CURRICULUM VITAE


Steven J. Goetsch, Ph.D., D.A.B.M.P.




Education


Graduate School: The University of Wisconsin

Department of Medical Physics

Madison, WI

September, 1977 to January, 1983

M.S. in Medical Physics, 1980

Ph.D. in Medical Physics, May, 1983

Thesis advisor: Prof. F.H. Attix

Graduate School: The Technological Institute

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

M.S. in Health Physics, 1974

Thesis advisor: Dr. Herman Cember

College: Michigan State University

E. Lansing, Michigan

B.S. in Physics, with Honors, 1972


Board Certification


Certified in Radiation Oncology Physics by the American Board of Medical Physics, April, 1993.

Renewed January, 2002.


Licenses


Approved by State of California to perform calibrations and surveys pursuant to Section 30312 (c) 4 and 5 of California Radiation Control Regulations. Authorized User on licenses 6072-37, 6631-37 and 7282-40.


Licensed Medical Physicist, State of Hawaii, License Number PH0022, June, 2000.





Faculty Appointments


Clinical Professor, San Diego State University, Physics Department, August, 1995 to present.


Master’s Thesis Committee: Hong Guo, Univesity of California Irvine, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, March, 1996.


Adjunct Professor, Health Science Department, California State University Long Beach, October, 1993 to December, 1994.


Appointed Associate Clinical Professor in Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, at University of California at Los Angeles, July, 1991 through June, 1995.


Clinical Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, July 1, 1989 to April, 1990.

Accepted 25% appointment in the Human Oncology Department, as a staff scientist with the Hyperthermia Physics Center, supported by a National Cancer Institute grant, September, 1989.

Appointed Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, September, 1984.

University Appointments

Appointed Associate Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, September, 1993.


Named Director, University of Wisconsin Radiation Calibration Services and Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory, July, 1986.

Appointed Chief Physicist, University of Wisconsin Radiation Calibration Services and Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory, Madison, WI, June,1983.

Previous Work Experience


Senior Medical Physicist, Medical Physics Associates, 2466 First Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101.


Hospital Radiation Physicist, University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Radiation Oncology, April, 1990 to September, 1994.


Health Physicist, University of Wisconsin Safety Department, Madison, WI February to June, 1983.

Research Assistant and Pre-Doctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin. Participated in a USDOE contract in Fast Neutron Dosimetry under direction of Profs. F.H. Attix and P.M. DeLuca, Jr. September, 1977 to January, 1983.

Radiation Safety Officer and Occupational Safety Director, Amersham Corporation, 2636 S. Clearbrook Drive, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005. October, 1973 to August, 1977. Responsibilities: Health Physics and Safety operations for 250 employees, including film badges, bioassay and safety equipment; Hazardous Materials transportation regulations of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation; Supervision of six U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission radioactive and special nuclear material licenses including a Type "A" broad license.



Special Training


Certified in Novoste BetaCath and BetaRail intravascular brachytherapy, 2002. Certified in Novoste Galileo III intravascular brachytherapy, 2003.


Trained in performance and operation of Leksell Gamma Unit, September, 1994, by representatives of Elekta Radiosurgery, Inc., Atlanta GA, at the San Diego Gamma Knife Center. Performed over 1800 Gamma Knife procedures through 2003.


Assisted in performing over 280 Radiosurgery procedures at UCLA Medical Center during period November, 1990 to December, 1993 using Philips SRS200 equipment and Sun 4 workstation.

"Clinical Aspects of Hyperthermia" Hyperthermia School, Sponsored by American Association of Physicists in Medicine and North America Hyperthermia Group, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, June 12-16, 1989.

Awards

Best Student Paper, Symposium on The Neutron, Great Lakes Chapter, Health Physics Society, Dearborn, MI, April 28, 1983.


National Merit Scholarship, Michigan State University, Fall, 1968 to Spring, 1972.


Honors

Recipient of Public Health Service Fellowship, Fall, 1972 to Spring, 1973 at Northwestern University.

Recipient of National Institute of Health Pre-Doctoral Trainee Grant, 1980 to 1983.

Professional Societies

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (national)

Full Member since 1975. Chairman, Development Committee (1998 through 2002), ex officio Member Finance Committee; Member Sub-Committee on Accredited Dosimetry Calibrations Laboratories of Radiation Therapy Committee. Member History Committee. Local Arrangements Chairman, 45th Annual Meeting in San Diego, 2003. Task Group 117, Use of MRI Data in Treatment Planning and Stereotactic Procedures, 2005 to present.


