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Dante Eduardo Roa

Associate Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine

Ph.D., Florida State University, 1997, Nuclear Physics


American Board of Radiology, 2006, DABR: Therapeutic Radiologic Physics

Phone: (714) 456-8088
Email: droa@uci.edu

University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive, B-23, Rt-2
Mail Code: 2690
Orange, CA 92868

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Academic
Distinctions
2009 Varian Medical Systems - Users Meeting Consultant.

2005 Medical Dosimetry Program Co-Director - Department of Radiation Oncology
University of California, Irvine.

1992-96 Argonne National Laboratory - Graduate Student Assistantship.

1991 Argonne National Laboratory - Summer Internship.

1989 National Science Foundation - Summer Internship.

1988 Tennessee Eastmann Scholarship.
   
Appointments 2009 Associate Clinical Professor – University of California, Irvine, Department of Radiation Oncology.

2003 Assistant Clinical Professor – University of California, Irvine, Department of Radiation Oncology.

2001 – 03 Postdoctoral Fellow – Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale New Haven Hospital - Yale University.

1998 – 2001 Postdoctoral Associate – Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.
   
Publications Dante Roa, PhD; Daniel C Schiffner, MD; Juying Zhang, PhD; Salam N Dietrich, CMD; Jeffrey V Kuo, MD; Jason C Wong, MD; Nilam S Ramsinghani, MD; Muthana S Al-Ghazi, PhD, "The use of RapidArc™ VMAT to deliver stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy to intracranial and extracranial targets." Under Review, Journal of Medical Dosimetry (2011).
   
  Munjal M. Acharya*, Dante E. Roa, Omar Bosch, Mary L. Lan, Charles L. Limoli "Stem Cell Transplantation Strategies for the Restoration of Cognitive Dysfunction Caused by Cranial Radiotherapy", Journal of Visualized Experiments, in press (2011).
   
  D. Roa, G. VanDerbeck, J. Zhang, D. Schiffner, J. Wong, J. Kuo, N. Ramsinghani and M. Al-Ghazi, Special radiation treatment procedures using RapidArcTM. Med. Phys. Vol. 37, p. 3220, (2010).
   
  J. Zhang, V. Sehgal, D. Roa, Q. He, M. Martin, M. Al-Ghazi, Comprehensive clinical commissioning and quality assurance procedures of a big bore CT simulator in a radiation oncology department. Med. Phys. Vol. 37, p. 3152, (2010).
   
  J. Zhang, G. VanDerbeck, S. Dietrich, D. Schiffner, J. Wong, J. Kuo, N. Ramsinghani, M. Al-Ghazi and D. Roa, Comprehensive RapidArcTM treatment planning and quality assurance for head and neck cancers. Med. Phys. Vol. 37, p. 3209, (2010).
   
  D. Schiffner, D. Roa, J. Kuo, N. Ramsinghani and M. Al-Ghazi, The Use of RapidArc™ Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy To Deliver Stereotactic Radiosurgery And Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy To Intracranial And Extracranial Targets. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 75, 3, S118 (2009).
   
  D.E. Roa, R. Chung, N.S. Ramsinghani and M.S.A.L. Al-Ghazi, Simultaneous Boost and Skin Dose Toxicity Reduction for Breast Cancer Treatments using IMRT and RapidArc. Med. Phys. Vol. 36, p. 2543, (2009).
   
Professional
Societies
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM)
Southern California Chapter of the AAPM
American Physical Society (APS)
   
Other Experience
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Last updated 07/19/2011