James McDonough, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Division of Medical Physics
Phone: 215-746-1726
Fax: 215-349-5978
Email: mcdonough@xrt.upenn.edu
Education
- 1982 B.A. Temple University
- 1984 M.A. Temple University
- 1987 Ph.D. Temple University
Board Certifications
- American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, 2002
Professional Activities
- 1987-1995 American Physical Society
- 1986 American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Awards and Honors
- 1987 Louis Rosen Award (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Publications
1. Ambrose D, Arroyo C, Bachman M, de Cecco P, Connor D, Ecjhause M, Ecklund KM, Graessle S, Hancock AD, Hartman K, Hebert M, Hoff CH, Hoffman GW, Irwin GM, Kane JR, Kanematsu N, Kuang Y, Lang K, Lee R, Martin RD, McDonough J, Milder A, Molzon WR, Pommot-Maia M, Riley PJ, Ritchie JL, Rubin PD, Vassilakopoulos VI, Ware CB, Welsh RE, Wojcicki SG, Wolin E and Worm S: "First observation of the rare decay mode k-long -> e+e-". Phys. Rev. Lett. 81:4309-4312, 1998.
2. Ambrose D, Arroyo C, Bachman M, Connor D, Eckhause M, Graessle S, Hancock AD, Hartman K, Hebert M, Hoff CH, Hoffman GW, Irwin GM, Kane JR, kanematsu N, Kuang Y, Lang K, Lee R, Martin RD, McDonough J, Milder A, Mollzon WR, Pommot-Maia M, Riley PJ, Ritchie JL, Rubin PD, Vassilakopoulos VI, Welsh RE and Wojcicki SG: "New limit on muon and electron lepton number violation from k-long -> µe decay". Phys. Rev. Lett. 58:5734-5737, 1998.
3. Rosenthal DI, McDonough J and Lassaee A: "The effect of independent collimator misalignment on the dosimetry of abutted half-beam blocked fields for the treatment of head and neck cancer". Radiother. Oncol. 49:273-278, 1998.
4. McDonough J, Xiao Y and Bjarngard BE: "Comparing two methods for calculating phantom scatter". Phys. Med. Biol. 44:N9-N14, 1999.
5. McDonough J, Bloch P and Bjarngard BE: "Determination of scatter factor parameters and electron disequilibrium for mono-energetic photon beams". Med. Phys. 26:200-205, 1999.
6. Belz J, Diwan M, Eckhause M, Guss CM, Hancock AD, Heinson AP, Highland VL, Hoffman GW, Irwin GM, Kane JR, Kettell SH, Kuang Y, Lang K, McDonough J, McFarlane WK, Molzon WR, Riley PJ, Ritchie JL, Schwartz AJ, Ware B, Wlsh RE, Winter RG, Witkowski M, Wojcicki SG, Worm SD and Yamashita A: "A compact beam stop for a rare kaon decay experiment". Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A428:239-262, 1999.
7. Bloch P, Altschuler MD, Bjarngard BE, Kassaee A and McDonough J: "Determining clinical photon beam spectra from measured depth dose with the Cimmino algorithm". Phys. Med. Biol. 45:171-183, 2000.
8. Ambrose D, Arroyo C, Bachman M, Connor D, Eckhause M, Graessle S, Hancock AD, Hartman K, Hebert M, Hoff CH, Hoffman GW, Irwin GM, Kane JR, Kanematsu N, Kuang Y, Lang, K, Lee R, Martin RD, McDonough J, Milder A, Molzon WR, Pommot-Maia M, Riley PJ, Ritchie JL, Rubin PD, Vassilakopoulos VI, Welsh RE and Wojcicki SG: "Improved branching ratio measurement for the decay KL __> µ+ µ-". Phys. Rev. Lett. 84:1389-92, 2000.
9. Hsuing-Stripp DC, McDonough J, Masters HM, Levin Wp, Hahn SM, Jones HA, Metz JM: "Comparative treatment planning between proton and x-ray therapy in pancreatic cancer". Medical Dosimetry 26:255-259, 2001.
10. Lang K, Ambrose D, Arroyo C, Bachman M, Connor D, Eckhause M, Ecklund KM, Graessle S, Hamela M, Hamilton S, Hancock AD, Hartman K, Hebert M, Hoff CH, Hoffman GW, Irwin GM, Kane JR, Kanematsu N, Kuang Y, Lee R, Marcin M, Martin RD, McDonough J, Milder A, Molzon WR, Ouimette D, Pommet-Maia M, Proga M, Riley PJ, Ritchie JL, Rubin PD, Vassilakopoulos VI, Ware B, Welsh RE, Wojcicki SG, Worm S: "A straw drift chamber spectrometer for studies of rare kaon decays". Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A522:274-293, 2004.
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