Claudia Mendez

Experience

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  Centro Diagnostico Docente

  Oct 2003 - Mar 2004

  Medical Physicist

  - Responsible for the quality control of the Nuclear Medicine equipment (SPECT, CT/PET), implementing a quality assurance program and improving image quality.- Revised conformance to local and international radiation protection regulations.- Coordination and supervision of the maintenance of Nuclear Medicine equipment including a GE MiniTrace Cyclotron, Discovery ST CT/PET and a Millenium Gamma Camera.

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  Hospitalizacion Clinico

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2008

  Medical Physicist

  - Supervision of the installation of CT/PET and laboratory equipment, as well as, maintenance activities resulting in no downtime since installation.- Handling and control of radioactive materials, quality control of CT/PET and coordination of patient scanning procedures.- As Radiation Safety Officer, developed Standard Operating Procedures for Nuclear Medicine and Radiology activities, initiated radiation training for all personnel and established procedures for iodine therapy.

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  BC Cancer

  Aug 2008 - now

  • Acquired and analyzed weekly, monthly and annual quality control tests on Varian iX, TrueBeam and Vero 4DRT linear accelerators and on a Cobalt teletherapy unit, such as, output, flatness and symmetry measurements, mechanical checks, imaging and MLC.• Monitored quality assurance (QA) requirements from CPQR and created and updated procedures.• Support for all medical physics activities, including: brachytherapy source calibrations, post-implant surveying, operation and maintenance of medical physics equipment, OSLD in-vivo dosimetry and research activities.• Developed the quality assurance program for Vero 4DRT.• Collaborated in the implementation of the QA program in QATrack+.• Acquisition of commissioning data from linear accelerators. Show less

  • Medical Physics Resident

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Physics Assistant

    Apr 2015 - Jun 2022

  • Radiation Therapy Service Technologist

    Aug 2008 - Apr 2015