Kassia

Brynne

Kelly

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St.

Apt.

51,

New

York,

NY

10031

acoxik@r.postjobfree.com

(717)

919-

5301

EDUCATION:

Columbia

University,

New

York,

NY

Master

of

Science

in

Medical

Physics,

December

2014,

GPA

3.64/4.00

Pennsylvania

State

University,

University

Park,

PA

Master

of

Science

in

Nuclear

Engineering,

May

2013,

GPA

3.93/4.00

Thesis:

“Implementation

of

the

ko-

Standardization

Method

at

the

Penn

State

Breazeale

Reactor”

Pennsylvania

State

University,

University

Park,

PA

Bachelor

of

Science

in

Nuclear

Engineering,

May

2011,

GPA

3.38/4.00

COURSEWORK

Clinical

Nuclear

Medicine

Physics,

Radiation

Therapy

Physics,

Advanced

Topics

in

Radiation

HIGHLIGHTS:

Therapy,

Health

Physics,

Diagnostic

Radiology

Physics,

Radiobiology,

Fundamentals

of

Radiation

Dosimetry,

Anatomy,

Nuclear

and

Radiochemistry,

Radiation

Detection

and

Measurement

EXPERIENCE:

NewYork-

Presbyterian

Hospital/Weill

Cornell

Medical

Center,

New

York,

NY

Volunteer

Nuclear

Medicine

Physicist,

February

2015

–

Present

- Perform

daily

gamma

counter,

well

counter,

dose

calibrator,

and

blood

volume

analyzer

calibrations

in

the

hot

lab

and

handle

received

radioactive

material

packages

- Complete

daily

calibration,

radioiodine

uptake

measurements,

and

weekly

chi-

square

tests

for

the

thyroid

probe

- Partake

in

daily

and

monthly

quality

control

testing

for

the

SPECT,

SPECT/CT,

and

PET/CT

machines

and

observe

the

various

patient

scans

to

become

familiarized

with

the

protocols

- Prepare

and

implement

NEMA

and

ACR

phantoms

and

sources

to

assess

system

performance

and

image

quality

for

acceptance

testing

of

the

newly

installed

PET/MR

and

SPECT

systems

- Observe

the

radiation

safety

specialist

as

he

instructs

I-

131

and

Lu-

177

treatment

patients

and

when

he

takes

dose

rate

measurements

in

the

Y-

90

treatment

angiography

suite

NewYork-

Presbyterian

Hospital/Columbia

University

Medical

Center,

New

York,

NY

Nuclear

Medicine,

Radiation

Therapy,

and

Diagnostic

Radiology

Practicum

Student,

June

2014

–

December

2014

- Participated

in

radiation

dose

measurements,

image

quality

assessments,

radiation

safety

procedures,

regulatory

compliance,

and

calibration

of

equipment

- Gained

first-

hand

experience

performing

quality

assurance

tests

for

SPECT,

PET,

CT,

linear

accelerator,

brachytherapy,

mammography,

MRI,

x-

ray

(mobile

and

fixed),

fluoroscopy

(mobile

and

fixed),

ultrasound,

and

angiography

machines

Penn

State

Radiation

Science

and

Engineering

Center,

University

Park,

PA

Graduate

Research

Assistant,

August

2011

-

May

2013

- Conducted

research

under

Dr.

Kenan

Unlu

on

the

implementation

of

the

ko-

standardization

method

used

to

analyze

the

chemical

composition

of

tree-

ring

samples

- Handled

hundreds

of

irradiated

samples

and

analyzed

their

collected

gamma

spectra

- Presented

research

findings

to

entire

reactor

staff

upon

completion

of

thesis

COMPUTER

SKILLS:

Varian

Eclipse,

MATLAB,

Microsoft

Word,

Microsoft

Excel,

Microsoft

PowerPoint

ACTIVITIES/

Student

Member

of

the

American

Association

of

Physicists

in

Medicine,

HONORS:

February

2014

–

Present

Department

Representative

of

Columbia

University

Engineering

Graduate

Student

Council,

September

2013

–

December

2014

- Organized

and

volunteered

at

engineering

graduate

student

events

and

provided

input

at

weekly

general

body

meetings

Member

of

Penn

State

Chapter

Alpha

Nu

Sigma

Honor

Society

for

Nuclear

Science

and

Engineering,

January

2013

–

May

2013

- Recognized

for

high

scholarship,

integrity,

achievement,

and

ranking

in

top

third

of

class

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