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Curriculum Vitae for: Vladimir Feygelman, Ph.D., D.A.B.R. April 24, 2015

Current Position: Associate Member (tenured)

Medical Physicist

Department of Radiation Oncology

Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

12902 Magnolia Drive, MCC-Rad Onc

Tampa, FL 33612

Email: [email protected]

Office: (813) 745-2757

FAX: (813) 745-7231

Current Academic Appointments:

2012 – Present Associate Professor

Department of Oncologic Sciences

College of Medicine

University of South Florida

12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

Tampa, FL 33612-4799

2010 – Present Courtesy appointment,

Department of Physics,

University of South Florida

12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

Tampa, FL 33612-4799

Education:

1982 MS Laser Physics (Cum Laude)

Rostov State University, Rostov, U.S.S.R.

1985 Ph.D. Physical Chemistry

Rostov State University, Rostov, U.S.S.R.

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

1989-1990 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics,

University of Florida

1990 - 1991 Fellow in Medical Physics

Vladimir Feygelman, PhD

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Department of Radiology, University of Florida

Employment:

1985 - 1988 Research Scientist, Rostov State University, U.S.S.R.

1991 - 1992 Medical Physicist, Manitoba Cancer Treatment and

Research Foundation, Winnipeg, Canada

1992 - 2000 Clinical Physicist II, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and

Research Institute at the University of South Florida,

Tampa, FL

2000 - 2007 Chief Physicist, Center for Cancer Care, University

Community Hospital (UCH), Tampa, FL

2007 - 2012 Assistant Member, Faculty, Moffitt Cancer Center,

Tampa, FL

2012- Present Associate Member, Faculty, Moffitt Cancer Center,

Tampa, FL

Academic Appointments:

1991-1992 Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics,

University of Manitoba

2007-2012 Assistant Member, Moffitt Cancer Center, Assistant

Professor, USF Department of Oncologic Sciences

2010-Present Courtesy Appointment at USF Department of Physics

2012-Present Associate Member, Moffitt Cancer Center, Associate

Professor, USF Department of Oncologic Sciences

Licenses:

1998 - Present State of Florida - Therapeutic Radiological Physics.

License # TRP 107

2005 - Present State of Florida - Authorized Medical Physicist, RAM

License # 549-3, 549-1, 1739-3


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Board Certification:

1995 - Present American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiological

Physics

Languages Spoken:

Russian

Teaching Experience

University Courses:

1990-1991 Instructor. Diagnostic Radiology Labs, Department of

Radiology, University of Florida

1991-1992 Course Director. Graduate (MS/PhD) course

“Radiotherapy Physics”, Department of Physics, University

of Manitoba and Manitoba Cancer Foundation

2008 – 2009 Instructor. Radiological Physics (USF Physics 6909) for

residents and USF physics interns

2009 – Present Course Director. Radiological Physics (USF Physics

6909) for residents and USF physics interns

2011 – 2012 Instructor. Medical Physics I for PhD students in

Applied/Medical Physics(USF College of Arts and

Sciences, Department of Physics, Course # 6938).

Responsible for a series of lectures covering the subject of

radiation dosimetry

2012 – Present Course Director. Medical Physics I for PhD students in

Applied/Medical Physics (USF College of Arts and

Sciences, Department of Physics, Course # 6938).

Post-graduate Training:

1991 – 1992 Served on the advisory committee for R. Rajapakshe, PhD

– currently Senior Medical Physicist at British Columbia

Cancer Agency


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1991 –1992 Therapeutic Radiological Physics for radiation oncology

residents, Manitoba Cancer Foundation

2008 – 2009 Supervision of Medical Physics Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dan

Opp, Moffitt Cancer Center – currently Clinical Physicist at

Moffitt Cancer Center.

2009 – 2011 Serve on the PhD advisory committees for K. Latifi (USF

Department of Physics)

2010 External Examiner, PhD candidate Zhen Yu Qi, University

of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

2011 Supervision of an international scholar’s short-term

scientific visit to Moffitt – Jeannie Wong, PhD, University

of Wollongong, Australia

2011- 2012 Advisor, USF Physics PhD student, Joshua Robinson

2012 Supervisor, summer graduate fellowship for a USF PhD

student Cassandra Stambaugh

2012 External Examiner, PhD candidate Pejman Rowshan

Farzad, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

2012 – Present Advisor, USF Physics PhD student, Cassandra Stambaugh

Workshops:

1997 – 2000 Co-director. Continuing education course “Ultrasound-

Guided Permanent Prostate Implants” for physicians,

physicists and dosimetrists, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa,

FL. This international course was presented multiple times

and hundreds of medical professionals were trained in the

procedure. USF CME Course # 1170-321, 341, 8188, 8189

1999 Physics Faculty, American Brachytherapy Society Prostate

Brachytherapy School, Palm Beach, FL

2009 Director. Rotational Therapy Workshop for Medical

Physicists. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL


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Undergraduate Training:

1993-1994 Instructor. Hillsborough Community College

Radiotherapy Physics Labs for radiation Therapy

Technology students, Tampa, FL

Honors and Awards

1977-1982 Honor merit scholarship at Rostov State University

2011 Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics: Board of

Editors selection for The Elekta Award of Excellence for

an Outstanding Radiation Oncology Article in 2010 for

the article entitled “Initial dosimetric evaluation of

SmartArc - a novel VMAT treatment planning module

implemented in a multi-vendor delivery chain,” 11(1) 99-

116 (2010)