North Central Chapter: Member, 1978 to 1990; President-Elect, May, 1986; President, 1986-1987. Chapter Representative to AAPM Board of Directors, 1987 to 1989.

Southern California Chapter: Member, 1990 to present. Newsletter Editor 1993 to 1995; Secretary, 1995 to 1997; President Elect, 1997; President, 1998. Education Chair, 2000 to present.

Health Physics Society, Plenary Member since 1974. Member of Great Lakes Chapter and Midwest Chapter, Southern California Chapter.


International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society, 2002 to present.

North American Hyperthermia Society, elected Full Member, October, 1989 to 1992.


American College of Medical Physics, Member, September, 1990 to present. Member Regulatory Affairs Committee. Elected to Board of Chancellors, May, 1998.


American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Full Member, October, 1993 to present.


California Medical Physics Society, President, 1995 to present.


Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1999 to 2001.



University Committees

Named to University of Wisconsin Radiation Safety Committee for academic years 1987-1989. Responsible for supervision of 1200 authorized users of radiation and radioactivity.

BIBLIOGRAPHY


RESEARCH PAPERS



  1. Perks, J. Gao, M., Smith., V., Skubic, S., Goetsch, S. “Glass rod detectors for small field, stereotactic radiosurgery dosimetric audit”, Medical Physics, Vol. 32 (3), 726-732, March, 2005.


  1. Solberg, T.D., Goetsch, S.J., Selch, M.T., Melega, W., Lacan, G., De Salles, A.A. “Functional stereotactic radiosurgery involving a dedicated linear accelerator and gamma unit: a comparison study”, J Neurosurg, Supp 3, 373-380, November, 2004.


  1. Linskey, M.E, Johnstone, P., O’Leary, M., and Goetsch, S. J. “Radiation Exposure of Normal Temporal Bone Structures During Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas”, Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 98, 800-806, April, 2003.


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “Risk Analysis of Leksell Gamma Knife Model C with Automatic Positioning System”, Int. Journal of Radiation Oncol. Biol. Physics, Vol. 52, No. 3, 869-877, March, 2002.


  1. Sneed, P.K., Suh, J.H., Goetsch, S.J., Sanghavi, S.N., Chappell, R., Buatti, J.M., Regine, W.F., Weltman, E., King, V.J., Breneman, J.C., Sperduto, P.W. and Mehta, M.P., “A Multi-Institutional Review of Radiosurgery Alone vs. Radiosurgery with Whole Brain Radiotherapy as the Initial Management of Brain Metastases, Int. Journal of Radiation Oncol. Biol. Physics, Vol. 53, No. 3, p.519-526, 2002.


  1. Bova, F.J., and Goetsch, S.J., “Modern linac stereotactic radiosurgery systems have rendered the Gamma Knife obsolete”, Point/Counterpoint, Medical Physics, Vol. 28, No. 9, September, 2001.


  1. Sanghavi, S.N., Miranpuri, B.S., Chapell, R., Buatti, J.M., Suh, J.H., Regine, W.F., Weltman, E., Sneed, P.K., Goetsch, S.J., Breneman, J.C., Sperduto, P.W. and Mehta, M.P. “Multi-Institutional Analysis of Survival Outcome for Radiosurgery Treated Brain Metastases, Stratified by RTOG RPA Classification”, Int. Journal of Radiation Oncol. Biol. Physics, Vol. 51, No. 2, 426-434, October, 2001.


  1. Johnstone, P.A., Hodgens, D.W., Ott, K., Goetsch, S.J. “Risk management in a community Gamma Knife unit”, Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, Vol. 76 (2) 106-14, Review, 2001.


  1. Johnstone, P.A.S., Dos Santos, F.M., Kent, C.S., Riffenburgh, R.H. and Goetsch, S.J., “Poor Prognosis Patients with Cancer Metastatic to Brain: Implications for Stereotactic Radiosurgery”, Journal of Radiosurgery, Vol. 3, No. 2, 85-89, July, 2000.


  1. Goetsch, S. J., Murphy, B.D., Schmidt, R., Micka, B.S., De Werd, L.A., Chen, Y. and Shockley, S. “Physics of Rotating Gamma Systems for Stereotactic Radiosurgery”, Int. Journ. of Radiation Oncol. Biol. Physics, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 689-696, 1999.


