STEPHANIE A. HUFNAL, B.S.

RT(T)
1253 West Waveland Ave 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60613
215-704-3143
SHUFNAL@GMAIL.COM

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position as a Medical Dosimetrist utilizing my diverse

clinical experience and skills to safely plan radiation treatments.

EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Masters Medical Dosimetry, 2019

Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, Indiana

Proton Therapy Specialist Certificate, 2011

Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy, 2003

EXPERIENCE: Medical Dosimetry Assistant, October 2019-Present

Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

 Experience with Varian Eclipse 13.6 treatment planning and MOSAIQ 2.64 systems
 Perform multimodality image registrations to assist in treatment planning and
contouring.
 Utilize RadCalc 6.3 for secondary MU checks
 Experience planning 3D Conformal, IMRT, and VMAT treatments.
 Utilized Varian Trilogy and Varian iX for treatment delivery

Adjunct Faculty, Proton Therapy Certificate Program,

July 2016-Present
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

 Course development, planning and instruction of proton radiation therapy

 Utilize Blackboard
 Student evaluation, testing, timely and accurate submission/grading of required
coursework

Applications Analyst, July 2016-2018

Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

 Support 8 Radiation Oncology departments throughout the Northwestern enterprise,

with MOSAIQ, Aria, and other software applications.
 Work with other IS teams to continue support or implement changes with Citrix,
Epic, Database, Architecture, and Interface teams.
 Maintain applications to be fully operational and well integrated. Analyze production
problems and identify solutions
 Develop and document Service Request requirements
 Manage incoming help-desk tickets and assigning them properly, following up, and
adhering to time constraints for resolution
 Experienced in Microsoft applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, and
PowerPoint
 Assist in planning, design, development, testing, and implementation of application
software
 Provide thorough and prompt service with customers, application vendors, and other
IS resources

Senior Radiation Therapist, March 2011-May 2016

Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center
Warrenville, Illinois

 Down Time Manager, includes recording, organizing & executing meetings with IBA
Engineer Site Manager relating to machine up time performance
 Served as Charge Therapist in absence of supervisor
 Participated in Process Improvement Therapy committee
 Selected as a member of the Breast Implementation committee
 Administer Proton radiation treatments and perform procedures on IBA equipment in
Fixed Beam, Inclined Beam, and Gantry treatment rooms
 Performed Uniform Scanning and Pencil Beam Scanning treatment procedures
 Simulation procedures using GE CT Simulator
 Develop policies, procedures, protocols, and competencies for RTT’s to further
training and development
 Expertise with Mosaiq
 Knowledgeable in Verisuite digital x-ray system

Senior Radiation Therapist, June 2007-March 2011

Abington Memorial Hospital- Rosenfeld Cancer Center,
Abington Township, Pennsylvania

 Administer radiation treatments and perform procedures on Siemens Machines-

Artiste, Primus, Oncor
 Simulation procedures using Siemens Somatron CT Simulation
 Experience with CT Cone Beam imaging to provide precise and accurate radiation
treatments to the target area.
 Performed treatments for prostate cancer with IMRT using Fiducial Markers for
verification and localization.
 Performed Nucletron Microselectron HDR treatments –Mammosite, Cylinder,
Tandem and Ovoid/Ring
 Stereotactic Radiation Therapy/ SBRT
 Utilize Primview and Lantis record-verify systems
 Utilize Beamview digital x-ray system

Staff Radiation Therapist, September 2005-May 2007

Loyola University Hospital, Outpatient Center
Maywood, Illinois

 Administer radiation treatments on Varian Machines- 21EX, 2100C, Novalis

 Administer Stereotactic Radiation Therapy using IGRT and Brain Lab Exac Trac
Body Radiosurgery 5.01
 Performed GammaMed Plus HDR treatments – Sarcoma, Interstitial, Mammosite,
Cylinder, Tandem and Ovoid/Ring
 Utilize GE OEC 9800 Plus C-Arm
  Utilize Kodak ACR Processor using Kodak Radiation Oncology Software version 5.0
 Utilize Portal Vision 6.1 digital x-ray system

Staff Radiation Therapist, July 2003-August 2005

Abington Memorial Hospital- Rosenfeld Cancer Center,
Abington Township, Pennsylvania

REFERENCES: Available upon request