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To: ARRO Executive Committee
Statement of Interest
Collaboration, leadership, service and excellence are values I hold dearly and will seek to implement if I
am honored to serve on the ARRO committee. As one of only two residents in my current program, I
realized the importance of those values in my service and training. Despite attempts at standardization
by governing bodies regulating medical education, such as ACGME and other entities, the experience is
highly variable from one program to another; moreover, although program directors establish a system
to bring good education to the programs, it’s ultimately in the hands of the residents to shape their own
experience. That being said, I’m very interested in optimizing my own residency experience as well as
that of all my colleagues both internally and external of my program.
As a professional in multiple capacities prior to attending medical school, I am thankful to have the
leadership and service experience necessary to effectively interact with a large and diverse set of
individuals. My years in research and managing projects, with resultant publications and presentations,
gave me an understanding and a deep respect for researchers and medical scientists. As a consultant at
PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Health Industries Advisory division, I had the opportunity to interact
with leaders and businesses to help them shape and optimize their organizations. As an educator who
established a non-profit tutoring organization, I realized the importance of setting the ground-work for a
solid education, training and growth.
As a member of executive/advisory committees and boards, I have seen how individuals can work
together as a team to bring about excellence and advancements. I thrive in overcoming hurdles and I
rejoice in small successes leading to overall improvements, but I’ll always strive for large positive
impacts by and for both my colleagues and myself. With this same relentless passion I added to these
committees, I would also like to contribute to the ARRO Executive Committee, amidst the like-minded
individuals committed to the same career path.
I am driven by a vision of teamwork and strong passion for bringing the “best” care to cancer patients
across the nation and ultimately the world. In order to accomplish that, the upcoming generation’s
trainees in Radiation Oncology, amongst other oncology fields, must obtain the best training, tools and
resources. I want to take part in making that happen. It would be an honor and a pleasure to serve as a
member of ARRO’s Executive Committee and to realize all its goals.

NEVINE MIKHAIL HANNA
2123 E. Ocean Blvd. | nevineh@ucla.edu
Long Beach, CA 90803 (714) 856-4477
EDUCATION
Aug 2012 – present RESIDENT, Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center
Jun 2011 – Jul 2012 INTERN, St Mary Medical Center – UCLA Internal Medicine program
July 2006 – Jun 2011 DOCTOR OF MEDICINE, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Jun 2007 – Aug 2007 FELLOW, Internal Medicine Chief’s Fellowship, Department of Radiation Oncology
University of California, Los Angeles
Sep 2003 – Jun 2005 MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, School of Public Health, Health Services, Executive Program in
Health Care Management and Policy
University of California, Los Angeles
Delta Omega Honor Society
Sep 1997 – Dec 2001 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, School of Biological Sciences, Biological Sciences,
Specialization in Microbiology
University of California, Irvine
Graduate with honors from Biological Sciences Honors Program, Campus-wide Honors Program,
UCI Dean’s List, National Dean’s List, Chancellor’s Recognition for Excellence in Research, National
Scholar Leadership Award, Alpha Epsilon Delta Premed Honor Society, Golden Key International
Honour Society.
Jun 2001 – Sep 2001 FELLOW, American Heart Association, Department of Vascular Surgery
Stanford University, California
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jun 1996 – Jul 2012 Tutor, multiple settings/locations/levels/subjects, part-time
Sep 2005 – Jul 2006 Consultant, Health Industries Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Global Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences (GPHS) Division:
Biomedical Strategy Group (BSMG):
Health Research Institute Rotation:
Payor/Provider Division:
International Health Industries Services and Development:
Jun 2002 – Aug 2005 Project Manager, Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine
Irvine, California
Aug 2004 – Dec 2004 Consultant, Los Angeles Free Clinic (Melrose and Beverly sites)
Los Angeles, California
May 2004 – Nov 2004 Consultant, Cedars Sinai Medical Group, Summer Field Project for UCLA, CA
May 1999 – Sep 2002 Front Office Manager/Back office Assistant, Advantage Plus Medical Center, Irvine, CA
Jun 1997 – May 2002 Regional Manager, AAA Animal Hospital and other branches, Orange County, CA

