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Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

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Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

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MD, University of Illinois Chicago
MHPE, University of Illinois Chicago
Residency, University of Chicago
Daniel W. Golden, MD, MHPE, is Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Rush University. Golden received his MD in 2007 and MHPE in 2017 from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed his radiation oncology residency training at the University of Chicago in 2013. Golden serves as a medical student faculty advisor at Rush Medical College.
Golden is board-certified in radiation oncology. His clinical practice focuses on the treatment of cancers of the head, neck, and chest. Golden’s primary academic focus is medical education including education for medical students and residents as well as patients with cancer. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Radiation Oncology Institute, Radiological Society of North America, and Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence. Golden is chair of the Radiation Oncology Education Collaborative Study Group (ROECSG), an international organization working to develop and disseminate innovations in radiation oncology education. His current research is investigating methods to improve patient-physician communication in the radiation oncology clinic with the goal of reducing patient anxiety through development of the Communicating the External Beam Radiation Experience (CEBRE) graphic narrative discussion guide series in collaboration with the Institute of Design at Illinois Tech. Golden has authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and has contributed chapters to multiple textbooks.
2022
Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia/BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
Mentor, 2021 Conquer Cancer Medical Student Rotation for Underrepresented Populations, ASCO (Celyn Bregio)
Distinguished Educator and Leader, Biological Sciences Division Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Chicago
Visiting Professor (virtual), London Health Sciences Center, Ontario, Canada
2021
Physician Leadership Academy, Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL
Mentor, 2021 Conquer Cancer Medical Student Rotation for Underrepresented Populations, ASCO (Santiago Avila)
2020
Visiting Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Original Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Book Chapters
Golden DW* and Ingledew PA. “Radiation Oncology Education” In Halperin EC, Brady LW, Perez CA, and Wazer DE (Eds.). (2018) Perez & Brady’s Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology. Seventh edition. Philadelphia, PA: LWW.
Zaorsky NG, Trifiletti DM, Golden DW. (2019) General Principles of Radiation Oncology. In: Trifiletti D., Zaorsky N. (eds) Absolute Clinical Radiation Oncology Review. Springer, Cham.
Golden DW and Chandra RA. “Becoming an Educator: Giving Feedback, Supervising Trainees, Formal Didactics.” In Career Development in Academic Radiation Oncology, edited by Chandra RA, Vapiwala N, and Thomas CR Jr., 157–67. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71855-8_13.
Past Research Support
1. U54 CA274291-01 “U54 ROBIN Center: Dynamics of Immune Response in Irradiated Rectal Cancer, Cross Training Core”
  Institutional Principal Investigator for Cross Training Core (PIs: SC Formenti, J Deasy, RR Weichselabum)
  5% FTE salary support
  Priority score = 23, Funding: $125,000 direct costs ($205,000 total costs)
  Funding period 07/01/2022-06/30/2027 - left institution 6/2023
2. 1R25CA240134-01 “Scholars in Oncology-Associated Research (SOAR)” NIH/NCI R25
  Co-Investigator (PI OI Olopade, MD), 5% FTE salary support (1% funded, 4% cost shared)
  PAR-18-478 Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Research Experiences (R25), budget $839,720
  Submitted 9/25/2018, priority score = 21
  Funding period 06/20/2019-5/31/2025 (extended one year due to COVID PHE) - left institution 6/2023
3. “Visual communication design solution to explain external beam radiation” renewal
  Principal Investigator, 5% FTE salary support
  Radiation Oncology Institute Personalized Radiation Therapy RFP, $55,555 budget
  Funding period 12/2021-6/2023
4. “Visual communication design solution to explain external beam radiation”
  Principal Investigator, 5% FTE salary support
  Radiation Oncology Institute Personalized Radiation Therapy RFP, $55,555 budget
  Awarded 4/2019 – funding period 12/2019-11/2020
5. “Communicating the External Beam Radiation Experience (CEBRE): Expansion and National Implementation”
  Principal investigator
  Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence 2018 Pilot Grant, University of Chicago: $2,500
  Funding period 7/2018-6/2019
6. “Illustrated versus textual radiotherapy education for patients”
  Principal investigator
  Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence 2017 Pilot Grant, University of Chicago: $7,200
  Funding period 7/2017-6/2018
7. “Development of an introductory structured didactic radiation oncology curriculum for medical students pursuing a career in radiation oncology”
  Principal Investigator
  Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) Education Scholar Grant #ESCH1308 (RO)
  Funding period 7/2013 - 6/2014, funding $75,000 towards salary support for 20% FTE
  Awarded 5/2013, Funding 8/2013 - 7/2014
8. "Multi-modality image-based assessment of treatment response after ionizing radiation to determine the correlation between tumor metabolic activity and the DNA damage response using a xenograft model of squamous cell carcinoma”
  Co-Investigator (PI: RR Weichselbaum, MD)
  University of Chicago Imaging Research Institute Pilot Project: $21,500 funding
  Project completed 6/2009
9. Student Research Fellowship, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
  Principal Investigator, Summer 2000, ($2,000 funding)

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