Medical Qa

MALCOLM DAVID MURRAY, PH.D.

THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSICIST

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Mesa, AZ 85202

ab9o2h@r.postjobfree.com (Cell) 210-***-****

CAREER OBJECTIVES

I seek a position as a therapeutic medical physicist where I can continue to make practical, efficient and cost saving

contributions, develop tools and devices to improve patient care and remain current with new developments in medical

physics.

QUALIFICATIONS

A CAMPEP approved Ph.D. in Therapeutic Medical Physics

Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Engineering

ABR board eligible (for part 3) with two years’ postdoctoral clinical experience

2 years’ experience in HDR treatment planning

2 years’ experience in external beam treatment planning (conformal, dynamic arc and some RapidArc)

7 years’ experience performing daily, monthly and annual linac QA procedures as per TG 40/142

7 years’ experience performing IMRT QA, electron cutout measurements

7 years’ experience building shielding devices, HDR applicators and specialty QA tools

Excellent teacher, presenter and communicator

Highly motivated team player with a strong business perspective

Highly computer proficient (e.g. MS Office, VBA, MacroToolworks, Matlab, ImageJ, Java, C++)

7 years’ experience automating software applications to execute complex procedures, eliminate human error

and shorten manual procedure times by up to 95%

WORK HISTORY

Physicist/Postdoctoral Fellow (2010 – 2012)

Arizona Breast Cancer Specialists – Scottsdale, AZ

Planned brachytherapy treatments in Oncentra for interstitial breast HDR, SAVI, Contura, Mammosite, Freiburg Flap,

vaginal cylinder and custom devices

Performed brachytherapy physics procedures (e.g., radiation surveys, patient setup checks, imaging procedures for

HDR device implants and treatment fractions)

Planned external beam treatments in Eclipse for 3D Conformal, Dynamic Arc and some RapidArc treatments

Performed daily, monthly and annual mechanical/output QA procedure as per TG 40 and TG 142 on Varian Linacs

(21iX, Trilogy and TrueBeam)

Built and modified QA devices to increase consistency and reduce monthly QA times by at least 30%

Modified patient positioning devices to raise functionality and achieve cost savings in the $1000s

Custom built and modified treatment devices such as phantoms, HDR applicators, shielding devices, patient

positioning devices

Custom built phantoms to approximate patient anatomy and optimize patient dose estimations prior to treatment

Performed IMRT QAs using MapCHECK; Measured electron cutout ratios in both solid and liquid water

Performed weekly chart checks in ARIA

Automated Windows based computer applications such as Oncentra, MapCHECK, ARIA, Excel, Word and Acrobat

using MacroToolworks and VBA to execute complex procedures, eliminate human error and shorten manual execution

times by up to 95%

Physicist / Teaching Assistant (2005 – 2010)

Texas Cancer Clinic / Laredo Medical Center San Antonio, TX

Performed weekly chart checks in IMPAC

Performed IMRT QAs with MapCHECK; Built and measured electron cutouts from lead and cerrobend

Performed daily Linac, PET/CT, gamma camera QA and linac startups with QA after power brownouts

Performed monthly and annual mechanical/output QA as per TG 40 on Varian Linacs (21EX, 21iX, Welhofer QA

system)

Performed minor Linac maintenance (MLC motor replacements, MLC leaf cleaning)

Custom built electron cutout production system for cerrobend and sheet lead to save the clinic $1000s

Built QA devices to increase consistency and reduce monthly QA times by at least 30%; Built a 1 mm sheet lead

holder using a block tray for performing TG 51 procedures

MALCOLM DAVID MURRAY, PH.D.

THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSICIST

2108 West Jibsail Loop

Mesa, AZ 85202

ab9o2h@r.postjobfree.com (Cell) 210-***-****

WORK HISTORY (Continued)

Custom built HDR brachytherapy devices to doctor's specifications to save the clinic several $1000s

Automated complex procedures in MapCHECK, IMPAC and DailyQA using MacroToolworks and VBA to reduce

human error and shorten manual analysis times by up to 75%

Custom built a QA device to shorten a Seimens gamma camera warm up time by 30%

Assisted in the design and construction of a multi modality phantom for comparing ultrasound, MRI and CT

reconstructions

Designed and built a motorized phantom rack to simulate patient respiratory motion for CBCT imaging

experiments

Teaching Assistant Medical Physics (2003 – 2005)

Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Sonterra Clinic and Christus Santa Rosa Hospital – San Antonio, TX

Performed weekly chart checks, IMRT QA, Monthly mechanical checks, Morning warm up on Linacs

Automated the RIT 3.0 software application using MacroToolworks and VBA to reduce film analysis times by 30

minutes each and allow consecutive analyses to be performed with no human intervention required, the only limiting

factor being the number of films the scanner was able to accommodate

Field Engineer with Schlumberger Oilfield Services – Youngsville, LA (2002 – 2003)

Operated MWD well logging tools to monitor down hole gamma ray emission and absorption, electrical resistivity,

sonic properties, neutron absorption; handled radioactive gamma and neutron sources

EDUCATION

University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio (UTHSCA) (2003 – 2010)

Ph.D. Radiological Sciences (Radiotherapy Track With Teaching Assistantship) (GPA: 3.575)

Texas Tech University (1999 – 2001)

M.S. Petroleum Engineering, (Awarded Research Assistantship) ( GPA: 3.90)

University of Alberta (1994 – 1999)

B.S. Petroleum Engineering, (Dean’s Research Award) (GPA: 7.3 / 9.0)

Athabasca University (1993 –1994)

General Studies (Dean’s List) (GPA: 85% +)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Dissertation:

Developed an image registration system that eliminated up to 90% of patient breathing motion artifacts from Cone

Beam CT reconstructed images.

Clinical Projects:

Developed computer automation programs to reduce the performance times of complex manual procedures by up

to 95%; Custom designed and built HDR applicators and shielding devices to doctors’ specifications to save several

$1000s; Developed physics QA devices to reduced QA procedure times by 30% and raise the standard of

measurement precision.

AFFILIATIONS

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

American Board of Radiology (ABR) – Board Eligible (to take Part 3)

American Mensa – Member at Large

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Software automation

Mechanical and Output QA automation as per TG 40 and TG 142

Cone Beam CT reconstruction

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