Ramon Alfredo Siochi , PhD, DABR

Medical Physics Director

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Radiation Oncology

Classification:

Faculty

• MS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1995
• PhD, Physics Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 1990
• MS, Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 1988
• BS, Ateneo de Manila University - Physics, Summa Cum Lade, Quezon City, Philippines, 1985

2011  First recipient of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' Annual Radiation Oncology Resident Teaching Award.

2010  Improving Our Workplace Award (IOWA).  Recognized for the clicker technology deployment and training database development. Fall 2010 individual winner.

2010  The Varian Editor in Chief Award of Excellence for the Best General Medical Physics Article, "Radiation therapy plan checks in a paperless clinic." JACMP 10(1) 43-62, selected by the JACMP Board of Editors.

2000  Siemens, Inventor of the Year.

1997.     U.S. Patent 5,663,999. Optimization of an intensity modulated field.

1998.     U.S. Patent 5,724,403. Virtual compensator.

2000.     U.S. Patent 6,052,430. Dynamic sub-space intensity modulation.

2000.     U.S. Patent 6,097,787. System and method for calculating scatter radiation.

2000.     U.S. Patent 6,108,400. System and method for using precalculated strips in calculating scatter radiation.

2000.     U.S. Patent 6,128,366. Dosimetry error reduction for optimized static intensity modulation.

2000.     U.S. Patent 6,134,296. Microgradient intensity modulating multi-leaf collimator.

2000.     U.S. Patent 6,142,925. Method and system for increasing resolution in a radiotherapy system

2000.     U.S. Patent 6,167,114. System and method for calculating scatter radiation including a collimator thickness.

2001.     U.S. Patent 6,240,161. Multi-leaf collimator constrained optimization of intensity modulated treatments.

2001.     U.S. Patent 6,314,159. System and method for optimizing radiation treatment with an intensity modulating multi-leaf collimator.

2001.     U.S. Patent 6,330,300. High definition intensity modulating radiation therapy system and method.

2002.     U.S. Patent 6,349,129. System and method for defining radiation treatment intensity maps.

2002.     U.S. Patent 6,353,655. System and method for calculating fluence contributions from a source plane.

2002.     U.S. Patent 6,449,335. System and method for optimizing radiation treatment with an intensity modulating multi-leaf collimator.

2002.     U.S. Patent 6,473,490. Intensity map reconstruction for radiation therapy with a modulating multi-leaf collimator.

2003.     U.S. Patent 6,577,707. Edge extension of intensity map for radiation therapy with a modulating mult-leaf collimator.

2003.     U.S. Patent 6,661,871. System and method for optimizing radiation treatment with an intensity modulating multi-leaf collimator by minimizing junctions.

2004.     U.S. Patent 6,757,355. High-definition radiation treatment with an intensity modulating multi-leaf collimator.

2004.     U.S. Patent 6,813,336. High definition conformal arc radiation therapy with a multi-leaf collimator.

2005.     U.S. Patent 6,907,282. Intensity map resampling for multi-leaf collimator compatibility.

2005.     U.S. Patent 6,968,035. System to present focused radiation treatment area.

Board Certifications

• Radiologic Physics, American Board of Radiology