2012 Session Chair, World Congress on Medical Physics and

Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, China

2013 Medical Physics: Monthly Editor’s Pick and Top Ten

most read for the article entitled “Motion as a perturbation:

Measurement-guided dose estimates to moving patient

voxels during modulated arc deliveries,” 40(2), 021708

(2013)

Medical Physics: Monthly Editor’s Pick and Top Five

most read for the article entitled “Experimentally studied

dynamic dose interplay does not meaningfully affect target

dose in VMAT SBRT lung treatments,” 40(9), 091710

(2013)

Medical Physics: Monthly Editor’s Pick and the most read

for the article entitled “Evaluating IMRT and VMAT dose

accuracy: Practical examples of failure to detect systematic

errors when applying a commonly used metric and action

levels,” 40(11), 111722 (2013)


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Research Support

Current

External Grants

Account: 84-17518-99-01

PI: Vladimir Feygelman, Ph.D

Dates: 04/08/2014 – 04/07/2015

Source: Sun Nuclear Corp.

Title: Development and Validation of Advanced 3D/4D

Dosimetry Techniques

% Effort: 5%

Total Amount of Award: $62,771

Completed

External Grants

Account: 84-15770-99-01

PI/Co-PI: Kenneth Forster, Ph.D/Vladimir Feygelman, Ph.D

Dates: 12-1-2008 – 11-30-2010

Source: Dot Decimal, Inc.

Title: Potential Advantages of Compensator based IMRT

for Thoracic & Abdominal Cases: Treatment

w/Compensator IMRT

Role in the Study: Co-PI, Responsible for grant application

preparation, design and execution of the major

portion of the study

Total Direct Costs: $126,755


Account: 84-16083-01-01


Dates: 06/08/2010 – 10/31/2011


Title: Evaluation and Improvement of the ArcCHECK 3D

Diode Dosimeter

% Effort: 14%


Account: 84-16341-01-01


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PI/Co-PI: Vladimir Feygelman, Ph.D./Geoffrey Zhang PhD,

et al

Dates: 4/13/11-4/12/12

Source: Dot decimal Inc. (This is new funding from the

previous sponsor)

Title: “Implementation and clinical evaluation of

SnapShot IMRT” and “Commissioning and

evaluation of Tungsten powder photon

compensators”

% Effort: 1%


Account: 84-16083-02-01


Dates: 11/07/2011 – 11/06/2012

Source: Sun Nuclear Corp. (This is new funding from the

previous sponsor)


Diode Dosimeter

% Effort: 14%


Account: 84-16858-01-01


Dates: 02/01/2013 – 01/31/2014



Diode Dosimeter

% Effort: 12%


Clinical Trials

Title: RTOG 0813: A Seamless Phase I/II Study of

Stereotactic Lung Radiotherapy (SBRT)

for Early Stage, Centrally Located, Non-Small Cell

Lung Cancer (NSCLC) in Medically Inoperable Patients

Sponsor: RTOG

Role: Institutional Physics CO-I. Responsible for physics

credentialing and compliance at Moffitt


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Invited Lectures: Professional Societies Research/CME Meetings

2009 “Evaluation of a 3-dimensional diode array system for

QA”. FL AAPM, Orlando, March 5-7.

“Initial Dosimetric Evaluation of SmartArc Planning

Module Implemented in the Multi-Vendor Environment”.

FL AAPM, Gainesville, October 8-9.

2010 “SmartArc Commissioning and QA with Delta4”. 3rd

Annual QA and Dosimetry Symposium, Orlando, FL,

Feb 19-20.

“Dose Verification in IMRT and VMAT”, International

Summer School on Concepts And Trends in Medical

Radiation Dosimetry, University of Wollongong,

Wollongong, Australia, Sep 15-18.

2011 “ArcCHECK: Validation and Improvements”, FL AAPM,

Orlando, FL, Mar 25-26.

2012 “Introduction to Physics of Lung SBRT”. 10th British

Thoracic Oncology Group Conference, Radiotherapy

Training, Dublin, Ireland, Jan 24.

“VMAT QA: Measurement-Guided, Time-Resolved Dose

Reconstruction on a Patient Dataset”, Florida Chapter

AAPM Spring Meeting, Orlando, FL, Mar 9-10.

“Semi-Empirical Reconstruction of Volumetric Patient

Dose for VMAT”, World Congress on Medical Physics and

Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, China, May 26-31.

“Methods and Metrics for IMRT and VMAT Quality

Assurance”, World Congress on Medical Physics and

Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, China, May 26-31.

“Dosimetric quality assurance of conformal external beam

treatments: from 2D phantom comparisons to 4D patient

dose reconstruction”, Florida Chapter AAPM Fall Meeting,

St. Petersburg, FL, September 27-28.


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Keynote Speaker: “Dosimetric quality assurance of highly

conformal external beam treatments: from 2D phantom

comparisons to 4D patient dose reconstruction”,

IC3DDOSE: 7th International Conference on 3D Radiation

Dosimetry (endorsed by AAPM), Sydney, Australia,

November 4-8.

2013 “Introduction to physics of lung SBRT”. 11th Annual

British Thoracic Oncology Group Conference,

Radiotherapy Training Session, Dublin, Ireland, January

23.

“Motion as perturbation: deriving VMAT dose to moving

target.” Florida Chapter AAPM Spring Meeting, Orlando,

FL, April 5.

