UCLA Journal of Radiation Oncology January 1, 2022 - Flipbook - Page 11
UCLA RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNAL
CECIL BENITEZ, M.D., PH.D., M.S.
Dr. Benitez was born in Mexico and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. She received her Bachelors from UCLA and MD/PhD from Stanford University,
where she also obtained a MS in Epidemiology and Clinical Research.
She completed her internship at Highland Hospital, a UCSF affiliated
county hospital. She is passionate about patient advocacy, promoting
the advancement of medicine through clinical trials and biomedical research, and mentoring disadvantaged youth.
BETH NEILSEN, M.D., PH.D.
Dr. Beth Neilsen is originally from Wamego, KS. She received her
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with Honors from the Jeffrey
Raikes School of Computer Science and Management within the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then completed her MD/PhD training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her PhD research
utilized bioinformatic approaches to evaluate and identify novel therapeutic targets in Ras-mutated cancers from a genome-wide siRNA
screen, which was supported by an NIH/NCI F30 grant. For her research and overall excellence during her graduate studies, she was selected as the 2018 Praesto Award recipient, an award given to the most
exceptional UNMC graduate each year. Dr. Neilsen then completed a
year of Preliminary training in Internal Medicine at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center where she was recognized and named Prelim of the Year. She is excited to be continuing her training as a resident within the Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA.
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