Dr. Vergalasova completed her undergraduate degree in Physics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey followed by her doctoral degree in Medical Physics at Duke University, after which she also completed her therapeutic physics residency at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Vergalasova serves as the Director of Brachytherapy Physics, the Director of the Medical Physics Certificate Program and the Associate Director of the Medical Physics Residency Program. She also serves on a number of national AAPM and SDAMPP committees and is committed to giving back to the medical physics community as well as leaving a lasting impact on the education of future medical physicists. Dr. Vergalasova’s research interests include HDR brachytherapy, quantitative imaging, and stereotactic radiosurgery. Her educational research interests are focused on developing formalized professionalism training for medical physics residency programs. In her free time, Dr. Vergalasova enjoys traveling with family and friends, reading, and staying active.
Publications
- Qing K, Yue NJ, Hathout L, Ma C, Reyhan M, Zhu J, Nie K, Monte G, Vergalasova I; Combined use of Scout and axial CT images to accurately determine the needle tips and dwell positions in 3D HDR brachytherapy; J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Feb https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13184
- Vergalasova I, Sayan M, Yue JN, Hathout L; The clinical impact of removing rectal gas on high-dose-rate brachytherapy dose distributions for gynecologic cancers; J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Jan 13. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13132.
- Hathout L, Ennis R, Mattes M, Wagman R, Grann A, Jabbour S, Singh R, Yue N, Haffty B, Vergalasova I. The Impact of COVID-19 on brachytherapy during the pandemic: a Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health multi-site experience; Advances in Radiation Oncology; November 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.10.013
- Vergalasova I, McKenna M, Yue N, Reyhan, M; The Impact of Computed Tomography (CT) Reconstruction Kernels On Radiotherapy Dose Calculation; J Appl Clin Med Phys. September 2020 doi:10.1002/acm2.12994
- Mowery Y, Vergalasova I, Rushing Y, Choudhury KR, Niedzwiecki D, Wu Q, Yoo D, Das S, Wong TZ, Brizel D; Early 18F-FDG-PET Response During Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy Predicts Recurrence-Free Survival; International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.08.029
- Vergalasova I, Liu H, Shi W, Alonso-Basanta M, PhD, Zou W, Teo BKK, Nie K, Yue NJ, Dong L, Li T; Multi-Institutional Dosimetric Evaluation of Modern Day Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Treatment Options for Multiple Brain Metastases; Frontiers in Oncology, Volume 9, 2019 https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2019.00483
Courses
- RWMJS Medical Physics Certificate Program Courses:
- Radiological physics and dosimetry (Radiation Interaction): MPHY 5020S
- Radiation Therapy Physics: MPHY 5010S