes at the Patel Conservatory in Tampa and even auditioned for the X factor so that I could honor my mother who was unable to pursue a career in singing. I have taken film editing classes at NYU and was part of film production for film called Bereave starring Janes Seymour and Malcolm McDowell. I then developed the concept, produced, and acted in a short film called Beautiful in order to raise awareness on acid burn survivors.
I have experience in many of the creative arts, however, my passion lies with art and oil painting. I am currently relearning how to paint with formal instruction and have had the honor of having my art featured on the Red Journal on a few occasions.
Christina Small is a PGY-4 radiation oncology resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She attended undergrad at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, obtained a Master of Public Health degree at Loyola University Chicago, and completed medical school at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. She is passionate about cervical cancer disparities and outcomes research, gender equity, and global health. She currently serves as the Events & Outreach Chair for the Society for Women in Radiation Oncology (SWRO). Outside of work, she loves a good cup of coffee, is an avid reader, enjoys spending time with her family, especially her dog, and is currently learning the art of pottery in a local pottery wheel class.
Dr. Anna (Annie) LaVigne is a Chief Resident in the department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She pursued a primary undergraduate degree in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology and secondary degree in Studio Art, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College before serving as a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellow. She completed her medical degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, during which time she received an Excellence in Medical Student Research award and the Harry C. Saltzstein Prize in Medical Writing. Following her internship in internal medicine with the Johns Hopkins Osler Medical Training Program, Dr. LaVigne has aimed to forge an intersection between the health humanities and radiation oncology by leveraging the field as a novel approach to translational research and advancement in health equity and humanism, particularly in palliative oncology. She is a 2021-2022 Health Humanities Distinction Track Scholar and 2022 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Frank L. Coulson Resident Clinical Excellence Award recipient. Apart from publications, her research has been recognized through several national conference presentation awards and received national grants including an American College of Radiation Oncology Resident Seed Grant and Prostate Cancer Foundation-Pfizer Health Equity Challenge Award, for which she is a Young Investigator. She is the founder and leader of Reflection Rounds, a monthly departmental series that inspires collective and individual reflection on diverse themes through visual and narrative art. As a writer and artist herself, her written and visual work has been featured in several academic journals, including JAMA Oncology and Practical Radiation Oncology.
