Out of the Gray (Gy) - Standard Imaging (Traci Conley, Standard Imaging)

Todd Pietila and Pieter Slagmolen from Materialise 3D Printing join us to discuss the world of 3D printing and how it might apply to the future of Radiation Oncology! https://www.materialise.com/en/medical

Parenting on the Frontlines: Stories of Love, Loss, and Wonder: Paradis, Kelly Cooper, Morgan, Helen Kang: 9781607858010: Amazon.com: Books

W. Neil Duggar joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to chat about how implementing MR helped improved patient success rates!

Paul Bruce joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share the inside scoop from Arkansas’ CARTI chain. With unyielding growth and new developments around each corner, CARTI is setting the bar high for excellence in Radiation Oncology.

A website for the Prostate Cancer Institute of America:   www.prostatecancerusa.com

Dr, Ajay Bhatnagar: (33) Ajay Bhatnagar MD,MBA | LinkedIn 

A recent publication from our guest, Dr. Bhatnagar:

Modern Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy For Prostate Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Urologists: Bhatnagar, Dr. Ajay, Koneru, Dr. Bobby N., Agarwal, Dr. Manuj, Wallner, Dr. Kent, Patel, Dr. Pratik: 9798338512012: Amazon.com: Books

Umar Baharom, Senior Engineer with Standard Imaging, joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to discuss the MR GriD phantom.

Join us as we learn about the advancements of the Dermatology Office based Radiation Therapy with the Xoft machines powered by the amazing team at the new DermaCureRT. https://www.dermacure-rt.com/

Brian Pellegrini, CEO with Aspekt Solutions, joins us to discuss current trends in staffing, the future of Medical Physics and options for maintaining a healthy team. Brian@aspektsolutions.com 240-503-1259 website: www.aspektsolutions.com Blog post : https://aspektsolutions.com/resources/where-have-all-the-medical-physicists-gone/

Join us as we introduce TrueNorth Medical Physics Commissioning Team! Matt Daniels, Robert Staton, Robert Hayward of True North Medical Physics along with Tim Durant and Naomi Morales-Medina share their insights on being part of a traveling commissioning group. This episode was recorded in December and after recording wrapped, Landauer sold the commissioning team to Matt, Robert and Rob. If you’d like to reach the team, feel free to do so here: 407-494-3868 or info@truenorthmedphys.com or you can schedule a chat with the team by scheduling a meeting at www.truenorthmedphys.com

CivaTech's website: www.civatechoncology.com

 

Dr. Z's TikTok Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@_doctorz/video/7200205235531451694?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7200039723585619499​

 

CivaTech's TikTok Channel: https://www.tiktok.com/@civatechoncology

 

CivaTech's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civatechoncology/

 

Jessica's X-ray: https://www.amazon.com/Jessicas-X-Ray-Pat-Zonta/dp/1552975770

 

Designing Your Life: 

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Your-Life-Well-Lived-Joyful/dp/1101875321/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=designing+your+life&qid=1676576676&s=books&sprefix=designing+you%2Cstripbooks%2C83&sr=1-1

Giants in the field, Wendell Lutz PhD and Chee-Wai Cheng PhD make history in the first joint episode! Jam-packed with history, current events as well as a peek into the future.

Medical Physicist and Mountain Climber, Mathew Goss joins us to discuss inter-departmental cohesion within clinics across a chain and offers insights about his work with Radiating Hope!

Kelly Paradis PhD, Elizabeth Covington PhD and Dennis Stanley PhD, join us to discuss the challenges faced by parents in today’s fast-paced and demanding RadOnc and MedPhys fields, and offer potential solutions for improvement.

Come along with us as Diagnostic Medical Physics expert, Mary Ellen Jafari, takes us through her experiences and what the future of Medical Physics looks like as the silos converge!

Check out our website for more info!

 

Raghav discusses daily life as a clinical medical physicist, how COVID-19 changed things for clinical personnel and the youth outreach his team is doing to promote medical physics to the next generations!

