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GEOFFREY S. IBBOTT Occupation: Medical physicist
specializing in radiation oncology.
Career: Dr. Ibbott began his career in medical physics immediately upon graduating from high school in 1967. He worked for a summer, went away for a year of college, and then returned for a second summer. At the end of the second summer, Dr. Ibbott remained in this position while continuing his education part-time. He was first given the title of Medical Physicist in 1974, and remained in this position,with a faculty appointment at the level of Senior Instructor, until 1990. In mid 1990, Dr. Ibbott moved to Yale-New Haven Hospital , where he was a Lecturer and Medical Physicist until 1994. In March 1994, Dr. Ibbott moved to Lexington , Kentucky to become Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Physics at the University of Kentucky Medical Center . He was promoted in 1998 to Associate Professor. In January 2001 Dr. Ibbott moved to the U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston , Texas and became Professor and Chief, Section of Outreach Physics, Department of Radiation Physics. While at the University of Colorado Heath Sciences Center , Yale-New Haven Hospital, and the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Dr. Ibbott maintained a strong clinical orientation. Upon moving to M. D. Anderson Cancer Center , he assumed the role of Director of the Radiological Physics Center , an NCI-funded resource to support multi-institutional cooperative group clinical trials. As of August 2001, Dr. Ibbott has been the principal investigator of the NCI grant supporting the RPC, and in 2004 won a six-year competing renewal of the grant. Dr. Ibbott's research interests include the radiation response of normal tissues, and the development of a polymer gel dosimeter. Since arriving at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center , he has pursued the introduction of the polymer gel dosimeter into anthropomorphic phantoms for use by the RPC in assessing the quality of advanced technology treatment techniques. In addition to this, Dr. Ibbott's interests include quality assurance for multi-institutional clinical trials. Throughout his career, Dr. Ibbott has held a strong interest in education. He was coordinator of the graduate program at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center , clinical coordinator of the graduate program at the University of Kentucky Medical Center , and is a course coordinator at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. In addition, he is co-author of Radiation Therapy Physics , a medical physics textbook now in its third edition.
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