“Reese” Haywood - Physics Department - University of Notre Dame

Joe “Reese” Haywood7287 Water View Lane • Allendale, MI 49401Phone: (616) 328-5029 • E-Mail: reese.haywood@gmail.comSelf-motivated, independent worker with diverse skill set seeking permanent employment inRadiation Oncology Medical Physics.EducationWayne State University, Detroit, MINon Degree 2010Professional Development: Classes in Radiological Physics and Treatment PlanningGrand Valley State University, Allendale, MINon Degree 2010Professional Development: Classes in Anatomy and Physiology, Radiation Biology andMedical DosimetryUniversity of Notre Dame, South Bend, INPh. D. in Physics 2006Dissertation: “Numerical Relativistic Hydrodynamic Simulations of Neutron Stars”University of Notre Dame, South Bend, INM.S. in Physics 2005Non-thesis MastersKing College, Bristol, TNB.S. Physics and Mathematics 2001Double majorDistinctionFull Member American Association of Physicists in MedicineAuthorized Medical Physicist status from the Nuclear Regulatory CommissionExperienceMercy Health Partners, Muskegon, MIJohnson Family Center for Cancer CareMedical Physics Resident and Medical Physicist2008-presentAssure the safe and effective delivery of radiation as prescribed in patient care byperforming or supervising the pertinent procedures necessary to achieve this objective.Actively participate in all aspects of medical physics tasks including daily, monthly andannual machine quality assurance, acceptance testing and commissioning.Responsibilities•Protection of the patient and others from potentially harmful or excessive radiationthrough monthly and annual Machine Calibration and Room Surveys•Establishment of adequate protocols to ensure accurate patient dosimetry, review ofpatient charts throughout entire treatment process

•Measurement and characterization of radiation, determination of delivered dose,Measurements of IMRT and RapidArc Patient Plans on treatment machine using Matrixxand Mapcheck•Machine commissioning: Acceptance Testing and initial Commissioning of VarianClinac iX•Software Commissioning: Commission Varian Clinac iX dosimetry data in IMSure andEclipse•Development and direction of quality assurance programs, QA procedure for RapidArc,including second check program written in Visual Basic for Application in Excel anddevelopment of the RASCall program written in Microsoft Visual Basic 2008•Initial development of Analysis software for Data taken on the Matrixx•Authorized Medical Physicist:Oversee treatment and patient survey for HDR brachytherapy treatmentsPlan and review brachytherapy treatments using BrachyVisionMonthly Calibration of HDR afterloaderCalibration of HDR afterloader after Source Change•Stereotactic RadiosurgeryPlan and review using FastPlanPatient and equipment Quality Control: Second Check Hand Calculations and Winston-Lutz tests•Treatment PlanningPlan and Review photon and electron treatment plansIMRT, RapidArc, 3D CRT•Inivted Speaker Physics seminar at Grand Valley State University on StereotacticRadiosurgeryEquipmentThe Johnson Family Center for Cancer Care is a comprehensive cancer center whichhouses two Varian linear accelerators (Trilogy and Clinac iX), GE CT simulator andGamma Med iX HDR Afterloader. Both accelerators are equipped with On-BoardImaging, Cone-Beam CT, Portal Vision, Respiratory Gating, IMRT and RapidArc. TheTrilogy also has SRS capabilities. Treatment Planning is completed with Eclipse andpaperless, film-less patient charting is accomplished using ARIA.Vendor Training:1) Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Mobile, ALCourse covered Treatment Planning using FastPlan and cone based SRS, enteringmachine data, and quality assurance.2) Brachyvision, Charlottesville, VACourse covered Treatment Planning using BrachyVision, entering machine data andquality assurance. Proper planning methods for Mammosite, Vaginal Cylinders,interstitial PBI etc.3) VariSeed, Charlottesville, VACourse covered Treatment Planning using VariSeed, entering seed data and qualityassurance.Memorial Hospital, South Bend, INMedical Physics Resident 2007-2008Assure the safe and effective delivery of radiation as prescribed in patient care byperforming or supervising the pertinent procedures necessary to achieve this objective.Actively participate in all aspects of medical physics tasks including daily, monthly and

