Stereotactic Radiosurgery Institute

Contact Information

Arete Radiotherapy Consulting
P.O. Box 187
Kalamazoo, MI 49004

Tel : 800-875-5326
Fax : 269-343-2096

e-mail: rsaxena@arcphysics.com | web: www.physics-arc.com

Education

Post Doctoral fellowship, Medical Physics
Wayne State University and Harper Hospital
Detroit, MI

Doctor of Philosophy, Physics
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH

Master of Science, Biophysics
Moscow State University
Moscow, Russia

Bachelor of Science, Physics
Hindu College, Delhi University
Delhi, India

Professional Experience

Medical Physicist Aug. 2003 - 2005 Arete Radiotherapy Consulting, Inc. Advanced Brachytherapy Services, Inc. Advanced Radiotherapy Consulting, Inc.

Rotating Gamma System Radiosurgery with Gamma ART 6000

IVB on Guidant and Novoste Systems

Prostate HDR on Varisource

Acceptance testing and Commissioning of Elekta Linac

Calibration of Elekta and Varian 21EX

IMRT on ADAC

Regular Physics services provided to different facilities in Illinois.

Radiation Physicist Radiation Oncology Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL

IVB with Cordis system. Calibration and treatment planning on Nucletron HDR Microselectron; Mammosite. Prostate Seed Implant using Prowess. Brachytherapy, Calibration of Elekta Linear Accelerators ,IMPAC CC

Senior Physicist / RSO Radiation Therapy Dept. St.Francis Hospital Evanston, IL

Calibration of Clinac-18 Linear Accelerator, Theratron-780 Cobalt-60 unit, Therasim-750 Simulator and Mark IV Hyperthermia system.

Brachytherapy, Interstitial,Prostate seed implant, Intracavitary and ingestion of isotopes.

Designed Radiation Shielding for new and existing Radiation Areas . Radiation Safety for the whole Hospital. Periodic refresher courses in radiation protection given to personnel working in and around radiation producing devices.

Quality Assurance of Dosimetry systems. Treatment planning on ROCS system with CT. Chart checks, Supervise treatment planning and mold room work. Dose Calculations for external, IORT, and Hyperthermia. Calibration of Diagnostic X-Ray units. Annual State of Illinois X-ray Inspection. Supervision of repair and maintenance of all Teletherapy and Hyperthermia units.

Visiting Professor Health Science Department Chicago Medical School North Chicago

Taught Health Physics course to the Graduate students of the medical school.

Assistant Professor Dept. of Radiation Oncology School of Medicine Wayne State University Detroit, MI

Calibration of Siemens Linacs( Mevatrons MD, XII and XX), AECL Theratron -780 Cobalt-60 teletherapy units, Picker Zephyr Superficial unit, Siemens Simulator MevaSim, Ximatron and Cascade Simulators, Siemens CT machine, and Superconducting Cyclotron d(48)/Be.

Stereotactic Radiosurgery and brain implants on Fischer STP system

Calibration and treatment planning on Nucletron HDR Microselectron; Brachytherapy.

Dose calculations, Chart checks and treatment planning on Theraplan.

Involved in Neutron Microdosimetry of the fast neutron therapy beam at the Harper Superconducting Cyclotron, Neutron Spectroscopy, and Cyclotron Room Activation Analysis.

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy and Monte Carlo techniques.

Taught Radiation Dosimetry and Introduction to Radiological Physics to the graduate students of Medical Physics.

Adjunct Assistant Professor Dept. of Radiation Technology College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Wayne State University Detroit, MI

Taught Clinical Radiation Therapy to students in the Radiation Technology program.

Research Associate Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center School of Medicine Wayne State University Detroit, MI

Development of Neutron Microdosimetry techniques with live display on a computer. Implementation of Activation analysis using HPGe Germanium detector.

Quality Assurance of Siemens Linacs, Cobalt machines, Superficial unit and X-ray Simulators.

Professional Societies

American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM)

Computer Experience

Designed and developed software for interfacing nuclear instrumentation with a PC.

Experience in connecting computer to different peripheral devices. Monte Carlo techniques.

Participated in the evaluation and purchase of computer software and hardware.

Worked with Windows, Unix, VAX/VMS, Ultrix and DOS operating systems. Programming in C, Fortran and database languages.

Publications

Saxena, R., Maughan, R.L.,Yudelev, M. " Microdosimetric characterization of the Fast Neutron Therapy beam at the Harper Hospital Superconducting Cyclotron." AAPM 34th Annual Meeting at Calgary, Canada, 1992.

Yudelev, M.,Maughan, R.L., Jordan L.E., and Saxena, R. "Radiation Exposures to Neutron Therapy Facility staff due to induced activation." Health Physics,1996.

Yudelev, M., Maughan, R.L., Saxena, R., and Dunlap, K. " Radiation Safety aspects of Harper neutron therapy facility." 25-th Mid Year Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Dearborn, MI, 1992.

Yudelev, M., Maughan, R.L., Radiation Survey of Superconducting Cyclotron Neutron Therapy unit, AAPM Annual Meeting (San Francisco) 1991.

Maughan, R.L., Yudelev, M., Powers, W.E., Black, M., Eickhoff, C., Saxena, R. Preliminary Performance Characteristics of a 50 MeV deuteron Superconducting Cyclotron for Neutron Radiation Therapy, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (Kyoto, Japan), 1991.

Saxena, R., and Ryan, J.M., Ground level neutron flux measurements in the energy range of 10 to 100 MeV., EOS transactions, American Geophysical Union, 69, No. 44, Nov. 1, 1988.

Saxena, R., Ryan, J.M. et al., Measurements of 10 - 100 MeV Ground Level Neutrons, 20th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Moscow), 4, pp.262, Aug., 1987.

Gyenes, M., and Saxena, R. Chlorolemma - A continuous membrane layer between the plasmalemma and the streaming cytoplasm in Nitellopsis Obtusa and Nitella Translucens, which takes part in the generation of resting potential, in it's light induced changes and in the generation of action potential., Journal of Experimental Botany, 36, No. 164, pp. 382-393, March, 1985.

Gyenes, M., and Saxena, R. Excitable active electrogenic ion-transport units in the plasmalemma of Nitellopsis Obtusa., Journal of Exp. Botany, 35, pp. 1323-1331, Sept. 1984.

Gyenes, M., Saxena, R., and Kurella, G.A. H+ transport across the plasmalemma and tonoplast of Nitellopsis Obtusa during excitation., Journal of Exp. Botany, 32, No. 130, pp. 973-977, 1981.