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MsC. Claudia Domínguez

Medical Physicist

Ms. Claudia Domínguez is a trailblazer in her field, being the first woman and the second individual nationally to achieve an accredited international postgraduate degree in Medical Physics. Her academic journey began with studies in Pure Physics at the University of El Salvador, followed by an Advanced Master’s in Medical Physics from the University of Trieste and the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. This program is recognized by the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). With a decade of experience, her expertise shines in the implementation and application of advanced techniques in radiotherapy, including Cranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery (SBRT).

Higher education

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics. University of El Salvador
  • Master’s Degree in Medical Physics. University of Trieste and International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy.
  • Clinical Training. Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata de Verona, Italy.
Professional Experience

  • Radiation Therapy Service, ISSS Oncology Hospital
  • Centro Internacional de Cáncer Group. Hospital de Diagnostico.
Training Courses
  • Radiation Therapy Course

    Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social
    San Salvador
    August 14 – September 18, 2014

  • Quality Assurance in Radiation Therapy

    Centro Internacional de Cáncer
    San Salvador
    January 30, 2014

  • Physical Aspects of IMRT and VMAT Planning/RapidArc Quality Control/Eclipse V11/ARIA V11

    Department of Oncological Radiotherapy of ALIADA
    Lima, Peru
    June 22 – July 10, 2015

  • Brachytherapy Treatment Techniques

    Unidad de Radioterapia Oncológica GURVE, C.A.
    Caracas, Venezuela
    August 3 – 14, 2015

  • Regional Training Course for Physicians and Medical Physicists in IMRT and IGRT

    Hospital A.C. Camargo
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
    September 21 – 25, 2015

  • 3D Techniques, IMRT and Guided Images

    Clínica de Radioterapia la Asunción
    San Salvador
    December 12, 2015

  • Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Computed Tomography: Quality Control, Dosimetry, and Optimization ICTP

    Trieste, Italy
    May 2 – 13, 2016

  • College on Medical Physics: Enhancing the Role of Physicists in Clinical Medical Imaging: Procedure Optimization, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Training ICTP

    Trieste, Italy
    September 5 – 23, 2016

  • Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Internal Dosimetry for Medical Physicists Specializing in Nuclear Medicine ICTP

    Trieste, Italy
    November 21 – 25, 2016

  • Piero Caldirola Medical Physics School 4D Techniques and Adaptive Radiation Therapy: «Time Domain» in Radiotherapy. Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona AOUI

    Ospedale Civile Maggiore (OCM)
    Verona, Italy
    June 12 – 13, 2017

  • International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology (ICARO2)

    Vienna, Austria
    June 20 – 23, 2017

  • Operational Unit of Health Physics Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona AOUI Ospedale Civile Maggiore (OCM) Borgo Trento.

    Clinical Training
    Verona, Italy
    January – November 2017

  • Trilogy: Basic Operation and Imaging. Trilogy: SBRT and Quality Assurance

    Innovative Cancer Institute
    Miami, FL, United States of America
    June 4 – 22, 2018

  • CL222 Respiratory Gating Varian

    Las Vegas, NV United States of America
    October 4 – 5, 2018

  • Regional Training Course on Prevention of Accidents and Incidents in Radiotherapy

    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston TX, United States of America
    October 21 – 25, 2019

  • Radiological Protection Regulatory Course

    Universidad Don Bosco
    San Salvador
    February 2020

  • HALCYON – Operation

    Centro Internacional de Cáncer
    June 17 – 18, 2021

  • SRS/SRT In Management of Benign Intracranial Tumors, Skull Base Tumors, Prostate and Renal Cancers; Medical Physics for Radiosurgery.

    San José, Costa Rica
    December 1 – 3, 2022

Associations 

  • Member of the Ibero Latin American Association of Oncological Radiative Therapy (ALATRO).
  • Founding Member of the Salvadoran Medical Physics Association (in the formation process).

Multidisciplinary medical staff

We are committed to providing specialized care to cancer patients through cutting-edge treatments with specialists committed to fighting the disease who provide support alongside the patient and their families.