Address

4201 St. Antoine
1D UHC
Detroit, MI 48201
Office Location: Office A-174 in the GROC Physics Area

Office Phone

313-576-9616

Biography

I’m a clinical medical physicist at Karmanos Cancer Institute and serve as the radiation safety officer. I teach introductory and advanced imaging physics courses in the Graduate Program.

Education Training

5/04 Ph.D., Radiological Science
Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Toledo), Toledo, OH

8/84 M.S. Hyg., Radiation Health
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA

4/83 B.S., Physics
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Training

4/03 Therapy Physics Residency
WayneStateUniversity, Detroit, MI

Research Interests

My current research interest is virtual imaging, especially as it applies to radiation oncology. I also provide animal and cellular dosimetry services to radiobiology researchers at Karmanos Institute/Wayne State University.

Recent Student Projects

• Michael Dumas – Master’s Thesis: Investigation to quantify sensitivity of PRESAGE dosimeter formulations in sheet form and examine gold nanoparticles dose enhancement
• Matthew Buczek – Master’s Thesis: Measurement of nanoparticle dose enhancement using radiochromic film
• Sartaj Bhullar – Master’s Thesis: Varian Trilogy/Brainlab versus Gamma Knife radiosurgery: a dosimetric comparison
• Lindsay Runyan – Master’s Thesis: Investigation of Fe3O4 nanoparticle uptake into U251 human glioma cell nuclei and their effect on cell survival and radiosensitivity
• Mark Tucker - Master’s Thesis: Low energy characteristic x-ray dosimetry of cobalt, chromium, titanium, zinc, molybdenum, and iron
• Jatinder Saini - Master’s Thesis: Phantom dose study comparing kVCT and MVCT based helical TomoTherapy of prostate in presence of bilateral hip prostheses
• Karen Chin - Master’s Thesis: The effects of neurosurgical mesh on radiation dose in the Gamma Knife
  William Estabrook - Master’s Thesis: Low energy characteristic x-ray dosimetry of copper