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RESEARCH PROJECTS
Apr 2007 – Jun 2011 Department of Radiation Oncology & Department of Internal Medicine Collaborative Research,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Chief’s Fellow Awardee. Evaluating the efficacy and feasibility of a patient-centered navigation program
to enhance access to cancer care and clinical trials for low-income and minority patients for augmenting
patient satisfaction and individual well-being. Examining the characteristics of medically underserved
patients who chose navigation in order to optimize program and community resources. Developing a new
lay-patient navigator model to better fit the needs of the community.
Apr 2007 – Dec 2007 Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Examined the effects of a pharmaceutical agent on the retraction of the progression of Glioblastoma
Multiform lesions in patients as assessed by MR perfusion weighted imaging analysis and other MRI
imaging sub-modalities. Furthermore, we hoped to achieve automation of MRI imaging lesion evaluation
via prototype software programs.
Jun 2002 – Aug 2005 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Beckman Laser Institute, Irvine, Ca, and Dept of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UC Irvine, Orange, CA
Adapted Frequency Domain Photon Migration (FDPM), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Multi-
Photon Microscopy (MPM) and other prototype technological
Mar 2000 – Mar 2002 Department of Pharmacology, UC Irvine, College of Medicine, Irvine, CA
Set up and executed experiments to examine the cardiovascular effects of Estrogen through the specific
cyclooxygenase enzyme pathway. Collected and analyzed data using the following laboratory techniques;
Westerm Blot, overnight vessel incubation, microvessel preparation, and ovariectomy.
Jun 2001 – Aug 2001 Vascular Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
American Heart Association Fellow. Set up and analyzed results of experiments examining the effects of
Alpha Tocopherol on the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmal (AAA) degeneration in the Rodent model.
Experiments involved surgery, immunohistochemistry, Western Blot analyses, and protein assays.
Mar 2001 – Jun 2001 Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, Irvine, CA
Compiled a record of references indicating the prevalence of melanoma in multiple specific populations
(assembled a book of reference for all information found on the topic for use in grant preparation).
PUBLICATIONS
Most Recent Published Papers:
Hanna NM, Waite W, Taylor K, Jung WG, Mukai D, Matheny E, Kreuter L, Wilder-Smith P, Brenner M, Chen Z.
Feasibility of Three Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Optical Doppler Tomography (ODT)
of Malignancy in Hamster Cheek Pouches. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery 2006; 24:402-9. PMID: 16875451
Hanna NM, Jung WG, Chen Z, Mahmood U, Mina-Araghi R, Jordan B, Yershov A, Walton R, Brenner M. Optical
coherence tomography evaluation of tracheal inflammation. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Report 2006; 44(14): 145.
Mahmood U, Hanna NM, Han S, Jung WG, Chen Z, Jordan B, Yershov A, Walton R, Brenner M. Evaluation of
Rabbit Tracheal Inflammation Using Optical Coherence Tomography. CHEST 2006; 130(3):863-8. PMID: 16963687
Hanna NM, Saltzman D, Mukai D, Chen Z, Sasee S, Milliken J, Guo S, Jung WG, Colt H, Brenner M. Two-
Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Imaging of the Airway, Lung, and Pleura. J
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005; 129(3): 615-622. PMID: 15746746
Most Recent Abstracts and Presentations:

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Presented (poster): Solomon’s Scholar Annual Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, June 2012
Hanna, NM, Criley, J. Evaluation of Simulation Intervention for Cardiac Examination Competency Curriculum for
Medical Students.
Presented (poster): Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA), Pacific Grove, CA, April 2012
Hanna, NM, Criley, J. Cardiac Examination Competency Curriculum for Medical Students.
Presented (poster): American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Miami, FL, October 2011
Hanna NM, McCloskey SA, Khan D, Cobb E, Steinberg M. Characteristics of Medically Underserved Cancer
Patients Who Choose Navigation.
Presented (poster): Senior Student Scholarship Day, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Hanna NM and Steinberg M. Characteristics of Patients Selecting a Lay Patient Navigator in Underserved
Populations in Radiation Oncology.
Presented (oral): Western Student Medical Research Forum, Carmel, CA, February 2008
Hanna NM, Knapp H, Khan D, Huang D, Streeter O, Freemont A, Steinberg M. Patient-Centered Satisfaction
Measures in a Lay Patient Navigator Program for Underserved Populations in Oncology. Abstract: Journal of
Investigative Medicine 56(1):44–102, 2008
Presented (poster): American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Los Angeles, CA, October 2007
Steinberg M, Hanna NM, Knapp H, Khan D, Huang D, Kwon R, Streeter O, Fremont A. Patient-Centered
Satisfaction and Well Being Assessment in a Lay Patient Navigator Program for Underserved Populations.
Presented (oral): Chief’s Fellowship in Internal Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, August 2007
Hanna NM and Steinberg M. Urban Latino African American Disparities Program: How Lay Patient Navigators
May Influence Healthcare Outcomes.
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Sep 29, 2008 National Public Radio (NPR) “Marketplace” Program
“Hospital Staffers: Health Care Needs Fix”
Jul 12, 2007 Department of Radiology, Thoracic Imaging Group, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
“The McDonald criteria for tumor response assessment”
COMMUNITY SERVICE / TEACHING / LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Healthcare:
Dec 2009 – present Santa Verena Charity, Planning Committee and Leader, Diocese of Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
CA
The major division of this charity organization is to serve the medically indigent and needy in the
United States and all over the world (including Africa, Brazil, Mexico). At the beginning of every year,
we prepare an annual general plan to detail the areas of action for the year and allocate the resources
accordingly. I’m in charge of leading traveling groups of physicians, medical students, social workers,
and other volunteers in setting up and working with local clinics and hospitals. I also have my duties of
seeing patients and presenting to volunteer attendings in the areas of general medicine and in reading
radiographs.
Jan 2007 – Jun 2011 UCLA Healthcare Collaborative, Executive Committee Medical Student Representative, UCLA,
Los Angeles, CA

