Isaiah Herpel

• Prepared patients for radiation therapy procedures.
• Brought patients from waiting areas and performed timeout to confirm identification.
• Set up the treatment room with the necessary immobilization device, starting gantry angle, range shifter, etc.
• Imaged patient set ups via kV/CBCT and performed treatment.
• Utilized Aria software to perform pre-treatment timeouts, alter patient schedules, add patient alerts, complete chart checks for new starts/replans/boosts, and perform weekly chart checks.
• Called patients regarding treatment preparation instructions, confirmation of start date/time, change in schedule, or any other update involving the patient.
• Performed bladder scans via portable ultrasound device for pelvic patients to assess bladder levels prior to treatment.
• Created treatment immobilization devices and set-ups during CT simulation, image patients utilizing standard 3D imaging, 4D imaging, and contrast imaging.
• Coordinated with lead therapists, doctors, physicists, dosimetrists, MRI technologists, and PET technologists, to ensure proper treatment and simulation procedures.
• Proficiently treated prostate, breast, CSI, head and neck, lung, brain, abdominal, and gynecologic cancers.
• Scheduled patient treatments and coordinated with appropriate staff regarding chemo schedules, weekly doctor visits, and pre-treatment nursing visits.
• Trained new staff.

1200 hours of clinical experience during radiation therapy program working with equipment including Varian TrueBeam, Varian Halcyon, Varian Clinac IX, ProteusONE, Siemens CT scanner, and GE CT scanner. Techniques used include IMRT IGRT, SRS, SBRT, 3D-CRT, and PBS.