Higgins, Patrick D.

Patrick D. Higgins, Ph.D.

email: higgi010@umn.edu

EDUCATION

B .S. Physics University of Detroit, Detroit, MI 1973
Ph.D. High Energy Physics University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN1978

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

06/01/96 - Present
Associate Professor Department of Therapeutic Radiology-Radiation Oncology
University of Minnesota Medical School

09/01/94 - 05/31/96
Assistant Professor Department of Therapeutic Radiology-Radiation Oncology
University of Minnesota Medical School

Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Medical Physics
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison WI

06/01/86 - 08/31/94
Director of Radiotherapy Physics Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH

Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Medical Physics
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison WI

07/01/84-05/30/86
Assistant Professor Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison WI

07/01/83-07/31/84
Assistant Scientist Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison WI

07/01/81-06/30/83
Project Associate Section of Radiation Therapy Physics
Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Human Oncology
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison WI

09/78 - 06/30/81
Postdoctoral Fellow National Cancer Institute Grant for Medical Physics and
Biology Training, Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiology
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

05/78-08/78
Member of Technical Staff Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ

09/73 - 05/78
Teaching Assistant University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN

HONORS

Phi Eta Sigma
Sigma Pi Sigma (physics)
Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics)
Sigma Xi

SOCIETIES

American Physical Society
Radiation Research Society
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists

CERTIFICATION

American Board of Medical Physics (1995

RESEARCH GRANTS

NIH Grant 1-R23-CA-37057-01A1
Dates: 12/01/84 - 11/30/87
Amount: $103,375.00
Title: Thermal Modeling for Ultrasound Hyperthermia.
Principal Investigator.

University of Wisconsin Graduate School
Grant No. 151560
Dates: 07/01/85 - 06/30/86
Amount: $16,967.00
Title: Calorimetry for Synchrotron Radiation Dosimetry.
Principal Investigator

University of Wisconsin Medical School and
Department of Human Oncology
Dates: 02/01/85 - 01/31/86
Amount: $6,370.00
Title: Study of Normal Porcine Fat and Muscle Response to Focused Ultrasound Hyperthermia.
Principal Investigator

American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
Dates: 11/01/85 - 10/31/86
Amount: $2,500.00
Title: Hyperthermia Induction and Tissue Response in Dogs with Thermally Self-Regulating Ferromagnetic Implants.
Co-Principal Investigator

NIH Grant NCI-CM-57714-26
Dates: 08/01/85 - 09/28/89
Amount: $5,766,307.00
Title: Neutron Therapy Clinical Trials.
Co-Investigator

NIH Grant DDHS/NCI CA-33951
Dates: 12/01/86 - 11/30/89
Amount: $410,830.00
Title: Cellular Effects of Combined High and Low LET Radiation.
Co-Principal Investigator

Edison Biotechnology Center
Dates: 04/01/88 - 03/31/89
Amount: $30,000.00
Title: A Tissue-Equivalent Detector for Clinical Beams in Radiation Therapy.
Principal Investigator.

TEACHING

A. University of Wisconsin

1. Radiology 410, 04/82: 3 lectures, 1 Laboratory in Radiobiology of Radiation Dosimetry.

2. Radiology 410, 04/83: Repeat.

3. Hyperthermia Short Course: 1 lecture, 1 laboratory, 11/9/83.

4. Radiology 410, 04/84: Repeat

5. Hyperthermia Short Course: 1 lecture: 1 Lab: 04/18/84.

6. Radiotherapy Technologist School: Physics Course: 32 lectures, 09/-12/84.

7. Medical Physics 699: Radiological Facts for Primary Care Physicist: 1 lecture: 09/03/85.

8. Medical Physics 466: Radiotherapy Physics: 3 credit Graduate School Course for Medical Physics Students: 2 lectures + 1 laboratory per week: Spring Semester 1985.

