INVESTING IN TOP TALENT Prioritizing Education, Recruitment and Team Resilience

Proton therapy treatments continued to grow at a remarkable level as Northern Virginia patients gained access to world-class radiation treatments right in their own backyard. To adjust to the increasing volume of patients we ramped up our clinical recruitment efforts, including:

Adding two new physicians, Sarah Gao, MD, from Yale University and Emily Kowalski, MD, from the University of Maryland

Applying for an accredited Medical Physics Residency program to attract high-level physicists/PhDs who are critical for our

program’s growth.

Inova is in the process of becoming one of the few programs in the country to have an accredited Medical Physics Residency program. Proton therapy allows us to attract the very best physicists to our team, raising our visibility and elevating the care we provide for our patients.

At the same time, we continued to support and invest in our current team members. In 2022, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continued to hit our team of nearly 100 hard as they worked tirelessly to ensure that patients received first-class care, every time and every touch.

Artists-in-Residence are working with Inova Schar team members through a Staff-Care Series, using the arts as a vehicle for mindfulness and stress reduction.