NAME & AFFILIATION:



NAME & AFFILIATION: Albin Gonzalez, Ph.D. DABR

Senior Physicist IV

Department of Radiation Oncology

University Hospitals

Case Western Reserve University

Mercy Regional Medical Center

Office Address: 41201 Schaden Rd. Elyria OH 44035

Office Phone: 440-324-0448

Fax: 440-324-0441

Cell Phone: 440-714-7772

Emails: albin.gonzalez@, albin.gonzalez@

EDUCATION:

    Degrees: Ph.D. Physics: Vanderbilt University, October 2002.

M.S. Physics: Vanderbilt University, January 1999.

B.S. Physics: University of Panama, February 1996

   Certifications:

Certified in Therapeutic Radiological Physics ABR 2005- Present

Certified Radiation Expert State of Ohio 2002 - Present

EXPERIENCE:    

Jan 2013- present Physicist IV: University Hospitals. Case Western University

July 2009- Jan 2013 Chief Physicist: Mercy Regional Medical Center

March 2005- July 2009 Chief Physicist: Firelands Regional Medical Center

Nov 2003-Feb 2005 Staff Physicist: Maryland Regional Cancer Care.

Sept 2002- Oct 2003 Staff Physicist: Physics Consulting Company in Ohio.

Sept 2001- Sept 2002 Junior Physicist: Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

fall 1996 to spring 2002 Teaching assistant for undergraduate labs:.

June 2001 to May 2002 Full time Master Teaching Fellow Vanderbilt University.

spring 1996 University of Panama Physics Instructor

HONORS, AWARDs:

1. Vanderbilt University scholarship for graduate studies 1996-2002. Free tuition and monthly stipend.

2. Teaching assistant of the year (1998) from the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University.

3. Fist Medical Physicist featured in the APS (American Physical Society) website. The umbrella organization of all physics specialties. March 2008.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

      American Association of Physicists in Medicine 1998-present

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology

National Society of Hispanic Physicists.

Panamanian Society of Physicists

PUBLICATIONS and Talks:

1. 41st American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting June 1999. Abstract,Talk and Poster,

“Comparison of radiochromic film dosimetry to a theoretical Model of a beta emitting stent in a realistic artery with soft tissue and plaque.”

2. 8th Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards (CIRMS) Maryland October 1999. Invited Student Talk “Preliminary measurements of beta standard sources using Fuji plates”

3. C. Janicki, A. Gonzalez, D. Duggan and C. Coffey, “Dose Model for a beta-emitting stent in a realistic artery consisting of soft tissue and plaque”, 3rd Cardiovascular Radiation Therapy meeting. Abstract and Poster. February 1999.

4. Medical Physics, November Issue 1999. Article Published. “Dose Model for a beta-emitting stent in a realistic artery consisting of soft tissue and plaque”.

5. 4th Cardiovascular Radiation Therapy meeting. Poster. “Study Response of Imaging Plates to Standard Beta Sources”. Washington D.C. 2000

6. Abstract for an Oral Presentation to the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. Chicago 2000. “Characterization Measurements of the response of Imaging Plates to Standard Beta Fields”

7. Abstract for a Poster to the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. Chicago 2000. “Comparison of Pd 103 Prostate Implant Dose Distributions Using a Novel Prostate Phantom and Commercial Treatment Planning Software Incorporating TG-43 Formalism.”

8. Radioactive Stent for Intravascular Brachytherapy. Abstract for Refresher course. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. Chicago 2000.

9. Abstract for a Poster AAPM Meeting, St. Lake, Utah 2001. “Study of the Luminescence of Imaging Plates.”

10. Abstract for a Poster for the 2001 AAPM Meeting. “Monte Carlo Simulation of the BX Stent compared to Radiochromic Film Measurements.”

11. Journal of Controlled Released. June 2001. Article Published. “Targeting drug delivery to radiation-induced neoantiges in tumor microvasculture”. Hallahan et al. Vol. 74 (2001) 183-191.

12. In vivo Dosimetry with diodes, invited talk at the Central American course of Medical Physics, Panama, Republic of Panama. December 2001.

13. Article Published. “Energy Response of an Imaging Plate Exposed to Standard Beta Sources”. Applied radiation and Isotopes. November 2002.

14. National Society of Black Physicist and National Society of Hispanic Physicist Meeting. Orlando Florida Feb. 2005. Invited Speaker.

15. Article Published. Dose Response of BaFBrI:Eu2+ Storage Phosphor Plate Exposed To Megavoltage Photon Beams. Medical Physics. January 2007

16. National Society of Black and Hispanic Physicist Meeting. Boston MA. February 2007. Invited Talk. “Clinical Implementation of Cone Beam CT Technology for Image Guided Radiation Therapy”

17. American Physical Society meeting. Denver CO. March 2007. Invited Talk. “Technical Aspects of Building a New Cancer Center”.

18. National Physics Meeting in Panama: Image Guided RT. August 2007.

19. Article Published. “Clinical Implementation of Mega Voltage Cone Beam CT”. Feb 2008. American Institute of Physics. Proceedings of the National Society of the Black and Hispanic Physicists.

20. Invited Speaker. Physics Seminar. University Hospitals. June 2008.

21. SACNAS (chair of Medical Physics sessions). St Lake City Oct 2008

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