Sangroh Kim, PhD, DABR

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Cell: 248-***-**** Temple, Texas 76502 sangroh. acbssr@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

A board certified medical physicist whose expertise is stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body

radiation therapy (SBRT) seeking for a position in order to project a better future in his professional career

EMPLOYMENTS

Chief of Radiosurgery Physics, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

12/12 – 11/13

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

12/12 – 11/13

Sr. Staff Physicist, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

08/12 – 11/13

Jr. Associate Physicist, Henry Ford Health System (HFHS)

06/10 – 07/12

Research Scholar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

01/04 – 06/05

Studied the topic; “Three-Dimensional Surface Image Registration

for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy to Breast”

09/03 – 12/03 Researcher, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Studied IMRT/IGRT application and RTP development project

with Seoul C&J Inc

Intern. B.S. Thesis Research in KINS (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)

Winter 1999

Analyzed nuclear power plant safety features for the bachelor degree

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ARIA/Eclipse treatment planning (3D Conformal, IMRT, RapidArc for whole brain, H&N,

06/10 – curr.

breast, prostate, spine, TBI), ADAC Pinnacle treatment planning (3D Conformal, IMRT)

CMS Xio treatment planning experience

BrainLAB iPlan SRS/SBRT treatment planning at HFHS

- Brain SRS, spine/lung SBRT plan w/ dynamic arc or IMRT

Novalis/Novalis TX daily/monthly/annual QA and maintenance, ExacTrac calibration

- w/ Argus software. Winston-Lutz test, TG-51

BrainLAB Novalis TX SRS/SBRT patient specific QA at HFHS

- BrainLAB phantom & Lucy phantom, ~90 patients done

Novalis Tx end-to-end test with EBT2 Gafchromic film.

Varian 2100 CD Monthly/Annual QA and commissioning

TrueBeam Patient Specific QA for SBRT patients

- Pinpoint ion chamber, MatriXX, EBT2 film QA.

Physics chart checking (initial, weekly). Machine troubleshooting

Novalis, Novalis Tx, TrueBeam troubleshooting experience

Philips Brilliance Big Bore CT sim Daily/Monthly/Annual QA

GE Optima Scanner Monthly/Annul QA

Calypso daily/monthly QA verification

Large brain metastasis SRS data analysis for Dr. Samuel Ryu

HDR daily/monthly QA (Ir-192, Varisource iX)

Teaching radiation physics for medical residents at HFHS

(Measurement of ionizing radiation and absorbed dose)

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CERTIFICATES / LICENSES

Diplomat of American Board of Radiology (ABR), Therapeutic Medical Physics

10/13

Texas Medical Physicist License, MP10542, Therapeutic Radiological Physics

11/13

EDUCATION

08/07 – 05/10 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics, 2010

Title: Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Dosimetry

Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations.

08/05 – 05/07 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Master of Science in Medical Physics, 2007

Title: Monte Carlo Simulations of Varian On-Board Imager

03/01 – 08/03 The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Master of Science in Medical Physics, 2003

Title: Comparison of Film Measurements, Convolution/Superposition Model and

Monte Carlo Simulations for Small Fields in Heterogeneous Phantoms

03/93 – 02/01 KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Daejon, Korea

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, 2001

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Finished Korean military duty from 07/95 to 09/97

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Best Poster Award from International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society

Jun 20, 2013

Certificate of Excellence from North Carolina Health Physics Society

Mar 13, 2009

Award for Excellence in Research in Medical Physics Graduate Program

May 9, 2007

at Duke University

03/01 – 02/03 Half Tuition Waiver Scholarship in the Catholic University of Korea

07/02 – 08/02 Visit MIR (Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology) for Master Thesis Research

09/99 Department Scholarship in KAIST

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Reviewer – Medical Physics

01/11 – Curr.

Reviewer – Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

01/11 – Curr.

Reviewer – Medical Dosimetry

01/11 – Curr.

08/08 – 01/09 Teaching Assistant – MP210 Radiation protection

Taught students radiation protection, regulation and shielding techniques

(Instructor: Terry T. Yoshizumi, PhD)

01/08 – 05/08 Teaching Assistant – MP322 Advanced photon beam radiation therapy

Taught students MATLAB programming of 2D/3D treatment planning and IMRT

optimization (Instructor: Shiva K. Das, PhD)

MEMBERSHIPS

Full Member, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

09/04 – Pres.

