Jonas Fontenot

Jonas Fontenot serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center (2023-present), following roles as Chief Operating Officer (2017-2022) and Chief of Physics (2015-2022). He maintains an academic affiliation as Adjunct Professor in Louisiana State University's Department of Physics and Astronomy since 2008.

Education:

• MBA, Louisiana State University (2020)
• Ph.D., Medical Physics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / University of Texas-Houston (2008)
• M.S., Medical Physics, same institutions (2005)
• B.S., Physics, University of Louisiana-Lafayette (2002)

His research bridges medical physics and radiation oncology, specializing in machine learning applications for treatment planning quality assurance, knowledge-based VMAT techniques for prostate cancer, and solutions for complex scenarios like targets extending beyond skin boundaries. This work enhances precision in radiotherapy through computational modeling and dose optimization.

Analysis of his 2018-2020 publications reveals consistent focus on prostate cancer radiotherapy optimization using knowledge-based planning systems, with emphasis on predicting dose-volume outcomes and improving treatment deliverability through machine learning.

Awards:

• Health Policy Fellowship, American Society for Radiation Oncology (2019)

No student advising details or research grants are documented in the source material, though his leadership roles imply oversight of operational and physics teams.

As CEO and former Chief of Physics at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Fontenot directs multidisciplinary teams in cancer treatment delivery, physics operations, and strategic implementation of advanced radiotherapy systems.