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CURRICULUM VITAE

Jason Rownd MS
Instructor
Department of Radiation Oncology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Froedtert Specialty Clinics
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/29/1983 - 06/12/1987 BS, Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
09/02/1987 - 05/21/1989 MS, Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
09/02/1993 - 05/21/1995 MS, Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
06/1995 - 06/1996 Medical Physics Resident, Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI
02/1997 - 06/1997 Instructor, Clinical Faculty, Radiation Oncology, St. louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO
06/1997 - 12/2017 Sr. Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/2018 - Present Instructor, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2009 - Present Chair, Radiation Safety Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
08/1987 - 07/1993 Research Assistant, Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
08/1993 - 05/1995 Research Assistant, Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
07/1996 - 01/1997 Research Associate, Radiation Oncology, Medical Physics, University of Louisville - Brown Cancer Center

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
06/1997 - Present Sr. Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
ABMP-Radiation Oncology Physics
04/2000
None
   
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1995 - Present American Association of Physicists in Medicine. North Central Chapter (Member)
1995 - Present American Association of Physicists in Medicine (Member)
2003 - 2005 American Association of Physicists in Medicine, North Central Chapter (Secretary/Treasurer)
2006 - Present American Brachytherapy Society (Member)
2008 American Association of Physicists in Medicine North Central Chapter (President)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Journal Review
Medical Physics
Brachytherapy

INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2005 - 2007 Member, Transatlantic Image-Based Brachytherapy Working Group, European Society for Therapeutic Radiobiology and Oncology
2006 - Present Member, GEC ESTRO Committee, European Society for Therapeutic Radiobiology and Oncology
2008 - Present Member, EMBRACE Study Group, International Study on MRI-Guided Brachytherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
2009 - 2016 Member, ICRU 89 Committee on Dose Volume Reporting in Intracavitary Therapy in Gynecology, International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU)

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Member, GEC ESTRO 3D GYN Brachy Network, Paris, France, 07/2004
Member, GEC ESTRO Gynecology Group Meeting, Leuven, Belgium, 12/2004
Jason Rownd, Christian Kirisits, Intercomparison of contouring exercises - data analysis, Transatlantic Image-Based Brachytherapy Group Contouring Workshop for Cervix Cancer, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2006
Member, GEC ESTRO 3D Working Group-Contouring Workshop, Dulles, Washington DC, 09/2006
Member, GEC ESTRO 3D GYN Brachy Network, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 02/2007
Member, GEC ESTRO EMBRACE Start Up Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 04/2008
Member, GEC ESTRO 3D GYN Brachy Network, Aarhus, Denmark, 06/2011
Zeitlin R, Saeed H, Schott D, Zhang Y, Morrow N, Prior P, ROWND J, Paulson E, Li A, Erickson B, Bedi M, Reading Between the Voxels: Radiomic Predictors of Progression-Free Survival in Cervical Cancer, World Congress of Brachytherapy, Virtual, 05/2021
 