Associate Member, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

10/10 – Pres.

Active Member, International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS)

10/10 – Pres.

Student Member, Health Physics Society (HPS)

09/06 – 05/10

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RESEARCH GRANTS

07/12 – 07/12 NIH CA166948-01A1 R01 (Budget: $1,933k), Role: Co-Investigator

Title: A synchronized moving grid (SMOG) system to improve CBCT for IGRT and ART

07/12 – 11/13 NIH/NIDCR RFA-DE-12-004 R01 (Budget: $1,458k), Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Mechanisms of Hedgehog Mediated Rescue of Radiation-induced Hyposalivation

COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages GCC, Visual C++, Matlab, IDL, Fortran – Intermediate level

OS System administration in Windows (98, 2000, XP, 7), Linux (Redhat, Debian, Ubuntu), and

Mac OS (Tiger, Leopard) System Settings. TCP/IP Network Configuration Setting

Clustering Mosix multi-thread clustering for parallel processing

Monte Carlo Expert in MC simulations of linac head and 3D imaging systems (CBCT/MDCT) using

BEAMnrc/EGSnrc code, Intermediate level in MCNPX, Penelope, GATE/GEANT4,

XVMC, VMC++ experience, MC-GPU codes

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

03/93 – 02/01 Producer in VOK (Voice of KAIST)

Produced some school broadcasting programs in KAIST

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS

- J. R. Robbins, S. Kim, S. Kalkanis, C. Cogan, J. Rock, M. Rosenblum, J. Kim and S. Ryu, “Stereotactic

radiosurgery in the multidisciplinary management of large (target volume 1 e 20 cc or

2 3 cm in diameter) brain metastases,” J Neurosurg (Under Review)

- B. Hai, L. Qin, Z. Yang, Q. Zhao, L. Shangguan, X. Ti, Y. Zhao, S. Kim, D. Rangaraj and F. Liu,

“Transient activation of hedgehog pathway rescued irradiation-induced hyposalivation by preserving

salivary stem/progenitor cells and parasympathetic innervation,” Clin Cancer Res (Accepted)

- S. Kim, T. Yoshizumi, F. Yin, and I. Chetty, “Spiral computed tomography phase-space source model in

DOSXYZnrc/EGSnrc Monte Carlo system: Implementation and Verification,” PMB 58 (8) 2609-2624

(2013)

- M. B. Altman, J. Jin, S. Kim, N. Wen, D. Liu, M. S. Siddiqui, M. Ajlouni, B. Movsas, and I. J. Chetty,

“Practical methods for improving dose distributions in Monte Carlo-based IMRT planning of lung

wall-seated tumors treated with SBRT,” JACMP. 13 (6) 112-125 (2012)

- J. Kim, N. Wen, J. Jin, N. Walls, S. Kim, H. Li, L. Ren, Y. Huang, A. Doemer, K. Faber, T. Kunkel, A.

Balawi, K. Levin, S. Patel, M. Ajlouni, B. Miller, T. Nurushev, C. Huntzinger, R. Schulz,

I. J. Chetty, B. Movsas, and S. Ryu, “Clinical Commissioning and Use of the Novalis Tx linear accelerator

for SRS and SBRT,” JACMP. 13 (3) 124-150 (2012)

- N. Wen, N. Walls, J. Kim, J. Jin, S. Kim, T. Nurushev, I. Chetty, B. Movsas, and S. Ryu, “Clinical use of

dual image-guided localization system for spine radiosurgery,” TCRT, April 2012

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- S. Kim, H. Song, B. Movsas, and I. Chetty, “Characteristics of x-ray beams in two commercial multi-

detector computed tomography simulators: Monte Carlo simulations,” Med. Phys. 39, 320-329 (2012)

- S. Kim, D. Sopko,G. Toncheva, D. Enterline, B. Keijzers, and T. Yoshizumi, “Radiation Dose From 3D

Rotational X-ray Imaging: Organ and Effective Dose with Conversion Factors,” Radiat. Prot. Dosim.

Advance d access published Sept. 16. (2011)

- S. Kim, H. Song, E. Samei, F. Yin, and T. Yoshizumi, “Computed tomography dose index and dose

length product for cone-beam CT: Monte Carlo simulations of a commercial system,” JACMP. 12, 84-

95 (2011)

- S. Kim, D. Frush, and T. Yoshizumi “Bismuth Shielding in CT: Support for Use in Children,” Ped.

