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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Demonstratedskills
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Posters
Researchinterestandexperience
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Awards
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SWAPANPREET KAUR

Winnipeg,MB

Summary

I am currently pursuing a Medical Physics residency program at Cancer Manitoba. Before this, I was a Medical Physicist with 7 years of experience in India & Dubai (UAE) in radiation oncology medical physics, and radiation protection with teaching of post-graduate and undergraduate medical physics students. I am licensed as a Medical Physicist from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) in India and the Dubai Health Authority in UAE.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Radiotherapy Physics Resident

Cancer Care Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
01.2023 - 03.2025
  • Company Overview: I am currently pursuing a Medical Physics residency program at Cancer Manitoba
  • Clinical Experience, Training and Competencies
  • Machine QA and Commissioning
  • Varian Trilogy and True Beam Linac systems
  • O Comprehensive Monthly and Annual QA for Linacs and on-board KV and MV imaging
  • O Absolute output calibration - TG-51
  • O Participated in the commissioning of Varian True Beam Linac, system version 3.x
  • O Performed commissioning of IBA Matrixx Evolution
  • Xstrahl 300 Orthovoltage unit
  • O Daily, weekly, Monthly and Annual QA
  • O Absolute output calibration - TG-61
  • QA Equipment: IBA Matrixx Evolution, PTW MP3 scan tank, PTW chamber systems
  • Patient-Specific QA - Medtec and IBA 3D COMPASS, e-Cutout measurements, In-vivo dosimetry
  • CT Sim QA- Monthly QA
  • Radiation Protection- Barrier Calculations
  • Treatment Planning Systems and Radiation Oncology Software
  • Eclipse (v15.6) treatment planning system
  • O VMAT, IMRT, and conformal planning
  • O ARIA record and verify system
  • Brachytherapy
  • Varian Gamma med plus HDR
  • O Comprehensive QC - Daily, Monthly and Annual
  • O Ir192- source calibration
  • Eclipse (Brachy vision) treatment planning software
  • O Experience in the planning of CT and MR guided intracavitary cervical treatments, and
  • Intracavitary vaginal vault treatments
  • O Emergency Response Preparedness
  • Clinical projects/implementations
  • Development of AI-based pathway for Breast Radiotherapy using OrgansRT and RapidPlan
  • Performed the Commissioning of IBA Matrixx Evolution Array, participated in updating monthly CBCT QA
  • Test
  • Participated in automating the HDR QA tests using an organic plastic scintillator project work
  • I am currently pursuing a Medical Physics residency program at Cancer Manitoba

Medical Physicist

Neuro Spinal Hospital
UAE
01.2018 - 12.2020
  • Installing & Acceptance Testing of Accuray Cyberknife M6 and Radixact series 9 linear
  • Accelerators using PTW dosimetry equipment such as Beam Scan radiation field analyzer (RFA)
  • Prepared QA protocols and procedure documentation
  • Liaising with Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulations (FANR) for the licensing of radiotherapy
  • And radiology equipment

Product Specialist (Radiation Safety Officer)

Zahrawi Medical Supplies LLC
UAE
01.2017 - 12.2018
  • Directing all aspects of successful sales for radiation oncology and nuclear medicine equipment
  • And consumables
  • Providing customer sales and client support services for radiotherapy and nuclear medicine equipment
  • Monitoring relevant federal, state and local laws regulations and industry standards

Medical Physicist (Radiation Safety Officer)

Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
India
01.2013 - 12.2016
  • Installing & commissioning of IMRT, IGRT, VMAT capable Elekta Synergy LINAC with multiple photon
  • And electron energies
  • Worked on Theratron 780 E CO-60 external beam and Nucletron micro Selectron HDR Brachytherapy
  • Supervising treatment planning and performing treatment planning for cancer patients with 2D
  • 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT techniques with Plato & Monaco 5.0 TPS
  • HDR planning of CT based intra-cavitary brachytherapy techniques with Oncentra Master Plan TPS
  • Performing routine quality assurance (daily, weekly, monthly, and annual) on radiotherapy equipment
  • (software and hardware systems) using IBA dosimetry probes and detectors- Blue Phantom RFA
  • Providing lectures, training and education of post-graduate students and radiation protection training
  • For technologists and graduate student interns

Medical Physicist (Radiation Safety Officer)

Grecian Super Specialty and Multi-Specialty Hospital
India
01.2011 - 12.2013
  • Performing and supervising daily, monthly and annual QA for Varian Clinac DBX 6 MV linear
  • Accelerator with 80 dMLC with PTW dosimetry probes and detectors-MP3 RFA
  • Performing 2D, 3DCRT & IMRT treatment planning using Eclipse 8.6 treatment planning system
  • 3D CT- based brachytherapy treatment planning for intra-cavitary lesions
  • Providing radiation safety support to staff and facilities through dosimetry monitoring services
  • And radiation surveys

