External Beam Radiation PhysicsTreatment Planning and ReviewLDR planning and Quality ControlHDR planning and Quality ControlStereotactic Radiotherapy Diagnostic Physics Services

Equipment: Varian 21EX accelerator with OBI (3) Varian Trilogy with OBI (2) GammaMedPlus iX HDR Brachytherapy Afterloader Eclipse Brachyvision AriaSupervisor: Mike Rajecki, Ph.D• One of three medical physicist responsible for three locations, 5 linacs, 180-200 patient load• Responsible for highly active brachytherapy program (treatment planning and Daily QA)• Perform monthly QA on all machines, according to TG-142• Performe initial and weekly chart checks• Responsible for maintaining the QA program for a single – linac satellite radiation oncology clinic

Equipment:Novalis Classic accelerator equipped with ExacTracTomotherapy Hi-Art system Varian TrueBeam Supervisors: Mike Lamba, Ph.D. & Brian McGill, M.S.Perform patient specific IMRT QA using Sun Nuclear Mapcheck2 & Varian’s Portal DosimetryPerform monthly QA for all units each monthAssisted with annual QA for all unitsAssisted with clinical research endeavorsFamiliar with iPlan RT, Eclipse, and Tomotherapy treatment planning software and Aria EMR 2.0Familiar with mim 6.1.7 and Osirix 5.8.5Familiar with Philips’ 4DCT training on Philips Brilliance CT Big BoreAcceptance testing for iPlan Net and ExacTrac 6.0

Equipment:Varian 21EX accelerator with OBIVarian Trilogy with OBI Gulmay XstrahlVarian Varisource afterloaderSupervisors: Howard Elson, Ph.D & Mike Davis, M.S.Conduct annual and monthly QA on all machines, according to TG-142. Completed chart checksPerformed clinical setupsProficient with ADAC Pinnacle, Mosaiq, Eclipse, and Aria treatment planning and record & 
verify systems. Perform monthly superficial QA procedures on Gulmay Xstrahl superficialStereotactic radiosurgery (frame-less) set up with Exac Trac Perform patient specific IMRT QA using MapcheckInvolved with Radionics X-Knife stereotactic radiosurgery procedures using head framePerformed HDR pretreatment QA checks with a Varian Varisource afterloaderPerformed HDR brachytherapy planning/implants using Varian Brachyvision TPSFamiliar with LDR brachytherapy planning/implants including prostate and tandem and ovoidsExperience with ADAC Pinnacle treatment planning software and Mosaiq EMRTLD and Diode dosimetryLDR Brachytherapy – ultrasound guided transperineal prostate implants

• Conducted research assessing medical effectiveness of procedure for finding finding Adenoma (pre-cancer)• Statistical reports for insurance companies

• Radio frequency coil design and simulation • Performed experiments using the Terranova efnmr• Used MATLAB Analyze images for PRF shift thermometry • Analyzed B1/B0 field homogeneity of the experimental RF coil

• Wrote two-dimension FDTD code on Fortran• Assisted with laser alignment