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Brenda G. Clark, PhD, FCCPMBRENDA G. CLARK, PhD, FCCPM

Occupation: Medical Physicist specializing in radiation oncology

Born: Within the sound of Bow Bells, London, England

Education:      BSc, Physics, University of Southampton, England, 1971
                       PhD, Physics, Council for National Academic Awards, UK, 1976

Certification: Fellow, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

Career: After gaining a PhD for research performed for the UK Ministry of Defence on “Optical Spatial Frequency Filtering of Industrial Radiographs”, I moved to Canada and spent several years at home with my two children.  When I returned to the work force, I retrained in Medical Physics at McGill University, under the tutelage of Ervin Podgorsak and his team.  After 11 years at McGill where I spent time in diagnostic radiology physics and radiation therapy physics specializing in stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy, I moved to Vancouver in 1997 to take up a position with the BC Cancer Agency.

In 1998 I was elected to the board of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine and became their first female President in 2002.  I was elected to the board of the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs in 2001 and became their President and Chair in January, 2004, the first Canadian and also the first female for this organization.

Selected Publications:

  1. B. G. Clark, E. B. Podgorsak, L. Souhami, A. Olivier, K. E. Sixel, J.-L. Caron:  A halo-ring technique for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy.  Brit. J. Radiol. 66: 522-527, 1993.
  2. E. B. Podgorsak, L. Souhami, J.-L. Caron, M. Pla, B. G. Clark, C. Pla, P. Cadman:  A technique for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of intracranial lesions.  Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27: 1225-1230, 1993.
  3. B. G. Clark, L. Souhami, T. N. Roman, M. D. C. Evans, C. Pla:  Rectal complications in patients with carcinoma of the cervix treated with concomitant cisplatin and external beam irradiation with high dose rate brachytherapy:  A dosimetric analysis.  Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 28: 1243-1250, 1994.
  4. M. E. Dagenais, B. G. Clark:  Receiver operating characteristics of RadioVisioGraphy.  Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol., Oral Radiol. Endod. 79: 238-245, 1995.
  5. B. G. Clark, L. Souhami, T. N. Roman, M. D. R. Chappell, M. D. C. Evans, J. F. Fowler:  The prediction of late rectal complications in patients treated with high dose rate brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix.  Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 38: 989-993, 1997.
  6. B. G. Clark, L. Souhami, C. Pla, A. Al-Amro, J-P Bahary, J-G. Villlemure, J-L. Caron, A. Olivier, E. B. Podgorsak:  The integral biologically effective dose to predict toxicity of hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy.  Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 40:667-675,1998.
  7. J-C. Anctil, B. G. Clark, C. J. Arsenault:  Experimental determination of dosimetry function of Ir-192 sources.  Med. Phys. 25:2279-2287,1998
  8. *P. W. Hoban, L. C. Jones, B. G. Clark:  Modelling late effects in hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy.  Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 43:199-210,1999
  9. J. L. Robar and B. G. Clark, The use of radiographic film for linear accelerator stereotactic Radiosurgical dosimetry.  Medical Physics 26(10):2144-2150,1999.
  10. J. L. Robar and B. G. Clark. A practical technique for verification of three-dimensional conformal dose distributions in stereotactic radiosurgery. Medical Physics 27(5):978-987, 2000.
  11. *B G Clark, J L Robar and A M Nichol:  Analysis of treatment parameters for conformal shaped field stereotactic irradiation: comparison with non-coplanar arcs.  Phys Med Biol 46(12), 3089-3103, 2001.
  12. K. Otto, B. G. Clark, C Huntzinger  Exploring the Limits of Spatial Resolution in Radiation Dose Delivery  Medical Physics 29(8):1823-1831, 2002.
  13. K. Otto, B. G. Clark,  Enhancement of IMRT Delivery through MLC Rotation Phys Med Biol 47, (22):3997-4017, 2002.
  14. J. L. Robar, B. G. Clark, J. W. Schella, and C. S. Kim:  Analysis of patient repositioning accuracy in precision radiation therapy using automated image fusion.  J App. Cl Med Phys, 6 (1): 71-83, 2005.
  15. M. P. Petric, J. L. Robar, B. G. Clark:  A comparison of two commercial treatment planning systems for IMRT.  J App. Cl Med Phys, in press.

Awards:          Fellow, AAPM, 2005

Additional Professional Organization Activities:

Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM)
1997-2006       Board Member
2002-2006       President

Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP) Inc.
2000-2006       Board Member
2004-2006       President and Chair
2000-2006       Member, Graduate Program Review Committee

Family:
Spouse:           Andrew
Children:         Christopher, Sally