Assistant Medical

Amanda Caringi

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OBJECTIVE

• Medical Physicist position in clinical hospital setting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Paterson, NJ

Medical Physicist 2012 - Present

• Treatment planning in ARIA 10-11 environment

• Daily and Monthly machine maintenance and QA of Varian 21EX in

compliance with TG-142 and TG-51

• Daily and Quarterly HDR maintenance and QA of Nucletron MicroSelectron

Afterloader

• Complete initial, weekly, and final physics chart checks.

• Spearheaded transition to paperless environment.

• Wrote and implemented departmental Policies and Procedures.

• Aided in creation of Y-90 treatment program.

• Assists in Radiation Safety duties including oversight of I-131 and Y-90

administration.

Bergen County Community College Paramus, NJ

Adjunct Professor 2014 - Present

• Instructor for radiation physics and treatment planning courses in Radiation

Therapy program

• Designed course lectures to follow ARRT guidelines

• Wrote and administered weekly quizzes and homework

• Responsible for physics education of program students

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Research 2011-2012

• Created IMRT and proton treatment plans for palliative treatment of

mediastinal notes associated with Stage IV lung cancer using Varian’s

Eclipse

• Compared volumes and doses to measure efficacy of proton treatment to

traditional IMRT treatment

QA Assistant Physicist

• Linac Patient QA using MapCheck, MapCheck2, and ArcCheck to verify

patient plans for IMRT on Varian 2300iX and Varian True Beam Machines

• Proton Daily QA using MatrixX to run daily QA for IBA Proton Therapy

• Chart Rounds Moderator preparing and presenting patient plans for large

rounds. Responsible for eight hospitals within UPHS

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Teaching Assistant-Image Based Anatomy Fall 2011

• Educated students in the use of Eclipse for contouring

• Maintained the course website and acted as liaison to UPHS Radiology

Oncology Department

Clinical Practicum Philadelphia, PA

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Spring 2012

• Observed and assisted in HDR and LDR treatments

• Used GammaMed Plus iX for mammosite, cylinder, and tandem &

ovoid treatments

• Conducted an annual QA for Varian 2300iX machine

• Assisted in commissioning of ArcCheck device for QA

Kennedy Cancer Center Sewell, NJ

• Performed monthly QA for Varian Clinac iX, MV imaging and isoloc Fall 2011

• Assisted in HDR mammosite planning, QA, and deliver using Oncentra for

Nucletron MicroSelection Afterloader

Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA

• Observed/assisted in the commissioning of the CyberKnife system Summer 2011

• Designed and implemented a DQA procedure for CyberKnife cases

• Assisted in source exchange for HDR and monthly QA for GammaKnife

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Urbana, IL

Teaching Assistant – General Physics 2008-2010

• Conducted discussion sections for General Physics

• Responsible for proctoring and grading weekly quizzes and exams

• Rated “excellent” or “outstanding” TA every semester

• Named mentor TA in Fall 2009

Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY

Summers

Research Assistant Muon Arm Upgrade and resistive Plate Chamber Factory with

2007 2008

PHENIX collaboration

• Built and tested scintillators for use in testing resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs)

for the muon arm upgrade

• Setup and operated data acquisition software and hardware for use in testing the

RPCs

• Presented “Scintillator Assembly and Efficiency Testing at Brookhaven national

Laboratory” at poster session at APS Conference (DNP Division), Newport

News, VA, October 2007

• Wrote internal PHENIX document for DAQ operation, “Operation of pDAQ for

RPC Factory for Muon Trigger Upgrade”

Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA

Teaching Assistant – Calculus I and General Physics 2005-2008

• Completed semester training course for Teaching Assistants

• Conducted weekly discussion sections for Calculus I, General Physics I & II

• Tutored individual students as needed

• Named Head TA for 2007-2008 academic year

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

M.S. Medical Physics 2010 - 2012

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Urbana, IL

M.S. Physics 2008-2010

Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA

B.S. Mathematics 2004-2008

B.S. Physics

Graduate cum laude

CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Radiology – Therapy Medical Physics Part I (2012)

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