“4D Patient QA with Virtual Motion Simulation”, QA &

Dosimetry Symposium, Orlando, FL, April 6.

“Motion as Perturbation: Proof of Concept and Application

to Lung SBRT”. NE Chapter AAPM Annual Summer

Meeting, Portsmouth, NH, May 31.

2014 “IMRT in Lung Radiotherapy”. 12th Annual British

Thoracic Oncology Group Conference, Radiotherapy

Training Session, Dublin, Ireland, January 22.

“Quality Concepts in Minimum Practice Guidelines for

TPS Dosimetric Commissioning (TG-244)”. 2014 AAPM

Spring Clinical Meeting, Denver, CO, Mar 15.

“Physics of External Beam X-ray Radiation Therapy”.

Special Course on Radiation Therapy (SC8) held at the

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging

Conference, Seattle, WA, November 11.

Industry-Sponsored Presentations

2009 Philips Pinnacle User Symposia Invited Speaker. Jul 25,

Aug 20, Sep 20 & 22.

2013 Co-Director. “From 3D to IMRT: A Seminar on

Radiotherapy Treatment Planning ”, Moscow, Russia.

2014 “Respiratory MotionSim™ with 3DVH” Sun Nuclear

Corp. Webinar, Jan 15.


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“Are common IMRT/VMAT QA metrics sufficiently

sensitive?” Sun Nuclear Corp. User’s Meeting at the 2014

AAPM Meeting, Jul 22.

Service

Moffitt Cancer Center

2007 – Present Member, Department IT committee – Bi-weekly

2010 – Present Member, Moffitt “Quality Luncheon” (safety and quality

committee) - Quarterly

2010 – 2014 Member, Department Resident Education Committee -

Quarterly

2010- Present Member, Moffitt Radiation Safety Committee – Bi-annual

or as needed

2010- Present Department Physics Liaison for RTOG clinical trials

2014 – Present Member, Resident Program Evaluation Committee

2014 – Present Member, Resident Clinical Competency Committee

Profession

2004 Radiotherapy Physics written exam item writer, American

Board of Radiology

2007–2013 Member, Clinical Practice Guidelines Subcommittee,

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Professional Council

2009–Present Reviewer, “International Journal of Radiation Oncology,

Biology, Physics”, “Radiotherapy and Oncology”,

“Medical Physics”, “Physics in Medicine and

Biology”,“Acta Oncologica”, “Radiation Oncology”,

“Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in

Medicine”, “Physica Medica: European Journal of


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Medical Physics”, “Brachytherapy”,”Journal of Applied

Clinical Medical Physics”, AAPM Annual Meeting

2010 Guest Associate Editor, “Medical Physics”

2011-Present Member, AAPM Task Group No. 219 - Independent Dose

and MU Verification for IMRT Patient Specific Quality

Assurance

2012 – Present Editorial Board member and Associate Editor, “Journal Of

Applied Clinical Medical Physics”.

2013-Present American College of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Practice Accreditation Physics Surveyor.

2013- 2014 Member, AAPM Task Group No. 244 - MPPG Therapy #4

Treatment Planning System Commissioning and QC/QA

2014-Present Associate Editor, “Medical Physics”

2014-Present Member, Practice Environment Subcommittee,

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Professional Council

Professional Memberships

1988-1990 American Chemical Society

1990-Present American Association of Physicists in Medicine

1997 American Brachytherapy Society

2007-Present American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology


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Publications

Peer-Reviewed Papers

1. Tymyanskii YR, Feigel'man VM, Knyazhanskii MI and Kholodova NV.

Luminescence and photocyclization of n-naphthyl-substituted pyridinium cations.

(Chem. Abs. 102 78210n.), Khim. Geterotsikl. Soedin. 11: 1528-1532, 1984.

2. UFeigel'man VMU, Tymyanskii YR, Knyazhanskii MI, Pyshev AI and Kholodova NV.

Photocyclization of a bichromophoric system based on the 124-triphenylpyridinium

cation. (Chem. Abs. 103 178143g.), Zh. Org. Khim. 21 (5): 1136-1137, 1985.

3. Tymyanskii YR, Knyazhanskii MI, Feigel'man VM and Kharlanov VA. Molecular-

structural aspects of the formation of spectral-luminescent properties of aryl-

substituted pyridinium cations. (Chem. Abs. 103 122835s.), Zh. Prikl. Spectrosk. 42 (4):

574-579, 1985.

4. Tymyanskii YR, Feigel'man VM, Knyazhanskii MI and Makarov SP. Mechanizm of

the photocyclization of 124-triaryl-substituted pyridinium cations. (Chem. Abs. 103

36291k.), Khim. Vys. Energ. 19 (2): 136-140, 1985.

5. UFeigel'man VMU, Tymyanskii YR, Novikov VN and Knyazhanskii MI.

Photodimerization of 4-5-bromo-2-furyl-26-diphenylpyrylium and pyridinium

perchlorates. (Chem. Abs. 107 245667d.), Khim. Getrotsikl. Soedin. 10: 1425, 1986.

6. Tymyanskii YR, Feigel'man VM, Druzhinin SI, Knyazhanskii MI and Uzhiniov BM.

Stereophotochemical mechanism of the formation of the fluorescent state in n-aryl-

substituted pyridinium cations. (Chem. Abs. 106 175656c.), Khim. Fiz. 5 (10): 1429-

1431, 1986.

