I provide clinical physics services for UPMC’s Radiation Oncology department at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Heritage Valley Radiation Oncology in Moon Township, including 4D-gated RT, IMRT/VMAT, DIBH, etc. My expertise includes Cyberknife SRS & SBRT planning and QA in addition to conventional external beam radiotherapy.
Education & Training
- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: B.Sc. Physics
- Duke University, Durham, NC: M.Sc. Medical Physics
- State University of New York, Albany, NY: Ph.D. Nanoscience
Representative Publications
S Ashmeg, P Zygmanski, T Gayle, E Eisenbraun, E Holupka “Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Radiation Dose Enhancement”, AAPM 2020
S. Ashmeg, M. Rodriguez, D. Gregory, A. Parbatani, E. Eienbraun “Metal Filled Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Radiation Therapy: A Feasibility Study”, International Journal of Science and Engineering Applications, Volume 9 - Issue 06, 87 - 90, 2020
Sarah Ashmeg, Eric Eisenbraun, Michael Fasullo, Muhammad Afghan, Jahangir Satti, Umar Baharom, “Radiation Dose Enhancement Using Copper Filled Carbon Nanotubes”, AAPM 2017
Sarah Ashmeg, Eric Eisenbraun, “Metal Filled Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Radiotherapy: A Feasibility Study”, AAPM 2017
Sarah Ashmeg and Eric Eisenbraun, “Metal-Filled Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Radiotherapy: A Feasibility Study”, AVS Albany Chapter meeting 2016
Sarah Ashmeg and Eric Eisenbraun “Metal-Filled Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Radiotherapy: A Feasibility Study”, Boston CIRC conference 2016.
Sarah Ashmeg and Eric Eisenbraun “Radioisotope Filled Carbon Nano-Tubes Feasibility for Targeted Radiotherapy”, AVS conference 2016.
Feryan Ahmed, Sarah Ashmeg and Eric Eisenbraun, “Metalized Carbon Nanotubes as a Conductive Material for Energy Storage Devices” J. Mater.Res. 31(15), 2016.
Sarah Ashmeg, Youni Zhang, Jennifer O'Daniel, Fang-Fang Yin and L Ren “Evaluation of a Patient Specific QA Tool Based on TG119”, Riyadh’s ICRM 2014
Sarah Ashmeg, Youni Zhang, Jennifer O'Daniel, Fang-Fang Yin and L Ren “Evaluation of a Patient Specific QA Tool Based on TG119”, AAPM 2014
Sarah Ashmeg,J Jackson, Youni Zhang, Mark Oldham, Fang-Fang Yin and L Ren “A Multi-Dimensional Measurements Comparison to Analyze a 3D Patient Specific QA Tool”, AAPM 2014
Sarah Ashmeg, Jennifer O'Daniel, Qijin Wu and Fang-Fang Yin “Benchmarking Flattening-Filter Free Photons for IMRT/VMAT”, AAPM 2012.
Research Interests
My research focus is in the role of nanoparticles in radiotherapy. In addition, I am interested in emerging radiotherapy techniques and modalities and in utilizing SBRT for novel indications.