ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

HONORARY MEMBER LECTURE

Joanna Izewska International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna, Austria

Joanna Izewska graduated from the Warsaw Technical University in Poland in 1981, receiving a MSc. degree in physics. From 1981 - 1986 she worked at the Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Otwock-Swierk, Poland; and since 1987 at the Cancer Centre, Warsaw, Poland, at the Medical Physics Department and at the Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory. She attained a PhD in physical sciences in 1991. In 1992-1993 she held a postdoctoral training position in Houston, USA. In 1994-1995 she worked at the University Hospital in Leuven, Belgium, on a QA project for radiotherapy centres in Central Europe. In 1996 she joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the TLD Officer in Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section, Division of Human Health. In 1997 she was appointed Head of the IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory. Her early professional experience was related to dosimetry and accelerator physics, including design of the beam shaping systems for linacs applied in radiotherapy, industrial radiography and food irradiation. Her more recent scientific activities have mainly been focused on radiotherapy dosimetry, including quality assurance in radiotherapy and quality audits. She is responsible for the IAEA/ WHO TLD postal dose audit programme for radiotherapy, IAEA developments for national audit networks and involved in other radiotherapy audit programmes by the IAEA such as Quality Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology (QUATRO). She has published more than 130 scientific papers, abstracts and conference proceedings. Joanna Izewska has been a scientific secretary for several IAEA publications and is a co-author of book chapters on dosimetry and QA in radiotherapy.

Joanna Izewska

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