Jonas Fontenot

EDUCATION

MBA, 2020
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Ph.D., Medical Physics, 2008
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / University of Texas-Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX

M.S., Medical Physics, 2005
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / University of Texas-Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX

B.S., Physics, 2002
The University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

TRAINING

Health Policy Fellowship, 2019
American Society for Radiation Oncology

CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Radiology (ABR), 2011
Therapeutic Medical Physics

EMPLOYMENT

President and Chief Executive Officer, 2023 โ€“ presentย 
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Chief Operating Officer, 2017 โ€“ 2022
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Chief of Physics, 2015 โ€“ 2022
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Adjunct Faculty, 2008 โ€“ Present
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

PUBLICATIONS

1. P. Wall and J.D. Fontenot, โ€œApplication of comparison of machine learning models for predicting quality assurance outcomes in radiation therapy treatment planning,โ€ at press in Informatics Med Unlocked.

2. P. Wall and J.D. Fontenot, โ€œEvaluation of complexity and deliverability of prostate cancer treatment plans designed with a knowledge-based VMAT planning technique,โ€ J App Clin Med Phys 21(1):69-77 (2020).

3. J. Sick and J.D. Fontenot, โ€œThe air out there: treatment planning when target volumes extend beyond the skin,โ€ Int J Radiat Oncol Phys 101(5):1026-6 (2018).

4. P. Wall, R.L. Carver, and J.D. Fontenot, โ€œImpact of database quality in knowledge-based treatment planning for prostate cancer,โ€ at press in Pract Radiat Oncol.

5. P. Wall, R.L. Carver, and J.D. Fontenot, โ€œAn improved distance-to-dose correlation for predicting bladder and rectum dose-volumes in knowledge-based VMAT planning for prostate cancer,โ€ Phys Med Biol 63(1):015035 (2018).