I am currently pursuing Medical Physics residency program at Cancer Manitoba. Before this I was a Medical Physicist with 7 years of experience in India & Dubai (UAE) into radiation oncology medical physics, radiation protection with teaching of post-graduate and undergraduate medical physics students. I am licensed as a Medical Physicist from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) in India and Dubai Health Authority in UAE.
Clinical Experience, Training and Competencies
Machine QA and Commissioning
• Varian TrueBeam, Elekta Agility linac systems
o Comprehensive QC of delivery and on board KV and MV imaging (biweekly, monthly and annual)
o Absolute calibration (TG-51)
o Participated in 6 MV FFF and 10 MV FFF beams on Elekta Agility commissioning
o Participated in Varian PerfectPitch (6 degree of freedom couch)
o Participated in ArcCheck measurements of VMAT delivery for beam model commissioning
• Elekta Unity MR-Linac
o Participated in dosimetric commissioning and absolute calibration (TRS 398)
o Collaborated on film measurements for Monaco TPS commissioning
o Daily linac and MR QA
• QA Equipment: IC profiler, IBA Blue Phantom, ArcCheck
Treatment Planning Systems and Radiation Oncology Software
• RayStation (v6.1.1.2) treatment planning software
o VMAT, IMRT, and conformal planning
o Experience scripting in RayStation
o MOSAIQ record and verify system
Brachytherapy
• Nucletron Flexitron HDR unit
o Comprehensive QC
o Commissioning of Elekta Venezia Advanced Gynecological applicator
• Oncentra treatment planning software
o Experience planning of MR guided interstitial prostate and intracavitary/interstitial cervical treatments, and intracavitary vaginal vault treatment
• VariSeed treatment planning for prostate permanent seed implants
CT Sim QA
• Monthly and Annual QA
Clinical projects/implementations
• Primary project: Automated QC of CBCT density assignment
o To be implemented with daily dose reconstruction
• Pulse sequence parameter selection for quantitative MRI of female pelvis for local EMBRACE II clinical trial data collection, and interpretation of phantom measurements
• Collaborated on implementation of monthly constancy test of ArcCheck VMAT measurement
• Film based measurements of surface dose effects on the Elekta-Unity MR-Linac System
• Co-led a review an update of quarterly and annual QC procedures/protocols for HDR unit
• Statistical process control of patient specific QC measurements