National
Rownd JJ, HDR Physics: Changing from LDR to HDR, American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, 05/2003
Rownd JJ, HDR Physics: Cylinder, American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, 05/2003
Rownd JJ, HDR Physics: Cylinder, American Brachytherapy Society GYN School, Chicago, IL, 07/2005
Rownd JJ, HDR Physics: Tandem & Rings, American Brachytherapy Society GYN School, Chicago, IL, 07/2005
Rownd JJ, AAPM summer school faculty and summer school book chapter(s), AAPM, Seattle, WA, 2005
Rownd JJ, HDR Physics: Tandem & Ring., American Brachytherapy Society GYN School, Chicago, IL, 07/2007
Rownd, JJ, Minicourse: Image Optimization for Treatment Planning—Pelvis (Genitourinary) Part B: Brachytherapy., RSNA, Chicago, IL, 2007
Rownd JJ, Image Based HDR Brachytherapy, Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standard (CIRMS) NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, 2007
Rownd JJ, Imaged Based HDR Brachytherapy Treatment Planning. Essentials in Brachytherapy: A Scientific Workshop Focused on the Advancements of High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Breast, GYN, Prostate and Skid Surface Cancers., Nucletron Corporation, Baltimore, MD, 02/2008
Rownd JJ, Imaged Based HDR Brachytherapy Treatment Planning. Essentials in Brachytherapy: a Scientific Workshop Focused on Advancements in High Dose Rate Brachytherapy, 06/2008
Rownd JJ, Minicourse: Image Optimization for Treatment Planning - Pelvis (Genitourinary) Part B: Brachy Therapy, RSNA, Chicago, IL, 2008
Faculty, GYN Brachytherapy School, American Brachytherapy Society, Chicago, IL, 2009
Faculty, GYN Contouring Workshop, American Brachytherapy Society, San Diego, CA, 2011
Botros ME, Morrow NV, Kharofa JR, Rownd JJ, Erickson B, Thrown a Curve: The Circuitous Sigmoid Rules, American Brachytherapy Society 36th Annual Meeting, 04/09/2015 - 04/11/2015
Faculty, Gyn Brachytherapy School, American Brachytherapy Society, Chicago, IL, 2015
Sparks I, Wirostko W, Rownd J, Morrow N, Erickson B, Long Term Outcomes of I125 Eye Plaque Brachytherapy in Patients with Choroidal Melanoma, American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 04/20/2017 - 04/22/2017
Faculty, Clinical Brachytherapy School, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Portland, OR, 2017
Faculty, GYN Contouring Workshop, American Brachytherapy Society, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2018
Saeed H, Zeitlin R, Schott D, Zhang Y, Rein L, Banerjee A, Rownd J, Li A, Erickson B, Bedi M, MRI-Based Radiomic Fingerprint in Cervical Cancer: A New Predictor for Progression-Free Survival, Abstract Oral Presentation at 2019 ABS Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, 06/15/2019 - 06/18/2019
 