Radiol. 40 (11), 1739-1743 (2010)

- S. Kim, S. Yoo, F. Yin, E. Samei, and T. Yoshizumi, “Kilovoltage cone-beam CT: comparative dose and

image quality evaluations in partial and full-angle scan protocols,” Med. Phys. 37, 3648-3659 (2010)

- S. Kim, T. Yoshizumi, G. Toncheva, F. Yin, and D. Frush, “Radiation Dose from Cone Beam Computed

Tomography in a Pediatric Phantom: Risk Estimation of Cancer Incidence,” Am. J. Roent. 194, 1-5

(2010)

- S. Kim, T. Yoshizumi, G. Toncheva, D. Frush, and F. Yin, “Estimation of Absorbed Doses from

Pediatric Cone-Beam CT Scans: MOSFET Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations,” Radiat. Prot.

Dosim. 138 (3), 257-263 (2010)

- S. Kim, T. Yoshizumi, G. Toncheva, S. Yoo, F. Yin, and D. Frush, “Estimation of Computed

Tomography Dose Index in Cone Beam Computed Tomography: MOSFET Measurements and Monte

Carlo Simulations,” Health Phys. 98 (5), 683-691 (2010)

- S. Kim and T. Suh, “Characterization of Generalized Elliptical Sources in a Medical Linear

Accelerator by Using the BEAMnrc/EGSnrc Monte Carlo System,” JKPS. 55 (4), 1632-1639 (2009)

- S. Kim, “Characteristics of elliptical sources in BEAMnrc Monte Carlo system: implementation and

application,” Med. Phys. 36 (4), 1046-1052 (2009)

- S. Kim, T. T. Yoshizumi, D. Frush, C. Anderson-Evans, and G. Toncheva, “Dosimetric Characterisation

of Bismuth Shields in Computed Tomography: Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations,” Radiat.

Prot. Dosim. 133 (2), 105-110 (2009)

- S. Kim, G. Toncheva, C. Anderson-Evans, B. K. Huh, L, Gray, and T. Yoshizumi, “The Kerma Air

Product (KAP) Method for the Effective Dose Estimation in Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection

Procedure: Phantom Study,” Am. J. Roent. 192 (10) 1726-1730 (2009)

- S. Kim, T. T. Yoshizumi, G. Toncheva, S. Yoo, and F. Yin, “Comparison of Radiation Doses between

Cone Beam CT and Multi Detector CT: TLD Measurements,” Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 132 (3), 339-345

(2008)

- M. D. Lin, G. Toncheva, G. Nguyen, S. Kim, C. Anderson-Evans, G.A. Johnson and T.T. Yoshizumi,

“Application of MOSFET Detectors for Dosimetry in Small Animal Radiography Using Short

Exposure Times,” Radiat. Res. 170, 260-263 (2008)

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- S. Kim, J. Sohn and T. Suh, “Comparison of Film Measurements, Convolution/superposition Model

and Monte Carlo Simulations for Small fields in Heterogeneous Phantoms,” Journal of Biomedical

Engineering Research (Korean), 25 (2), 89-95 (2004)

- S. Kim, B. Cho, T. Suh, H. Bae, B. Choi, and H Lee, “Preliminary Study for Clinical Application of

Virtual micro-IMRT Technique,” The Journal of Korean Society of Medical Physics, 13 (1), (2002)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

- Oral Presentations

- J. Jin, L. Ren, J. Kim, S. Kim, B. Movsas, D. Jaffrey, I. Chetty, A Synchronized Moving Grid (SMOG) to

Detect and Correct Imaging Lag in Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT): A Simulation Study,

AAPM 2012

- J. Jin*, L. Ren, J. Kim, S. Kim, B. Movsas, I. Chetty, A Multi-Exposure Approach to Improve Image

Quality for Linac-Based Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), AAPM 2011

- D. Sopko*, D. Enterline, G. Toncheva, S. Kim, B. Keijzers, T. Yoshizumi, Determination of Organ Dose,

Effective Dose, and Dose Area Product Conversion Factors for Cholangiography, Spinal Intervention,

and Paranasal Sinus Imaging in a Phantom Model Utilizing a 3D Rotational X-Ray System and

