Adjunct Professor, Radiation Oncology, UCSF
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smith@radonc17.ucsf.edu Box 0226, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0226 |
| EDUCATION | |
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University of Bristol, England, B.S., 1961, Physics
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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1961-1966 |
Hospital Physicist, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England |
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1967-1970 |
Hospital Radiation Physicist, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) |
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1968-1996 |
Research Associate, ERDA Laboratory of Radiobiology, (UCSF) |
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1970-1978 |
Supervising Hospital Radiation Physicist, UCSF |
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1967-1971 |
Clinical Instructor in Physics (Radiology), UCSF |
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1971-1976 |
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics (Radiology), UCSF |
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1976-1993 |
Adjunct Associate Professor, Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF |
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1993-present |
Adjunct Professor, Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCSF |
| HONORS & AWARDS | |
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1958-1961 |
United Kingdom State Scholarship |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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Verhey, L, Smith V., Serago, C. Comparison of Treatment Modalities for Radiosurgery Based on Dose-Volume Histogram Analysis, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 40(2): 497-505, 1998. | |
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Smith, V., Verhey, L., Serago, C. Comparison of Treatment Modalities for Radiosurgery Based on Complication and Control Probabilities, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 40(2): 507-513, 1998. | |
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Seung SK., Sneed, PK., McDermott, MW., Shu HK., Leong SP., Chang, S., Petti, P., Smith, V., Verhey, L., Wara, W., et al. Gamma knife radiosurgery for malignant melanoma brain metastases: Relationship of Dose and Pattern of Enhancement to Local Control, Cancer Journal from Scientific American. 4(2):103-9, 1998. | |
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Flickinger, J.C., Kondziolka, D., Lunsford, L.D., Pollock, B.E., Yamamoto, M., Gorman, D.A., Sneed, P., Larson, D., Smith, V., McDermott, M.W., Miyawaki, L., Chilton, J., Morantz, R.A., Young, B., Jokura, H., Licsak, R. A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Complication Outcomes After Arteriovenous Malformation Radiosurgery, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 44(1): 67-74, 1999. | |
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Miyawaki, L., Dowd, C., Wara, W., Goldsmith, B., Albright, N., Gutin, P., Halbach, V., Hieshima, G., Higashida, R., Lulu, B., Pitts, L., Schell, M; Smith, V., Weaver, K., Wilson, C., Larson, D. Five year results of LINAC radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations: outcome for large AVMS. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 44(5):1089-106; 1999. | |
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Ojemann, SG., Sneed, PK., Larson, DA., Gutin, PH., Berger, MS., Verhey, L., Smith, V., Petti, P., Wara, W., Park, E., McDermott, MW. Radiosurgery for Malignant Melanoma: Results in 22 Patients, J. Neurosurg. (Suppl 3) 93: 62-67, 2000. | |
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Nakamura JL, Verhey LJ, Smith, V, Petti PL, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Wara WM, McDermott MW, Sneed PK: Dose conformity of Gamma Knife radiosurgery and risk factors for complications., Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 51(5):1313-19; 2001. | |
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Larson DA, Prados M, Lamborn KR, Smith V, Sneed PK, Chang S, Nicholas KM, Wara WM, Devriendt D, Kunwar S, Berger M, McDermott MW. Phase II study of high central dose Gamma Knife radiosurgery and marimastat in patients with recurrent malignant glioma. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.; 54(5):1397-404; 2002. | |
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Nakamura JL, Pirzkall A, Carol MP, Xia P, Smith V, Wara WM, Petti PL, Verhey LJ, Sneed PK.: Comparison of intensity-modulated radiosurgery with gamma knife radiosurgery for challenging skull base lesions. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.;55(1):99-109; 2003. | |
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Bond, J., Smith, V, Yue, N., Knisely, J. Comparison of an Image Registration Technique Based on Normalized Mutual Information with a Standard Method Utilizing Implanted Markers in the Staged Treatment of Large Arteriovenous Malformations, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.;57(4):1150-1158; 2003. |
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10/15/04 |
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