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The Healthcare Collaborative at UCLA brings together students, alumni, faculty and staff of the
School of Public Health, The Anderson School of Management at UCLA, the School of Medicine at
UCLA, and members of the Southern California health care community. The Collaborative strives to
facilitate the exchange of information, ideas and services thereby educating our health care
professionals and organizations in California and at large. As the medical student representative on the
executive committee, I advised and assisted in executing events such as symposia with expert leaders
and dynamic speakers on important topics in healthcare
Jul 2006 – Jun 2011 Various leadership and volunteer commitments to underserved:
• UCLA Mobile Clinic, Medical Student Volunteer, Hollywood, CA
In conjunction with the Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition (GWHFC), The Mobile Clinic Project
at UCLA is a student-run initiative with the goal of providing basic health care and social services to a
homeless population in Los Angeles, namely in the West Hollywood area. Weekly medical services
are provided in a street setting (with privately mobile exam rooms) of an industrial area of Los
Angeles. The project is run entirely by an interdisciplinary group of UCLA students from the schools
of public health, medicine, and the undergraduate college. As a regular volunteer, I help provide
emergency care, follow-up, and counseling to patients under the supervision of a volunteer attending
physician
• Step-up Clinic for teenagers, Los Angeles, CA
• Common Ground Free Clinic
• LIGA medical services in Mexico City, Mexico
Sept 2006 – Jun 2009 Medical Alumni Association, Medical Student Representative, UCLA DGSOM, Los Angeles, CA
Represent the class to the Medical Alumni Association in Board Meetings. With the support of the
Board of Directors, I organized a “Careers in Medicine Conference” in January 2007, which was well
attended by 250 medical students as well as 50 physicians of all specialties. I helped raise funds for
scholarships for incoming students and proposed innovative ideas to obtain alum support for our
current class
Sep 2006 – Aug 2008 Health Care Symposium, Head Coordinator and Director of Speakers, UCLA DGSOM, Los
Angeles, CA
An annual Southern California symposium organized and presented by five medical student
symposium directors at the UCLA School of Medicine with cutting edge topics and prominent
speakers each year. My specific role was to find expert speakers in field related to the topic of the year.
This year (12 th Annual HCS) our topic was “Markets, Patients and Providers: Healthcare Reform
2008” and this year’s symposium set a record attendance of 800 and brought expectations to a new
level. This year’s speakers included Dr John McDonough, Director of “Health Care For All” in
Massachusetts, Thomas Priselac, CEO of Cedars Sinai, Duane Dauner, President of the California
Hospital Association, and Bob Brook, Director of RAND. Symposium speakers in the past have
included other prominent individuals such as Dr. David Satcher, MD, 16th Surgeon General of the
United States, Al Gore, Michael Dukakis, and Dr. Robert Ross, MD, President and CEO, The
California Endowment
Teaching:
Jan 2012 – Jun 2012 Graduate Medical Education Student Representative, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
Elected by my colleagues to represent them in GME meetings and to voice our concerns and opinions
to the committee at large.
July 2011 – Jun 2012 Palliative Care Committee, Representing Member, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
Participate in frequent meetings to address palliative care issues of our inpatient population. Facilitate
patient and family dynamics and assist in addressing social and professional matters.
July 2011 – Jun 2012 Medical Ethics Committee, Representing Member, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
Represent my colleagues in the residency program on our views, ideas, and new means of dealing with
ethical conflict relating to patient care during our tenure in the program.

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July 2011 – Jun 2012 Medical Education Committee, Representing Member, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach,
CA
Represent my colleagues in the residency program on our views, ideas, and compliance with the
national standards during our tenure in the program.
Sep 2006 – Jun 2008 Committee on Admissions, UCLA DGSOM, Los Angeles, CA
Lead tours for student interviewees, assisted with recruitment, admissions processes and selection
meetings. Participated in recruitment lunch sessions where we presented further information about
UCLA SOM and answered questions pertaining to the interviewing process and school choice
HOBBIES
• SCUBA diving (PADI Rescue Diver, Advanced Diver, and Open Water Certified)
• Photography (including underwater, wedding and travel photography)
• Drama (screenwriting, directing, and producing)
• Paraflying
• Jewelry designer