  1. Selch, M.T., De Salles, A.A.F., Goetsch, S.J., Holly, F.E., Quinn, B., Bycott, P.W., Solberg, T.D, Wallace, R.E., Becker, D., Withers, H.R. “Single-Fraction Radiosurgery for Primary and Recurrent Malignant Gliomas”, Journal Radiosurgery, Vol. 1, (3), 155-168, 1998.


  1. Goetsch, S., “The Open Gamma Knife Center Concept”, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Vol. 66, Supplement 1, 296-301, 1996.


  1. Chasan, C.B., Goetsch, S., Ott, K. “Radiosurgery for Pineal Tumors: Is Biopsy Indicated?”, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Vol. 66, Supplement 1, p. 157-163, 1996.


  1. De Salles, A.A.F., Solberg, T.D., Mischel, P., Massoud, T. F., Plascencia, A, Goetsch, S., De Souza, E., and Vinuela, F., “Arteriovenous Malformation Animal Model for Radiosurgery: The Rete Mirabile”, American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol. 17, p. 1451-1458, Sep. 1996.


  1. Bajada, C., Selch, M., De Salles, A., Goetsch, S., Juillard, G., Solberg, T. and Parker, R., "Application of Stereotactic Radiosurgery to the Head and Neck Region", Acta Neurochirurgica, Vol. 62, (Suppl), p. 1-4, 1994.


  1. Almond, P.R., Attix, F.H., Goetsch, S.J., Humphries, L.J., Kubo, H., Nath, R. and Rogers, W.O., "The Calibration and Use of Plane-Parallel Ionization Chambers for Dosimetry of Electron Beams", Medical Physics Vol. 21, (8), p. 1251-1260, August, 1994.


  1. DeSalles, A.A.F., Hariz, M, Bajada, C.L., Goetsch, S.J., Bergenheim, T., Selch, M.T., Holly, F.E., Solberg, T. and Becker, D.P., "Comparison Between Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Fractionated Radiation for the Treatment of Brain Metastases", Acta Neurochirugica, Supplement 58, p.115-118, 1993.


  1. DeSalles, A.A.F, Bajada, C.L., Goetsch, S.J., Selch, M.T., Holly, F.E., Solberg, T.D. and Becker, D.P., "Radiosurgery of Cavernous Sinus Tumors", Acta Neurochirugica, Supplement 58, p. 101-103, 1993.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Wollin, M. and Olch, A.J., "Evaluation of Three Well-type Ionization Chambers Systems for Calibration of 192Ir High-Dose Afterloaders", Selectron Brachytherapy Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, pages 1-5, February, 1993.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Attix, F.H., DeWerd, L.A. and Thomadsen, B.R., "A New Re-entrant Ionization Chamber for the Calibration of Iridium-192 High Dose Rate Sources", International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, Vol. 24, Number 1, page 167-170, 1992.


  1. Goetsch, S., Attix, F., Pearson, D. and Thomadsen, B., "Calibration of 192Ir High-Dose-Rate Afterloading Systems", Med. Phys, , Vol. 18, No. 3., p. 462-467, May/June, 1991.


  1. Goetsch, S. and Sunderland, S., "Surface dose rate calibration of Sr-90 ophthalmic applicators", Medical Physics, Vol. 18, No. 2, p. 161-167, March/April, 1991.


  1. DeWerd, L., Price, J., Cameron, J. and Goetsch, S., "Evaluation of a Commercial Diode Monitor for Mailed Quality Control of Therapy Units", International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 1053, October, 1990.


  1. Ranallo, F., Goetsch, S., DeWerd, L., Liss, M., Borras, C., White, C., Barton, J., Mian, T., Malik, S. and Wolff, M., "Calibration and Use of the Wisconsin kVp Test Cassette", Medical Physics, Vol. 15, No. 5., P. 768, Sep/Oct 1988.


  1. Goetsch, S., Kamande, J. and Attix, F.H., "A method for matching NBS X-ray beam qualities with a half- or full-wave rectified generator", Medical Physics, Volume 12, No. 2, p. 249-251, Mar/Apr 1985.


  1. Cameron, J., DeWerd, L., Goetsch, S. and Price, J., "Investigation of Alternative Means to Accomplish the Goals of Biennial Calibration of Ionization Chambers", U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report NUREG/CR-4131, March, 1985.


  1. Goetsch, S., "Neutron/Gamma Dose Separation by the Multiple Ion Chamber Method", Ph.D. thesis, May, 1983, University of Wisconsin Madison, published by University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI.


