Radiation Physics
Don Roberts, PhD, DABR
Assistant Professor
Don Roberts, PhD, DABR:
Assistant Professor
Biography
Don joined our department in 2006 as a clinical faculty after completing his residency in Medical Physics within the department. Prior to that, Don had a career as an experimental nuclear astro-physicist. He is a board-certified therapeutic radiologic physicist by the American Board of Radiology and also an authorized medical physicist in High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He is actively involved in various clinical services including high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, stereotactic radio surgery (SRS), and stereotactic body radiosurgery (SBRT), as well as quality assurance.
Clinical Service
- Brachytherapy: Performs and supervises planning, quality assurance of the treatment delivery system, radiation safety checks (HDR – GYN).
- External therapy: Supervises quality assurance of the treatment delivery linear accelerators (LINAC) and CT scanner.
- Member of Quality Focus Group.
- Lead for Machine Team (Quality Control).
Teaching
- Co-supervisor for shielding, quality assurance and general physics rotations for medical physics residents.
- Instructor for Allied Health Radiation Physics course (RTT 431 and 432) – radiation safety, radiation shielding and quality assurance.
- Instructor of record for RTT 431 and 432.
- Instructor for Radiotherapy Physics courses for Radiation Oncology Residents – Linear Accelerator theory and operation, and clinical quality assurance.
Research Interests
- Clinical Application of advanced technologies
- Development and use of MLC based penalties for VMAT optimization.
Current Clinical Projects
- Clinical Application of advanced technologies
- Development and use of MLC based penalties for VMAT optimization.
Key Publications
Roberts DA, Balter JM, Chaudhary N, Gemmette J, A. Pandy, “Dosimetric Measurements of Onyx© Embolization material for Stereotactic Radiosurgery,” submitted to Medical Physics. (2012).
Younge KC, Matuszak MM, Moran JM, McShan DL, Fraass BA and Roberts, DA, “Penalization of aperture complexity in inversely planned volumetric modulated arc therapy,” Submitted to Medical Physics (2012).
Ritter T, Balter J, Lee C, Roberts DA, Roberson PL, “An Audit Tool for External Beam Radiation Therapy Departments,” Practical Radiation Oncology (In press 2012).
Litzenberg DW, Amro H, Prisciandaro JI, Acosta E, Gallagher I, Roberts, DA, “Dosimetric Impact of Density Variations in Solid Water 457 Equivalent Slabs,” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 12(3) 3398 (2011).
Adachi T, Fujita Y, Bacher AD, Berg GPA, Black T, De Frenne D, Foster CC, Fujita H, Fujita K, Hatanaka K, Honma K, Jacobs E, Jänecke J, Kanzaki K, Katori K , Nakanishi K, Negret A, Otsuka T, Popescu L, Roberts DA, Sakemi Y, Shimbara Y, Shimizu Y, Stephenson EJ, Tameshige A, Tamii A, Uchida AM, Ueno H, Yamanaka T, Yosoi M, and Zell KO, “High-resolution study of Gamow-Teller transitions via the 54Fe(3He,t)54Co reaction,” Phys. Rev. C85 (2012) 024308
Don Roberts, PhD, DABR, Assistant Professor & Associate Director of Medical Physics Residency Program
| Phone | (734) 936-4309 |
| Fax | (734) 936-7859 |
| darobert@med.umich.edu | |
| University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems Department of Radiation Oncology 1500 East Medical Center Dr. UH B2 C438, SPC 5010 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
