Co-Director, Physics Residency
Professor
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
4501 X St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Dr. Dieterich is a medical physicist who specializes in brachytherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and patient safety.
Dr. Dieterich focuses on safety engineering for special procedures with a focus on complex processes. She also has an interest in translational research in conjunction with Veterinary Radiation Oncology.
Radiation Oncology
B.S., Physics, Technical University, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany 1995
Ph.D., Nuclear Physics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ 2002
M.S., Physics, Technical University, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany 1998
M.B.A., Finance, UC Davis, Davis CA 2019
Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 2002
Radiation Oncology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C. 2002-2003
Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2015
FDA, "Certificate for Outstanding Contribution on Promoting Patient Safety with Medical Devices", 2010
AAPM Medical Physics Travel Award, 2007
Link to other publications:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9921-4345
Mechalakos JG, Dieterich S, Fong de Los Santos LE, Fontenla SC, Hanley J, Harwalkar VA, Hong LX, Huang YJ, Kim GG, Richardson SL, Sutlief SG, Yaddanapudi S, Merkel S, Parry M. Electronic charting of radiation therapy planning and treatment: Report of Task Group 262. Med Phys. 2021 Nov;48(11):e927-e968. doi:10.1002/mp.15116. Epub 2021 Aug 18. PMID:34287961.
Keall PJ, Sawant A, Berbeco RI, Booth JT, Cho B, Cerviño LI, Cirino E, Dieterich S, Fast MF, Greer PB, Munck Af Rosenschöld P, Parikh PJ, Poulsen PR, Santanam L, Sherouse GW, Shi J, Stathakis S. AAPM Task Group 264: The safe clinical implementation of MLC tracking in radiotherapy. Med Phys. 2021 May;48(5):e44-e64. doi:10.1002/mp.14625. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID:33260251.
Dieterich S, Green O, Booth J. SBRT targets that move with respiration. Phys Med. 2018 Dec;56:19-24. doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.10.021. Epub 2018 Nov 17. PMID:30527085.
Ford E, Dieterich S. Safety Considerations in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jul;27(3):190-196. doi:10.1016/j.semradonc.2017.02.003. Epub 2017 Feb 20. PMID:28577826.
Dieterich S, Zwingenberger A, Hansen K, Pfeiffer I, Théon A, Kent MS. INTER- AND INTRAFRACTION MOTION FOR STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY IN DOGS AND CATS USING A MODIFIED BRAINLAB FRAMELESS STEREOTACTIC MASK SYSTEM. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2015 Sep-Oct;56(5):563-9. doi:10.1111/vru.12271. Epub 2015 Jun 25. PMID:26118737.
Dieterich S, Sherouse GW. Experimental comparison of seven commercial dosimetry diodes for measurement of stereotactic radiosurgery cone factors. Med Phys. 2011 Jul;38(7):4166-73. doi:10.1118/1.3592647. PMID:21859018.
Dieterich S, Cavedon C, Chuang CF, Cohen AB, Garrett JA, Lee CL, Lowenstein JR, d'Souza MF, Taylor DD Jr, Wu X, Yu C. Report of AAPM TG 135: quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery. Med Phys. 2011 Jun;38(6):2914-36. doi:10.1118/1.3579139. Erratum in: Med Phys. 2011 Sep;38(9):5264. PMID:21815366.
Dieterich S, Mun SK (eds). AI in Radiation Oncology, World Scientific Publishing, Boston MA. 2022.
Dieterich S, Ford E, Dan Pavord D, Jing Z (eds). Practical Radiation Oncology Physics: A Companion to Gunderson & Tepper's Clinical Radiation Oncology, Elsevier Health Sciences. 2015