Draft:Elizabeth Butker

Elizabeth Keller Butker is an American medical physicist. Butker works at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in the Department of Radiation Oncology,^[1]^[2] where she specializes in "brachytherapy and Gamma Knife medical physics care".^[3]

Education and career[edit]

Butker holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Smith College.^[2]

Butker began working at the Winship Cancer Institute in 1988, inspired by her father, James W. Keller, who worked at the institute for 28 years.^[3] She has been published multiple times in the journals Medical Physics and Physics in Medicine and Biology.

Personal life[edit]

Butker has two children, including football player Harrison Butker.^[2]^[3]

Publications[edit]

McGinley, P H; Butker, E K; Crocker, I R; Landry, J C (1990-05-01). "A patient rotator for stereotactic radiosurgery". Physics in Medicine and Biology. 35 (5): 649–657. Bibcode:1990PMB....35..649M. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/35/5/005. ISSN 0031-9155. PMID 2190241.
McGinley, Patton H.; Butker, Elizabeth K. (March 1991). "Evaluation of neutron dose equivalent levels at the maze entrance of medical accelerator treatment rooms". Medical Physics. 18 (2): 279–281. Bibcode:1991MedPh..18..279M. doi:10.1118/1.596713. ISSN 0094-2405. PMID 2046615.
McGinley, P H; Butker, E K; Crocker, I R; Aiken, R (1992-02-01). "An adjustable collimator for stereotactic radiosurgery". Physics in Medicine and Biology. 37 (2): 413–419. Bibcode:1992PMB....37..413M. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/37/2/008. ISSN 0031-9155. PMID 1553391.
McGinley, P H; Butker, E K (1994-09-01). "Laminated primary ceiling barriers for medical accelerator rooms". Physics in Medicine and Biology. 39 (9): 1331–1336. Bibcode:1994PMB....39.1331M. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/39/9/002. ISSN 0031-9155. PMID 15552107.</ref>
Butker, Elizabeth K.; Helton, Daisy J.; Keller, James W.; Hughes, Lorie L.; Crenshaw, Tim; Davis, Lawrence W. (October 1996). "A totally integrated simulation technique for three-field breast treatment using a CT simulator". Medical Physics. 23 (10): 1809–1814. Bibcode:1996MedPh..23.1809B. doi:10.1118/1.597763. ISSN 0094-2405. PMID 8946378.
Mayr, Matthew T.; Crocker, Ian R.; Butker, Elizabeth K.; Williams, Hamilton; Cotsonis, George A.; Olson, Jeffrey J. (2002-10-01). "Results of interstitial brachytherapy for malignant brain tumors". International Journal of Oncology. 21 (4): 817–823. doi:10.3892/ijo.21.4.817. ISSN 1019-6439. PMID 12239621.
Mutic, Sasa; Palta, Jatinder R.; Butker, Elizabeth K.; Das, Indra J.; Huq, M. Saiful; Loo, Leh-Nien Dick; Salter, Bill J.; McCollough, Cynthia H.; Van Dyk, Jacob (2003-09-24). "Quality assurance for computed-tomography simulators and the computed-tomography-simulation process: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66". Medical Physics. 30 (10): 2762–2792. Bibcode:2003MedPh..30.2762M. doi:10.1118/1.1609271.
Rossi, Peter J.; Wang, Yuefang; Nieh, Peter; Ogunleye, Tomi; Butker, Elizabeth; Jani, Ashesh B.; Liu, Tian (March 2014). "Long-Term Outcome Analysis of Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy Using Patient Reported Outcomes: A Critical Self Assessment from a Single Institution Experience". Brachytherapy. 13: S111. doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2014.02.407. ISSN 1538-4721.
Abugideiri, Mustafa; Nanda, Ronica H.; Butker, Charlotte; Zhang, Chao; Kim, Sungjin; Chiang, Kuang-Yueh; Butker, Elizabeth; Khan, Mohammad K.; Haight, Ann E.; Chen, Zhengjia; Esiashvili, Natia (February 2016). "Factors Influencing Pulmonary Toxicity in Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Setting of Total Body Irradiation-Based Myeloablative Conditioning". International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 94 (2): 349–359. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.054. PMID 26853343.
Patel, Kirtesh R.; Prabhu, Roshan S.; Switchenko, Jeffrey M.; Chowdhary, Mudit; Craven, Caroline; Mendoza, Pia; Danish, Hasan; Grossniklaus, Hans E.; Aaberg, Thomas M.; Aaberg, Thomas; Reddy, Sahitya; Butker, Elizabeth; Bergstrom, Chris; Crocker, Ian R. (May 2017). "Visual acuity, oncologic, and toxicity outcomes with 103 Pd vs. 125 I plaque treatment for choroidal melanoma". Brachytherapy. 16 (3): 646–653. doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2017.01.012. PMC 5586039. PMID 28262517.
Tian, Z.; Wang, T.; Giles, M.; Butker, E.K.; Walb, M.; Yang, X.; Liu, T.; Kahn, S.T. (November 2020). "Evaluation of a Multiresolution-Level Inverse Planning Algorithm for Non-invasive Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma". International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 108 (3): e273–e274. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.656. ISSN 0360-3016.
Eaton, B.R.; Chen, Z.; Butker, E.K.; Gorgens, U.; Zhong, J.; Higgins, K.A.; Patel, P.R.; Bradley, J.D.; Hoang, K.B.; Nduom, E.; Olson, J.J.; Shu, H.K.G. (November 2021). "Phase I Dose Escalation Trial of Hypofractionated Radiosurgery for Large Intact or Resected Brain Metastases". International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 111 (3): S25. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.085.
Walb, Matthew C.; Butker, Elizabeth K.; Fair, Jenna L.; Giles, D. Matt; Cimmino, Cara; Pattaras, John; Weiss, Aaron; Hershatter, Bruce; Patel, Sagar A. (September 2023). "PSOR05 Presentation Time: 12:20 PM". Brachytherapy. 22 (5): S55–S56. doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2023.06.083. ISSN 1538-4721.

References[edit]

^ "Profile Elizabeth Butker MS". Emory School of Medicine. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c Willingham, A. J. (2024-05-16). "The biggest mistake Harrison Butker made in his controversial commencement speech". CNN. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Super Bowl kicker has deep ties to Emory". Emory University. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

[1] "Profile Elizabeth Butker MS". Emory School of Medicine. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

[:0-2] Willingham, A. J. (2024-05-16). "The biggest mistake Harrison Butker made in his controversial commencement speech". CNN. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

[:1-3] "Super Bowl kicker has deep ties to Emory". Emory University. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

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