  1. Attix, F., Pearson, D., Goetsch, S. and DeLuca, P., "Comparative n-gamma Dose Measurements in a Water Phantom for 14.8MeV Neutrons", Institute TNO, Rijswijk, the Netherlands, 1980.


  1. Attix, F., Pearson, D., DeLuca, P. and Goetsch, S., "Comparison of the Bragg-Gray Theory Corollaries to Fast-Neutron Cavity Measurements at 14.8MeV", Health Physics, Vol. 38, p. 623-633, 1980.


  1. Pearson, D., Attix, F., DeLuca, P., Goetsch, S. and Torti, R., "Ionization Error due to Porosity in Graphite Ionization Chambers", Phys. Med. Biol., Vol. 25, No. 2., p. 333-338, 1980.


  1. Auerbach, K., Flynn, D., Goetsch, S., Lee, C. and Schroeder, P, "The thermopower of alpha-phase silver-cadmium alloys from 4.2 to 300o", Philosophical Magazine of London, Vol. 28, p. 49-56, 1973.


EDITORIALS


Bova, F.J. and Goetsch, S.J, “Modern linac stereotactic radiosurgery systems have rendered the Gamma Knife obsolete”, Point/Counterpoint, Med. Phys. 28, 9, 1839-1841, September, 2001.



ABSTRACTS


  1. E. Hendee, L. De Werd, S. Goetsch, “Gamma Knife quality assurance testing by mail”, Med. Phys. 23, No. 6, p. 1038, Poster PA-H-10, June, 1996.


  1. A.A.F. De Salles, B. Beseth, V. Vassilev, E. de Souza, T.D. Solberg, S.J. Goetsch, M.T. Selch, D.P. Becker, “Response of Cranial Nerves to Radiosurgery”, Proceedings of American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, p. 121, Marina del Rey, CA, March, 1995.


  1. S.J. Goetsch, A.A.F. De Salles, F.E. Holly, T.D. Solberg, M.T. Selch, "Retrospective Analysis of 230 Radiosurgery Treatments", Med. Phys. Vol. 21, No. 6, p. 891, June, 1994.


  1. S.J. Goetsch, D.L. Goff, "Comparative Experience with Three Multileaf Collimator Assemblies on the Same Linac", Med. Phys. Vol. 21, No. 6, p. 968, June, 1994.


  1. Lucas-Quesada, Q. Ncube, J. Smathers, D. Metcalf, J. Liu, S. Goetsch, C. Heywood, L. Kobe, N. McCreary, R. Wallace, "Post-earthquake Quality Assurance on Radiotherapy Equipment: How soon can we treat after a 6.7 hit?, Med. Phys. Vol. 21, No. 6, p. 953, June, 1994.


  1. S.J. Goetsch, T.R. Mackie, P. Reckwerdt, T.D. Solberg, F.E. Holly, A.A.F. De Salles, "Intercomparison of Four Treatment Planning Systems for Radiosurgery", Acta Neurochirurgica, Vol. 122, page 175, June, 1993.


  1. A.A.F. De Salles, S. Brekhus, S.J. Goetsch, M.T. Selch, T.D. Solberg, F.E. Holly, K. Black, D. Becker, "Steroid Dependence and Quality of Life After Radiosurgery for Glioblastoma Multiforme", Acta Neurochirurgica, Vol. 122, page 155, June, 1993.


  1. T.D. Solberg, A.A.F. De Salles, D. Hovda, F.E. Holly, Goetsch, S.J., "A Universal, Multi-Modality Localization System for Animal Radiosurgery", Acta Neurochirurgica, Vol. 122, page 146, June, 1993.


  1. Selch, M.T., Bajada, C.L., DeSalles, A.A.F., Holly, F.E., Goetsch, S.J., Parker, R.G., "Stereotaxic Radiation Therapy of Cavernous Sinus Tumors", Radiology, Volume 185, Supplement, page 120, November, 1992.


  1. Solberg TD, Holly FE, Wallace RE, Goetsch SJ, Smathers JB, DeSalles AAF. Small Field Dose Perturbation by Heterogeneous Material. Medical Physics 19(3): 791, 1992.


  1. Holly FE, Miller GE, Solberg TD, Goetsch SJ, Smathers JB, Selch MT, DeSalles A, Sutton C. Assessment of a Quality Control Program for the Philips SRS 200 Stereotactic Radiotherapy System. Medical Physics 19(3): 791, 1992.


