David L. Wilson, M.S.

Clinical Physicist, Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

 

Education/Training

Institution and LocationDegreeDateField of Study
Nucletron Corporation, Columbia, MDJanuary, 1990High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, Texas

July, 1982External Beam Dosimetry—Principles and Calibrations
External Beam, Interstitial and Intracavitary Dosimetry—Principles and Calibrations

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

M.S.1978Physics

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

B.S.1975Physics

Positions and Honors

Positions and EmploymentDate
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Brown Cancer Center
University of Louisville
School of Medicine, Louisville, KY		March 2002 – Present

Clinical Physicist
Department of Radiation Oncology
Brown Cancer Center
University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky		March, 1985 – February 2002

Junior Clinical Physicist/Dosimetrist
Department of Radiation Oncology
Brown Cancer Center
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

April, 1982 - March, 1985

Instructor, Division of Radiologic Technology
School of Allied Health
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

January, 1984 – May 1984

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Physics Department
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

September, 1976 – May, 1978

Explosives and Blasting Inspector/Instructor
Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals
Lexington, Kentucky

February, 1982 – April, 1982

 Assistant Process Physicist
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Laboratory

July, 1978 – August, 1981

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Board Certified in Radiation Therapy Physics by the American Board of Radiology, June, 1986.
  • Board Certified in Radiation Oncology Physics by the American Board of Medical Physics, January, 1992.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Full Member, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (1985 - Present)
  • Member, Bluegrass Chapter of the Health Physics Society (1983 - Present)
  • Full Member,  American Society for Radiation Oncology (2010 – Present)

Honors

  • The Gold Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1990
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, 1997
  • ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, 2001
  • Fellow, American College of Radiology, 2001
  • Teacher of the Year Award, The Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology, 2001
  • 2008 Patient Golden Apple Award, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2008
  • The Julie and Ben Rogers Award for Excellence in Patient Care: Finalist, 2009

Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).

  1. Sharma, S.C., Wilson, D.L., and Jose, B.:  Variation of output with atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature for Therac-20 linear accelerator.  Medical Physics 10:15, 712, 1983.
  2. Sharma, S.C., Wilson, D.L. and Jose, B.:  Iridium seed implantation procedures and safety guidelines.  AAMD Journal VIII:4, 1983.
  3. Sharma, S.C., Wilson, D.L. and Jose, B.:  Dosimetry of small fields for Therac-20 electron beams.  Medical Physics 11:5, 697-702, September/October 1984.
  4. Sharma, S.C., Wilson, D.L. and Jose, B.:  Radioactive cesium implantation procedures and safety guidelines.  AAMD Journal IX:3, 14-18, 1984.
  5. Dodd, D.T., George, D.I., Farman, A.G., Sharma, S.C. and Wilson, D.L.:  Backscatter radiation from restorative materials during Co-60 therapy, Journal of Oral Medicine, Vol. 40:2, 72-75, 100, 1985.
  6. Farman, A.G., Sharma, S.C., George, D.I., Wilson, D.L., Dodd, D., Figa, Robert, Haskell, Bruce:  Backscattering from dental restorations and splint materials during therapeutic radiation.  Radiology, 156:523-526, 1985.
  7. Sharma, S.C., and Wilson, D.L.:  Depth dose characteristics of elongated fields for electron beams from a 20 MeV accelerator.  Medical Physics, 12(4):July/August, 1985.
  8. Shorton, D.L., Farman, A.G., George, D.I., Sharma, S., and Wilson, D.:  Radiation exposure to critical structures during transfacial and transcranial TMJ radiography.   Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, 14:93-96, 1985.
  9. Wilson, D.L., Sharma, S.C., Jose, B., and Lindberg, R.D.:  An intracavitary cone system for electron beam therapy using Therac-20 linear accelerator.  Int. J. of Radiation Oncology/Biology, Physics, 12:1007-1011, 1986.

  10.  Sharma, S.C. and Wilson, David L.:  Dosimetric study of total skin irradiation with a scanning beam electron accelerator.  Medical Physics 14(3), May/June, 1987.

  11. B. Olipauram, Jose, M.D.; James L. Bailen, M.D.; Frederick H. Albrink, M.D.; Greg S. Steinbock, M.D.; Mark S. Cornett, M.D.; David C. Benson, M.D.; William K. Schmied, M.D.; Richard N. Medley, M.D.; William J. Spanos, M.D.; Kristie J. Paris, M.D., Paul D. Koerner, M.D.; Richard A Gatenby, Ph.D., David L. Wilson, M.S.; Richard Meyer, M.S.: Brachytherapy in Early Prostate Cancer--Early Experience.  Kentucky Medical Association Journal July 1999/Vol. 97, pgs. 12-16.