Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program

Program Identity & Fit

Loma Linda University's Radiation Oncology residency is a small, academic, university-based program (one to two residents per year) embedded in a 797-bed tertiary/quaternary medical center that serves as a Level I trauma center for over 25% of California, with a mission-driven, Seventh-day Adventist institutional identity. Residents train across the full technical spectrum of the specialty, including proton therapy (a distinguishing capability given Loma Linda's history as home to the world's first hospital-based proton unit), IMRT, SBRT, stereotactic radiosurgery, and brachytherapy, in both adult and pediatric populations. Research is structurally supported through a dedicated multi-specialty resident research and quality-improvement committee, and resident awards history (Roentgen Research Awards, AOA, national society young investigator honors) indicates active, sustained scholarly output rather than incidental research participation. Alumni outcomes split fairly evenly between academic destinations (Stanford, Harvard, UCSD) and community/private practice settings, and faculty are predominantly Loma Linda-trained, reflecting a program that values continuity, mentorship, and long-term institutional identity over external prestige-signaling.