ASTRO CEO retiring

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Link to press release

Today, ASTRO announced that our CEO, Laura Thevenot, plans to retire at the end of this year after leading the organization since 2002. During Laura’s tenure at ASTRO, membership grew by over 50% to its current level of more than 10,500 physicians, biologists, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists and other health care professionals.

ASTRO Board of Directors Chair Jeff Michalski, MD, MBA, FASTRO, said, “Under Laura’s leadership, ASTRO has grown into the world’s largest professional association for the radiation oncology community. She greatly expanded our educational and advocacy efforts to ensure that our members stay current on the evolving oncology treatment landscape and that Congress understands the vast benefits that radiation oncology brings to people with cancer. We will miss her greatly but feel confident that when she departs at the end of 2024, she will leave ASTRO a strong, thriving association.”

Other than growing bureaucracy to be supported by more dues-paying members, I'm not sure Ms. Thevenot can point to any real successes in her tenure.

Greater than 20% cut in reimbursement? Check.
Out of control residency expansion? Check
Opaque corporatist goals that don't serve the membership? Check.

Maybe they'll find someone to right the ship? One can hope....

(Let's be serious, they probably won't)

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During Laura’s tenure at ASTRO, membership grew by over 50% to its current level

...due to 2 decades of uncontrolled residency expansion