Regional
Rownd JJ, Imaged Based HDR Brachytherapy Treatment Planning, NCCAAPM Fall Chapter Meeting, NCCAAPM, 2007
Rownd JJ, Clinical Workflow of HDR Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Cervical Cancer: Tandem and Ring Applicator, Medical Physics Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 02/27/2017
Saeed H, Zeitlin R, Schott D, Zhang Y, Rein L, Banerjee A, Rownd J, Li A, Erickson B, Bedi M, MRI-Based Radiomic Fingerprint in Cervical Cancer: A New Predicator for Progression-Free Survival, Poster Presentation at the 2019 MCW Cancer Center Scientific Retreat, Discovery World, Milwaukee, WI, 04/26/2019
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Paulson E, Erickson B, Rownd J, Ahunbay E, Prost R W, Hohenwalter M, Li XA., High-resolution, 3D T2-weighted Images with Isotropic Voxels for MRI-based Adaptive Brachytherapy., American Society of Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2009
Bergom C, Morrow N, Rownd J, Paulson E, Kelly T, Erickson B., Interfractional target volume changes with the use of 3-Tesla MRI for cervical intracavitary image-guided brachytherapy., Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium, Atlanta, GA, 04/29/2011 - 04/30/2011
Morrow NV, Ahunbay EE, Rownd JJ, Li XA, Erickson B., Cumulative dose with organ deformation for cervical cancer treated with multi-fraction high dose rate brachytherapy., American society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 54th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 10/28/2012 - 10/31/2012
Kharofa J, Morrow N, Kelly T, Rownd J. Paulson E, Erickson B., 3-Tesla MRI Based Adaptive Brachytherapy (MRIB-ABT) for Cervix Cancer: Treatment Technique and Initial Clinical Outcomes., American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 04/18/2013 - 04/20/2013
Bagley JR, Kelly T, Rownd J, Morrow N, Erickson B, Points vs. Volumes? Doses to Organs-at-Risk in Intracavitary HDR Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer., American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 04/18/2013 - 04/20/2013
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Rownd JJ, Madsen EL, Zagzebski JA, Frank GR, Dong F. Phantoms and automated system for testing the resolution of ultrasound scanners. Ultrasound Med Biol. 1997;23(2):245-60.
2. Zhu XR, Gillin MT, Jursinic PA, Lopez F, Grimm DF, Rownd JJ. Comparison of dosimetric characteristics of Siemens virtual and physical wedges. Med Phys. 2000 Oct;27(10):2267-77.
3. Erickson B, Jones R, Rownd J, Albano K, Gillin M. Is the tandem and ring applicator a suitable alternative to the high dose rate selectron tandem and ovoid applicator? Journal of Brachytherapy International. 2000;16(2):131-144.
4. Zhu XR, Gillin MT, Lopez F, Grimm DF, Rownd JJ. Comparison of dosimetric properties of virtual wedge and physical wedges Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings. 2000;4:2539-2541.
5. Zhu XR, Gillin MT, Ehlers K, Lopez F, Grimm DF, Rownd JJ, Steinberg TH. Dependence of virtual wedge factor on dose calibration and monitor units. Med Phys. 2001 Feb;28(2):174-7.
6. Mai J, Erickson B, Rownd J, Gillin M. Comparision of four different dose specification methods for high-dose-rate intracavitary radiation for treatment of cervical cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001 Nov 15;51(4):1131-41.
7. Zhu XR, Jursinic PA, Grimm DF, Lopez F, Rownd JJ, Gillin MT. Evaluation of Kodak EDR2 film for dose verification of intensity modulated radiation therapy delivered by a static multileaf collimator. Med Phys. 2002 Aug;29(8):1687-92.
8. Yoo S, Grimm D, Zhu R, Jursinic P, Lopez F, Rownd J, Gillin M. Clinical implementation of AAPM TG61 protocol for kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry. Med Phys. 2002 Oct;29(10):2269-73.
9. Mai J, Rownd J, Erickson B. CT-guided high-dose-rate dose prescription for cervical carcinoma: the importance of uterine wall thickness. Brachytherapy. 2002;1(1):27-35.
10. Zhu XR, Yoo S, Jursinic PA, Grimm DF, Lopez F, Rownd JJ, Gillin MT. Characteristics of sensitometric curves of radiographic films. Med Phys. 2003 May;30(5):912-9.
11. Pötter R, Dimopoulos J, Kirisits C, Lang S, Haie-Meder C, Briot E, Dumas I, Van Limbergen E, De Brabandere M, Nulens A, Erickson B, Rownd J, Petrow P. Recommendations for image-based intracavitary brachytherapy of cervix cancer: the GYN GEC ESTRO Working Group point of view: in regard to Nag et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;60:1160-1172). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 May 01;62(1):293-5; author reply 295-6.
12. Erickson B, Eifel P, Moughan J, Rownd J, Iarocci T, Owen J. Patterns of brachytherapy practice for patients with carcinoma of the cervix (1996-1999): a patterns of care study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Nov 15;63(4):1083-92.