7. UFeigel'man VMU, Tymyanskii YR, Novikov VN, Zubkov OA, Knyazhanskii MI and

Pustovarov VS. Photonucleophilic substitution of halogen in 5-bromo-2-substituted

pyridiniumfurans. (Chem. Abs. 108 221567r.), Khim. Geterotsikl. Soedin. 10: 1422,

1987.

8. Knyazhanskii MI, Feigel'man VM, Tymyanskii YR, Druzhinin SI and Uzhinov BM.

The influence of structural relaxation on the fluorescent properties of n-naphthyl-

substituted pyridinium cations. (Chem. Abs. 108 221173j.), J. Lumin. 37 (4): 215-220,

1987.

9. Knyazhanskii MI, Tymyanskii YR, Feigelman VM and Katritzky AR. Pyridinium

salts: Luminescent spectroscopy and photochemistry. Heterocycles, 26 (11): 2963-

2982, 1987.


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10. Novikov VN, Tymyanskii YR, Feigel'man VM and Knyazhanskii MI. Synthesis and

spectral properties of furyl-substituted pyridines and pyrylium and pyridinium salts.

(Chem. Abs. 111 96533k.), Khim. Geterotsikl. Soedin. 10: 1320-1324, 1988.

11. Tymyanskii YR, Feigel'man VM, Knyazhanskii MI, Ivakhnenko EP and Pyshchev

AI. Free radicals in photocyclization. Polyaryl-substituted cations of pyridinium.

(Chem. Abs. 110 211841c.), 301 (6): 1435-1438, 1988.

12. Tymyanskii YR, Feigel'man VM, Zubkov OA, Novikov VN, Knyazhanskii MI and

Pustovarov VS. Photodimerization of furfurol bromo derivatives. (Chem. Abs. 109

170154q.), Zh. Org. Khim. 24: 459-460, 1988.

13. Dubonosov AD, Shepelenko EN, Lubarskaya AE, Feigel'man VM and Sitkina LM.

Manifestation of the structural relaxation in fluorescence of 2-aminoethylidene-1-

ethylindole-32h-ones. (Chem. Abs. 110 201943y.), Zh. Prikl. Spektrosk. 50 (2): 321-323,

1989.

14. UFeygelman VMU, Walker JK, Katritzky AR and Dega-Szafran Z. Studies of sterically

hindered oxadiazoles as potential fluorescent dopants for polymeric scintillators.

Chemica Scripta. 29: 241-243, 1989.

15. Tymyanskii YR, Feygelman VM, Makarova NI, Knyazhanskii MI, Kharlanov VA,

Orekhovskii VS, Zhdanova MP and Zvezdina EA. Photochemistry of pyridinium

salts. 2. Photobiscyclization of n-azometine pyridinium derivatives. J. Photochem.

Photobiol. A: Chem. 54: 91-97, 1990.

16. Katritzky AR, Feygelman V, Musumarra G, Barczynski P and Szafran M.

Aromaticity as a quantitative concept. 2. Sixteen familiar five- and six-membered

monocyclic heterocycles. Journal für Praktische Chemie. 332 (6): 853-869, 1990.

17. UFeygelman VMU, Walker JK and Harmon JP. Polysiloxane-based scintillators doped

with oligophenylenes: Effect of color centers on radiation stability. Nucl. Instr. and

Meth. A, A290: 131-135, 1990.

18. UFeygelman VMU, Walker JK and Harmon JP. Polysiloxane-based scintillators: 1144-

tetraphenylbutadiene as a secondary fluor. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, A295: 94-98,

1990.

19. UFeygelman VMU, Tymyanskii YR, Makarova NI, Knyazhanskii MI, Druzhinin SI and

Uzhinov BM. Photochemistry of pyridinium salts. 1. Intramolecular charge transfer

in n-aminosubstituted pyridinium cations. J. Phys. Org. Chem. 3: 200-204, 1990.

20. Knyazhansky MI, Metelitsa AV, Makarova NI, Feygelman VM and Tymyansky JR.

Light-induced adiabatic structural relaxation and electronic energy deactivation in

pyridinium bications. J. Photochem. Photobiol. (A: Chem.). 132: 59-66, 2000.


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21. UFeygelman V U, Huda W and Peters K. Effective dose equivalents to patients

undergoing cerebral arteriograms. Amer. J. Neuroradiology. 13: 845-849, 1992.

22. UFeygelman V U and Mandelzweig Y. Evaluation of electron beam uniformity during

commissioning of a linear accelerator. Med. Phys. 20: 1233-1236, 1993.

23. UFeygelman V U, Noriega B, Sanders R and Friedland J. Dosimetry of permanent

prostate seed implants based on commercial treatment planning system and

spreadsheets. Med. Phys. 21: 959-960, 1994.

24. UFeygelman V U, Mandelzweig Y, and Baral E. Matching electron beams without

secondary collimation for treatment of extensive recurrent chest wall carcinoma.

Med. Dosim. 19 (1): 23-27, 1994.

25. UFeygelman V U, Noriega BK, Sanders RM and Friedland JL. Spreadsheet techniques

for dosimetry of permanent prostate seed implants. Med. Phys. 22: 97-100, 1995.

26. UFeygelman V U, Sanders RM, Noriega BK and Friedland JL. A simple method for

verifying activity of i-125 seeds in rigid absorbable suture. Med. Dosim. 21 (4): 261-

262, 1996.

