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Carlos Esquivel

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Contents 1 Biographical Sketch –Carlos Esquivel 1.1 Academic Appointments: 1.2 Role in Graduate Program: 1.3 Committees: 1.4 Course Instructor: 1.5 Faculty Advisor: 1.6 Education: 1.7 Clinical Responsibilities: 1.8 Research Interests: 1.9 Teaching: (past 3 years) 1.9.1 Graduate - Classroom/Laboratory 1.9.2 OTHER - Classroom/Laboratory 1.9.3 Other: 1.10 Research Summary: 1.11 Selected Publications:

[edit] Biographical Sketch –Carlos Esquivel

[edit] Academic Appointments:

Assistant Professor-Radiological Sciences

Assistant Professor-Radiation Oncology

[edit] Role in Graduate Program:

Core Faculty

[edit] Committees:

COGS; Committee On Graduate Studies (Member)

COGS; Alumni Committee (Chair)

Member, Therapy Physics Curriculum Committee

[edit] Course Instructor:

Co-Director, RADI 5011 - Radiation and Nuclear Physics

Instructor, RADI 6031 - Physics Measurements in Radiotherapy

Instructor, RADI 6035 – Radiotherapy Clinical Practices

Instructor, RADI 6033 - Advanced Radiotherapy Physics

Instructor, Dosimetry program, UTHSCSA@CTRC

[edit] Faculty Advisor:

no

[edit] Education:

PhD in Radiological Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, 2004

MS in Environmental Sciences at the University of Texas in San Antonio, 2000

BS in Physics at the University of Texas in San Antonio, 1994

[edit] Clinical Responsibilities:

Clinical Radiation Oncology Physicists

[edit] Research Interests:

Brachytherapy

Total Body Irradiation

Total Skin Irradiation

Dose Validation

[edit] Teaching: (past 3 years)

[edit] Graduate - Classroom/Laboratory

RADI 5011- Radiation and Nuclear Physics

RADI 6031 - Physics Measurements in Radiotherapy

RADI 6035 – Radiotherapy Clinical Practices

RADI 6033 - Advanced Radiotherapy Physics

[edit] OTHER - Classroom/Laboratory

CTRC Dosimetry School- Radiation Oncology Physics Instructor

CTRC Radiation Oncology Residency- Radiation Oncology Physics Instructor

[edit] Other:

[edit] Research Summary:

• Evaluation of the performance of an implantable dosimeter used in 4D-gated radiotherapy.
  
  
• Evaluation and performance characteristics of an implantable dosimeter with the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System.
  
  

[edit] Selected Publications:

• Nes EM, Esquivel C, Waggener RG, Derivation of Photon Energy Spectra From Transmission Measurements Using Large Fields, 48th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Poster, 2006.
  
  

• Huang Y, Blough M, Esquivel C, Papanikolaou N, Dose Differences Due to Air Pockets in Mammosite Treatments for Partial Breast Irradiation, Poster, 48th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Poster, 2006.
  
  

• Esquivel C, Waggener RG, Blough MM, Comparing a Novel Approach for Treating Choroidal Melanoma with Low-Energy Intensity Modulated X-rays Against I-125 Eye Plaques, 44th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Poster, 2004.
  
  

• Esquivel C, Low-kVp Intensity Modulated X-ray System for Treating Choroidal Melanoma in the Eye, CTRC & UTHSCSA Radiation Oncology Retreat, Oral Presentation, February 2004.
  
  

• Esquivel C, Waggener RG, Blough MM, Eng TY, Meltz ML, Thomas Jr. CR, Turner AP, Low-kVp Intensity Modulated X-ray System for Treating Choroidal Melanoma, 43rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2003.
  
  

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