Medical Assistant

CASSANDRA STAMBAUGH

**** * ***** ****** ***, Phoenix, AZ 85024 207-***-**** ********@*****.***

Available July 2017

ABR eligible: Passed Part I

EDUCATION

University of South Florida- CAMPEP Accredited

Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Concentration in Medical Physics 2015 Dissertaion: The evaluation and study of modern radiation dosimetry methods as applied to advanced radiation therapy treatments using intensity modulated megavoltage photon beams. Northeastern University

M.S. in Physics 2010

Research in dose loading and diffusion from gold fiducials Bates College

B.S. in Mathematics and Physics 2008

Thesis: A Technical Analysis of the Hammer Throw

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Dissertation supported by a grant from Sun Nuclear Co. 2014-2015 Recipient of the Fred L & Helen M Tharp Scholarship 2014 National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) 2010 – Awarded but declined Fellowship

Academic All-American 2008

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Mayo Clinic in Arizona in Phoenix, AZ 2015 – Current Medical Physics Resident- Expected finish date: June 2017 Experience and training on Eclipse treatment planning software, Aria, Varian Truebeam and Clinac with on-board imaging. Observed and participated in special procedures and all clinical duties such as chart checking and patient-specific as well as machine QA. Actively working towards implementing ArcCheck and 3DVH into the clinical workflow through investigating which types of plans would be best suited for additional scrutiny beyond the classic 3%/3mm gamma analysis. Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fl

Medical Physics Research Intern 2012 – 2015

Trained on planning and QA procedures using Pinnacle, TomoTherapy Hi-Art, Truebeam, and Trilogy. Researched and used 3DVH, ArcCHECK and Delta4 extensively. Observed HDR and Intrabeam Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA

Medical Physics Intern 2009 – 2010

Learned about SPECT and PET and researched the regulations of doses to children in imaging in various states across the U.S.

Boston University

REU 2007

Worked at the BU photonics center researching LED’s. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Polk State College

Adjunct Professor 2011-2014

Taught physics classes ranging from survey classes to calculus based physics II University of South Florida

Teaching and Research Assistant 2012-2014

Taught introductory physics labs for physics I and II CASSANDRA STAMBAUGH PAGE 2

Florida Southern College

Adjunct Professor 2011-2012

Taught introductory physics labs

The Wheeler School

Physics Teacher and Track Coach 2010-2011

Developed and taught all physics classes and coached the track team, mostly in throwing Northeastern University

Teaching and Research Assistant 2008-2010

Taught introductory and advanced (graduate) labs for the Physics department and introductory labs from the College of Professional Studies

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

PUBLISHED

Feygelman, V., Tonner, B., Stambaugh, C., Hunt, D., Zhang, G., Moros, E., Nelms, B. (2015). Technical Note: Motion-perturbation method applied to dosimetry of dynamic MLC target tracking A proof- of-concept. Medical Physics, 42. 6147-6151

Nelms, B., Stambaugh, C., Hunt, D., Tonner, B., Zhang, G., Feygelman, V. (2015). Methods, software and datasets to verify DVH calculations against analytical values: Twenty years late(r). Medical Physics, 42. 4435-4448

Stambaugh, C., Nelms, B., Wolf, T., Mueller, R., Geurts, M., Opp, D., Moros, E., Zhang, G., & Feygelman, V. (2015). Measurement-guided volumetric dose reconstruction for helical tomotherapy. Journal Of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 16(2). Stambaugh, C., Opp, D., Wassrman, S., Zhang, G., Feygelman, V. (2014) Evaluation of semi-empirical VMAT dose reconstruction on a patient dataset based on biplanar diode array measurements. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 15(2). Feygelman, V., Stambaugh, C., Opp, D., Zhang, G., Moros, E., Nelms, B. (2013) Cross-Validation of Two Commercial Methods for Volumetric High-Resolution Dose Reconstruction on a Phantom for Non-Coplanar VMAT Beams. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 110(3). 558-61 Stambaugh, C., Nelms, B., Dilling, T., Stevens, C., Latifi, K., Zhang, G., Moros, E., Feygelman, V.

(2013) Experimentally studied dynamic dose interplay does not meaningfully affect target dose in VMAT SBRT lung treatments. Medical Physics. 40(9.) Editor’s pick & top 10 download Feb 2013 Feygelman, V., Stambaugh, C., Zhang, G., Hunt, D., Opp, D., Wolf, T., Nelms, B. (2013) Motion as a perturbation: Measurement-guided dose estimates to moving patient voxels during modulated arc deliveries. Medical Physics. 40(2). Editor’s pick & top 5 download Oct 2013 Nagesha, D., Tada D., Stambaugh, C., Gultepe, E., Jost, E., Levy, C., Cormack, R., Makrigiorgos, M., Sridhar, S. (2010) Radiosensitizer-eluting nanocoatings on gold fiducials for biological in-situ image-guided radio therapy (BIS-IGRT). Physics in Medicine and Biology. 55(20). PRESENTATIONS

Fl AAPM Spring Meeting- Student Presenter

Evaluation of VMAT dose reconstruction on patient data set using Delta4 2014 AZ AAPM Spring Meeting- Student Presenter

Clinically Relevant Patient-Specific QA for Photons 2016 OTHER ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS

Member, AAPM

Renovating Houses

Track and Field-Thrower

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