Radiation Oncology Physician (BE)
Resume:
Ryan T. Jones, MD, MBA
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I seek a clinical Radiation Oncology position in a group interested in continual growth, quality and process improvement. As an individual, I am versatile, open-minded and put others before myself. As a physician, I strive to provide the highest quality care. To that end, my professional interests include operations, quality and process improvement, and payment reform. My mission is to optimize clinical efficiency, efficacy and availability to provide as many patients as possible with the highest quality care. EDUCATION
7/2015-present
8/2017-7/2018
2014-2015
2010-2014
2006-2009
Radiation Oncology Residency
University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW), Dallas, Texas
- Skillset: 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, Linac-based SBRT and SRS, Cyberknife SBRT and SRS, Gamma Knife SRS, HDR & LDR brachytherapy, total body and total skin irradiation, superficial photon radiotherapy
- Expected completion: 6/30/19
Masters of Business Administration in Healthcare Leadership and Management, with Distinction University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Preliminary Year Residency Program in Internal Medicine Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Doctor of Medicine
University of Virginia (UVA), Charlottesville, Virginia Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with Distinction
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
1/2018-present
10/2017-present
6/2017-present
6/2017-present
4/2016-present
Chief Resident in Radiation Oncology
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) Committee American College of Radiology
Moorefield Fellow in Economics & Health Policy
American College of Radiology, through sponsorship by the Texas Radiological Society Economics & Practice Committee
Texas Radiological Society
Economics Advisory Group
American College of Radiology Resident & Fellows Section QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN ONCOLOGY
2018
2017-present
2016
2009-2014
2009
2009
Payment coverage for CPT 55874, placement of transperineal peri-prostatic hydrogel (SpaceOAR)
- Negotiated with the Medical Director of a Medicare Authorized Contractor for 12 states, drafted a joint letter for ACR and ASTRO and successfully acquired coverage for SpaceOAR UTSW: Time to Treatment Initiation in Head & Neck cancer
- Analyze the service workflow to optimize patient throughput and decrease time to treatment initiation UTSW: EPIC Electronic Medical Record Workflow Optimization
- Constructed and shared subsite-specific note templates and summary sheets to improve clinic efficiency UVA: Novel Rapid Radiation Therapy Workflow
- Engineered a new radiation therapy clinical workflow to deliver highly conformal radiation from CT simulation to treatment delivery in under one hour
- Streamlined the entire process from employee roles to patient experience by constructing a FMEA analysis, new QA procedures, optical tracking system, and team workflow checklists and reference guides UVA: Cancer Survivorship Programs in Virginia
- Quantified the cancer survivor population in Virginia using a state cancer registry, surveys and medical records from multiple health systems
- Assembled and published a directory of survivorship resources throughout the state on the Virginia Cancer Plan Action Coalition website
UVA: Cancer Center Patient Education
- Established a professional relationship between the LIVESTRONG organization and UVA Cancer Center to perpetually provide UVA with free patient materials including educational pamphlets and file organizers 2009
2008
2008
UVA: Cancer Center Benchmarking & Facility Design
- Benchmarked the UVA Cancer Center employee network against other NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and initiated restructuring of the network
- Collaborated with cancer center executives to develop a new cancer center designed to optimize patient care, balance resources and yield high employee engagement UVA: Integrative Medicine Reassessment
- Reprioritized the treatment goals of the Integrative Medicine program by analyzing trends in patient distress surveys of patients under treatment at UVA’s Cancer Center UVA: Quality Metrics Assessment – Post-Lumpectomy Irradiation
- Assessed the Cancer Center’s compliance with standards set by the Advisory Board Company on radiation therapy after breast conserving surgery, and presented the results to UVA administration CO-INVESTIGATED CLINICAL TRIALS
STU 072010-015: Phase I Study of Cyberknife Partial Breast Irradiation for Early Stage Breast Cancer STU 062015-085: Phase I Dose Escalation Trial of Single Fraction Adjuvant Stereotactic Body Partial Breast Irradiation for Early Stage Breast Cancer
SELECT PUBLICATIONS *corresponding author
Jones R*, Helm B, Parris D, Grubbs S, Choy H, Kapetanovic K. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) made simple for medical and radiation oncologists. JAMA Oncology; in submission. Jones R, Hassan-Rezaeian N, Desai NB, Lotan Y, Jia X, Hannan R, Kim DW, Hornberger B, Dubas J, Laine AM, Zelefsky MJ, Timmerman RD, Folkert MR*. Dosimetric comparison of rectal sparing capabilities of rectal balloon versus injectable spacer gel in stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer: lessons learned from prospective trials. Med Dosim 2017 Winter; 42(4):341-34.
