Medical & Radiation Physics, Inc.

License and Specialty Certifications​

• Texas Medical Physics License - MP0027

• Certified by the American Board of Medical Physicists in Radiation Therapy Physics, 2001

• Specialty Areas of Diagnostic Radiological Physics, Therapeutic Radiological Physics,

• Medical Nuclear Physics, Medical Health Physics

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Education

• M.S. Radiological Sciences, 1994, University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, San Antonio, TX.

• B.S. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 1979, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, N.L.

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Professional Memberships and Committees

• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (Full member) - 1982

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Experience

• Calibration of superficial therapy equipment using x-rays energy from 60 kVp to 250 kVp.

• Calibration of Cobalt-60 teletherapy machines. Calibration of megavoltage therapyequipment from 4 MV (Siemens, Varian), 6 MV x- ray beam (Varian) up to 18 MV, and 23MV x-ray beams (Varian, Siemens) as well as calibration of electron beams from linear accelerators.

• The use of Therapy Simulators for treatment planning for Radiation Therapy.

• Computer Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy using ADAC, and ROCS computer systems.

• The calibration of Ir-192 source for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy.

• Calculation of dose for Interstitial and Intracavitary Implants using sealed radioactive sources.

• Survey of diagnostic x-ray equipment performance.

• Quality Control and acceptance testing for diagnostic x-ray equipment.

• Thesis Research Topic: "Iridium-192 Radioactive Source Calibration for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy."

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