Experience

Minneapolis Radiation Oncology, P.A.
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Medical Physicist

  • Jan 2017 - Present


American College of Radiology

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 400 - 500 Employee

• ACR Physics Surveyor - Radiation Oncology

  • May 2012 - Present

  Am active medical physics participant in on-site ACR Radiation Oncology accreditation process. Review medical physics aspects of Radiation Oncology departments, both new and renewal sites, in accordance to current ACR Radiation Oncology practice guidelines. Am active medical physics participant in on-site ACR Radiation Oncology accreditation process. Review medical physics aspects of Radiation Oncology departments, both new and renewal sites, in accordance to current ACR Radiation Oncology practice guidelines.



Abbott Northwestern Hospital

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Coordinator/Clinical Medical Physicist

  • May 2015 - Dec 2016

• Lead Medical Physicist

  • Jun 2004 - Dec 2016

  Lead Duties:• Supervise 2 Clinical Medical Physicists• Manage clinical physics schedule, vacation time, annual performance reviews• Physics QM representative• Physics ACR accreditation representative and lead (acquired Radiation Oncology ACR accreditation March 2013)• Physics Radiation Safety Committee representative• Alternative RSO for Abbott-Northwestern HospitalClinical Medical Physicist Duties:• ATP,commissioning, and clinical experience with following current and past equipment: - Varian Trilogy - Elekta/Nucletron mHDR afterloader - Elekta/Nucletron Simulix Simulator - Siemens Primus linacs (replaced by Varian linacs – 2006/2009) - GE CT Simulator - VisionRT: AlignRT, GateCT, and GateRT products• Implemented and maintain stereotactic program utilizing Varian Trilogy with the Z-Med optical guidance system & Fastplan (now Eclipse Cone-planning module) • Knowledge and ongoing treatment experience with following procedures: IMRT, IGRT (kV/MV planar imaging and kV CBCT), Respiratory gating, 4DCT and GE Advantage Simulation, SBRT, VMAT (RapidArc), PSI, Sirtex SIRS Spheres and Nordian Theraspheres Y-90 radioembolization treatments• Treatment planning experience with Eclipse,Pinnacle, Prowess, Nucletron/Elekta Plato & Oncentra Brachytherapy• Physics QA equipment: PTW scanning tank; PTW 729 & StarCheck maxi ion-chamber arrays; PTW Octavius VMAT phantom; PTW Farmer, P-P, and scanning ion chambers & diodes; Standard Imaging Max-4000 Electrometer and Well Chamber; Quasar Resp. Gating Phantom & Penta-Guide alignment phantom• Implemented and utilize following physics QA software: Oncology Data Systems muCheck, Standard Imaging IMSure and ArcCheck tool, Varian Argus, PTW (MatrixScan, MultiCheck, and Verisoft QA evaluation software)• Participated/participating in following clinical trials: RADAR, RTOG, GOG, CGOG• Endovascular brachytherapy: Novoste Beta-Cath Show less



Mayo Clinic - Rochester

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Medical Physicist

  • Feb 1998 - Jun 2004

  • ATP,commissioning, and clinical experience with following equipment: - Varian 1800, 2100C and 21eX machines - Elekta/Nucletron mHDR afterloader - Elekta/Nucletron IBU simulator - Elekta GammaKnife 4C - GE CT Simulator - Philips CT Simulator - Varian Ximatron • Assisted in Radiation Oncology department design as well as designed and calculated shielding for new Mayo satellite facility (Franciscan Skemp Cancer Center in LaCrosse, WI) and new Mayo Clinic (Rochester) HDR brachytherapy treatment suite • Established Mayo Clinic’s HDR and IOHDR brachytherapy programs; developed and performed annual, department safety HDR brachytherapy inservice • Knowledge and treatment experience with following procedures: IMRT, GammaKnife, TBI, TSET, IORT, total scalp treatments, electron block calculations • Treatment planning experience with Theraplan Plus (external beam and LDR) and Nucletron Plato (HDR and LDR) systems • Knowledge and treatment experience with Small Field Conformal External Beam Therapy (SFC) with BrainLab Micro Multi-Leaf Collimator (m3) • Endovascular brachytherapy: participated in clinical trials (Beta-cath trial, START trial, CORDIS trial, CORDIS II trial, BRAVO trial) and clinical implementation (Beta systems: Novoste and Guidant Galileo; and Gamma systems: Cordis) • Clinical Instructor for Mayo School of Health-Related Sciences (Rad. Onc. Therapists), Mayo Medical School (Rad. Onc. Residents), and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (Medical Physics Residents and Post-Doctorates) Show less



California Endocurietherapy Medical Corporation

• Medical Physicist

  • Oct 1996 - Jan 1998

  * HDR (Elekta/Nucletron mHDR) exclusive treatment center * HDR (Elekta/Nucletron mHDR) exclusive treatment center



Nucletron/Elekta Corporation

• Product Application Specilist

  • Aug 1995 - Sep 1996

  Product support, training, and demonstrations on all brachytherapy-related products Product support, training, and demonstrations on all brachytherapy-related products