MOSFET Technology, RSNA 2010

- S. Kim*, T. Yoshizumi, D. Frush, C. Anderson-Evans, G Toncheva, Dose Reductions of Bismuth Shields

in Diagnostic Radiology: Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations, AAPM 2009

- S. Kim*, T. Yoshizumi, G. Toncheva, F. Yin, D. Frush, A Monte Carlo Dose Estimation Method Using

A Voxelized Phantom for Pediatric CBCT, NC Chapter Health Physics Society. 2009

- S. Kim*, S. Yoo, B Koonts, S. Das, M. Anscher, F. Yin, Dosimetric Evaluation of Prostate IMRT

Treatments Positioned Based On Cone-Beam CT, AAPM. 2006

- B. Koontz, S. Yoo, S. Kim, S. Das, M. Anscher, F. Yin, Evaluation of Adequate Margin Size for

Prostate IMRT by Cone-Beam CT Interfraction Imaging, ASTRO, 2006

- J. Sohn*, S. Kim, J. Monroe, A. Chvetsov, B. Wessels, Human and System Error Analysis of a 3D

Optical Laser Scanning System for Image-Guided Patient Positioning, AAPM, 2005

- J. Sohn*, S. Kim, H. Jin, J. Farr, B. Wessels, Surface Image Registration For Image-Guided IMRT To

Breast, The 14th International Conference on the use of computers in Radiation Therapy (ICCR), 2004

- J. Sohn*, S. Kim, A. Chvetsov, T. Suh, H. Jin, J. Farr, Three-Dimensional Surface Image Registration

for Image-Guided IMRT to Breast, AAPM, 2004

- S. Kim*, J. Sohn, T. Suh, Comparison Of Film Measurements, Convolution/Superposition And

Monte Carlo Calculations For Small Field In Heterogeneous Phantoms, World Congress in Medical

Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2003

- S.Kim*, J. Sohn, B. Cho, T. Suh, B. Choe, H. Lee, 6MV Photon Beam Commissioning in Varian

2300C/D with BEAM/EGS4 Monte Carlo Code, The 3th Korea-Japan Joint Meeting On Medical Physics

and The 2nd Asia Oceania Congress of Medical Physics, 2002

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- S. Kim*, B. Cho, T. Suh, B. Choe, H. Lee, Preliminary Study for Clinical Application of Virtual

micro-IMRT Technique, Korean Society of Medical Physics, 2001

- Poster Presentations

- N. Thawani, G. Davenport, J. Smith, G. Iannone, A. Barrett, D. Rangaraj, S. Kim, M. Patel, S. Maraboyina,

S. Mutyala, "Utilization Of Lean Process Improvement During Introduction Of Stereotactic Body

Radiotherapy And Radiosurgery To Decrease Patient Rescheduling," ASTRO 2013

- S. Kim, T. Tseng, D. Dimitroyannis, Non-isocenteric approach in non-coplanar Volumetric Modulated Arc

Therapy (VMAT) planning for lung SBRT treatments, ISRS 2013

- T. Tseng, S. Kim, D. Dimitroyannis, Non-coplanar Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for

hypo-fractionated SBRT lung treatment: dosimetric and treatment efficiency study, ISRS 2013

- B. Zhao, S. Kim, N. Wen, J. Kim, C. Glide-Hurst, I. Chetty, S. Ryu, J. Jin, Validation of the ExacTrac

Virtual Isocenter Based Target Localization Method, AAPM 2012

- J. Kim, Y. Huang, K. Chin, M. Bellon, C. Glide-Hurst, C. Smith, M. Altman, H. Li, S. Kim, A. Gopal, C.

Liu, I. Chetty, Uncertainty Estimate of a Practical EBT-2 Film Dosimetry Approach: Transpose-And-

Scan Technique, AAPM 2012

- N. Wen, J. Kim, S. Kim, C. Glide-Hurst, J. Jin, J. Gordon, T. Nurushev, I. Chetty, K. Levin, B. Movsas, S.

