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Proton Radiation Physicist.

Joined January 2013
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True genius!
#OnThisDay in 1919, Sir Godfrey Hounsfield was born. He was an electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan McLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography. Let's commemorate his work!
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“The lack of human judgment actually makes our digital people more approachable and potentially more helpful.” The @WHO has unveiled its 1st digital health worker to combat #Covid19 misinformation and smoking. Avatar Florence is developed by New Zealand company @Soulmachines
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Aman Anand retweeted
Wonderful .. It takes lots of wisdom to recognise a wise man 🙏😃
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.@SadhguruJV received a warm welcome from Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of @wef at #WEF2020 in Davos earlier today. @Davos
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My online #researchstudy was recently infiltrated by bots. I haven't shared this story publicly because I felt a bit like it was my fault. I'm putting my pride aside because I think #dataintegrity is and will be a growing issue in survey data and is not discussed enough (1/n)
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Words to live by, from the source of all great truths: #FortuneCookie
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And two of his PhD students won Nobel Prizes - Rodney Porter and more recently Elizabeth Blackburn. What a legacy
In the 1970s, Frederick Sanger developed techniques to sequence DNA, for which he received his second #Nobel Prize. A couple of decades later #OTD 26 June 2000, came the announcement that the majority of the human genome had been sequenced.
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Mayo Clinic in Florida to build $233 million proton beam therapy facility. jaxdailyrecord.com/article/m…
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A Quantitative Clinical Decision–Support Strategy Identifying Which Patients With Oropharyngeal Head and Neck Cancer May Benefit the Most From Proton Radiation Therapy redjournal.org/article/S0360…
Great job by Terence Sio at @MayoCancerCare in Arizona!
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Congratulations to Dana Hernandez for winning 1st prize in the poster competition at @aapmEnews Spring Clinical Meeting! We have a truly remarkable group of Medical Physics Assistants here at @MayoClinic in Arizona.
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Skip Rosenthal Ph.D., VP of Clinical Systems presents Mevion’s advances with multi-layer aperture planning and future uses of HYPERSCAN’s Adaptive Aperture in FLASH and Arc #protontherapy delivery at #NAPT2019 @naptprotons
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Report of the AAPM TG‐256 on the relative biological effectiveness of proton beams in radiation therapy aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Great talk @NRGonc by @carmenbergom on pre-op APBI Radiation biology - decreased tumor cellularity was correlated to dual energy CT change. Very nice study!
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Leading health care organizations declare physician burnout as ‘public health crisis’ | News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Berwick ...the current era is dominated by “rewards, punishments, and pay for performance.” Need Chief Wellness Office. hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-…
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Aman Anand retweeted
ISRO launches world's lightest satellite made by students, for free Read here: bit.ly/2sFvgt0 #Kalamsat #KalamsatV2 #MicrosatR (📸 credit: ANI)
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.@ISRO launching India’s first student-made satellite #KalamSat, the world's lightest and first ever 3D-printed satellite, designed by Space Kidz India, will encourage young Indian innovators to contribute to the country’s space research programme. financialexpress.com/lifesty…
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Early detection of cancer can help increase the chance of successful treatment. Here are some basic guidelines for cancer screenings. Be responsible for your own health. #cancer, #health, #Cancers
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John was an inspirational leader, an innovative scientist, a dedicated mentor and a great friend. He was the personification of “class act” in every way. I miss him. John Mendelsohn, MD Anderson President Emeritus, Passes Away | MD Anderson Cancer Center mdanderson.org/newsroom/john…
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