Comprehensive care is coordinated by a committed team who is receptive to the special concerns of our patients. This unparalleled caliber of dedicated care has earned us the trust of both patients and referring physicians.

Physicists

Adrian Markus is a Medical Physicist, board certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiological Physics. He holds a Master of Science in Medical Physics from the first AAPM accredited program at the University of Oklahoma, HSC, where he graduated with a 4.0 on a Merit Scholarship. He has 20 years of experience in this field and has helped set up several new radiation oncology centers. He came to the Center for Radiation Oncology (CRO) from a joint center between Vantage Oncology and Brockton Hospital. While there he started the first Tomotherapy IGRT Center in New England as their Chief Medical Physicist. Adrian has developed and implemented the first HDR IGRT in Florida, as part of the AccuBoost image guided breast boost procedure at the Center for Radiation Oncology.

Steve Howard joined the Center for Radiation Oncology in February 2008. He is a board eligible medical physicist with over 5 years experience. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee, where he did research work sponsored by NASA. He is experienced in all areas of medical physics, including machine commissioning and quality assurance, high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment planning, prostate seed implant planning and surgery, and physics verification of all patient treatments. He implemented along with the chief physicist the first HDR IGRT system in the state of Florida (Accuboost). He is also responsible for starting several new brachytherapy technologies at the Center for Radiation Oncology.

Dosimetrists

Dawn Thompson is a board certified Medical Dosimetrist. She graduated from Northwest Community Hospital in Illinois with her degree as a Radiologic Technologist in 1992 and from St. Joseph Hospital in Illinois with a degree in Radiation Therapy in 1993. She is experienced in 3-D Conformal Therapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Prostate Implants, High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy and Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy. She has been a board certified Medical Dosimetrist (CMD) since 2002. Dawn joined the Center for Radiation Oncology in June of 2007.

Talitha Koller is a board certified Medical Dosimetrist. She graduated from Arkansas State University with her degree as a Radiologic Technologist in 2000, and from Hillsborough Community College in Tampa with a degree in Radiation Therapy in 2001. She is experienced in 3-D Conformal Therapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Prostate seed Implants, and High-Dose (HDR) Brachytherapy. She has been a board certified medical dosimetrist (CMD) since 2008. Talitha joined the Center for Radiation Oncology in July of 2008.

Administrator

Nick Hernandez is Board Certified in Healthcare Management by the American College of Healthcare Executives. Mr. Hernandez is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He holds MBA degrees in both Operations Management and Information Technology & E-Business Management from Wake Forest University. As Administrator he is responsible for maintaining effective operations of the Center’s administration, finance, and information systems and also assists in the organizational development effort. Mr. Hernandez works with our supervisors to promote teamwork and collaboration, quality performance standards, professionalism and integrity. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Radiation Oncology Administrators (SROA).