Engineer Manager
Resume:
Matthew S. Plants, M.S., CMD
**** **** ****** ****, **********, WV 25309
*******@*******************.***
Experience:
Charleston Radiation Therapy Consultants, Charleston, WV, August 2006-
Present
. Responsibilities include: developing 3DCRT, IMRT, SBRT treatment plans
using ADAC Pinnacle and CMS XIO treatment planning systems with Lantis
R&V, weekly chart QA, and MU Calc verification software.
. Perform treatment planning and delivery of HDR brachytherapy with
Nucletron Plato Planning System for GYN cases (tandem and ring and
cylinder), lung, and partial breast (mammosite).
. Facility treats 80-100 patients per day on three Siemens Linacs (over
60% IMRT) with BrainLab ExacTrac IGRT and CBCT.
Columbian Chemicals Company, Proctor, WV, February 2003-August 2004
. Process Relief Supervisor & Asst. Operation Superintendent
. Six Sigma Greenbelt (Statistical Process Improvement certification)
Columbian Chemicals Company, Marietta, GA, February 2002-February 2003
. Combustion Engineer in Research and Development Group (Marietta, GA)
Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown,
WV June 2000-September 2001
. Graduate Research Assistant in chemical engineering department
. Thesis: Development and Characterization of Direct Coal Liquefaction
Liquids Containing (-Resins as a Pitch Precursor
Education:
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, August 2005-
August 2006
. Bachelor of Science in Medical Dosimetry (3.96 GPA HONORS), August
2006
. Didactic Courses Include: Radiation Physics, Radiobiology,
Brachytherapy, Clinical Radiation Oncology, Radiation Safety, HDR, LDR
. One Year Clinical Training: 3D and IMRT external beam treatment
planning on ADAC Pinnacle 7.6 (DMPO), IMPAC R&V, DIAMOND Software
West Virginia State University, Institute, WV, August 2004-May 2005
. Dosimetry Prerequisite Courses: Biology, Anatomy/Physiology, United
States History, American Government
. GPA: 4.0/4.0
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, August 1995-December 2001
. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, December 2001(3.6 GPA)
. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, May 2000 (3.1 GPA)
Research:
"Early Clinical Outcomes for 3 Radiation Techniques for Brain Metastases:
Focal Versus Whole-Brain". J. Vargo MSIV, B. Plants MD, D. Mihailidis PhD,
J. Mallah PhD, M. Plants MS CMD, C. Welch MSc, G. Clark MD, L. Farinash MD,
P. Raja MD, M. Harmon MD, L. Whaley DO. Charleston Radiation Therapy, West
Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, WV. Practical Radiation
Oncology, Vol 1 No 4, 2011.
"Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) with Simultaneous Integrated Boost
(SIB) to Brain Metastasis via Image-Guided, Intensity Modulated Radiation
Therapy (IG-IMRT): Dosimetric and Early Clinical Experience". G.Clark, MS
III, B.Plants, MD, J.Mallah, PhD, P.Raja, MD, L. Farinash, MD, D.
Mihailidis, PhD, M. Harmon, MD, L. Whaley, DO, M. Plants, MS, CMD.
Charleston Radiation Therapy, West Virginia University School of Medicine,
Charleston, WV. Astro Abstract#2160 Poster Presentation @ 50th Annual
Meeting, Boston, MA, September 23, 2008.
"Using Novel Structure Contours as a Tool to Improve IMRT Treatment Plan
Conformality, Dose Homogeneity, and Dose Volume Histograms". Matthew
Plants, M.S, Laura Raney, Scott Thorne, B.S. R.T.(R)(T), Erik Frija, M.S,
CMD, Melissa Jane Chapman, M.Ed, CMD. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Poster Presentation @ AAMD National Meeting,
Vancouver, Canada, June 2006.
References:
Stephanie Robinson, Office Manager
Charleston Radiation Therapy Consultants
3100 McCorkle Ave SE, Suite B1
Charleston, WV 25304
Lloyd Farinash, MD, Radiation Oncologist
Charleston Radiation Therapy
3100 McCorkle Ave SE, Suite B1
Charleston, WV 25304
Donna Fitzgerald, CMD
Charleston Radiation Therapy Consultants
3100 McCorkle Ave SE, Suite B1
Charleston, WV 25304
304-***-**** ext208
Jamie Baker, M.Ed.,CMD, Education Coordinator
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe BLVD
Houston, TX 77030
*******@**********.***
Matt Palmer, MBA, CMD
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe BLVD
Houston, TX 77030
*******@**********.***
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