| |
 |
|
Vera Nigrin, MD
 |
| Radiation
Oncologist |
|
|
|
|
PRESENT POSITION
|
|
|
Radiation Oncologist
Central Care Cancer Center
Hastings, Nebraska
|
|
|
|
|
EDUCATION
|
|
|
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Medicine
1987-1991
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Degree: M.D. - Graduated with Academic Distinction
1989-1993
|
|
|
|
|
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
|
|
Intern:
|
Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1993-1994
|
Resident:
|
University of Kansas Medical Center
Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Kansas City, Kansas
1994-1997 |
Fellowship:
|
University of Louisville
Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Louisville, Kentucky
1997-1998
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Prostate Brachytherapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Gamma-Knife, and Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Philadephia, Pennsylvania
2001-2002
|
|
|
|
|
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
|
Medical Licensure:
|
Kansas
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
|
Board Certification:
|
American Board of Radiology
Radiation Oncology
Medical Council of Canada
1994
|
|
|
|
|
HONORS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
|
|
|
Rutherford Scholoarship, Providence of Alberta, 1985-1987
Louise MacKinley Scholarship, University of Alberta, 1988
|
|
|
|
|
MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
|
|
|
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
American Association of Radiation Oncology
|
|
|
|
|
ABSTRACTS
|
|
|
Vera B. Nigrin, Maria Werner-Wasik, Wlater J. Curran Jr., David W. Andrews: Patterns of Failure in Multifocal Glioblastoma Multiforme; 44 th Annual meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, New Orleans, LA, October 2002.
Vera B. Nigrin, Adam P. Dicker, Frank M. Waterman: Rectal Toxicity of Combined External Beam and Prostate Brachytherapy; 88 th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
PRESENTATIONS
|
|
|
Academic Rounds, CNS Lymphoma in HIV+ Patients, October 2001
|
|
|
|
|
INTEREST AND BACKGROUND UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
|
|
|
Fluent - Written and Oral in the Following Languages:
English
Spanish
French
Italian
Czech
Slovak
Fine Arts, Travel, Cycling, Swimming
|
|
|
|
