The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System

The first radiosurgery system designed to target tumors anywhere in the body with sub-millimeter accuracy, provides treatment for tumors that cannot be removed surgically. Using image-guidance technology and computer-controlled robotics, the CyberKnife system is designed to continuously track the tumor, detect its location, and correct for tumor and patient movement throughout the treatment. The full-time staff will be supplemented by experts from the main Fox Chase campus.

Buckingham Radiation Oncology Staff List

Shelly B Hayes, MD
Director, Buckingham Radiation Therapy Facility
Board certified in radiation oncology, has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center as director of the new Buckingham Radiation Therapy Facility. Hayes is an expert in treating patients using external beam radiotherapy, high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, IMRT/IGRT, and linear accelerator based and Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Trained in IMRT for prostate lung, head, neck, and tumors of the central nervous system, she is experienced in working with HDR and low-dos rate (LDR) therapies for prostate, breasts, and gynecologic malignancies, in addition to HDR endobrachial therapy.

Charlie Ma, PhD
Physicist, Buckingham Radiation Therapy Facility
A Fox Chase Cancer Center Senior Member, Director of Radiation Physics and Professor, Dr. Ma will serve as the physicist at the Buckingham Radiation Therapy Facility. Ma joined the Fox Chase Cancer Center team in 2001. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Institute of Physics (IOP), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and American College of Medical Physics (ACMP). His research has been published extensively.

Jiajin (James) Fan, PhD
Radiation Oncology Physicist, Buckingham Radiation Therapy Facility
A Fox Chase Cancer Center employee since 2004, Dr. Fan will serve as the project lead for CyberKnife at the Buckingham facility. Since 2007, he has worked at the Center as an Assistant Professor and an Associate Member. Fan is experienced in monte carlo particle transport theory and applications, radiation therapy dose calculation, plan optimization, in addition to quality assurance, proton radiotherapy and cone beam CT image denoising. He is also an expert in linac source modeling and beam reconstruction, along with radiation dosimetry, IMRT planning, machine commissioning, and shielding system design. A full member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Fan is a clinical expert in radiation therapy. Fan has a specialized understanding of procedures such as stereotactic radiation surgery, brachytherapy planning, and total body irradiation.

Kathy MacDonald, RN
Clinical Nurse Coordinator/Buckingham
Kathy MacDonald’s responsibilities as a nurse at Fox Chase include her work in inpatient Medical Oncology as a pool nurse and relief night-shift supervisor. A Fox Chase Cancer Center employee since 1978, she began her career as a graduate nurse. In 2003, she began working in Radiation Oncology as a staff nurse to Dr. Benjamin Movsas, Radiation Oncology Clinical Director. In 2005, she assumed the role of Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Radiation Oncology.

MacDonald is a member of various hospital, nursing and departmental committees including Pain and Palliative Care (Pain Resource Nurse), Ethics Committee, and Nursing Documentation. She contributed to a team of radiation oncology nurses formed to develop Preparing for Radiation Therapy Class, a program designed for patients and support persons. An Oncology Certified Nurse and member of the National Oncology Nursing Society, MacDonald is an active member of the Philadelphia and Bucks Montgomery chapters of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). She serves as the Secretary of the Bucks Montgomery Chapter of ONS. MacDonald received her RN from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her BSN at Temple University, and is currently enrolled in MSN program at Gwynedd-Mercy College.

Radiation Therapists
Liz Antonelli - Chief Therapist/ Buckingham
Dana McDonald - Assistant Chief Therapist/ Buckingham
Mike Guttierrez
Lisa Nugent

Receptionists
Sue Brewster

Sr Med Secretary
Karen Poulson