  1. Goetsch SJ, Holly FE, Solberg TD, DeSalles AAF, Selch MT. Treatment Planning for Stereotactic Radiation Surgery with Accelerator-based Systems. Medical Physics 19(3): 788, 1992.


  1. DeSalles, A.A.F., Goetsch, S.J., Nguyen, T., Lufkin, R., Holly, F.E., Selch, M.T., Martin, N. Becker, D.P., Solberg, T., "MRI 3D reconstruction for radiosurgery", Proceedings of the Western Neurological Society, Phoenix, AZ, p. 58, 1991.


  1. Holly, F.E., Smathers, J.B., Goetsch, S.J., Goff, D.L., Selch, M.T., and DeSalles, A., "Initial Testing of a Philips SRS 200 Stereotactic Radiotherapy System with a Varian Clinac-18", Med. Phys, Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 603, 1991.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Attix, F.H., Thomadsen, B.R., Shahabi, S. and DeWerd, L.A., "Calibration of Iridium-192 HDR Sources", International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, Volume 19, Supplement 1, 1990.


  1. Goetsch, S., "Calibration of 90Sr Plane Ophthalmic Applicators", Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Il, Nov. 27, 1989.


  1. Goetsch, S., "A Perspective on Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratories", Health Physics, Chicago, Il, May, 1985.


POSTERS


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Hodgens, D, Ott, K, Alksne, J., Tripuraneni, P., Coleman, L, Smith, D., “Volume Distributions of Intracranial Metastatic Tumors at Time of Gamma Knife Treatment”, 12th International Leksell Society Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May, 2004.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., “4mm Helmet Output Factor for Elekta Gamma Knife”, Poster PO-T-29, 41st Annual AAPM Meeting, Nashville, TN, July, 1999.


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “TG-51 Dosimetry for Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery”, Poster WIP-T-45, Annual 41st AAPM Meeting, Nashville, TN, July, 1999.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Steigerwalt, J.E. “Early Experience with use of Hybrid Commercial Systems for Stereotactic Radiotherapy”, Poster PA-73, 40th Annual AAPM Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August, 1998.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., De Werd, L.A., Bank, M., Murphy, B. and Micka, J. “Use of a Miniature Ionization Chamber”, Poster PA-76, 40th Annual AAPM Meeting, San Antoniio, TX, August, 1998.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Steigerwalt, J.E., “Comparison of Two Sets of Physical Wedges and the Enhanced Dynamic Wedge on the Varian 600C/D Linear Accelerator”, Poster PA-K-04, 39th Annual AAPM meeting, Milwaukee, WI, July, 1997.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., “Quick Check on GammaPlan”, 38th Annual AAPM Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, July, 1996.




BOOKS


Co-editor: Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Surgery, A.A.F. De Salles and S.J. Goetsch, Medical Physics Publishing Corporation, Madison, WI, 466 pages, 1993.


BOOK CHAPTERS


  1. Goetsch, S. J., Tripuraneni, T., Hodgens, D., Ott, K., Alksne, J., “Volume Analysis of Intracranial Metastatic Tumors”, Physical, Chemical and Biological Targeting in Radiation Oncology, Seventh International Dose, Time and Fractionation in Radiation Therapy Conference. AAPM Symposium Report, Medical Physics Publishing Company, Madison, WI, March, 2006.


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “The Leksell Gamma Knife”, Encyclopedia of Devices and Medical Instrumentation, Second Edition, John Webster, Editor, Wiley Publishing, March, 2006.


  1. Goetsch, SJ, Radiosurgery: Principles and Techniques, in Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain, AAF De Salles and R. Lufkin, Editors, Thieme Medical Publishing, New York, 1997.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Stereotactic Radiosurgery Using the Gamma Knife, in Proceedings of 1996 AAPM Summer School, Advanced Medical Publishing, Madison, WI, 1996.


  1. Goetsch SJ, De Salles AAF, Solberg TD, Holly FE, Selch MT, Bajada CL, Treatment Planning for Stereotactic Radiosurgery, in Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Surgery, A.A.F. De Salles and S.J. Goetsch, Editors, Medical Physics Publishing Corporation, Madison, WI, 444 pages, 1993.


  1. Selch MT, Ciacci J, De Salles AAF, Goetsch SJ, Brekhus S, Radiosurgery for Primary Malignant Brain Tumors, in Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Surgery, A.A.F. De Salles and S.J. Goetsch, Editors, Medical Physics Publishing Corporation, Madison, WI, 444 pages, 1993.


