Biography
Ms. Chasteen is a graduate of Vanderbilt University’s CAMPEP-accredited Diagnostic Medical Physics program. While in Nashville, Emily gained clinical training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and satellite facilities as well as Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Department of Veterans Affairs. Ms. Chasteen also participated in an investigation of organ doses from CT scans in pediatric patients. She helped create a new generation of reference computational image-based phantoms designed for dose calculations for a variety of ages and weight percentiles. Prior to her graduate studies, Emily attended Furman University where she was graduated with a bachelors of science in physics, magma cum laude. During this time Emily researched fiber optic cable production and laser speckle imaging.
Ms. Chasteen is originally from Tucker, Georgia.
Education
- Master of Science in Medical Physics, Diagnostic Imaging – Vanderbilt University
- Bachelor of Science in Physics – Furman University
Certifications
- American Board of Radiology – Diagnostic Radiological Physics
Publications
Wang D, Chasteen EJ, Onyeuku C. “Spectral Analysis of Dynamic Laser Speckle Patterns by Using a Full-field Temporal Modulation Method.” Optica Applicata. 43(4); 2013.
Biography
Mr. Granger joined the West Physics team as a Medical Physicist in 2020. Originally from New York, Mr. Granger relocated to North Carolina in 2000 to work for Radiological Physics Consultants in Winston-Salem, NC where he served as a consultant medical physicist in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia from 2000 to 2020.
Education
- Master of Science in Medical Physics – State University of New York at Buffalo
- Bachelor of Science in Engineerying Physics – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Certifications
- American Board of Radiology – Diagnostic Radiological Physics
Memberships
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Biography
Mrs. Paige attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Radiologic Science. Her early career was spent as a Radiologic Technologist, performing radiography, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. She then continued her education at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, where she received her master’s degree in Medical Physics. As a graduate student, her research included investigation of the influence of CT image noise on proton range calculations in radiotherapy treatment planning.
Prior to joining West Physics, Mrs. Paige practiced as a Diagnostic Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer at Phoenix Technology Corporation in Woodstock, Georgia. Mrs. Paige is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and the American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety as a credentialed MR Safety Expert.
Mrs. Paige is originally from Orlando, Florida.
Education
- Master of Science – University of Florida
- Bachelor of Science – University of Central Florida
Certifications
- American Board of Radiology – Diagnostic Radiological Physics
- American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety – Magnetic Resonance Safety Expert
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists – Radiography
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists – Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Memberships
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- Health Physics Society
- American College of Radiology
- American Society of Radiologic Technologists
Biography
Prior to joining West Physics as a medical physicist, Mr. Katakam worked as a research associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, specializing in the production and detection of radioactive ion beams. During his tenure at the University of Tennessee, he was a graduate research assistant with their experimental nuclear physics group, working on radiation detection and digital pulse processing techniques. For his Master’s thesis, Mr. Katakam developed pulse shape discrimination techniques for electron and gamma radiation in a Si(Li) detector and developed timing algorithms. Mr. Katakam also has prior experience as a software engineer for a successful IT consulting firm.
Mr. Katakam is originally from Kakinada, India.
Education
- Master of Science in Physics – The University of Tennessee
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering – Wright State University
- Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering – Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
