Stewart J. Becker, PhD, DABR

2000                B.A., Physics, Rice University          

2002                M.S., Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison   

2006                Ph.D., Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, T. Rock Mackie

2014                Fellow, NYU Institute for Innovations in Medical Education

Dr. Becker received his PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Medical Physics. Dr. Becker joined us, in 2014, from the NYU Langone Medical Center where he was a physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology and scholar at the NYU Institute for Innovations in Medical Education.

GammaPod, radiosurgery

Todar, D., Becker, S.J., Orton, C. "Brachytherapy is better than external beam therapy for partial breast irradiation," Point/Counterpoint, Med. Phys. 40,(2013)

Becker S.J., Culberson, W., Flynn, R.T. "Collision indicator charts for gantry-couch position combinations for Siemens Oncor and Elekta Infinity linacs", J App Clin Med Phys, 14(5), 278-83, 2013

Becker, S.J., Elliston, C., DeWyngaert, J.K., Jozsef, G., Brenner, D., and Formenti, S., "Breast radiotherapy in the prone position primarily reduces the maximum out-of-field measured dose to the ipsilateral lung," Med. Phys. 39, 2417-23, 2012; *Editor’s Pick Award*

Hardee M.E., Raza S., Becker S.J., Jozsef G., Lymberis S.C., Hochman T., Goldberg J.D., DeWyngaert K.J., Formenti S.C. "Prone Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Radiotherapy Without a Boost to the Tumor Bed: Comparable Toxicity of IMRT Versus a 3D Conformal Technique," Int J of Radiat Onc Bio Phys, Mar 1;82(3):415-23, 2012

Jozsef, G., DeWyngaert, J.K., Becker, S.J., Lymberis, S, and Formenti, S.C. "Prospective Study of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Prone Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation", Int J of Radiat Onc Bio Phys, Oct 1;81(2):568-74, 2011

Becker S.J. "Collision indicator charts for gantry-couch position combinations for Varian linacs", J App Clin Med Phys, Mar 2;12(3): 16-22, 2011

Becker, S.J., Jozsef, G., DeWyngaert, J.K. "Characterization of the Transmission of the Elekta Stereotactic Body Frame (ESBF) and Accounting for it During Treatment Planning", Med Dosim 34(2): 154-157, 2009

Becker, S. J., Patel, R. R. & Mackie, T. R. Increased skin dose with the use of a custom mattress for prone breast radiotherapy. Med Dosim 32, 196-199, 2007

Patel, R.R., Becker, S.J., Das, R.A., Mackie, T.R. "A Comparison of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Techniques: Multi-catheter Interstitial Brachytherapy, 3D-CRT, and Supine versus Prone Helical Tomotherapy", Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(3):935