Construction of site for CTRC's Linear Accelerator
In uniting efforts with the Department of Radiation Oncology, Facilities Management played a large part in helping the Cancer Therapy Research Center (CTRC) welcome its newest addition, the Novalis TX Radiosurgery System that uses the Varian Linear Accelerator. A linear accelerator uses x-rays to target tumors and eliminate the growth of the cells in patients.
Facilities Management's role in this project was to construct a site to house the accelerator. Construction began in the Grossman CTRC vault on October 27, 2008 with the delivery of the linear accelerator on February 10, 2009. The project's biggest challenge came not in the transportation of the 18,000-pound machine, but in removing the old machine’s base frame which had been set in concrete. With one jack hammer at a time the renovation was completed and, on April 22, 2009, the Novalis TX was used on a patient for the first time.
The joint mission of UTHSCSA and the CTRC is to generate a premier cancer center headed by the power of academic research in providing better lives to cancer patients in the South Texas communities.
FM personnel involved in this project:
Project Manager:
Dan Parker, Work Control Coordinator
| Cabinet | Carpenter | CTRC | Drafting | Electric | |
| Richard Carter | Johnie Evans | Gabe Rodriguez | Richard Gomez | Jimmy Adame | Michael Neumann |
| Juan Hernandez | Emilio Flores | Zaragoza Uvalle | Reuben Pinkson | Frank Arispe | Paul Rivas |
| Mark Ledford | Eric Granberg | Philip Romo | Heric Arriage | Jose Rodriguez | |
| Clyde Guevara | Joseph Tolentino | John Duran | Roland Rodriguez | ||
| James Mitchell | Marcus Falcon | Thomas Smith | |||
| Sean Moreau | Ervey Gonzalez | Israel Velasquez | |||
| Salvador Olivo | Mike Gonzalez | Enrique Villanueva | |||
| Noel Romero | David Herrera | ||||
| James Rowe | John Kelly | ||||
| Donnie Schimcek | John Martinez | ||||
| Robert Valdez | Efrain Medrano | ||||
| Alan Zvonek | Stephen Morales |
| Engraving | Estimating | Housekeeping | Machine | Paint |
| Rick Gallardo | Tom Janes | Victor Bosmans | Raul Villarreal | Michael Barrera |
| Michael Hamilton | Jesse Chantaca | |||
| Steve Iglesias | Alberto Garcia | |||
| Sam Reyes | Leroy Martinez | |||
| Lester Roper | Phillip Orta | |||
| Fernando Terrazas | John Salinas | |||
| Jesse Solorzano |
| Plumbing | Sheet metal | Utilities |
| Arturo Gomez | Gavino Barrera | Patrick Covey |
| Ronald Kyle | Rey Barrera | Bill Cunningham |
| Andrew Martinez | Sam Diaz | |
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| Rene Mora | ||
| Anthony Romero |
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Article provided by Lisa Graziano, Work Control Coordinator for Facilities Management.
Primary photo provided by Karen Stamm, Assistant Director of News and Information for the Cancer Therapy and Research Center.
For more information on CTRC's Varian linear accelerator, click here.