Virginia Bubenzer, CMD, MPH

Virginia Bubenzer CMD, MPH is a board certified medical dosimetrist, practicing for over 16 years, 12 of them in Tulane’s Radiation Oncology Department. After completing M.D. Anderson’s program in Radiation Therapy, Virginia then received her Master’s of Public Health in Health Systems Management from Tulane School of Public Health in 2001. Returning to Houston, she completed the medical dosimetry program at U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in 2004. Virginia also has a Certificate of Clinical Research granted by Tulane School of Medicine.

As a senior medical dosimetrist, Virginia works with the Radiation Oncologists and the Medical Physics team to design treatment plans for our patients. Treatment techniques employed during the planning process include image fusion, 3 dimensional planning, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Volumetric Modulated Radiation Therapy (VMAT), Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), and Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). Medical dosimetrists are also involved in the development of customized treatment devices.