Curriculum Vitae
Mark J. Young, MS, DABR
American Board of Radiology
Education: Master of Science - Radiological Health Physics
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
Bachelor of Science - Physics
University of California
Riverside, California
Clinical All Aspects of Quality Assurance for Radiation Oncology and Radiology
Skills: TG-21and TG-51 External Beam Calibrations (TG21, TG51)
2D, 3D and IMRT Treatment Planning (Corvus, Pinnacle, Cadplan, AcQplan, ROCS)
Intravascular Brachytherapy using the Novoste Betacath and Guidant Galileo
Interstitial and Intracavitary Brachytherapy Treatment Planning (Pinnacle, Variseed, ROCS)
Treatment Plan, Dose Calculation and Patient Chart Review
Acceptance Testing and Commissioning of Linear Accelerators, CT Simulators and Simulators
Virtual Simulation with Philips AcQSim or Pinnacle SmartSim
Beam Scanning and Data Acquisition with Scanditronix, Wellhofer and Multidata Systems
Radiation Safety and Shielding Design for Radiotherapy Facilities
Patient and Staff Education
System Administration of Varis, Impac, Tomotherapy, ADAC Pinnacle and Argus Systems
Experience: Lead Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer (1998 - Present)
Grossmont Hospital/Sharp HealthCare
La Mesa, California
Medical Radiation Physicist (1995 - 1998)
Hartford Healthcare System
Department of Radiation Oncology
Hartford, Connecticut
Medical Physicist (1994 - 1995)
Medical Physics Summer Intern (June, 1993 - September, 1993)
Mayo Clinic
Department of Radiation Oncology
Rochester, Minnesota/Scottsdale, Arizona
Medical Physicist Intern (1993 - 1994)
Mayo Clinic
Department of Diognostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology
Rochester, Minnesota/Scottsdale, Arizona
Professional Baseball Player (1987 - 1992)
Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Continuing Principles and Practice of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (University of Pittsburgh, 2006)
Education:
Tomotherapy, Inc.
HI ART System Administration and Physics
Madison, Wisconsin (January, 2005)
ASTRO/AAPM Annual Meetings (1997, 2001, 2002, 2004)
ADAC Laboratories
Pinnacle System Administration
Milipitas, California (February, 1996; January, 2004)
Nomos Corvus System Administration
Sewickley, Pennsylvania (May, 2002)
Novoste Betacath User’s Training
Norcross, Georgia (June, 2001)
American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting (1995)
AAPM Summer School: Summer School (1995, 2001)
Varian Medical Systems
Cadplan System Administration
Palo Alto, California (February, 1999)
Pacific Northwest Cancer Center
Ultrasonically Guided Prostate Implants
Seattle, Washington (August, 1997)
Appointed Chairman Sharp Healthcare System-wide Radiation Safety Sub-Committee (2001 – 2005)
Positions: Sharp HealthCare
San Diego, California
Radiation Safety Officer (1998 – Present)
Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, California
Physics Lecturer: Radiological Physics
San Diego State University
Department of Physics
San Diego, California
Didactic Faculty Member
Hartford Hospital School for Radiation Therapy Technology
Hartford, Connecticut
Awards: CORE Award Nominee, Financial Pillar Individual, Sharp Healthcare (2005)
Sally Breuner Haugh Spirit of Caring Award Nominee, Sharp Healthcare (2000)