Medical Physicist
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency
05.2025 - Current
SWAPANPREET KAUR
Regina,SK
Summary
I currently work as a Medical Physicist at Saskatchewan Cancer Agency. Before this , I have sucessfully completed a Medical Physics residency program at Cancer Manitoba.
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
Education
Clinical MSc Medical Biophysics (CAMPEP) -
Western University
CanadaMasters in Medical Physics (Gold Medalist) -
Panjab University and PGIMER
Chandigarh, IndiaBachelors in Science -
Panjab University
Chandigarh, IndiaSkills
- 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)
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
Medical Physicist
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency
05.2025 - Current
Radiotherapy Physics Resident
Cancer Care Manitoba
01.2023 - 03.2025
Clinical MSc Medical Biophysics (CAMPEP) -
Western University
Masters in Medical Physics (Gold Medalist) -
Panjab University and PGIMER
Bachelors in Science -
Panjab University