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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Anna (Annie) LaVigne is an Instructor in Radiation Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She pursued a primary undergraduate degree in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology and secondary degree in Studio Art, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College before serving as a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellow. She completed her medical degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, during which time she received the Harry C. Saltzstein Prize in Medical Writing.
Following her internship with the Johns Hopkins Osler Medical Training Program, Dr. LaVigne has aimed to forge an intersection between the health humanities and radiation oncology by leveraging the field as a novel approach to translational research and advancement in health equity and humanism, particularly in palliative oncology. She is a 2021-2022 Health Humanities Distinction Track Scholar, 2022 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Frank L. Coulson Resident Clinical Excellence Award recipient and 2023 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society inductee.
As a resident, she founded and continues to lead Reflection Rounds, a bi-monthly departmental series that inspires collective and individual reflection on diverse themes through visual and narrative art. As a writer and artist herself, her work has been featured in and on the cover of several academic journals, including JAMA Oncology, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics and Practical Radiation Oncology.
Upon joining the faculty, Dr. LaVigne launched the institution and department’s first dedicated palliative radiation service—PRISM (Palliative Radiation in Supportive Medicine)—and joined the Hopkins Breast Oncology group.
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