Curriculum Vitae


Mark J. Young, MS, DABR


Certification: Therapeutic Radiologic Physics

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)