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Melanie Dempsey Melanie Dempsey, MS, RT(R)(T), CMD
Program Director (radiation therapy) and Assistant Professor

Department of Radiation Sciences
School of Allied Health Professions
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 843057
701 West Grace St., Suite 2100
Richmond, Va 23284-3057

(804)828-9104
(804)828-5778 (facsimile)
Email: mcdempsey@vcu.edu


Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Master's in Health Promotion
 
Certified Medical Dosimetrist
 
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.S. in Radiologic Science

Faculty Bio
Mrs. Dempsey has over twenty years experience in hospitals as a radiation therapist, medical dosimetrist and administrator. After spending two years at Harvard's Joint Center for Radiation Therapy in Boston, she relocated to Richmond where she managed the local HCA Hospitals' Radiation Therapy Centers. Mrs. Dempsey joined VCU in July 2006 where she focuses on radiation therapy physics, radiobiology and patient care courses. Additionally, she serves on the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Board of Directors and the Editorial Review Board of the ASRT publication, Radiation Therapist.

Teaching Interests
Radiation Therapy Physics
Dosimetry
Radiobiology

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