27. UFeygelman V U, Friedland JL, Sanders RM, Noriega BK and Pow-Sang JM.

Improvement in dosimetry of ultrasound-guided prostate implants with the use of

multiple stabilization needles. Med. Dosim. 21 (2): 109-112, 1996.

28. Friedland JL, Feygelman V, Haller EM, Bradley LM, Sanders RM and Noriega BK.

Problems with rigid seed strands lodging during prostate implantation: A proposed

mechanism and solution. Med. Dosim. 22 (1): 17-21, 1997.

29. Bice WS, Prestidge BR, Grimm PD, Friedland JL, Feygelman V, Roach M, Prete JJ,

Dubois DF and Blasko JC. Centralized multiinstitutional postimplant analysis for

interstitial prostate brachytherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 41 (4): 921-927,

1998.

30. UFeygelman V,U Pow-Sang JM, Friedland JL and Sanders RM. Needle imaging during

ultrasound-guided permanent prostate implants. Techniques in Urology. 5 (3): 143-

145, 1999.

31. UFeygelman V U, Walker L, Chinnaiyan P and Forster K. Simulation of intrafraction

motion and overall geometrical accuracy of a frameless intracranial radiosurgery

process. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 9(4): 68-86, 2008.

32. UFeygelman V U, Nillson G and Forster K. Evaluation of a biplanar diode array

dosimeter and its application to quality assurance of step-and-shoot IMRT. J. Appl.

Clin. Med. Phys. 10 (4): 64-77, 2009.


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33. UFeygelman V U, Zhang G, Stevens C. HInitial dosimetric evaluation of SmartArc - a

novel VMAT treatment planning module implemented in a multi-vendor delivery

chain H. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 11 (1): 99-116, 2010.

34. Feygelman V U, Hunt D, Walker L, Mueller R, Demarco ML, Dilling T, Stevens C,

and Zhang G. Validation of Pinnacle treatment planning system for use with Novalis

delivery unit. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 11(3):135-153, 2010

35. Zhang G, Huang TC, Feygelman V, Stevens C, Forster K. Generation of composite

dose and biological effective dose (BED) over multiple treatment modalities and

multistage planning using deformable image registration. Med Dosim, 35(2): 143-

150, 2010

36. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Stevens C, Li W, Leuthold S, Springett G, Hoffe S. “Re-

planning for compensator-based IMRT with original compensators”. Med Dosim.

36(1):102-108, 2011.

37. UFeygelman V U, Opp D, Javedan K and Saini A. Evaluation of a 3d diode array

dosimeter for helical tomotherapy delivery QA. Med Dosim. 35(4): 324-329, 2011

38. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Huang T, Stevens C, Li W, Dilling T. Motion-weighted

target volume and dose-volume histogram: a practical approximation of four-

dimensional planning and evaluation. Radiother Oncol. 99(1): 67-72, 2011.

39. Feygelman V, Zhang G, Stevens C, Nelms B. Evaluation of a new VMAT QA device

or: The X’s and O’s of 3D dosimetry array. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 12(2): 146-168,

2011.

40. Opp D, Forster K, Feygelman V. Commissioning compensator-based IMRT on the

Pinnacle treatment planning system. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 12(2): 310-325, 2011.

41. Kozelka J, Robinson J, Nelms BE, Zhang G, Savitskij D, Feygelman V. Optimizing

the accuracy of a helical diode array dosimeter: a comprehensive calibration

methodology coupled with a novel virtual inclinometer. Med Phys. 38(9), 5021-5032,

2011.

42. Zhang G, Ku L, Hsiang-Hsuan, Yu M, Sarangkasiri S, Zhang R, Li W , Feygelman

V. Dosimetric analysis of modulated and hybrid arcs in stereotactic radiosurgery. J.

Radiosurg. SBRT 1(3), 177-182, 2011.

43. Zhang GG, Ku L, Dilling TJ, Stevens CW, Zhang RR, Li W, Feygelman V.

Volumetric modulated arc planning for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy using

conventional and unflattened photon beams: a dosimetric comparison with 3D

technique. Radiat Oncol. 6(1), 152, 2011.

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44. Robinson J, Opp D, Zhang G, Cashon K, Kozelka J, Hunt D, Walker L, Hoffe S,

Shridhar R, Feygelman V. Evaluating dosimetric accuracy of Flattening Filter Free

compensator-based IMRT: measurements with diode arrays. Med. Phys. 39(1), 342-

352, 2012.

45. Fernandez D, Hoffe S, Barthel J, Vignesh S, Klapman J, Haris C, Almhanna K,

Biagioli M, Meredith K, Feygelman V, Rao N, Shridhar R.Stability of Endoscopic

Ultrasound-Guided Fiducial Marker Placement for Esophageal Cancer Target

Delineation and Image Guided Radiation Therapy. Practical Radiation Oncology,

3(1), 32-39, 2013.

46. Javedan K, Zhang G, Hoffe S, Feygelman V, Forster K. Comparing dose in the

build-up region between compensator and MLC based IMRT. J. Appl. Clin. Med.

Phys. 13(5), 1-12, 2012.

47. Nelms B, Opp D, Robinson J, Wolf T, Zhang G, Moros E, Feygelman V.VMAT QA:

Measurement-guided 4D dose reconstruction on a patient. Med. Phys. 39(7), 4228-

4238, 2012.

