David Thomas

Associate Professor


Curriculum vitae



720-848-0134


Department of Radiation Oncology

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department of Radiation Oncology – University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Court, Suite 1032
Mail Stop F706
Aurora, CO 80045



David Thomas


Associate Professor


Associate Professor
Division of Medical Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
david.h.thomas@cuanschutz.edu
www.thomas-lab.com
www.cuanschutz.edu
As an Early Stage Investigator, a common thread in my early research career is the development of new quantitative methods that combine theoretical analysis with experimental in‐vitro and in‐vivo data to help address fundamental questions across a number of fields, from physics to vascular biology. I have developed a multidisciplinary research portfolio that spans from in‐vivo preclinical imaging to improving imaging of human breathing motion. My work has led to over 50 peer-reviewed articles, over 100 conference presentations, and 10 international awards for research. My current research focus is designing innovative approaches to measuring radiation dose distribution in-vivo.
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES:  
Primary clinical activities: 

My primary clinical responsibilities include radiation treatment plan checks, patient specific quality assurance (QA), machine QA, patient treatment planning, patient dosimetry measurements, and general physics troubleshooting and support. support. I am the lead physicist for the Radiosurgery treatment machine, and I am responsible for all of the machine troubleshooting efforts and routine quality assurance (QA). I provide physics services for the SRS program and have designed patient treatment plans for over 30 SRS cases in the past 6 months. I provide physics services to the Rocky Mountain Gamma Knife center, and have been performing the machine daily and monthly QA, and covering and planning radiosurgery treatments. I have supported about 200 patients’ SRS treatments in the past year. I provide Physics coverage for LDR Prostate seed cases, as well as providing physics coverage for the Tomotherapy machine at Loantree (2016-2020), including; onsite physics coverage including treatment planning and patient specific QA; monthly machine QA; troubleshooting and performing physics QA after service when required.  I have been the lead physicist for past two major software upgrades to the departments Record and Verify (Aria) system. Overall, I spend 32 hours a week on direct patient care physics activities.

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RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP:  

A common thread in my early research career was the development of new quantitative methods that combine theoretical analysis with experimental in‐vitro and in‐vivo data to help address fundamental questions across a number of fields, from physics to vascular biology. I have developed a multidisciplinary research portfolio that spans from in‐vivo preclinical imaging to improving imaging of human breathing motion. My work has led to 44 peer-reviewed articles (21 in the past 5 years), including 11 first-author and 1 senior author, as well as over 50 conference presentations, and 8 awards for research. My current research focus is designing innovative approaches to measuring radiation dose distribution in-vivo, and the implementation of advance computational methods and artificial intelligence to improve the quality and safety of Clinical Radiation Therapy. 

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PUBLICATIONS/SCHOLARSHIP:

Number of original articles in peer-reviewed journals (TOTAL):  44       
First-author:                            12                                
Senior-author:                         1                      
Other co-author:                      31   
Number of book chapters:      2          
Number of published or presented Refereed scientific abstracts (TOTAL): 68
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PUBLIC AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES/ PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS/HONORS:

·         Department representative in School of Medicine Faculty Senate (2016-2018)
·         Invited reviewer for national AAPM meeting (2014 – Present)
·         Member of the Scientific Review committee for the UC Protocol Review and Monitoring System (PRMS) (2020)
·         American Association of Physicists in Medicine, member
 


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