  1. De Salles AAF, Scaduto A, Goetsch SJ, Radiosurgery for Benign Tumors, in Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Surgery, A.A.F. De Salles and S.J. Goetsch, Editors, Medical Physics Publishing Corporation, Madison, WI, 444 pages, 1993.


  1. De Salles AAF, Bajada CL, Goetsch SJ, Radiosurgery Planning for Skull Base Tumors", in Skull Base Surgery, Samii M, Editor, Kager, in press.



OTHER PUBLICATIONS


  1. Goetsch, S., Safeware: System Safety and Computers by N. Leveson, Med. Phys., Vol. 23, No. 10, p. 1821, Oct. 1996. (Book review).


  1. Goetsch, S., DeSalles, A. and Shaker, L., "Facility and Staff Requirements for Stereotactic Radiosurgery", Administrative Radiology, February, 1993.


  1. DeSalles, A., Goetsch, S., and Shaker, L., "Radiosurgery: Integration of Radiation Therapy, Surgery and Radiology", Administrative Radiology, January, 1993.


  1. Goetsch, S. and Beglinger, T., Treatment Planning and Dose Calculation in Radiation Oncology, 4th Edition, by G.C., Bentel, C.E. Nelson and K. T. Noell, Med. Phys., Vol. 17, No. 4., Jul/Aug, 1990. (Book review)


  1. Goetsch, S., Atoms, Radiation and Radiation Protection by J. E. Turner, Medical Physics, Vol. 14, No. 1, p. 156, Jan/Feb, 1987. (Book review)


  1. Goetsch, S., A Handbook of Physics for Radiologists and Radiographers by D. Gifford, Medical Physics, Vol. 12, No. 6, p. 811-812, Nov/Dec 1985. (Book review)



LETTERS


  1. Goetsch, S. “4-mm GAMMA KNIFE HELMET FACTOR”, Int. Journal Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 54, No. 1, p. 300, 2002.


  1. Goetsch, S. Reply to "Management of Pterygium with Surgery and Radiation Therapy", Int. Journal Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 30, p.745, October 15 , 1994.


  1. Goetsch, S., "Calibration of 90Sr Plane Ophthalmic Applicators", Int. Journal Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 16, p. 1653; and Radiology Today, November, 1988; and Journal of Ophthalmic Surgery, November, 1988.


  1. Goetsch, S., "Clarification of Proper Ion Chamber Biasing", Medical Physics, Vol. 11, No. 4., p. 564-565, Jul/Aug 1984.


VIDEOTAPED CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE


S.J. Goetsch and A.A.F. DeSalles, Co-Directors, " "Hands-On" Stereotactic Surgery and Radiosurgery Workshop", UCLA Extension Course through CME Conference Videos, Cherry Hill, NJ, October, 1992.



PRESENTATIONS


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “Volume Analysis of Intracranial Metastatic Tumors”, Seventh International Conference on Dose, Time and Fractionation in Radiation Therapy”, University of Wisconsin, September, 2005.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Skubic, S., Perks, J. and Lehto, N., “Anthropomorphic Brain Phantom for Evaluation of MRI Distortion”, 10th International Leksell Society Meeing, Lake Tahoe, CA, April 14-17, 2000.


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “The Physicist as Referee: Working in an “Open” Radiosurgery Center”, Proceedings of 7th International Leksell Gamma Knife Society Meeting, November, 1995, Lana’i, Hawaii.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., C.T. Heywood, J. Liu, D.R. Metcalf, S. Graham, "Mini-Symposium on Earthquake Hazards", 36th Annual Meeting and Technical Exhibition of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, CA, July, 1994.


  1. Goetsch, SJ, Bajada CL, De Salles AAF, "Application of Radiosurgery to the Head and Neck Region", 1st Congress of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society, Stockholm, Sweden, June 16-19, !993.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Holly, F.E., Solberg, T.D., DeSalles, A.A.F., Selch, M.T., and Bajada, C.L., "Treatment Planning for Stereotactic Radiation Surgery with Accelerator-Based Systems", Joint Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine and Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, presented poster, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August, 1992.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., "Radiosurgery Planning for Linear Accelerators", UCLA Hands-On Stereotactic Surgery and Radiosurgery Workshop, UCLA Medical Center, August 20-22, 1992.