Education

Radiotherapy Physics Resident (CAMPEP- Accredited) -

Cancer Care Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB

Clinical MSc Medical Biophysics (CAMPEP) -

Western University
Canada

Masters in Medical Physics (Gold Medalist) -

Panjab University and PGIMER
Chandigarh, India

Bachelors in Science -

Panjab University
Chandigarh, India

Skills

  • Radiation Safety
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Experience with a wide range of radiation oncology therapy equipment
  • Treatment planning systems and radiation oncology software
  • Brachytherapy
  • Clinical projects/implementations
  • Installing & Acceptance Testing of linear accelerators
  • QA protocols and procedure documentation
  • Product Specialist (Radiation Safety Officer)
  • Directing all aspects of successful sales for radiation oncology and nuclear medicine equipment and consumables
  • Providing customer sales and client support services for radiotherapy and nuclear medicine equipment
  • Monitoring relevant federal, state and local laws regulations and industry standards
  • Installing & commissioning of IMRT, IGRT, VMAT capable LINAC
  • Supervising treatment planning and performing treatment planning for cancer patients
  • HDR planning of CT based intra-cavitary brachytherapy techniques
  • Performing routine quality assurance on radiotherapy equipment
  • Providing lectures, training, and education of post-graduate students and radiation protection training for technologists and graduate student interns
  • Performing and supervising daily, monthly, and annual QA for linear accelerator
  • Performing 2D, 3DCRT & IMRT treatment planning
  • 3D CT-based brachytherapy treatment planning
  • Providing radiation safety support to staff and facilities through dosimetry monitoring services and radiation surveys
  • Radiobiological modeling, dosimetry, brachytherapy, study of various characteristics of radiation detectors
  • Windows
  • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Affiliations

  • Member of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP)
  • Member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
  • Lifetime member of the Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI)

Demonstratedskills

Radiation safety of sealed and unsealed sources in radiation oncology and nuclear medicine, Radiation survey of radiation oncology and nuclear medicine facilities, Waste disposal and transportation of radioactive substances, Personnel dosimetry monitoring, spills and decontamination procedures for radioactive substances, Experience with a wide range of radiation oncology therapy equipment including Co-60 Theratron 780 E, Varian Clinac 6 MV DBX, Elekta Synergy triple energy linear accelerator with electron energies, Accuray Cyberknife M6 and Radixact series 9 and micro Selectron HDR, Gamma Medplus, Varian Trilogy and Truebeams, Eclipse, Monaco, Oncentra Master-Plan and Plato treatment planning systems, Radiation dosimetry equipment such as PTW MP3, Beam Scan and IBA Blue Phantom scan tanks, Experience with imaging equipment including simulator CT and CT simulators (Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS)

Certificationsandcredentials

  • Certified Radiological Safety Officer (R.S.O), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Mumbai, India, 2012
  • Licensed Medical Physicist and Radiological Safety Office, Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2016

Posters

  • "Automated HDR QA tests using an organic plastic scintillator" at COMP ASM 2023, Richard Lee, Niranjan Venugopal, Swapanpreet Kaur, Jorge Alpuche.
  • "Development of an AI-based pathway for breast Radiotherapy" at COMP ASM 2024, Swapanpreet Kaur, David Sasaki, Niranjan Venugopal.

Researchinterestandexperience

  • Radiobiological modeling, dosimetry, brachytherapy, study of various characteristics of radiation detectors.
  • Research Work Experience: Thesis project work in Master's degree - "Dependency of wedge factor on field area, depth and orientation" under supervision of Dr. Arvind Shukla, Dr. Oinam Arun Singh, Mrs Reena Sharma, Medical Physicists in PGIMER Chandigarh-India.

Otherprofessionalengagements

Co-chair of COMP Residency Subcommittee, Oct 2023 - present

Languages

Fluent in written and verbal English, Hindi and Punjabi

Awards

  • Vocational Award by Rotary Club, Amritsar (India) for excellent performance in Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, 2015
  • Gold Medalist MSc - Medical Physics, 2011

Timeline

Radiotherapy Physics Resident

Cancer Care Manitoba
01.2023 - 03.2025

Medical Physicist

Neuro Spinal Hospital
01.2018 - 12.2020

Product Specialist (Radiation Safety Officer)

Zahrawi Medical Supplies LLC
01.2017 - 12.2018

Medical Physicist (Radiation Safety Officer)

Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
01.2013 - 12.2016

Medical Physicist (Radiation Safety Officer)

Grecian Super Specialty and Multi-Specialty Hospital
01.2011 - 12.2013

Radiotherapy Physics Resident (CAMPEP- Accredited) -

Cancer Care Manitoba

Clinical MSc Medical Biophysics (CAMPEP) -

Western University

Masters in Medical Physics (Gold Medalist) -

Panjab University and PGIMER

Bachelors in Science -

Panjab University

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