Christine Swanson, Ph.D.

Clinical Physicist, Assistant Professor & Medical Physics Residency Director

Clinical Physicist, Assistant Professor & Medical Physics Residency Director

 

Education/Training

Institution and LocationDegreeDateField of Study

Transylvania University, Lexington, KY

B.A.2005-2009Physics; Summa cum Laude

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

M.S.2009-2011Radiation Sciences

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

2010-2012

Residency in Radiation Physics

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Ph.D.2011-2019

Public Health- Specialization in Health Management and Policy; Thesis Title: “An Evaluation of the Supply and Demand of the Radiation Oncology Medical Physicists in the United States”

Positions and Honors

Positions and EmploymentDate
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Brown Cancer Center
University of Louisville
School of Medicine, Louisville, KY		March 2022 – Present

Regional Chief of Physics 
Department of Radiation Oncology
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

December 2019 - December 2021

Clinical Physicist
Department of Radiation Oncology
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

December 2013 - December 2019

Clinical Physicist
Department of Radiation Oncology
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

October 2012 - December 2013

Diagnostic Physicist Assistant
Bluegrass Physics
Lexington, Kentucky

May 2009 - May 2011

AAPM Summer Fellow 
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Summer 2008

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Member of American Association of Physicists in Medicine  (2009 – Present)

  •  Member of AAPM Workforce Committee (2012 - Present)

  • Member of AAPM Therapy Demand and Supply Projection Workgroup  (2019 - Present)

  • Member of American Brachytherapy Society  (2011 - 2015, 2021 - Present)

  • Member of American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (2011 - 2015, 2021 - Present)

  • Member of the Health Physics Society  (2009 - 2015)

Honors & Awards

  • President’s Scholarship, Transylvania University, 2005

  • Transylvania Scholarship, Transylvania University, 2007

  • Cralle Fellowship, University of Kentucky, 2009

  • Daniel Reedy Quality Achievement, University of Kentucky, 2009

Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).

  1. Newhauser, W, Pitcher, G, Swanson, C, Armato, S, Al-Hallaq, H. “Interviewing for Residency Positions While Completing a Graduate Degree: Considerations for Graduate Students, Mentors, and Program Directors.” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, ID: ACM213700.  2022.

  2.  Chen, E, Mills, M, Antolak, J, Buzurovic, I, Dezarnm, W, Khan, F, Kirkby, C, Parker, B, Palicki, T, Zhong, S, Swanson, C, Tarver, R, Thomadsen, B, White, S, Wingreen, N, Zhou, S. “The Current State, Future Supply and Demand of Therapy Physicists- A Special Report of the 2020 AAPM Therapy Physicist Workforce Survey Results.” AAPM 2021

  3. Swanson, CM, Mills, M, “Future Trends in Demand and Supply for Radiation Oncology Physicists” Presentation AAPM ORVC Chapter Meeting, Cincinnati, OH November 2018

  4. Swanson, CM, Mills, M, “Future Trends in Demand and Supply for Radiation Oncology Physicists- 2018 Revision” Presentation at AAPM Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN July 2018

  5. James, JA, Lynch, B, Swanson, CM, Wang, B, Dunalp, NE. “Quantification of PTV Margin When Using Robotic Radiosurgery System to Treat Lung Tumors With Spine Tracking.” Practical Radiation Oncology. November 2014.

  6. Ram, N, Shaughnessy, J, Silverman, C, Bumpous, J, Potts, K, Redman, R, Cash, E, Swanson, C,Wilson, L, Dunlap, N. “The relationship between patterns of failure and human papilloma virus (HPV) status for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx after definitive chemoradiotherapy: what role does elective nodal irradiation play?” Journal of Radiation Oncology (2014): 1-7 , November 22, 2014

  7. Hogue, C, Blackburn, M, Swanson, C, Lynch, B, Wang,B, El-Ghamry,M, “Optimum Frequency of Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) for Intact Prostate IMRT” Presentation ASTRO Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA September 2014

  8. James, JA,  Swanson, CM, Lynch, B,Wang, B, Dunlap, NE. “Quantification of PTV Margin when Using Robotic Radiosurgery System to Treat Lung Tumors With Spine Tracking.” Presentation ASTRO Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA September 2014.

  9. Sowards, K., Swanson, C., Blackburn, M., and Dragun, A., “A Dosimetric Analysis of the Field In Field Technique for the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Can Such a Low Dose as Those Used in the Field in Field Technique Actually be Delivered as Planned on the Planning System,” Presentation ASTRO Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, October 2 – 6, 2011.

  10. Meigooni AS, Luerman CM, Sowards KT. “Evaluation of the dose distribution for prostate implants using various 125I and 103Pd sources.”  Medical Physics. 2009 April;36(4):1452-8.  

  11. Meigooni, A.S., Luerman, C.M., Pérez-Calatayud, J., Ballester, F., Rivard, M.J., Sowards, K.T., Zehtabian, M., & Walmsley, J.J. (2009). SU‐FF‐T‐15: Comparison of Various Monte Carlo Codes for Brachytherapy Source Dosimetry. Medical Physics, 36, 2522-2522.

  12. Mills, M, Swanson, CM, “Medical Dosimetry Workforce Study.” Report for the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists, Published online July 2021. Presented at AAMD Annual Meeting 2021.

  13. Consulting Panel Member for the Report “The Abt Study of Medical Physicist Work Values for Radiation Oncology Physics Services: Round IV”, Prepared for the AAPM, June 2015