Bio
Experience
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Dunedin Hospital
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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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Senior Medical Physicist
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May 2022 - Present
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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
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Livingstone Tertiary Hospital
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Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Senior Medical Physicist
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Aug 2012 - Apr 2022
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Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Senior medical physicist responsible for the management and delivery of Medical Physics services and supervision of medical physics and radiation therapist staff for Livingstone Tertiary Hospital.Key responsibilities• Guiding staff and medical physics services in Livingstone Tertiary Hospital for accurate successful treatment and care of patients.• Deliver high quality medical physics services for Livingstone Tertiary Hospital. • Liaising with service providers regarding the procurement, timely service rendering and repair of equipment. • Lecturing and practical training in medical physics to radiation oncology registrars.• Advise hospital equipment board on procurement of radiation producing equipment. • Routine Linear Accelerator, CT Simulator and patient quality control and quality assurance.
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Livingstone Tertiary and Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospitals
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Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Medical Physicist
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Jan 2010 - Jul 2012
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Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Responsible for the implementation and establishment of the new Radiation Oncology Department at Livingstone Tertiary Hospital.Key responsibilities• Delivered high quality medical physics services for Livingstone Tertiary Hospital • Routine Linear Accelerator, CT Simulator and patient quality control and quality assurance.• Established new Livingstone Tertiary Hospital Radiation Oncology Department as part of multiple disciplinary team.• Trained relevant oncology staff on usage of new equipment
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University of the Witwatersrand, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
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City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Intern Medical Physicist
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Jul 2007 - Dec 2009
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City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Received clinical hospital-based training in the four major components of Medical Physics: Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and radiation protection. Including particular focus on Radiation Oncology specifically QA of CT Simulator and the commissioning of treatment units and planning systems.Key responsibilities• Trained in and executed quality assurance and quality control programs in oncology.• Daily and yearly Linear Accelerator quality assurance
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Joy English School
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Taipei City, Taiwan
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English Language Teacher
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Feb 2003 - Jan 2005
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Taipei City, Taiwan
Taught English full time to varies age levels with varies abilities in English
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Education
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2014 - 2016University of the Witwatersrand
Master's Degree, Health/Medical Physics -
2006 - 2006University of Stellenbosch
Bachelor's degree Honours course work, Health/Medical Physics -
2005 - 2005University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours, Physics -
1997 - 2002University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics
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