ACDS staff
The ACDS is a specialist, multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing a world class radiation oncology dosimetry audit service. The audit team is a mix of radiation oncology medical physicists, medical physicists and radiation therapists who have experience and expertise in dosimetry audits. The audit, research and development programs are supported by a specialist software developer and administrative support staff. Our radiation oncology medical physicists and radiation therapists possess an aggregate of over 90 years of clinical experience.
All auditors are subject to the ACDS training and conflict of interest guidelines.
The present ACDS team members are:
- Ms Rhonda Brown, QMPS, MACPSEM, MARPS
Director ACDS, Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist - Dr Andrew Alves
A/g Medical Physics Lead, Medical Physicist - Dr Sabeena Beveridge, Chartered Scientist (IPEM UK, HCPC UK registered)
Research Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist - Dr Brendan Healy, QMPS, MACPSEM
Clinical Operations Lead, Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist - Mr Fayz Kadeer
Clinical Auditor, Medical Physicist - Mr Jeremy Supple
Audit Support Officer, Medical Physicist - Ms Kate Francis
Quality and Logistics Coordinator, Radiation Therapist (AHPRA registered) - Ms Katherine Collins
Specialist Dosimetrist, Medical Physicist - Ms Sarah Hegarty
Audit Support Officer, Medical Physicist - Ms Tracey Huang
Audit Support Officer, Radiation Therapist (AHPRA registered)
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre, Heidelberg, VIC - Ms Daniela D’Antonio
Key Accounts Manager - Mr Raymond Sun
Software Specialist - Ms Julie Giblett
Administrative Support Officer, OSLD support - Mr Alex Burton, CMPS, MACPSEM
PhD Student (RMIT), Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Sunshine Hospital, VIC
External auditors
Since its inception, the ACDS has recognised the value of maintaining close links with current developments in radiation oncology technology and practice. The external auditors pool is one of the ways we achieve this as well as engaging with our institutional memory.
ACDS external auditors are:
- Experienced ACDS alumni who are currently working as radiation oncology physics or radiation therapy professionals in Australia or New Zealand.
- Experts in radiation dosimetry currently working at the primary standards laboratories in Australia (PSDL, ARPANSA) or previously in New Zealand (NRL), who are trained in ACDS audit procedures.
These individuals perform audits each year alongside an experienced ACDS audit team member.
The external auditors are subject to the ACDS training and conflict of interest guidelines. The ACDS is mindful of possible conflicts of interest which may arise from using external auditors who are asked to audit other radiation oncology departments while they are currently working in the field. During the audit planning stage, the department is given the opportunity to object to the use of a proposed external auditor.
The present external audit team members are:
- A/Prof Jessica Lye, CMPS, MACPSEM
Principal Research Medical Physicist
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre, Heidelberg, VIC - Dr Johnny Laban, MACPSEM
Director
Photon Physics Limited, Christchurch, NZ - Prof Joerg Lehmann, QMPS, MACPSEM, DABR, FAAPM
Principal Medical Physicist – Radiation Oncology
Calvary Mater Hospital, Newcastle, NSW
TROG QA Physicist - Dr Francis Gibbons, QMPS, MACPSEM
Director Medical Physics – Radiation Oncology
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Birtinya, QLD - Dr Duncan Butler, MACPSEM
Director PSDL
Primary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory, ARPANSA, Yallambie, VIC - Dr Chris Oliver,
Senior Radiation Scientist
Primary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory, ARPANSA, Yallambie, VIC - Mr Maximilian Hanlon
Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Registrar
Alfred Health Radiation Oncology, Melbourne, VIC - Ms Maddison Shaw
Radiation Therapy Manager
ICON Cancer Centre, Geelong, VIC - Dr Stephanie Keehan, CMPS, MACPSEM
Senior Medical Physicist
GenesisCare, Frankston and St Vincent’s, Melbourne, VIC