 

Links mentioned during the episode:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469093/

https://cjon.ons.org/cjon/26/3/oncology-nurses-role-promoting-patient-self-advocacy

Jill's Book:

Cancer Journey Guide and Journals: Empowerment in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Beyond: Squire, BSN, RN, OCN, Jill M, Shoevlin, Brooke, Miller D.O., Sarah, Nurse, The Birding: Amazon.com: Books

Jill's Podcast:

Amazon.com: Everything Cancer: the empowering extra-large suitcase of the cancer journey : Jill Squire Oncology Certified Nurse: Books

Rebecca joins us for a special release to discuss the variations in Medical Physics between Australia, Canada and the United States!

Join Radiating Hope for a climb at Mt Hood: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1n7iiZ7BuD_zMeQIf6zbr9PDPGuit_9x5tQEZ8_qjtJkPUNtM8ViRpMp36FhrRrPnTTc-gldRGqCWkDSbevXQE462yscQGpxC1eVFVIVeRXKnXUj7qA7JOJz-lVj6E7BSk6ZoQkXd5OoT1czTSJPeFDFHi7qHHrAUXeVpCbAQLKC09qOaLrXMjzebeJo3vu5ziGzknc9ZUbmrz6Xrv_GqK3tuYZ7ZvUmnzN6hn2ul9EXh7nFP0nowPYsrohdS209Gj48EtehOz9hj-TtB_IpvN8NjKeKd9SFZ_0Z0C3bGfgLcACLuvjz3MYfEHwCpSgo2/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.radglobaladventures.com%2Fmt-hood-trek.html

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Sarah Ariaudo joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to discuss her personal journey toward the creation of a tool, The Cancer Journey Guidebook, she designed to help those traversing the difficulties of a cancer diagnosis. Listen is and learn how Sarah’s efforts can help your patients as well as your team! https://www.mindfulbasedhealing.com/ or email Sarah here: hello@mindfulbasedhealing.com

Tobias ‘Toby’ Gilk joins Out of the Gray to share his experience in MR safety and offers insights into how facilities might work to create the safest possible environment for staff and patients alike.

Acclaimed Physician, Author, Coach and Actor, Dr. Roy Vongtama MD joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share his insights into the world of WHOLE-istic cancer treatment that serves to benefit -not only patients, but healthcare workers as well!

Rajen joins us for a second time to discuss the repercussions and potential healing opportunities for burnout in the medical physics/ radiation oncology / healthcare fields.

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women

Some publications from our interview study:

https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acm2.13554

https://www.advancesradonc.org/article/S2452-1094(21)00082-8/fulltext

 

EthicsPoint - American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Jordan Smith with the St. Charles Health System joins us with an amazing update on what's new for St. Charles Health System's Radiation Oncology Department in Bend, OR.

Lee joins us to discuss how he came into Radiation Oncology as a second career and discusses his experiences in the clinic!

Check out our website for more info!

Join us as Dr. Dieterich discusses her entry into Radiation Oncology, new tech, Medical Physics Residency Programs and Task Group efforts.

Join us as we chat about the coming potentials of AI in Radiation Oncology planning as QA with Christian Jamtheim Gustafsson, PhD of Sweden.

A former Radiation Therapist, Jason Dixon joins us to share his story of how he found Radiation Therapy and how his passion for the field has led him around the country making big impacts for his patients!

A look at the world of Radiation Oncology. Interviews with the best minds in the field to discuss the best in new ideas, research and the future of Radiation Oncology / Radiation Therapy.

Questions for Cristian? He's kindly offered his email address for outreach : cristian.fernandez@unibe.ch

or reach out to him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandez-palomo/ 

Recbecca joins us for a special release to discuss the variations in Medical Physics between Australia, Canada and the United States!

Lee joins Out of the Gray (Gy) for an update on remote treatment planning!

The discussion continues in the second part of our two-parter episode series with Ron Digiamo. Ron joins us and shares his experience as an Expert Witness in Billing Litigation.

Jason Paisley joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share his story and offer insights across a variety of topics relevant to today's Rad Onc leader.

Lauren joins us to discuss advancements in Kaiser Permanente Radiation Oncology Department, and insights for the field as we move toward new QA Task Groups.

Jim Zagzebski joins us to share his experiences in MedPhys and work with Medical Physics Publishing Company.

