Stephen M. Avery, PhD
Stephen M. Avery, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
2 Donner Bldg.
Department of Radiation Oncology
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiation Oncology
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-5574
Fax: 215-746-1727
Fax: 215-746-1727
Email:
avery@uphs.upenn.edu
avery@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S (Physics)
Millersville University, 1994.
M.S. (Experimental Nuclear Physics)
Hampton University, 1997.
Ph.D. (Experimental Nuclear Physics)
Hampton University, 2002.
Permanent linkB.S (Physics)
Millersville University, 1994.
M.S. (Experimental Nuclear Physics)
Hampton University, 1997.
Ph.D. (Experimental Nuclear Physics)
Hampton University, 2002.
Description of Research Expertise
Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP)Quality assurance and safety in proton therapy treatment delivery.
Medical Physics Education
Description of Clinical Expertise
Clinical Physicist for external beam at PCAMLinear Accelerator/Proton QA and calibration
Patient QA for Proton Therapy
Hospital physicist as needed at affiliated hospitals
Description of Other Expertise
Diversity and Inclusion of under-represented groups in Medical PhysicsSelected Publications
Elaine Sayler, Derek Dolney, Stephen Avery, Cameron Koch: Shielding Considerations for the Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP) Health Physics Journal 104(5): 471-480, May 2013.Wei Zou, Ricardo Betancourt, Lingshu Yin, James Metz, Stephen Avery, Alireza Kassaee: Effects on the photon beam from an electromagnetic array used for patient localization and tumor tracking. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 14(3), January 2013.
Jennifer B. Smilowitz, Stephen Avery, Paul Gueye, George Sandison: Report on the American Association of Medical Physics Undergraduate Fellowship Programs. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 14(1): 289-298, September 2012.
Nanda Govi, Paul Gueye, Stephen Avery: Application of MAGAT polymer gel dosimeter in breast balloon brachytherapy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series IN PRESS 2012.
S. Avery, C. Freeman, K. Shahnazi: Initial study of 3D dose verification of multi-field proton therapy treatment along match line with polymer gel detectors. Journal of Physics:Conference Series 250, December 2010.
Cengel KA, Diffenderfer ES, Avery S, Kennedy AR, McDonough J : Using electron beam radiation to simulate the dose distribution for whole body solar particle event proton exposure. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 49(4): 715-721, Nov 2010.
J. H. Ware, J. Sanzari, S. Avery, C. Sayers, G. Krigsfeld, M. Nuth, X. S. Wan, A. Rusekb and A. R. Kennedy: Effects of Proton Radiation Dose, Dose Rate and Dose Fractionation on Hematopoietic Cells in Mice. Radiation Research(174), 325-330, Sept 2010.
Christine E. Hill-Kayser, M.D.,Stephen Avery Ph.D.,Paul James C.M.D., Carmen F. Mesina M.S.,Joseph S. Friedberg M.D.,Keith Cengel M.D., Ph.D, Lilie L. Lin M.D.,Stephen M. Hahn M.D.,Ramesh Rengan M.D., Ph.D. : Hemithoracic Radiotherapy after Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Dosimetric Comparison of Two Well-Described Techniques Journal of Thoracic Oncology 4(11), November 2009.
Stephen Avery, Chris Ainsley, Richard Maughan and James McDonough : Analytical Shielding Calculations For a Proton Therapy Facility Radiation Protection Dosimetry 131(2): 167-179, 2008.
A. Ahmidouch, D. Androic, T. Angelescu, R. Asaturyan, S. Avery, O.K. Baker, I. Bertovic, H. Breuer, R. Carlini, J. Cha, R. Chrien, M. Christy, L. Cole, S. Danagoulian, D. Dehnhard, M. Elaasar, A. Empl, R. Ent, H. Fenker, Y. Fujii, M. Furic, L. Gan, K. Garrow, A. Gasparian, P. Gueye, M. Harvey, O. Hashimoto, W. Hinton, B. Hu, E. Hungerford, C. Jackson, K. Johnston, Henry G. Juengst, C. Keppel, K. Lan, Y. Liang, V.P. Likhachev, J.H. Liu, D. Mack, A. Margaryan, P. Markowitz, H. Mkrtchyan, S.N. Nakamura, T. Petkovic, J. Reinhold, J. Roche, Y. Sato, R. Sawafta, N. Simicevic, G. Smith, S. Stepanyan, V. Tadevosyan, T. Takahashi, K. Tanida, L. Tang, M. Ukai, A. Uzzle, W. Vulcan, S. Wells, S. Wood, G. Xu, H. Yamaguchi, C. Yan: Hypernuclear spectroscopy using the (e,e-prime K+) reaction. Physical Review C 73(044607), 2006 Notes: PRC articles are identified by volume number and a six-digit article number (instead of volume and page number).