48. Zhang G, Yu M, Stevens C, Dilling T, Hoffe S, Moros E, Feygelman V, “Motion

management in stereotactic body radiotherapy”, Nuclear Medicine & Radiation

Therapy, S6:012, 2012, doi: 10.4172/2155-9619.S6-012

49. Robinson J, Opp D, Zhang G, Feygelman V. Evaluation of inhomogeneity correction

factors for 6MV flattening filter free beams with brass compensators. J. Appl. Clin.

Med. Phys.14(3), 226-231, 2013.

50. Feygelman V, Stambaugh C, Zhang G, Hunt D, Opp D, Wolf T, Nelms B. Motion as

perturbation: measurement-guided dose estimates to moving patient voxels during

modulated arc deliveries. Med. Phys. 40(2), 021708 (11pp), 2013.

51. Opp D, Nelms E, Zhang G, Stevens C, Feygelman V. Validation of measurement-

guided 3D VMAT dose reconstruction on a heterogeneous anthropomorphic phantom

J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 14(4), 70-84, 2013.

52. Stambaugh C, Nelms B, Dilling T, Stevens C, Latifi K, Zhang G, Moros E,

Feygelman V. Experimentally studied dynamic dose interplay does not meaningfully

affect target dose in VMAT SBRT lung treatments. Med. Phys. 40(9), 091710 (8pp),

2013.

53. Latifi K, Huang TC, Feygelman V, Budzevich MM, Moros EG, Dilling TG, Stevens

CW, van Elmpt W, Dekker A, Zhang GG. Effects of quantum noise in 4D-CT on

deformable image registration and derived ventilation data. Phys. Med. Biol. 58(21),

7661-7672, 2013.

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54. Nelms BE, Chan MF, Jarr G, Lemire M, Lowden J, Hampton C, Feygelman V.

Evaluating IMRT and VMAT dose accuracy: Practical examples of failure to detect

systematic errors when applying a commonly used metric and action levels. Med.

Phys. 40(11),111722,(15pp), 2013.

55. Stambaugh C, Opp D, Wasserman S, Zhang G, Feygelman V. Evaluation of semi-

empirical VMAT dose reconstruction on a patient dataset based on biplanar diode

array measurements. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys., 15 (2), 169-180, 2014.

56. Latifi K, Feygelman V, Moros EG, Dilling TJ, Stevens CW, Zhang G. Normalization

of ventilation data from 4D-CT to facilitate comparison between datasets acquired at

different times. PLoS ONE 8(12), e84083, 2013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084083

57. Feygelman V, Stambaugh C, Op D, Zhang G, Moros E, Nelms E. Cross-validation of

two commercial methods for volumetric high-resolution dose reconstruction on a

phantom for non-coplanar VMAT beams. Radiother. Oncol. 110 (3), 558-561, 2014.

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.12.011.

58. Latifi K, Oliver J, Baker R, Dilling TJ, Stevens CW, Kim J, Yue B, DeMarco ML,

Zhang J, Moros EG, Feygelman V. Study of 201 non-small cell lung cancer patients

given stereotactic ablative radiation therapy shows local control dependence on dose

calculation algorithm. Intl. J. Radiat. Oncology Biol. Phys., 88 (5), 1108-1113, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.12.047

59. Javedan K, Feygelman V, Zhang RR, Moros EG, Correa CR, Trotti A, Li W, Zhang

GG. Monte Carlo comparison of superficial dose between flattening filter free and

flattened beams. Physica Medica, 30, 503-508, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.03.001

60. Nelms BE, Opp D, Zhang G, Moros E, Feygelman V. Motion as perturbation II:

Development of the method for dosimetric analysis of motion effects with fixed-

gantry IMRT. Med. Phys. 41(6), 061704 (10pp), 2014.

61. Zhang DG, Zhang DG, Feygelman V, Moros E, Latifi K, Zhang G. Monte Carlo

study of radiation dose enhancement by gadolinium in megavoltage and high dose

rate radiotherapy PLoS ONE 9(10), e109389, 2013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109389

62. Stambaugh C, Nelms B, Wolf T, Mueller R, Geurtis M, Opp D, Zhang G, Moros E,

Feygelman V. Measurement-guided volumetric dose reconstruction for helical

tomotherapy. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys., Accepted

Peer-Reviewed Full-Length Conference Proceedings

1. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Stevens C, Li W, Leuthold S and Hoffe S. Re-planning for

compensator-based imrt with original compensators. WC IFMBE Proceedings. O.

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Dössel and W.C. Schlegel (Eds.). 25 (I): 928-931, 2009. ISSN 1680-0737. ISBN 978-3-

642-03472-5. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9. http://www.springerlink.com/content/vp6207p160l85145/

2. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Stevens C, Li W and Dilling T. Motion-weighted dose-

volume histograms – a novel approach to 4d treatment planning. WC IFMBE

Proceedings. O. Dössel and W.C. Schlegel (Eds.). 25 (I): 904-907, 2009. ISSN 1680-

0737. ISBN 978-3-642-03472-5. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9. http://www.springerlink.com/content/vw8301t5428t88h6/

3. Gurvich V and UFeygelman V U. Useful techniques in tomotherapy treatment planning.

WC IFMBE Proceedings. O. Dössel and W.C. Schlegel (Eds.). 25 (I): 890-892, 2009. ISSN 1680-0737. ISBN 978-3-642-03472-5. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9. http://www.springerlink.com/content/vj25074v411r582h/

4. UFeygelman V U, Opp D, Javedan K, Saini A and Zhang G, Validation of a biplanar

diode array dosimeter for helical tomotherapy delivery QA. WC IFMBE

Proceedings. O. Dössel and W.C. Schlegel (Eds.). 25 (I): 863-866, 2009. ISSN 1680-

0737. ISBN 978-3-642-03472-5. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9. http://www.springerlink.com/content/m333360283778141/

5. Feygelman V and Nelms B. Dose Verification in IMRT and VMAT. Proceedings of

the SSD Summer School on Concepts and Trends in Medical Radiation Dosimetry.

