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Blake Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor - Radiation Oncology

Education

  • Ph.D., Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • MS, Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Licenses & Certifications

  • American Board of Radiology – Therapeutic Medical Physics – Part 1
  • NI LabView Associate Developer Certification

Selected Publications

  • Smith BR, Nelson NP, Geoghegan TJ, Patwardhan KA, Hill PM, Yu J, Gutiérrez AN, Allen BG, Hyer DE. The dosimetric enhancement of GRID profiles using an external collimator in pencil beam scanning proton therapy. Med Phys. 2022 Apr;49(4):2684-2698. doi: 10.1002/mp.15523. Epub 2022 Feb 21. PMID: 35120278; PMCID: PMC9007854.
  • Nelson NP, Culberson WS, Hyer DE, Smith BR, Flynn RT, Hill PM. Investigating aperture-based approximations to model a focused dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2022 Feb 18;8(2):10.1088/2057-1976/ac525f. doi: 10.1088/2057-1976/ac525f. PMID: 35130520; PMCID: PMC8917788.
  • Smith BR, Strand SA, Dunkerley D, Flynn RT, Besemer AE, Kos JD, Caster JM, Wagner BS, Kim Y. Implementation of a real-time, ultrasound-guided prostate HDR brachytherapy program. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Sep;22(9):189-214. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13363. Epub 2021 Jul 26. PMID: 34312999; PMCID: PMC8425918.
  • Hyer DE, Bennett LC, Geoghegan TJ, Bues M, Smith BR. Innovations and the Use of Collimators in the Delivery of Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy. Int J Part Ther. 2021 Jun 25;8(1):73-83. doi: 10.14338/IJPT-20-00039.1. PMID: 34285937; PMCID: PMC8270095.
  • Nelson NP, Culberson WS, Hyer DE, Geoghegan TJ, Patwardhan KA, Smith BR, Flynn RT, Yu J, Rana S, Gutiérrez AN, Hill PM. Development and validation of the Dynamic Collimation Monte Carlo simulation package for pencil beam scanning proton therapy. Med Phys. 2021 Jun;48(6):3172-3185. doi: 10.1002/mp.14846. Epub 2021 Apr 9. PMID: 33740253; PMCID: PMC8273151.
  • Smith BR, Pankuch M, Hyer DE, Culberson WS. Experimental and Monte Carlo characterization of a dynamic collimation system prototype for pencil beam scanning proton therapy. Med Phys. 2020 Oct;47(10):5343-5356. doi: 10.1002/mp.14453. Epub 2020 Sep 9. PMID: 33411329; PMCID: PMC8012152.
  • Smith BR, DeWerd LA, Culberson WS. On the stability of well-type ionization chamber source strength calibration coefficients. Med Phys. 2020 Sep;47(9):4491-4501. doi: 10.1002/mp.14247. Epub 2020 Jun 17. PMID: 32434273.
  • Smith BR, Hyer DE, Culberson WS. An investigation into the robustness of dynamically collimated proton therapy treatments. Med Phys. 2020 Aug;47(8):3545-3553. doi: 10.1002/mp.14208. Epub 2020 May 16. PMID: 32338770; PMCID: PMC7429295.
  • Smith BR, Hyer DE, Flynn RT, Hill PM, Culberson WS. Trimmer sequencing time minimization during dynamically collimated proton therapy using a colony of cooperating agents. Phys Med Biol. 2019 Oct 21;64(20):205025. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab416d. PMID: 31484170; PMCID: PMC6995666.
  • Smith BR, Hyer DE, Flynn RT, Culberson WS. Technical Note: Optimization of spot and trimmer position during dynamically collimated proton therapy. Med Phys. 2019 Apr;46(4):1922-1930. doi: 10.1002/mp.13441. Epub 2019 Mar 5. PMID: 30740709; PMCID: PMC6676890.