Lee Hales

BSc, CMD

About Lee Hales

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Supervising Medical Dosimetrist
  • Educational Co-Ordinator School of Medical Dosimetry

Background

Education and Training:

  • 1991 - BSc Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • 1993 - Radiation Therapy Technology Diploma, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • 2000 - Certified Medical Dosimetrist
  • 1993 - Medical Radiation Technologist (Radiation Therapy) – resigned in good standing

Professional Experience:

  • 9/2007-Present - Supervising Medical Dosimetrist, Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
  • 9/2007–Present - Educational Co-Ordinator, School of Medical Dosimetry, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
  • 8/2003–9/2007 - Staff Medical Dosimetrist, Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
  • 10/2001–6/2003 - Staff Medical Dosimetrist, Mountain States Tumor Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital Meridian, ID
  • 2/1999–10/2001 - Staff Medical Dosimetrist, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • 10/1998–2/1999 - Acting Radiation Therapy Supervisor, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • 10/1993–10/1998 - Staff Radiation Therapist, Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Featured on Cancer Talk

Providing Care From Behind the Scenes: Your Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist

Publications

  • Fung-Kee-Fung SD, Hales L, Warren GW, Singh AK. Volumetric Intensity Modulated Arc Therapy vs. Conventional IMRT in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: A Prospective, Comparative Dosimetric Study using Multiple Organs at Risk. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics. 2010; 78(3 Suppl. 1):S439
  • Metuge P, Kumaraswamy L, Fernando S, Hales L, Stanley T, Podgorsak M. Electronic compensation vs. regular 3 field for left sided breast with positive SCV and IFV nodes. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics. 2008; 72(1 Suppl.):S519-S520
  • Patil SS, May KS, Hackett RA, Hales LD, VanBenthuysen LT, Malik NK, Schmitt JD, Yang GY, Warren GW. A Comparison of VMAT, IMRT, and 3DCRT in the Treatment Planning of Patients with Distal Esophageal Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics. 2011; 81(2 Suppl.):S324-S325
  • Van Benthuysen L, Hales L, Podgorsak MB. Volumetric modulated arc therapy vs. IMRT for the treatment of distal esophageal cancer. Medical Dosimetry. 2011; 36(4):404-409
  • Fung-Kee-Fung SD, Hackett R, Hales L, Warren G, Singh AK. A prospective trial of volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy vs conventional intensity modulated radiation therapy in advanced head and neck cancer. World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2012; 3(4):57-62