9. Medical Physics 466: As above: Spring Semester, 1986.

B. Cleveland Clinic Foundation

1. Radiation Oncology Residents Physics: 32 lectures: 07/86 - 02/87.

2. Radiotherapy Technologists School: 4 lectures: 09/86.

3. Radiation Oncology Dosimetrists and Residents: Short Course in Brachytherapy: 10 lectures, 08/-09/87.

4. Cancer Center Summer Student Lecture: Principles of Radiation Therapy. 08/02/88.

5. Radiation Oncology Residents Physics: 50 lectures: 07/88 - 01/89.

6. Cancer Center Summer Student Lecture: Principles of Radiation Therapy. 08/02/89.

7. Current Trends in Ophthalmology for Technicians (Short Course): Physics of Ocular Melanoma Treatment. 08/19/89.

8. Radiation Therapy Dosimetry School 45 lectures. 1990.

9. Radiation Oncology Resident Physics 45 lectures, 3 laboratories: 07/90 - 03/91.

10. Radiation Therapy Dosimetry School 45 lectures. 1991.

11. Radiation Oncology Resident Physics 50 lectures, 3 laboratories: 07/91 - 01/92.

C. University of Minnesota

1. Therapeutic Radiology 5-170, 5-173. 12 lectures to graduate students and residents Fall and Winter quarters 1994-1995.

2. Therapeutic Radiology 5-170, 5-173. 12 lectures to graduate students and residents Fall and Winter quarters 1995-1996.

3. Therapeutic Radiology 5-172. One lecture to graduate students and residents. March 29, 1996.

4. Radiation Therapy Technology School. 30 lectures 1996.

5. Therapeutic Radiology 5-170, 5-173. 12 lectures to graduate students and residents Fall and Winter quarters 1996-1997.

6. Radiation Therapy Technology School. 30 lectures 1997.

7. Therapeutic Radiology 5-170, 5-173. 12 lectures to graduate students and residents Fall and Winter quarters 1997-1998.

8. Radiation Therapy Technology School. 30 lectures 1998.

9. Therapeutic Radiology 5-172. One lecture to graduate students and residents. May 19, 1998.

10. Therapeutic Radiology 5-170, 5-173. 12 lectures to graduate students and residents Fall and Winter quarters 1998-1999.

11. Radiation Therapy Technology School. 30 lectures 1988-1999.

12. Therapeutic Radiology 5-172. Three lectures to graduate students and residents. April 7,9 and May 12, 1999.

D. Graduate Students

1. Abdou-Samad Beddar Ph.D. Thesis Project: Miniature Tissue-Equivalent Scintillation Detector for In Vivo Dosimetry. Dissertator. Completed in 1989. University of Wisconsin.

2. Cynthia Thomason Ph.D. Thesis Project: Dosimetry of Ir-192 and Cs-137 Seeds. Dissertator. Completed in 1989. University of Wisconsin.

3. Wonho Sohn M.S. Summer Practicum in Medical Physics at The Cleveland Clinic, with the University of Wisconsin, 1988.

4. Wun-Jin Lin M.S. Summer Practicum in Medical Physics at The Cleveland Clinic, with the University of Wisconsin, 1989.

5. John Sarafa M.S. Summer Practicum in Medical Physics at The Cleveland Clinic, with the University of Wisconsin, 1991.

6. Lisa Siskind Ph.D. Thesis Project: Incorporation of dose rate effects into models of normal tissue complication probability. University of Minnesota, Dept. of Therapeutic Radiology, 1996. In Progress.

COMMITTEES (Current)

1. 1994- present All-University radiation protection committee;Human use sub-committee.

EXTERNAL STUDY SECTIONS

1. National Institutes of Health: Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR). Bethesda MD, 03/86.

2. National Institutes of Health: SBIR Program. Bethesda MD, 08/86.

3. Department of Energy: Review of Nuclear Medicine Research Program: Boron-Neutron Capture Therapy. Chicago IL, 08/11-13/92.

EXTERNAL TASK GROUPS

1. American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group 18 for Neutron Dosimetry: 1986-1990.

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Reviewer for: Medical Physics
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Radiation Research
International Journal of Radiation Oncology,
Biology and Physics
Encocurietherapy and Hyperthermia

BOOK REVIEW

1. Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy. Edited by A.H. Soloway, R.F. Barth and B.E. Carpenter (Plenom Press: New York, 1993). MED PHYS 21:710-711, 1994.