Carlos Velasco, Ph.D.
Medical Physicist, R.S.O.
DePaul Medical Center
Norfolk, VA
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Education
Medical Physics Resident 2008-2010 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Medical Physics PhD - 2008 Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Physics MS - 2002 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Physics BS - 1999 University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Clinical Abilities
External Beam Radiotherapy
Equipment Software
Varian 21 EX Clinac Eclipse
Exactrac Pinnacle
M3 mMLC Aria
Cone Collimators MOSAIQ
Tomotherapy HI-ART RadCal
Gamma Knife Perfexion Tomotherapy TPS
Philips Brilliance CT Big Bore BrainLab iPlan
Varian Ximatron Simulator RIT IMRT QA
Brachytherapy
Equipment Software
GammaMed HDR Afterloading Unit Brachyvision
VariSource iX HDR Afterloading Unit Variseed
Vitesse
Modalities License
LDR Prostate Implant (pre-plan or intra-op) HDR VA710-024-1
COMS Protocol Ocular Implant
HDR Prostate
HDR GYN, Breast and Skin Cancer
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Cs sources for GYN temporary implants
Planning
3D conformal LDR Prostate Seed Implant Cs GYN implant
IMRT Ocular Implant HDR Skin Cancer
HDR GYN & Prostate HDR Breast
Machine QA
Clinac (TG-51) Tomotherapy
CT HDR
Simulator
QA tools
Ion chamber MapCheck
Film ArcCheck
Diodes Profiler
LUCY Phantom Pinpoint Ion Chamber
Octavius Octagonal Phantom with Seven29 2D-ARRAY GafChromic Film
Board Certification
ABR II
Eligible for ABR III
License - VA710-024-1
HDR Virginia License
R.S.O.
Legal Status
Permanent Legal Resident (Green Card).
Conferences
2004 IEEE MIC Rome, Italy.
Towards a Multicatheter Device for Prostate Cancer Treatment.
2005 NSBP/NSHP Orlando, Florida.
2005 SLAFNAP Iguazu, Argentina.
Preliminary Calibration of a Multicatheter Apparatus for BrachytherapyTreatments.
2009 AAPM Summer School Colorado Springs, Colorado.
2010 AAPM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2010 American Brachytherapy Society Prostate School, Chicago, Illinois.
2014 ABS Winter Brachytherapy School, Orlando, Florida.
Affiliations
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine - Full Member
American Brachytherapy Society – Full Member
Golden Key International Honour Society
American Physical Society (until 1999)
Society of Physics Students (until 1999)
Languages
English, Spanish, both 100% spoken and written.