Zaorsky NG, Shaikh TA, Handorf E, Eastwick G, Hesney A, Scher ED, Jones RT, Showalter TN, Avkshtol V, Berhane H, Rice S, Meyer JE*. What are medical students in the United States learning about radiation oncology? Results of a multi-institutional survey. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016 Feb 1; 94(2): 235-42. Trifiletti DM, Jones R, Showalter SL, Libby BB, Brenin DR, Schroen A, Monica MM, Reardon KA, Showalter TN*. Techniques for intraoperative radiation therapy for early-stage breast carcinoma. Future Oncology. 2015; 11(7): 1047-1058. Jones R, Handsfield L, Read P, Wilson D, Van Ausdal R, Schelsinger D, Siebers J, Chen Q. Safety and feasibility of STAT RAD: Improvement of a novel rapid tomotherapy-based workflow by failure mode and effects analysis. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015 Mar-Apr; 5(2): 106-12.
Jones R, Mishra M, Showalter T*. (Dec 2014). Role for comparative effectiveness research in treatment decision making. In Current Multidisciplinary Oncology: Prostate Cancer. Dicker A, Trabulsi E, Kelly WK (eds.), Demos Medical Publishing, New York, NY. ISBN 978-1936287598
Jones R, Libby B, Showalter SL, Brenin DR, Wilson DD, Schroen A, Morris M, Reardon KA, Morrison J, Showalter T*. Dosimetric comparison of Ir-192 high-dose-rate brachytherapy versus 50 kV x-rays as techniques for breast intraoperative radiation therapy: Conceptual development of image-guided, intraoperative brachytherapy using a multi-lumen balloon applicator and in-room CT imaging. Brachytherapy. 2014 Sep-Oct; 13(5): 502-7. Jones R, Chen Q, Best R, Libby B, Crandley EF, Showalter TN*. Dosimetric feasibility of stereotactic body radiation therapy as an alternative to brachytherapy for definitive treatment of medically inoperable early stage endometrial cancer. Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jul 24; 9: 164.
Handsfield L, Jones R, Wilson D, Siebers JV, Read PW, Chen Q*. Phantom-less patient specific tomotherapy QA via delivery performance monitoring and a secondary monte carlo dose calculation. Med Phys. 2014; 41: 101703. Wilson D, Sheng K, Yang W, Jones R, Dunlap N, Read P*. (Feb 2012). STAT RAD: A potential real-time radiation therapy workflow. In Modern Practices in Radiation Therapy. InTech. ISBN 979-953-307-341-4 Sheng K, Jones R, Yang W, Saraiya S, Schneider B, Chen Q, Sobering G, Olivera G, Read P*. 3D dose verification using tomotherapy CT detector array. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012 Feb 1; 82(2): 1013-20. Jones R, Yang W, Read P, Sheng K*. Radiation therapy of post-mastectomy patients with positive nodes using fixed beam tomotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2011 Aug; 100(2): 247-52. Yang W, Jones R, Read P, Sheng K*. Standardized evaluation of simultaneous integrated boost plans on volumetric modulated arc therapy. Phys Med Biol 2011 Jan 21; 56(2): 327-39. Yang W, Jones R, Read P, Sheng K*. Feasibility of non-coplanar tomotherapy for lung cancer stereotactic body radiation therapy. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2011 Aug; 10(4): 307-15.
