Jonas Fontenot, PhD
President and CEO at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Board Certified Therapeutic Medical Physics
American Board of RadiologyJan, 2011- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
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United States
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Medical Practices
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200 - 300 Employee
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President and CEO
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Chief Operating Officer
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Jan 2017 - Jan 2023
Responsible for administrative and operational leadership of all patient care and ancillary services furnished by the Cancer Center across its 7 locations in southeast Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi.
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Dr. Charles M. Smith Chief of Physics
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Feb 2015 - Jan 2023
Supports the Cancer Center by providing administrative and operational leadership of a clinical physics and dosimetry group that supports a progressive radiation oncology enterprise consisting of 7 locations, 10 board-certified medical physicists, 8 medical dosimetrists, and 4 medical physics residents. Serves as leader of Mary Bird Perkins’ nationally acclaimed Medical Physics partnership with Louisiana State University and as an adjunct faculty member in the LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy, teaching two courses and supervising graduate student research.Published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed publications, and received more than $2 million in research funding from industry and government sponsors. Show less
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Academic Medical Physicist
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Jun 2008 - Jan 2015
Contributed to the mission of the Cancer Center through service on the routine and special physics rotations supportive to the radiation oncology program. Through the partnership between the Cancer Center and Louisiana State University, also participated in research, as well as didactic teaching and supervision of graduate students enrolled in the medical and health physics program.
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Louisiana State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Adjunct Faculty
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Jun 2008 - Present
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2002 - May 2008
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Education
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Louisiana State University
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
American Society for Radiation Oncology
Health Policy Fellowship -
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D., Medical Physics -
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
M.S., Medical Physics -
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
B.S., Physics