Expert Details
Radiation Therapy, Radioactive Materials, Medical Physics, Gamma Knife, Brachytherapy
ID: 733980
North Carolina, USA
Was recruited to Novant Health in 2003 to become Corporate Chief Physicist, overseeing Physics and Dosimetry for all their Radiation Oncology departments.
I am the founder and President of a company that provides Medical Physics and Radiation Safety service to hospitals in the area, including one Veterinary radiation oncology department.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1988 | Degree: Post-Doctoral Fellowship | Subject: Radiation Therapy-Medical Physics | Institution: Yale University School of Medicine |
| Year: 1986 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Bio-Physics | Institution: Syracuse University |
| Year: 1980 | Degree: BS | Subject: Physics | Institution: Muhlenberg College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2013 to 2018 | Employer: Novant Health | Title: Corporate Chief Physicist | Department: Radiation Oncology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Physics and Dosimetry at 6 Radiation Oncology Departments in NC and VA |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2012 to 2013 | Employer: Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Title: Associate Professor | Department: Department of Radiation Oncology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Physics and dosimetry service for Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and it's 4 "regional practice" hospital |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2012 | Employer: Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Title: Associate Professor and Chief Physicist | Department: Department of Radiation Oncology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Physics and dosimetry service for Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and it's 4 "regional practice" hospital |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2011 | Employer: Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Title: Associate Professor, Chief Physicist and Department Vice Chairman | Department: Department of Radiation Oncology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Physics and dosimetry service for Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and it's 4 "regional practice" hospital |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Title: Associate Professor | Department: Department of Radiation Oncology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Physics and dosimetry service for Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and it's 4 "regional practice" hospital |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2003 | Employer: Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Title: Administrative Coordinator of Outreach Physics | Department: Physics Section/Radiation Oncology Dept |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Physics and dosimetry service for Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and it's 4 "regional practice" hospital |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2004 | Employer: Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: Department of Radiation Oncology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the Physics and dosimetry service for Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and it's 4 "regional practice" hospital |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 1997 | Employer: Bowman Gray School of Medicine | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: Department of Radiology |
Responsibilities:Radiation therapy |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1990 | Employer: Yale University School of Medicine | Title: Associate Research Scientist | Department: Department of Therapeutic Radiology |
Responsibilities:I ran a research laboratory investigating the development of a novel 3-dimensional radiation detection system |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1988 | Employer: Yale University School of Medicine | Title: Post-Doctoral Fellow | Department: Department of Therapeutic Radiology |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1986 | Employer: Syracuse University | Title: Research Assistant | Department: Physics Department |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1983 | Employer: Syracuse University | Title: Teaching/Research Assistant | Department: Physics Department |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to 1981 | Employer: Syracuse University | Title: Teaching Assistant | Department: Physics Department |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| I gave a deposition for a legal case involving the installation of a linear accelerator which was challenged by a competing health care system. I was involved with a case involving a tobacco company, radioactive materials in cigarette smoke and cancer I was involved in a case between a hospital and its staff regarding safe staffing levels in Radiation Oncology Department |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Association of Physicists in Medicine- Since 1986; President and Chairman-of-the-Board of South-East Chapter, Member of AAPM Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of AAPM Administrative Council, Chairman of AAPM Membership Committee, Editor of AAPM Newsletter, Member of numerous other committees |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiation Oncology |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Distinguished Service Award from AAPM Fellowship in AAPM AAPM Chapter Appreciation Award |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has nearly 100 published peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters in journals such as "Medical Physics", "International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics", "Radiosurgery", and "Radiation Research". More information available upon request. |