Ryu, Dual Imaging Guided Localization System for Spine Radiosurgery, AAPM 2012

- J. Robbins, S. Kim, C Cogan, S. Kalkanis, B. Movsas, S. Ryu, Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the

Management of Large (target volume >20 cc or >3 cm in diameter) Brain Metastasis, ACRO 2012

- S. Kim, L. Ren, J. Jin, J. Kim, B. Movsas, I. Chetty, Verification of a Monte Carlo Model of CBCT Flat

Panel Detector Using BEAMnrc/EGSnrc Code, AAPM 2011

- S. Kim, H. Song, B. Movsas, I. Chetty, A Monte Carlo Based Study On X-Ray Characteristics of Two

Commercial Multi-Detector CT Simulators, AAPM 2011

- Y. Huang, J. Kim, H. Li, S. Kim, N. Wen, T. Nurushev, I. Chetty, J. Jin, Evaluation of

CAFCHROMIC® EBT2 Films as An Absolute and Relative Dosimeters in Small Field Dosimetry,

AAPM 2011

- J. Kim, S. Kim, M. Shaikh, H. Li, Y. Huang, N. Wen, C. Glide-Hurst, J. Jin, T. Nurushev, I. J. Chetty,

Systematic Evaluation of Uncertainties Associated with GAFCHROMIC EBT2 Film Dosimetry for

6MV Photon Beams, AAPM 2011

- S. Kim, S. Yoo, F. Yin, E. Samei, T. Yoshizumi, Dose and Image Quality Evaluation for Partial and

Full-Angle Kilovoltage Cone-Beam CT Protocols, AAPM, 2010

- S. Kim, H. Song, E. Samei, F. Yin, T. Yoshizumi, A Method to Estimate Cone-Beam CT Dose Index

and Cone-Beam Dose Length Product, AAPM, 2010

- S. Kim, T. Yoshizumi, G. Toncheva, F. Yin, D. Frush, Radiation Dose Estimation from Pediatric Cone

Beam Computed Tomography, AAPM, 2009

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- J. Zhang, S. Yoo, S. Kim, F. Yin, Experimental Verification of Lung Tumor Dose with Radiochromic

Film, AAPM, 2008

- S. Kim, G. Toncheva, C. Anderson-evans, B. Huh, L. Leithe, T.T. Yoshizumi, Effective Dose

Measurement in Pain Clinic Using an Adult Male Anthropomorphic Phantom and Derivation of Dose

Conversion Coefficient from Dose Area Product (DAP). HPS, 2008

- S. Yoo, S. Das, S. Kim, B. Koontz, W. Lee, K. Light, F. Yin, Dosimetric Comparison of Patient-

Specific Margins Vs. Uniform Margins for Prostate IMRT Treatments, AAPM, 2007

- S. Stakhursky, S. Das, S. Yoo, F. Yin, S. Kim, B. Koontz, Estimation of Dose Variations During

Prostate Radiation Treatment Due to Elastic Deformations of Soft Tissues, AAPM, 2007

- S. Kim, T. Yoshizumi, F. Yin, Implementation of Helical CT Source in DOSXYZnrc/EGSnrc Monte

Carlo Code, AAPM, 2007

- S. Kim, S. Yoo, T. Yoshizumi, F. Yin, Monte Carlo Benchmark for Radiation Dose Assessment in

Varian On-Board Imager, AAPM, 2007

- J. Sohn, S. Kim, J. Monroe, B, Wessels, Breast Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Using an Optical

Laser Scanner, ASTRO, 2005

- T. Suh, K. Cheong, J. Song, S. Oh, S. Kim, C. Yoo, J. Choi, Development of the new PC based 3D

radiation therapy planning systems for the optimal plan, Korea Radiation Protection Society Meeting,

2004

- S. Kim, T. Suh, H. Lee, B. Choe, The Separation of Phase Space in BEAM/EGS4 Monte Carlo

Simulation, KSMP, 2003

- S. Kim, J. Sohn, T. Suh, Comparison of Film Measurements, Convolution and Monte Carlo Dose

Calculation Methods in Small Field IMRT, The First Asia Oceania Congress for Radiation Protection,

2002

- S. Kim, J. Sohn, T. Suh, B. Choe, H. Lee, Comparison of Dose Calculations in

Convolution/Superposition Method and Monte Carlo Simulations for Small Beams in Heterogeneous

Phantoms, KOSOMBE, KOSTRO, 2002

- S. Kim, B. Cho, H. Bae, B. Choe, H. Lee, C. Kwak, T. Suh, Preliminary Study for Clinical Application

of Virtual micro-IMRT Technique, KOSOMBE, 2001

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