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
9/2017
9/2014
4/2014
8/20/2013
11/7/2010
11/2010
11/2010
10/28/2010
9/18/2010
Dose constraints for the bladder and urethra for stereotactic body radiation therapy to the prostate Poster presentation. American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting 2017; 99(2): E244 The improvement of a novel radiation therapy workflow by failure mode and effects analysis Poster presentation. ASTRO 2014; 90(1): S745-S746
Is stereotactic body radiation therapy a feasible alternative to brachytherapy for definitive treatment of medically inoperable early stage endometrial cancer? Poster presentation. American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Annual Meeting 2014; 13(1): S92-S93 Palliative Radiation Therapy
Invited oral presentation. UVA Palliative Care Conference Novel infrared-based motion tracking system for radiation therapy Oral presentation. Final Round, UVA Entrepreneurial Competition Class solution for post-mastectomy chest wall and regional nodal radiotherapy using tomotherapy Poster presentation. ASTRO 2010; 78(3): S830
In vivo dosimetry of prostate cancer patients using the tomotherapy photon detector Poster presentation. ASTRO 2010; 78(3): S771
Class solution of post-mastectomy radiation therapy using tomotherapy Oral presentation. Medical Student Research Symposium, UVA School of Medicine Dosimetric properties of helical tomotherapy plans with highly heterogeneous dose Oral presentation. Mid-Atlantic Annual Meeting, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) SCIENTIFIC MEETING ABSTRACTS
Rezaeian NH, Jones R, Desai N, Hannan R, Jia X, Folkert M. Comparison of sparing rectal tissue in stereotactic ablative radiation therapy in prostate cancer for injectable spacer gel and rectal balloon. AAPM 2017; Epub SU-I-GPD-T-373. Zaorsky NG, Shaikh TA, Eastwick G, Hensey A, Scher ED, Jones RT, Showalter TN, Avkshtol V, Berhane HW, Rice S, Meyer JE. A national assessment of medical student knowledge in radiation oncology and comparison to primary care and radiation oncology attending physicians. ASTRO 2014; 90(1): S601-S602. Handsfield L, Jones R, Siebers J, Read P, Chen Q. TomoTherapy patient treatment delivery QA utilizing phantom-less exit-detector patient delivery coupled with monte carlo dose calculations: validation. AAPM 2014 Oct; 41(10):101703. Read P, Yang W, Jones R, Dunlap N, Sheng K, Chen Q, Olivera G, Sobering G. TomoDirect and STAT SBRT. 2011 TomoTherapy International Education Meeting; Charleston, South Carolina Read P, Yang W, Jones R, Chen Q, Olivera G, Sobering G, Larner J, Sheng K. In vivo dose verification of spinal SBRT treatments on tomotherapy. ASTRO 2010; 78(3): S775-S776.
Sheng K, Jones R, Yang W, Larner J, Chen Q, Sobering G, Olivera G, Read P. Dose reconstruction using helical tomotherapy detector data. AAPM 2010; 37(6): 3088.
Yang W, Jones R, Lu W, Geesey C, Benedict S, Read P, Turner AB, Larner J, Sheng K. Non-coplanar helical tomotherapy for stereotactic body radiation therapy of lung cancer. AAPM 2010; 37(6): 3213. Yang W, Jones R, Read P, Larner J, Benedict S, Sheng K. Efficiency and cost of RapidArc to deliver highly heterogeneous dose for simultaneous integrated boost plans: A dosimetry study. AAPM 2010; 37(6): 3302. HONORS & AWARDS
5/2017
3/2014
2013-2014
2010-2014
2006-2009
Travel Grant to ACR meeting, Council of Affiliated Regional Radiation Oncology Societies Good Catch Award, University of Virginia Health System
- University-level recognition for clinical excellence for diagnosing an abdominal aortic aneurysm during a training exercise in an actor portraying a case of a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm Honors Scholar, Virginia Chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati Florence L. Smith Medical Scholar, Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Norfolk, VA Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholar, State of Virginia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society for Radiation Oncology American College of Radiology American College of Radiation Oncology American Medical Association OUTSIDE INTERESTS
Home remodeling & interior design, oil and acrylic painting, woodworking, golf and recreational basketball
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