Jessica Fagerstrom, PhD, MEd, DABR

Overview

Professional Involvement

• Presidential chain, Northwest Chapter of the AAPM
• Formal liaison, AAPM and American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
• Member, AAPM Public Education Committee
• Member, AAPM Committee on Medical Physicists as Educators
• ABR Part III Examiner

Education and Training

College:
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA

Graduate School:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Published Works

TAD Brown, JM Fagerstrom, C Beck, C Holloway, K Burton, DGL Kaurin, S Mahendra, M Luckstead, K Kielar, J Kerns. Determination of commissioning criteria for multileaf-collimator, stereotactic radiosurgery treatments on Varian TrueBeam and Edge machines using a novel anthropomorphic phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys 22(10), 2022.

JM Fagerstrom. Resilience: Learning and healing during COVID-19. Interesting image series. Pract Radiat Oncol 11(6), 2021.

JM Fagerstrom, MJ Nyflot, EI Marshall, JR Miller. Fury Road: Public medical physics education using film. Phys Teacher 59(3), 2021.

JM Fagerstrom, S Kaur. Simple phantom fabrication for MRI-based HDR brachytherapy applicator commissioning. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(11), 2020.

JM Fagerstrom. Computed tomography, sinograms, and image reconstruction in the classroom. Phys Educ 55(3), 2020.

JM Fagerstrom. Introducing health and medical physics to young learners in preschool to fifth grade. Health Phys 118(1)106-110, 2020.

JM Fagerstrom. Dosimetric characterization of a rigid, surface-contour-specific thermoplastic bolus material. Med Dos 44(4), 2019.

JM Fagerstrom, W Gao, GE Robertson. A hands-on introduction to medical physics and radiation therapy for middle school students. J Appl Clin Med Phys 20(4), 2019.

JM Fagerstrom, LA DeWerd, B Palmer, WS Culberson. Prototype modulated orthovoltage stereotactic radiosurgery cones. Rad Meas 119, 2018.

C Hammer, BS Rosen, JM Fagerstrom, WS Culberson, LA DeWerd. Experimental investigation of GafChromic EBT3 intrinsic energy-dependence with kilovoltage x-rays, ¹³⁷Cs, and ⁶⁰Co. Med Phys 44(7), 2017.

JM Fagerstrom, ET Bender, WS Culberson. Design of a modulated orthovoltage stereotactic radiosurgery system. Med Phys 44(7), 2017.

JM Fagerstrom, ET Bender, WS Culberson. Technical Note: Dose gradients and prescription isodose in orthovoltage stereotactic radiosurgery. Med Phys 43(5), 2016.

JM Fagerstrom, EY Hirata. Surface dose effects of linen coverings for breast and chest wall patients. Rad Therap 23(2), 2014.

JM Fagerstrom, JA Micka, LA DeWerd. Response of implantable MOSFET dosimeters to ¹⁹²Ir HDR radiation. Med Phys 35(12), 2008.