annual machine quality assurance, acceptance testing and commissioning.Responsibilities•Protection of the patient and others from potentially harmful or excessive radiationthrough monthly and annual Machine Calibration and Room Surveys•Establishment of adequate protocols to ensure accurate patient dosimetry, review ofpatient charts throughout entire treatment process•Measurement and characterization of radiation, determination of delivered dose,Measurements of IMRT Patient Plans on treatment machine using Mapcheck•Development of second check software for Gamma Med Plus HDR afterloader•Development of Winston-Lutz analysis tool•Development of Portal Dosimetry Analysis toolEquipmentThe Cancer Care at Memorial Hospital is a comprehensive cancer center which housestwo Varian linear accelerators (Trilogy and 21-Ex δ), GE CT simulator and Gamma MedPlus HDR Afterloader. Trilogy is On-Board Imaging, Cone-Beam CT, Portal Vision,Respiratory Gating, IMRT and RapidArc. Treatment Planning is completed with Eclipseand paperless, film-less patient charting is accomplished using ARIA.Visiting Lecturer in Physics and Mathematics, 2006-2007, Indiana UniversitySoutheast, New Albany, INTeach Calculus Based Physics and Algebra Based Physics along with relevantLaboratoriesBinary Neutron Star Simulation, Grant Mathews, 2005-2006, University of NotreDame, Notre Dame, INRelativistic Hydrodynamic Simulation of Binary neutron stars in close orbits to predictthe gravitational radiation produced by the motion, main code written and updated usingFORTRAN 77, utility programs developed in Mathematica for solving the TOVequation, and IDL for making movies of the simulation.High Resolution Spectroscopy of Disks Around Proto-stars, Terry Rettig, 2002-2005, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, INTake and analyze high resolution near-infrared spectra of developing (proto-) stars andstar forming regions and exoplanets, using IDL for analysis and display of spectra andMathematica program for predicting the absorption coefficient of gases in the planetarydiscs.Semiconductor Research, Jacek Furdyna, Summer 2001, University of Notre Dame,Notre Dame, INSelf-organization of Ge Quantum Dots Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, RobertNemanich, Summer 2000, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCHonors and AwardsDepartment of Physics Graduate Student Fellowship for academic year 2005-2006University of Notre Dame Summer Grant Writing Fellowship, June 2003Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award for Excellence in Teaching, March 2003Graduated Magna Cumme Laude, King College, May 2001

Arthur King Memorial Physics Award, April 25, 2000PublicationsDiscovery of CO gas in the Inner Disk of TW Hydrae, Rettig, T., Haywood, J., Simon, T.,Brittain, S. and Gibb, E., The Astrophysical Journal, 616, L163-166 (2004).The upper limit for CH 4 in the protostellar disk toward HL Tauri, Gibb, E. L., Rettig, T.,Brittain, S., Haywood, R., Simon, T., and Kulesa, C., The Astrophysical Journal, 610,L113-116 (2004).HL Tau – The missing dust, Rettig, T., Brittain, S., Simon, T., Kulesa, C., and Haywood,J., THE SEARCH FOR OTHER WORLDS: Fourteenth Astrophysics Conference.AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 713, pp. 107-110 (2004).Professional Meetings and PostersThe Search for H 3 + towards HD 209458, Haywood, J., Gibb, E., Rettig, T., Brittain, S.,Kulesa, C., American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #11.21 also presented atAmerican Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #36, #35.02Detection of Ro-vibrationally Excited CO from the Disk Around TW Hya, Haywood, J.,Rettig, T. W., Brittain, S. D., Gibb, E., Simon, T., and Kulesa, C., AmericanAstronomical Society Meeting 203, #13.01Search for infrared emission from an Exoplanet, Haywood, J. R., Rettig, T. W., andBrittain, S. D., American Astronomical Society Meeting 202, #33.07Related ExperienceIntroduction to Fortran 77 Programming, Summer course to REU students, Summer 2005Lab Assistant for Physics 151-152 , 131, Physics for Majors and Engineers, 2004-2005Teaching Assistant for Medical Physics, Fall 2004Teaching Assistant for Introductory Cosmology, Fall 2004Lab Assistant/Instructor for Physics 132, Physics for Engineers, Summer 2003, 2004Teaching Assistant for Descriptive Astronomy, 2001-2004Lab Assistant for Physics 221-222, Physics for pre-professionals, 2001-2002Visiting AstronomerW. M. Keck Observatory (Keck II), Hawai'iNASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF), Hawai'iVatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), ArizonaProgramming Languages and Operating SystemsFORTRAN 77; Fortran 90Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Excel Visual Basic for ApplicationsInteractive Data Language (IDL)Mathematica, Scilab (a Matlab clone)Some Python, C++, JavaWindows XP, Linux, Solaris