Stereotactic radiosurgery Principles and practice of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)Radiotherapy
Credentials
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
Chief Physicist, Department of Radiation Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Background
Education and Training:
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Medical Physics
M.Sc., McGill University, Montreal, Department of Physics
B.Sc.(hon), McGill University, Montreal, Department of Physics
Board Certification:
American Board of Medical Physics
American Board of Radiology
Professional Memberships:
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Society for Radiation Oncology
American College of Radiation Oncology
Professional Experience:
9/1998 - Present Chief Physicist, Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
12/2002 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics, University at Buffalo, SUNY
12/1993 – 8/1998 Staff Physicist, Department of Radiation Medicine Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
1/2002 – Present Director, Medical Physics Residency Program Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
9/1998 - Present Chief Physicist, Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
Publications
C. Merrow, S. deBoer, and M.B. Podgorsak; VMAT for the treatment of gynecologic malignancies for patients unable to receive HDR brachytherapy, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 15(5), 66-73 (2014).
L. Kumaraswamy, J. Schmitt, D. Bailey, Z. Xu, and M.B. Podgorsak; Spatial variation of dosimetric leaf gap and its impact on dose delivery, Med. Phys. 41(11), 111711 (1-8) (2014).
D. Bailey, I. Wang, T. Lakeman, L.D. Hales, A. Singh, and M.B. Podgorsak; TBI lung dose comparisons using bilateral and anteroposterior delivery techniques and tissue density corrections, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 16(2), 291-301 (2015).
R. Chan and M.B. Podgorsak; Ipsilateral kidney sparing in treatment of pancreatic malignancies using volumetric-modulated arc therapy avoidance sectors, Med. Dosimetry 40(3), 175-180 (2015).
L. Kumaraswamy, Z. Xu, D. Bailey, J. Schmitt, and M.B. Podgorsak; Evaluation of fluence-based dose delivery incorporating the spatial variation of dosimetric leaf gap (DLG), J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 17(1), 12-21 (2016).
Z. Xu, I. Wang, L. Kumaraswamy, and M.B. Podgorsak; Evaluation of dosimetric effect caused by slowing with multi-leaf collimator (MLC) leaves for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), Radiol. Oncol. 50(1), 121-128 (2016).
D. Bailey, J. Spaans, L. Kumaraswamy, and M.B. Podgorsak; The MapCHECK measurement uncertainty function and its effect on planar dose pass rates, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 17(2), 165-173 (2016).
H. Kleiner and M.B. Podgorsak; The dosimetric significance of using 10 MV photons for volumetric modulated arc therapy for post-prostatectomy irradiation of the prostate bed, Radiol. Oncol. 50(2), 232-237 (2016).
T. Ma, M.B. Podgorsak, and L. Kumaraswamy; Accuracy of one algorithm used to modify a planned DVH with data from actual dose delivery, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 17(5), 273-282 (2016).
C. Rivers, I. AlDahlawi, Z. Wang, A. Singh, and M.B. Podgorsak; The dose penumbra of a custom-made shield used in hemibody skin electron irradiation, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 17(6), 276-282 (2016).
I. AlDahlawi, D. Prasad, and M.B. Podgorsak; Evaluation of stability of stereotactic space defined by cone-beam CT for the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 18(3), 67-72 (2017).
N. Islam, T. Ma, and M.B. Podgorsak; The impact of water temperature on absolute dose calibration, Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express 3(3), 035008 (2017).
S. French, S. Bhagroo, D.P. Nazareth, and M.B. Podgorsak; Adapting VMAT plans optimized for an HD120 MLC for delivery with a Millennium MLC, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 18(5), 143-151 (2017).
Z. Xu, R. Yao, M.B. Podgorsak, and I.Z. Wang; Effects of collimator angle, couch angle, and starting phase on motion-tracking dynamic conformal arc therapy (DCAT), J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 18(5), 54-63 (2017).
C. Rivers, M. Tranquilli, S. Prasad, E. Winograd, R.J. Plunkett, R.A. Fenstermaker, A.J. Fabiano, M.B. Podgorsak, and D. Prasad; Impact of the number of metastatic tumors treated by stereotactic radiosurgery on the dose to normal brain: Implications for brain protection, Stereotact. Funct. Neurosurg. 95(5), 352-358 (2017).
T.E. Tyson, M.B. Podgorsak, A.K. Singh, and I.Z. Wang; Improved dose homogeneity using electronic compensation technique for total body irradiation, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 19(3), 159-167 (2018).
S. Prasad, M.B. Podgorsak, R. Plunkett, and D. Prasad; An evaluation of the ICON mask fixation: curing characteristics of the thermoplastic fixation and implications for patient workflow, Radiol. Oncol. 52(2), 229-232 (2018).
I. AlDahlawi, D. Prasad, and M.B. Podgorsak; Quality assurance tests for the Gamma Knife Icon image-guidance system, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 19(5), 573-579 (2018).