13. Pötter R, Haie-Meder C, Van Limbergen E, Barillot I, De Brabandere M, Dimopoulos J, Dumas I, Erickson B, Lang S, Nulens A, Petrow P, Rownd J, Kirisits C, GEC ESTRO Working Group. Recommendations from gynaecological (GYN) GEC ESTRO working group (II): concepts and terms in 3D image-based treatment planning in cervix cancer brachytherapy-3D dose volume parameters and aspects of 3D image-based anatomy, radiation physics, radiobiology. Radiother Oncol. 2006 Jan;78(1):67-77.
14. Bradley JA, Kleinman SH, Rownd J, King D, Hackbarth D, Whitfield R, Wang D. Adjuvant high dose rate brachytherapy for soft tissue sarcomas: initial experience report. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2011 Mar;3(1):3-10. PMCID: PMC5108830
15. Beriwal S, Demanes DJ, Erickson B, Jones E, De Los Santos JF, Cormack RA, Yashar C, Rownd JJ, Viswanathan AN, American Brachytherapy Society. American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for interstitial brachytherapy for vaginal cancer. Brachytherapy. 2012;11(1):68-75.
16. Small W Jr, Beriwal S, Demanes DJ, Dusenbery KE, Eifel P, Erickson B, Jones E, Rownd JJ, De Los Santos JF, Viswanathan AN, Gaffney D, American Brachytherapy Society. American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for adjuvant vaginal cuff brachytherapy after hysterectomy. Brachytherapy. 2012;11(1):58-67.
17. Kharofa J, Morrow N, Kelly T, Rownd J, Paulson E, Rader J, Uyar D, Bradley W, Erickson B. 3-T MRI-based adaptive brachytherapy for cervix cancer: treatment technique and initial clinical outcomes. Brachytherapy. 2014;13(4):319-25.
18. Sparks I, Wirostko W, Rownd J, Morrow N, Erickson B. Long Term Outcomes of I125 Eye Plaque Brachytherapy in Patients with Choroidal Melanoma. Brachytherapy 2017;16(3) S36
19. Zeitlin R, Yu G, Wheatley M, Morrow N, Rownd J, Rein L, Banerjee A, Bedi M, Erickson B. Dosimetric predictors of local control and complications in gynecologic transperineal implant patients: The medical college of wisconsin experience. Brachytherapy. 2022;21(1):94-109.
20. Small C, Prior P, Nasief H, Zeitlin R, Saeed H, Paulson E, Morrow N, Rownd J, Erickson B, Bedi M. A general framework to develop a radiomic fingerprint for progression-free survival in cervical cancer. Brachytherapy. 2023;22(6):728-735.
21. Corteville J, Bedi M, ROWND J, Morrow N, Prior Jr P, Rader J, Uyar D, Bradley W, Hopp E, Bishop E, Erickson B. The Uterus or the Organs at Risk? A Difficult and Dose Limiting Choice for Patients with Medically Inoperable Endometrial Cancer. Brachytherapy, Volume 20, Issue 3, Supplement, May–June 2021, Page S52.
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. ERICKSON B, Khater K, Rownd J. Biological and Physical Aspects of Radiation Oncology. In: Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, Fifth Edition. Barakat R, Markman M, Randall M (eds). Lippencott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2009.
2. ERICKSON B, Rownd J. Applicator Selection, Insertion and Imaging of 3D Image-based intracavitary Brachytherapy: The MCW Experience. In: Gynecologic Radiation Therapy. Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management. AN Viswanathan, C Kirisits,
3. B ERICKSON, R Potter (eds). Springer-Verlag Publishing Berlin Heidelberg. Chapter 22; pp 231-238, 2011. Viswanathan AN, ERICKSON BE, Rownd J. Image-Based Approaches to Interstitial Brachytherapy. In: Gynecologic Radiation Therapy. Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management. AN Viswanathan, C Kirisits, BE ERICKSON, R Potter(eds). Springer-Verlag Publishing Berlin Heidelberg. Chapter 24; pp 247-259, 2011.
4. ERICKSON B, Rownd J, Khater K. Biologic and Physical Aspects of Radiation Oncology.In: Principles and Practice of Gynecology Oncology, Sixth Edition. Barakat R, Markman M, Randall M, Berchuk A. (eds) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Chapter 14. 284-341. 2013
5. Erickson BA, Rownd J, Khater K. Biologic and physical principles of radiation oncology Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology: Sixth Edition. 8 May 2013:284-341.
6. Journal of the ICRU/ICRU Report 89. Prescribing, Recording, and Reporting Brachytherapy for Cancer of the Cervix. Report Committee: R Potter, C Kirisits, B ERICKSON, C Haie-Meder, E Van Limbergen, JC Lindegaard, J Rownd, K Tanderup, BR Thomadsen. Oxford University Press. June 2016
7. Rownd J, Erickson B. USA: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Gynecologic Radiation Therapy: Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management. 2011:231- 238
8. Viswanathan AN, Erickson B, Rownd J. Image-based approaches to interstitial brachytherapy Gynecologic Radiation Therapy: Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management. 2011:247-259.
9. Erickson BA, Rownd J, Khater K. Biologic and physical principles of radiation oncology Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology: Sixth Edition. 8 May 2013:284-341.
 
