Joshua James, M.S.

Clinical Physicist, Assistant Professor

Clinical Physicist, Assistant Professor 

Education/Training

Institution and LocationDegreeDateField of Study
University of WisconsinM.S.2005Medical Physics
Western Kentucky UniversityB.S.8/2003Physics

Positions and Honors

Positions and EmploymentDate
Clinical Physicist
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY		June 2005-Present

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • American Board of Radiology –Radiologic Physics Part III, June 2009
  • American Society for Radiation Oncology, member since 2009
  • American Board of Radiology –Radiologic Physics Part II, Aug 2008
  • American College of Medical Physics, member since April 2008
  • American Board of Radiology –Radiologic Physics Part I, Aug 2005
  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine, member since Jan 2004
  • Sigma Pi Sigma (physics honor society), member since spring 2002

Honors

  • RSNA/AAPM Fellowship for Graduate Study in Medical Physics, 2003 –2005
  • Ogden Trustees’ Award, Western Kentucky University, May 2003
  • Scholar of the Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Western Kentucky University, May 2003
  • AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellowship, 2001
  • Award ofExcellence Scholarship, Western Kentucky University, 1999 –2003

Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order)

  1. J James, A Cetnar, N Dunlap, C Huffaker, V Nguyen, M Potts, B Wang.  “Technical Note: Validation and implementation of a wireless transponder tracking system for gated stereotactic ablative radiotherapy of the liver,” Medical Physics. 43:6 (June 2016) 2794-2801.

  2. V Nguyen, D Ellerbusch, A Cetnar, J James, B Wang.  “Implementation of an in-house visual feedback system for motion management during radiation therapy,”  J Appl Clin Med Phys. 17:1 (Jan 2016) 5817

  3. A Cetnar, J James, B Wang.  “Commissioning of a motion system to investigate dosimetric consequences due to variability of respiratory waveforms,”  J Appl Clin Med Phys. 17:1 (Jan 2016) 5921

  4. J James, C Swanson, B Lynch, B Wang, N Dunlap.  “Quantification of PTV margin when using a robotic radiosurgery system to treat lung tumors with spine tracking,”  Practical Radiation Oncology. 5:4 (Jul-Aug 2015) e337-e343.

  5. K McCullough, J James, M McCullough, A Cetnar, B Wang.  “Site-Specific tolerance tables and indexing device to improve patient setup variability,” J Appl Clin Med Phys. 16:3 (May 2015) 5230

  6. V Sarkar, B Wang, H Zhao, B Lynch, J James, K McCullough, B Saltar.  “Percent depth-dose distribution discrepancies from very small volume ion chambers,”  J Appl Clin Med Phys. 16:2 ( March 2015) 432-442

  7. C Cheng, L Zhao, M Wolanski, Q Zhao, J James, K Dikeman, M Mills, M Li, S Srivastave, XQ Lu, I Das. “Comparison of Tissue Characterization Curves for Different CT Scanners: Implication in Proton Therapy Treatment Planning.” Translational Cancer Research. 1:4 (December 2012) 236-246

  8. JD Fenwick, WA Tome, HA Jaradat, SK Hui, JA James, JP Balog, CN DeSouza, DB Lucas, GH Olivera, TR Mackie, BR Paliwal.  “Quality Assurance of a Helical Tomotherapy Machine.”  Phys. Med. Biol. 49 (2004) 2933-2953

  9. MW Kissick, J Fenwick, JA James, R Jeraj, JM Kapatoes, H Keller, TR Mackie, G Olivera, ET Soisson. “The Helical Tomotherapy Thread Effect.” Medical Physics. 32:5 (May 2005) 1414-14234.
  10. SA Boswell, R Jeraj, KJ Ruchala, GH Olivera, HA Jaradat, JA James, A Gutierrez, D Pearson, G Frank, TR Mackie. “A Novel Method to Correct for Pitch and Yaw Patient Setup Errors in Helical Tomotherapy.” Medical Physics. 32:6 (June 2005) 1630-1639.