  1. Goetsch, S., Attix, F.H. and Thomadsen, B.R., "A New Re-Entrant Ionization Chamber for the Calibration of Ir-192 HDR Sources", presented at 6th International Selectron Users' Meeting, Florence, Italy, September, 1990.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Attix, F.H., DeWerd, L.A. and Thomadsen, B.R., "A New Re-entrant Ionization Chamber for the Calibration of Iridium-192 High Dose Rate Sources", American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncologists, Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Sept. 1990.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., Attix, F.H., Thomadsen, B.R., Shahabi, S. and DeWerd, L.A., "Calibration of Iridium-192 HDR Sources", American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October, 1990.


INVITED PRESENTATIONS


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “Gamma Knife Radiosurgery 2005”, American Association of Medical Dosimetrists national meeting, San Diego, CA June 28, 2005


  1. Goetsch, S.J. and Ott, K. “Radiosurgery: The Art and Science of Dose Planning”, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, CN, April 21, 2001.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., “Gamma Knife Physics and Treatment Planning”, Refresher Course, 43rd Annual AAPM meeting, Nashville, TN, July 26, 1999.


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “Careers in Medical Physics”, Educators Day, 43rd Annual AAPM meeting, Nashville, TN, July 29, 1999.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., "Gamma Knife Radiosurgery", Seventh Annual Workshop on Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain", Century City, CA, March 14-16, 1997.


  1. Goetsch, S.J. "Review of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Medical Dosimetrists", La Jolla, CA, May, 1996.


  1. Goetsch S.J. “Radiosurgery: A Comparison of Techniques”, RT Career Education Seminar, Costa Mesa, September 23, 1995.


  1. Goetsch, S.J. “ Reflections by a User of Both a Linac System and a Gamma Knife System“ , American College of Medical Physics, Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, June 13-14, 1995.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., “Radiosurgery: Comparison Between Linac-Based Systems and the Gamma Knife”, Review Course Ro-1, California Society of Radiation Technologist, 57th Annual Meeting, La Jolla, CA, April 22, 1995.


  1. Goetsch, S.J., "Radiosurgery: Promise and Performance", Tufts-New England Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, March 8, 1993.


  1. DeSalles, A.A.F., Selch, M.T., Goetsch, S.J. "Radiosurgery at UCLA: Treatment Planning, Metastatic Tumors and Benign Tumors", Grand Rounds, UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology, September, 1992.


  1. DeSalles, A.A.F., Selch, M.T., Holly, F.E., Goetsch, S.J. "Radiosurgery at UCLA: Physics of Radiosurgery, Metastatic Tumors, Benign Tumors and Glioblastome Multiforme", Grand Rounds, UCLA Division of Neurological Sciences, March, 1992.


  1. DeSalles, A.A.F., Selch, M.T., Holly, F.E., Goetsch, S.J. "Radiosurgery at UCLA: Physics of Radiosurgery, Metastatic Tumors, Benign Tumors and Glioblastome Multiforme", Grand Rounds, UCLA Division of Neurosurgery, January, 1992.



WORKSHOPS PRESENTED


  1. Invited lecturer, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Course, St. Francis Hospital, February 7-11, 2000.


  1. Co-Director, with Kenneth Ott, M.D., FACS, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Course, St. Francis Hospital, June 28 – July 3, 1999.


  1. Co-Director, with Kenneth Ott, M.D., FACS, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Course, Scripps Memorial Hospital, September 9-13, 1996.


  1. Co-Director, with Kenneth Ott, M.D., FACS, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Course, Scripps Memorial Hospital, October 2-6, 1995.


  1. Co-Director, with Antonio DeSalles, M.D., Ph.D., Fifth Annual UCLA Workshop on Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain, September 8-9, 1995, Santa Monica, California.


  1. Co-Director, with Kenneth Ott, M.D., FACS, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Course, Scripps Memorial Hospital, January 16-20, 1995.


  1. Co-Director, with Antonio DeSalles, M.D., Ph.D., Fourth Annual UCLA Workshop on Minimally Invasive Therapy of the Brain, August 26-28, 1994, Santa Monica, California.


  1. Co-Director, with Antonio DeSalles, M.D., Ph.D., Third Annual UCLA Hands-on UCLA Stereotactic Surgery and Radiosurgery Workshop, August 26-28, 1993, Westwood, California. Proceedings edited and published as a book.


