2025 Annual Meeting
American Bookbinders Museum ∙ San Francisco, CA
Tuesday, September 30, 6:30pm
Annual membership
Your dues help to support free membership and dinner for KASTRO residents, fellows, and medical students, as well as the research awards, and other KASTRO initiatives.
Your dues help to support free membership and dinner for KASTRO residents, fellows, and medical students, as well as the research awards, and other KASTRO initiatives.
Membership and dinner are free for residents, fellows, and medical students
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Program
6:00 - 6:30 | REGISTRATION AND HORS D’OEUVRES
6:30 - 6:45 | WELCOME REMARKS AND KASTRO UPDATES | Dr Yong Cha, President, KASTRO
6:45 - 7:00 | KOSRO WELCOME | Dr Hee Chul Park, President, KOSRO
7:00 - 7:30 | VARIAN SPONSORED SESSION
Research Collaboration with Varian Medical Systems
Dr Deepak Khutia, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs & Chief Medical Officer, Varian
7:30 - 8:10 | EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Introduction and moderated by Dr Henry Park, Scientific Director, KASTRO
KASTRO Resident Research Grant Award Presentation | Dr Young Suk Joseph Kwon, PGY5 resident, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, “EPIC-26 longitudinal analysis of prostatic urethral lift implant with stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for men with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia“
KASTRO Resident Research Grant Award Presentation | Dr Sangwoo Shawn Kim, PGY5 resident, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, “Tracking changes in B cell mediated antibody responses in cervical cancer patients treated with chemoradiation and immunotherapy on GOG 9929“
Recognition of KASTRO/KOSRO Research Grant recipient | Dr Elaine Cha, PGY5 resident, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, “Outcomes of patients with intracranial germinoma enrolled on the pediatric proton photon consortium registry“
8:10 - 8:25 | AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Scientific session awards | Dr Henry Park and Dr Yong Cha
KASTRO 2nd Lifetime Achievement Award | Dr Chul Ha and Dr Yong Cha
8:25 - 8:30 | ANNOUNCEMENTS | Dr Yong Cha, President, KASTRO
8:30 - 8:35 | CLOSING REMARKS | Dr Chul Ha, on behalf of the Board of Directors and Emeritus, KASTRO
2025 L E A D E R S H I P
President Yong Cha
Vice President Nathan Kim
Secretary Anna Lee
Treasurer Stella Yoo
Membership Director & Historian Ellen Kim
Early Career Patrick Oh
International Relations Yong Cha & Hye Ri Han
Public Relations Joseph Kim
Resident Representatives Jino Park & Justin Park
Scientific Committee Chair Henry Park
Social Chair Robert Kwon
B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S
Chul Soo Ha
Isabelle Choi
Joseph Song
John Suh
Julia Oh
Sara Kim
Seung Shin Hahn
Song Kang
Sung Kim
Young Chan Ahn
E M E R I T U S
Chung-Taik Chung
Hak Choy
Robert Y. Kim
Song Chu Arthur Ko
Many thanks to Varian, A Siemens Healthcare Company, for sponsoring the 2025 KASTRO Annual Meeting
