{"id":36571,"date":"2026-05-19T10:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=36571"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:26:07","slug":"md-alum-erin-kaya-named-chief-resident-in-radiation-oncology-at-ohsu-mentors-wsu-medical-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/md-alum-erin-kaya-named-chief-resident-in-radiation-oncology-at-ohsu-mentors-wsu-medical-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Alum Erin Kaya Named Chief Resident in Radiation Oncology at OHSU, Mentors Rotating WSU Medical Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Class of 2022 graduate Erin Kaya, MD, was named chief resident Oregon Health Science University\u2019s (OHSU) Department of Radiation Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple WSU medical students have completed rotations with the department, exploring careers in radiation oncology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Class of 2025 graduates Logan Patterson, MD, and Eemon Tizpa, MD, rotated with Dr. Kaya as fourth-year students and later matched into radiation oncology at OHSU for residency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Without Dr. Kaya, I would not have even known where to start when trying to match into the very niche specialty,&#8221; Dr. Patterson said on Match Day. &#8220;Her guidance was instrumental to me understanding the specialty and eventually successfully matching.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3023\/2026\/05\/WSU-Kaya-2-1-792x594.jpg\" alt=\"Three people smiling for a selfie.\" class=\"wp-image-36575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3023\/2026\/05\/WSU-Kaya-2-1-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3023\/2026\/05\/WSU-Kaya-2-1-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3023\/2026\/05\/WSU-Kaya-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3023\/2026\/05\/WSU-Kaya-2-1.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Class of 2022 graduate Erin Kaya, MD, was named chief resident Oregon Health Science University\u2019s (OHSU) Department of Radiation Medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25158,"featured_media":36572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[83,5],"tags":[95,32,73],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36571"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36587,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36571\/revisions\/36587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36571"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=36571"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=36571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}