Abstracts
1. Erickson B, Jones R, Rownd J, Albano K, Gillin, M. Is the HDR Selectron tandem and ring applicator a suitable alternative to the HDR Selectron tandem and ovoid applicator? Presented at the American Brachytherapy Society. San Diego, California. May 25, 1999. Published in Journal of Brachytherapy International 15(2):135, 1999.
2. Mai J, Erickson B, Rownd J, Gillin M. CT-guided HDR dose prescription for cervical carcinoma: The importance of uterine wall thickness. Presented at American Brachytherapy Society, Vancouver, Canada, 5/21/01. Winner of the Judith Stitt Best Abstract Award. Published in Journal of Brachytherapy International, 17 (2): 104, 2001.
3. Erickson B, Grossheim L, Mai J, Firat S, Murray K, Rownd J. Imaging the non-displaced rectosigmoid during HDR brachytherapy for cervical cancer can alter dose specification. Presented at the Joint Brachytherapy Meeting GEC/ESTRO-ABS-GLAC, Barcelona, Spain, May 14, 2004. Published in Radiotherapy and Oncology 71(2):59.
4. Erickson B, Kelly T, Rownd J. The Sigmoid: An Organ at Risk. Presented at 28th Annual American Brachytherapy Society, April 28 - May 1, 2007, Chicago, IL. Published in Brachytherapy 6:84, 2007
5. Kelly T, Kirstis C, Rownd J, Erickson B. Dose Volume Histogram Parameters for Organs at Risk are Influenced by Differences in 3D Image-Based Brachytherapy Treatment Planning for Cervix Cancer. Presented at 28th Annual American Brachytherapy Society, April 28 - May 1, 2007, Chicago, IL. Published in Brachytherapy 6:98, 2007.
6. Paulson E, Erickson B, Rownd J, Ahunbay E, Prost R W, Hohenwalter M, Li XA. High-resolution, 3D T2-weighted Images with Isotropic Voxels for MRI-based Adaptive Brachytherapy. Presented at American Society of Radiation Oncology Int J Rad Onc Bio Phys Supplement 1 75(3)S368-369, 2009.
7. Erickson B, Ho A, Rownd J, Khalid N, Owen J, Eifel P. Patterns of Brachytherapy Practice with Carcinoma of the Cervix (2005-2007): A QRRO Study. Presented at American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 53rd Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, October 2-6, 2011. Int J Rad Onc Bio and Phys. Supplement 1 81(2):S46-S47, 2011.
8. Morrow NV, Ahunbay EE, Rownd JJ, Li XA, Erickson B. Cumulative dose with organ deformation for cervical cancer treated with multi-fraction high dose rate brachytherapy. Int. J Rad Onc Bio Phys 84(3S):S794, 2012.
9. Botros ME, Morrow NV, Kharofa JR, ROWND JJ, Erickson B. Thrown a Curve: The Circuitous Sigmoid Rules. Brachytherapy 2015;14(Suppl 1), 518-19
10. Sparks I, Wirostko W, Rownd J, Morrow N, Erickson B. Long Term Outcomes of I125 Eye Plaque Brachytherapy in Patients with Choroidal Melanoma. Presented at American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 20-22, 2017
11. Sparks I, Mujtaba G, Paulson E, Rownd J, BEDI M, Prior P, Morrow N, and Erickson B, "Exposing the Rectosigmoid Junction: An In-Depth Analysis of Sigmoid Complications", American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 2018
12. Zeitlin R, Spark I, Rownd J, Morrow N, Bedi M, Erickson B. Partners in Crime? Unifying the rectum and sigmoid to better understand late GI toxicities, American Brachytherapy Society Meeting, Miami, FL, Jun 2019
13. Zeitlin R, Erickson B, Bedi M, Saeed H, Schott D, Paulson E, Zhang Y, Rownd J, Li XA. Reading Between the Voxels: Radiomic Predictors of Progression-Free Survival in Cervical Cancer. Oral abstract presentation at World Congress of Brachytherapy (WCB) Vienna, Austria. April 2-4, 2020
14. Saeed H, Zeitlin R, Schott D, Zhang Y, Rein L, Banerjee A, Rownd J, Li A, Erickson B, Bedi M, MRI-Based Radiomic Fingerprint in Cervical Cancer: A New Predictor for Progression-Free Survival, Brachytherapy, ABSTRACT| VOLUME 18, ISSUE 3, SUPPLEMENT, S13, MAY 2019
15. Zeitlin, Saeed H, Schott D, Zhang Y, Morrow N, Prior P, Rownd J, Paulson E, Li A, Erickson B, Bedi M. Reading Between the Voxels: Radiomic Predictors of Progression-Free Survival in Cervical Cancer. World Congress of Brachytherapy, Virtual, May 2021.
 
Patents
1. "Automated System and Method for Testing Resolution of Ultrasound Scanners, Madsen, et al, Patent #P96167US