  1. Co-Director with Antonio DeSalles, M.D., Ph.D., Second Annual Hands-On Stereotactic Surgery and Radiation Surgery Workshop, UCLA Medical Center, August 20 to 22, 1992. Planned, organized and directed 3-day workshop for 110 people, including 31 faculty members, 14 commercial sponsors and 110 course registrants. Co-edited course syllabus and video tape of entire meeting.



JOURNAL REVIEWER


Guest Editor: Medical Physics. Referee for following journals: Medical Physics, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics; Radiation Oncology Investigations; and British Journal of Radiology.



TEACHING EXPERIENCE


Clinical Professor, San Diego State University, Physics Department, 1996 through 2005. Taught Graduate School Course “Physics of Radiation Therapy”.


Faculty member, Applied Health Physics, UCLA Biomedical Physics Graduate program, Fall, 1993. Taught radiation shielding calculations, regulatory agencies, control of contamination, internally deposited radionuclide dosimetry. Supervised student in Radiology 596, Research in Medical Physics, spring, 1994. Supervised student in Radiological Science 202C, Applications of Medical Physics to Clinical Radiation Oncology, Summer, 1994.


Instructor and Course Coordinator, Clinical Radiation Physics I, HSC 470A, California State University, Long Beach, Academic Years 1992-93, 1993-94.


Instructor, Residency Training Program, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Radiation Oncology, "Physics for Radiation Oncology Residents", Fall, Winter, 1992-1994.


Instructor, UCLA Medical School Clinical Clerkship, RA011, Radiation Oncology, October, 1992 to present.


Instructor, UCLA Medical School Advanced Clinical Clerkship MD200, Radiosurgery of Brain Lesions, August, 1992 to present.


Lecturer, Beverly Hills High School, Cancer Risk Prevention, Summer 1991, 1992 and 1993.


Instructor, University of Wisconsin Madison, Medical Physics 900, Journal Club and Seminar, Fall, 1986, Spring and Fall, 1987, Spring and Fall, 1988 and Spring, 1989. Weekly seminar series enrolling 3 to 6 graduate students per semester. Arranged 14 speakers per semester, with speakers from Argentina, England, Germany, New Zealand and across the United States.


Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Medical Physics, Health Physics 569 on regulation and licensing of ionizing radiation sources and radioactive material from 1978 to 1990.


Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Radiology, on basic radiation safety, nomenclature, calibration, radiation biology in training courses for new radiology residents each year from 1983 to 1990.


Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Madison on instrumentation and calibration in Medical Physics 511 from 1986 to 1990.


Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Human Oncology, on calibration and standards laboratories for Radiation Therapy Technologists training school.


CONSULTING

Sharp Memorial Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, San Diego, CA. April, 2002 to present.


Sharp Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chula Vista, CA. October, 1999 to present.


Grossmont Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncoloyg, La Mesa, CA. July, 1998 to December, 1999.


RT Career Education, lectures in radiation oncology, Manhattan Beach, CA. April, 2002.


Elekta Instruments, A.B., Stockholm, Sweden, January through April, 2001. Safety analysis of Leksell Gamma Knife Model C with Automatic Positioning System. Flew to Stockholm and visited Lyköpping, Sweden. Expert witness, Federal District Court of San Diego, February, 2002.


Health Imaging, Las Vegas, NV and Radiologic Medical Group, San Diego. Licensing for new PET scanner and Fluorine-18 FDG. Shielding analysis for dedicated Positron Emission Tomography facililty. 2001.


Medical Instrument and Diagnostic Corporation (MIDCO), San Diego, CA. Consultant and expert witness.

1999 to 2001.


Locums tenens, St. Francis Hospital, Honolulu, HI. 1998 to 2001.


Gamma Knife shielding and licensing for Sutter Community Hospital, Sacramento, CA, 1998 to 1999.


Consultant to OUR Scientific International, Pleasanton, CA, 1997 to 1999.


Consultant to Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Tufts New England Medical Center on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for Malignant Glioma project. March, 1993.


Expert witness, malpractice lawsuits involving strontium-90 ophthalmic applicators, proton radiosurgery. 1990 to 1994.

Consultant to major European importer of profile measuring gauges for the aluminum and steel industry on registration and licensing of gauges containing americium-241 and cesium-137 sources. 1989 to 1990.

Consultant to various businesses in central Wisconsin on health physics and medical physics. 1983 to 1990.

Consultant, Radiation Management Corporation, Philadelphia, PA. Acting Radiation Safety Officer for a depleted uranium processing plant. November, 1979.