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Sotirios Stathakis

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Contents 1 Biographical Sketch: Sotirios Stathakis, Ph.D. 1.1 Academic Appointments 1.2 Role in Graduate Program 1.3 Committees 1.4 Course Instructor 1.5 Faculty Advisor 1.6 Students Supervising 1.7 Education 1.8 Certification 1.9 Clinical Responsibilities 1.10 Research Interests 1.11 Selected Publications 1.12 Link to Pubmed for complete list of publications

[edit] Biographical Sketch: Sotirios Stathakis, Ph.D.

[edit] Academic Appointments

• 2006-Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
• 2007-Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
• 2003-2006: Research Associate, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

[edit] Role in Graduate Program

Core Faculty

[edit] Committees

• Committee on Graduate Studies (COGS)
• Member, Therapy Physics Curriculum Committee

[edit] Course Instructor

• Director, RADI 6031 - Physics Measurements in Radiotherapy
• Co-Director, RADI 6035 – Radiotherapy Clinical Practices
• Instructor, RADI 5005 - Fundamentals of Radiation Dosimetry
• Instructor, RADI 6033 - Advanced Radiotherapy Physics
• Instructor, RADI 7005 - Treatment Planning techniques in Radiotherapy

[edit] Faculty Advisor

Yes

[edit] Students Supervising

• Tricia Tynan
• Mark Smith
• Courtney Buckey

[edit] Education

• Ph.D. in Medical Physics, 2005, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

• M.Sc. in Medical Physics, 1997. Department of Bio-Medical Physics and Bio-Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

• B.Sc. in Physics, 1995. Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

[edit] Certification

• The American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Physics (In Progress)
• Licensed Medical Physicist, Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists (Temporary)

[edit] Clinical Responsibilities

• Radiation Oncology Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC)

[edit] Research Interests

• IMRT delivery and quality assurance
• Modulated Electron Radiation Therapy
• Monte Carlo Applications
• Dose Caclulation Algorithms
• Patient Safety and Radiation Protection
• Measurements in Radiation Therapy
• Image-guided, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IG-IMRT)

[edit] Selected Publications

1. A Monte Carlo model for independent dose verification in serial tomotherapy. Sarkar V, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Oct;7(5):385-92.
2. Measurement and comparison of skin dose for prostate and head-and-neck patients treated on various IMRT delivery systems. Roland TF, Stathakis S, Ramer R, Papanikolaou N. Appl Radiat Isot. 2008 Dec;66(12):1844-9. Epub 2008 May 17.
3. Monte Carlo determination of radiation-induced cancer risks for prostate patients undergoing intensity- modulated radiation therapy. Stathakis S, Li J, Ma CC. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2007 Sep 17;8(4):2685.
4. Dosimetric evaluation of a Monte Carlo IMRT treatment planning system incorporating the MIMiC. Rassiah-Szegedi P, Fuss M, Sheikh-Bagheri D, Szegedi M, Stathakis S, Lancaster J, Papanikolaou N, Salter B. Phys Med Biol. 2007 Dec 7;52(23):6931-41. Epub 2007 Nov 8.
5. Dosimetric and radiobiological evaluation of dose distribution perturbation due to head heterogeneities for Linac and Gamma Knife stereotactic radiotherapy. Theodorou K, Stathakis S, Lind B, Kappas C. Acta Oncol. 2008;47(5):917-27.
6. A comparison of Monte Carlo simulation with experimental dosimetric techniques for a 6 MV stereotactic radiotherapy unit. Tsougos I, Theodorou K, Bazioglou MA, Stathakis S, Kappas C. J BUON. 2004 Oct-Dec;9(4):451-64.
7. Ultra-thin TLDs for skin dose determination in high energy photon beams. Stathakis S, Li JS, Paskalev K, Yang J, Wang L, Ma CM. Phys Med Biol. 2006 Jul 21;51(14):3549-67. Epub 2006 Jul 6.
8. Monte Carlo dosimetric evaluation of high energy vs low energy photon beams in low density tissues. Tsiakalos MF, Stathakis S, Plataniotis GA, Kappas C, Theodorou K. Radiother Oncol. 2006 Apr;79(1):131-8. Epub 2006 Apr 17.
9. Characterization of megavoltage electron beams delivered through a photon multi-leaf collimator (pMLC). du Plessis FC, Leal A, Stathakis S, Xiong W, Ma CM. Phys Med Biol. 2006 Apr 21;51(8):2113-29. Epub 2006 Apr 3.
10. An inhomogeneity correction algorithm for irregular fields of high-energy photon beams based on Clarkson integration and the 3D beam subtraction method. Stathakis S, Kappas C, Theodorou K, Papanikolaou N, Rosenwald JC. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2006 Winter;7(1):1-13. Epub 2006 Feb 15.
11. Dosimetry validation of treatment room shielding design. Stathakis S, Price R Jr, Ma CM. Med Phys. 2005 Feb;32(2):448-54.

[edit] Link to Pubmed for complete list of publications

Pubmed Link

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