Where to Find Stella and Matt:

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyung-lim-yun-4a6309236/

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-goss-ms-dabr-2958696/

Link for the discussion on Alzheimer's disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8935565/

Link to Dr. Koneru's team: http://www.gopog.com/ ­­

A special episode of Out Of The Gray, we chat with Ed Neumueller, CEO of Standard Imaging. He walks us through his experience becoming involved in the Radiation Oncology field and shares some exciting news about the upcoming “SI Battling Cancer Golf Classic and Silent Auction Fundraiser!”

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Rajen Patel, VP of Consulting and Physics Solutions with Elite Oncology Solutions joins us to discuss identifying and healing from working in a toxic culture.

Rob Krauss, DMP, joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to chat about MPPGs and offer insights into what is right around the corner for Medical Physics as a field.

www.aapm.org

(2) Angela Oliveira, MPA, RT(T) | LinkedIn

The Radiation Therapy Pocket Guide is available on Amazon!

Radiation Therapy Pocket Guide: Oliveira, Angela: 9798878977388: Amazon.com: Books

Rajen joins Out of the Gray (Gy) onsite from AAPM 2022 in Washington DC to initiate a conversation around additional forward pathways for students of Medical Physics and members of the Medical Physics field in general.

Join us as Dr. Fagerstrom walks us through her experience working as a member of the Northwest Medical Physics Consulting Group and exciting new clinical programs implemented at Kaiser Permanente in Seattle. Also – we learn more about the extensive artistic youth outreach being conducted by Dr. Fargerstrom and her clinical team!

Join us as Dr. MacKenzie walks us through his experiences in the field, where he sees us going, and the big changes on the horizon for his clinic!

Olivier Blasi PhD comes on the show from CAMP physics and discusses his experiences and visions for the future of Radiation Oncology as a field!

Join us as Dr. Hachadorian and Dr. Gladstone discuss their experiences in Medical Physics and shine light on the status of FLASH therapy!

Join us as we chat with Michael Howard PhD, and learn more about his clinical physics experiences but also his Medical Physics Educational Program!

Andrea Zens, Product Manager with Standard Imaging joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to introduce the growing LUCY Family of Phantoms!

Shivani Narayanan joins the show to discuss Radiation Oncology practices for our pets! We learn more about what the practices look like and how pet insurance can help pet owners seek treatment options.

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President of LEO Cancer, Niek Schreuder PhD joins us with incredibly amazing news from LEO Cancer Care! We discuss amazing new innovations and chat about how LEO Cancer Care is changing the face of Radiation Oncology!

Hugh Petersen, Product Manager with Standard Imaging, joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share the latest info about the 3D scanning Water phantom, DoseView3D! Check out the website for details on the new release! www.standardimaging.com

Join us as Navneeth shares his experiences in Medical Physics, what's new at Beth Israel Lahey, current and future tech!

Mellonie joins Out of the Gray for a second time to discuss the most common interview practices for the RadOnc space. She shares insights about how the interview process and changed in recent years- what’s working and where can we improve?

Join Brian Overshiner, Radiation Therapist turned 3D printing guru as he shares his two-part story of the trials, tribulations, and concrete success moving from the CT-Sim to the 3D Innovations Lab at the University of Indiana!

Dennis Varghese BSRT(T) joins us to share insight into the development of a high quality team in a new Proton Therapy Center, and we discuss Dennis’ leadership tips for those in and around the field of Radiation Oncology

Join us as we discuss what’s new for CARTI with Alan Cohen and hear his thoughts on the future of RadOnc/MedPhys!

Join us as we chat with Cheryl Turner and journey through her experiences moving from clinical practice to education and beyond!

Dr. Khan joins OOTG for the first iteration in a series of chats where we discuss a multitude of topics ranging from accreditation to leadership to the business side of RadOnc. Be sure to subscribe so you’re us to the latest in this valuable series.

Join us as we chat with Matthew Goss, Medical Physicist, for a second time to cover leadership trends and opportunities.

Rajen joins us to chat about the development and implementation of soft skills across RadOnc and Medical Physics.

Check out Musti's YouTube Channel here!   https://www.youtube.com/@MustiKadhim 

Andrea Zens, PM with Standard Imaging, joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to discuss the latest release in QA hardware, the StereoChecker 2.0

Join Brian Overshiner, Radiation Therapist turned 3D printing guru as he shares his two-part story of the trials, tribulations, and concrete success moving from the CT-Sim to the 3D Innovations Lab at the University of Indiana!