Rozenfeld A, Kron T, d’Errico F, Moscovitch M (Eds),p.145-164. American Institute

of Physics, Mellville, NY, 2011, 336p. ISBN 978-0-7354-0901-9. ISSN 0094-243X http://scitation.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/1345.jsp


Shridhar R, Feygelman V. Commissioning compensator-based IMRT with a

Flattening Filter Free beam. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical

Engineering, Beijing, China, 2012. IFMBE Proceedings, TH.01/01.4-2.

7. Zhang R, Feygelman V, Harris E, Forster K, Zhang G. Monte Carlo study of dose

difference in electron conformal therapy planning introduced by bolus material

approximation. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering,

Beijing, China, 2012. IFMBE Proceedings, TH.01/13.2-1.

8. Feygelman V and Nelms B. Dosimetric quality assurance of highly conformal

external beam treatments: from 2D phantom comparisons to 4D patient dose

reconstruction. J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 444, 012012 (9pp), 2013. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1088/1742-

6596/444/1/012012

9. Feygelman V, Opp D, Zhang G, Stevens C, Nelms B. Experimental verification of

the planned dose perturbation algorithm in an anthropomorphic phantom. J. Phys.

Conf. Ser. 444, 012047 (4pp), 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012047

10. Nelms B, Feygelman V. A novel method for 4D measurement-guided planned dose

perturbation to estimate patient dose/DVH changes due to interplay. J. Phys. Conf.

Ser. 444, 012097 (5pp), 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012097

http://scitation.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/1345.jsp

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11. Nelms B, Jarry G, Chan M, Hampton C, Watanabe Y, Feygelman V. Real-world

examples of sensitivity failures of the 3%/3mm pass rate metric and published action

levels when used in IMRT/VMAT system commissioning. J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 444,

012086 (5pp), 2013. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012086

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts

1. Mandelzweig Y, Feygelman V and Mirzai M. Commissioning of electron beams of

the Siemens Mevatron KD-2 linac: Problems with lateral profiles. Med. Phys. 19:

794, 1992.

2. UFeygelman V U and Mandelzweig Y. Implementation of rotational total skin electron

irradiation on Siemens Mevatron KD-2 linac. Med. Phys. 19: 794 (1992).

3. UFeygelman V U and Mandelzweig Y. Clinical applications of matching electron beams

without secondary collimation. (PS18-2.1), presented at the World Congress On

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1994.

4. UFeygelman V U, Javedan K, Nillson G and Forster K. SU-GG-T-139: Evaluation of a

biplanar diode array detector for mlc- and compensator-based IMRT QA. Medical

Physics. 35 (6): 2758, 2008.

5. Walker L, Feygelman V, Chinnaiyan P, Yu M and Forster K. SU-GG-T-456:

Simulation of intrafraction motion and overall geometrical accuracy of a frameless

intracranial radiosurgery process. Med. Phys. 35 (6): 2829-2830, 2008.

6. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Stevens C and Dilling T. SU-EE-A2-03: Motion-weighted

dose-volume histogram: A more meaningful and practical four-dimensional planning

and evaluation method. Med Phys. 36: 2429, 2009.

7. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Javedan K and Hoffe S. SU-FF-T-580: Compensator-based

IMRT re-planning using field-in-field technique and the original compensators. Med

Phys. 36: 2658, 2009.

8. Opp D, Sarangkasiri S, Walker L, Feygelman V, Brem S, Chinnaiyan P, Forster K,

and Yu, HM. Pre-treatment simulation of target motion for frameless intracranial

stereotactic radiosurgery treatments using the novalis exac trac system. (ASTRO

Abstr 2938), Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 75(3S): S602, 2009.

9. Opp D, Feygelman V, and Forster K. SU-GG-T-282: Commissioning compensator-

based IMRT in the Pinnacle treatment planning system. Med. Phys. 37(6): 3250, 2010

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10. Nilsson G, and UFeygelman V U. SU-GG-T-240: 3D dose calculation in Delta4. Med.

Phys. 37(6): 3240, 2010

11. UFeygelman V U, Zhang G, Stevens C, and Nelms B. SU-DD-A1-03: On rotational

measurements with the ArcCHECK 3D diode array. Med. Phys. 37(6): 3088, 2010.

Moderated Poster.

12. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Huang T, Stevens C, Li W, and Dilling T. TU-C-BRA-05:

Dose-volume histogram comparison between deformable and rigid motion

registration in four-dimensional planning for moving targets. Med. Phys. 37(6): 3382,

2010. Oral Presentation.

13. Nelms B, UFeygelman V U. SU-DD-A1-02: HThe X's and O's of 3D Dosimetry

Phantoms. Med. Phys. 37(6): 3088, 2010. Moderated Poster.