Don Parnell CMD, joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share insights in working between the clinical sector of RadOnc and industry. We chat about the latest in Patient QA with Adaptivo and take a peek into what the future might hold.

Kwame Amoabeng joins Out of the Gray (Gy) from Ghana to share his experiences as both a Radiation Therapist AND Medical Physicist at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital!

We join Brandon Smith on his journey to discuss the role of professional organizations in our field! #BeRAD

Anil Sethi PhD. Joins us to chat about current events, and what the future of Medical Physics / Radiation Oncology technology holds!

Tiffany joins us to discuss the current events and future of Radiation Therapy training programs!

Dr. Teboh joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share his story of finding medical physics from an international perspective and offers advice for all from students, to seasoned members of the field on learning and helping others learn. The video format of this interview is now available on our YouTube channel!

Hugh Petersen, Product Manager with Standard Imaging, joins Out of the Gray (Gy) LIVE! to chat about the DoseView3D Water Phantom from Standard Imaging.

Jordan walks us through his personal ties to Radiation Oncology, discusses his journey from the clinic into the business side of healthcare and invites us to his farm! Reach out to Oncospark for more fantastic information from Jordan Johnson!

Ron DiGiaimo - Chairman of the Board - Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies / The Oncology Group and RC Billing

Rebecca Moylan comes on the show to share her experiences in clinical medical physics, and how those expereinces shaped her adventures into the corporate side of RadOnc with Elekta as a Physics Specialist!

Lazar with RadTechCredits.com joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share his story in developing a way for folks with ARRT licensure requirements to access continuing education credits in a more affordable way!

Mellonie joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to discuss the future of Radiation Oncology from the perspective of an educational program director as it relates to the members of our field. From youth outreach to resources for clinical programs, her keen insights reveal hints to what the future might look like and how we can help plant the seeds of improvement today. A great episode you’ll not want to miss!

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Joshua joins us to share his perspective on Medical Physics learning from his Master Level coursework in Romania and shares plans for authoring Medical Physics resources for future students.

Dr. Khan joins ‘Out of the Gray (Gy)’ to share his insights on Radiation Safety, discusses how the practice of Radiation Safety impacts all members of the facility from the physicians to environmental service team members and offers tips for implementing a successful Radiation Safety Program.

Steve Howard, Medical Physicist within the University of Kansas Cancer Center umbrella joins us to chat about his journey into medical physics, shares exciting news about what’s new for his department and what might be around the corner for RadOnc as a field.

(15) Nadeem Khan DHA, MS, DABR, FACRO, FAHM, FHIAS, FACMPE | LinkedIn

 

Dr. Das joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share updates about an upcoming MRI publication and other news from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Brian joins OOTG to share the news! Loads of great things happening with the team at Aspekt and Brian gives us a front row seat. www.aspektsolutions.com/

Mark Yudilevich joins us with a great deal of information about recent developments for Gamma Tile and shares his insights of the RadOnc world from non-clinical perspective.

Monique Lockhart-Chisem MSML, R.T.(T), ARRT, CSSGB joins Out of the Gray (Gy) to share about her role as Clinical Specialist at Miami Baptist Heath South Florida Cancer Treatment Center. She shares the journey THROUGH developing the Clinical Specialist role and the benefits the entire team sees as a result of her work.

Michael Rutstein, Medical Physicist joins us to discuss the world of Radiation Oncology from his perspective, sharing insights about where the future of Rad Onc might be headed.

Rainor Connor joins Out of the Gray (Gy) from ECU with insights into the Radiation Oncology / Medical Physics world from the view of the Medical Physics Resident

CivaTech's website: www.civatechoncology.com

 

Dr. Z's TikTok Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@_doctorz/video/7200205235531451694?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7200039723585619499​

 

CivaTech's TikTok Channel: https://www.tiktok.com/@civatechoncology

 

CivaTech's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civatechoncology/

 

Jessica's X-ray: https://www.amazon.com/Jessicas-X-Ray-Pat-Zonta/dp/1552975770

 

Designing Your Life: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Your-Life-Well-Lived-Joyful/dp/1101875321/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=designing+your+life&qid=1676576676&s=books&sprefix=designing+you%2Cstripbooks%2C83&sr=1-1​

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