14. Zhang G, Feygelman V, Huang T, Stevens C, Li W, and Dilling T. Motion-weighted

dose-volume histogram and its validation with four-dimensional dosimetry using

deformable image registration (Small paper). Proceedings of the XVIth International

Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Amsterdam, 2010.

15. Fernandez DC, Hoffe SE, Dilling TJ, Vignesh S, Barthel JS, Klapman JB, Leuthold

SL, Zhang G, Feygelman V, Shridhar R. Effect of abdominal compression on

respiratory motion of esophageal cancers measured with 4DCT after EUS-guided

fiducial marker placement. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 78(3) Supppl: S302

16. Forster K, Opp D, Zhang G, Latifi K, Pritz J, Shridar R, Dilling T, Hoffe S.,

Feygelman V. Quantification of delivered IMRT dose distributions for mobile

targets. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 78(3) Supppl: S753-754

17. Kozelka J, Robinson J, Zhang G, Nelms B, Feygelman V. SU-E-T-688: Evaluation

and improvement of the ArcCHECK 3D Dosimeter. Med. Phys. 38(6): 3521 (2011).

18. Zhang G, Ku L, Dilling T, Stevens C, Li W, Feygelman V. SU-E-T-688: Dosimetric

evaluation of VMAT techniques in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy. Med. Phys.

38(6): 3696 (2011).

19. Zhang G, Ku L, Yu M, Sarangkasiri S, Li W, Feygelman V. SU-E-T-884: Dosimetric

evaluation of arc techniques in stereotactic radiosurgery. Med. Phys. 38(6): 3695

(2011).

20. Zhang R, Zhang G, Harris E, Forster K, Feygelman V. SU-E-T-688: Monte Carlo

study of material approximation introduced dose difference in electron conformal

therapy planning. Med. Phys. 38(6): 3648, 2011.


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21. Feygelman V, Nelms B. Methods and metrics for IMRT and VMAT quality

assurance. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing,

China, 2012. IFMBE Proceedings, TH.01/11.2-1.

22. Opp D, Robinson J, Nelms B, Zhang G, Feygelman V, Semi-empirical reconstruction

of volumetric patient dose for VMAT. World Congress on Medical Physics and

Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, China, 2012. IFMBE Proceedings, TH.01/13.1-3.


Shridhar R, Feygelman V. Commissioning compensator-based IMRT with a

Flattening Filter Free beam. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical

Engineering, Beijing, China, 2012. IFMBE Proceedings, TH.01/01.4-2. (Oral

presentation).

24. Zhang R, Feygelman V, Harris E, Forster K, Zhang G. Monte Carlo study of dose

difference in electron conformal therapy planning introduced by bolus material

approximation. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering,

Beijing, China, 2012. IFMBE Proceedings, TH.01/13.2-1. (Oral presentation).

25. Opp D, Robinson J, Nelms B, Zhang G, Feygelman V. SU-E-T-348: Measurement-

guided 4D VMAT dose reconstruction on an arbitrary homogeneous dataset. Med.

Phys. 39(6), 3784, 2012.

26. Zhang G, Javedan K, Moros E, Latifi K, Feygelman V. SU-E-T-479: Skin dose from

flattening filter free beams: a Monte Carlo investigation. Med. Phys. 39(6), 3815,

2012.

27. Latifi K, Huang T, Feygelman V, Stevens C, Dilling T, Moros E, van Elmpt W,.

Dekker A, Zhang G. Effects of noise in 4D CT on deformable image registration and

derived ventilation data. Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium,

Orlando, FL, USA, 2013.

28. Zhang G, Latifi K, Huang T, Feygelman V, Moros E, Stevens C ,Dilling T.

Normalization of 4D-CT derived ventilation data to facilitate intra-patient

comparisons. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 87(2) Supppl: S692, 2013.

29. Feygelman V, Stambaugh C, Dilling T, Latifi K , Stevens C , Zhang G ,. Moros E,

Nelms B. Dynamic dose interplay does not meaningfully affect target dose in VMAT

SBRT treatments. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 87(2) Supppl: S700-701, 2013.

30. Latifi K, Huang T, Feygelman V, Budzevich M, Stevens C, Dilling T, Moros E, Van

Elmpt W, Dekker A, Zhang G. SU-E-J-66: Effects of noise in 4D-CT on deformable

image registration and derived ventilation data. Med. Phys. 40(6), 165, 2013.

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31. Latifi K, Huang T, Feygelman V, Moros E, Stevens C, Dilling T, Zhang G. SU-E-J-

69: Normalization of ventilation data from 4D-CT for comparison before and after

treatment. Med. Phys. 40(6), 165, 2013

32. Wasserman S, Feygelman V, Moros E. SU-E-T-239: Implementation of QA

procedures and their effect on the radiation treatment delivery error rate over a 12

year period. Med. Phys. 40(6), 259, 2013.

33. Latifi K, Oliver J, Dilling T, Stevens C, DeMarco M, Zhang G, Moros E, Feygelman

V. TH-A-137-7: Local control differences for SBRT lung patients planned with

Pencil Beam vs. Collapsed Cone Convolution Algorithms. Med. Phys. 40(6), 518,

2013. (Oral Presentation).

34. Oliver J, Budzevich M, Zhang G, Latifi K, Dilling T, Balagurunathan Y, Gu Y,

Grove1O, Feygelman V, Gillies R, Moros E. SU-E-QI-17: Dependence of 3D/4D

PET quantitative image features on noise. Med. Phys. 41(6), 380, 2014.








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