Meet Our 91九色视频 Medical Physics Team
The Medical Physics Section of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the 91九色视频 consists of 20 faculty physicists, 4 medical physics residents, 3 postdoctoral fellows, 3 data specialists, and 2 PhD students.
Our Mission
- To provide the best possible radiation therapy technical support for the patients treated at all sites serviced by the Department of Radiation Oncology
- Through clinical research, develop the accuracy and efficiency of cancer treatment, integrating new technical innovations in radiation therapy
- To educate future generations of physicians and physicists in the art and science of radiation oncology physics
Medical Physics Faculty
Ergun Ahunbay, PhD
Professor
Research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
Asma Amjad, PhD
Instructor, Medical Physics
Guang-Pei Chen, PhD
Associate Professor; Clinical Director of Medical Physics
Research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), programming in radiation oncology and patient safety
Xiaojian Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests include the area of adaptive radiation therapy
Xinfeng Chen, PhD
Instructor
Focused on MR-linac dosimetric effects of magnetic field and electron density assignment as well as MRI-based IMRT planning and evaluation of treatment planning systems
Nitish Chopra, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mi Huang, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Interest include predictive Modeling and Image Biomarker or Patient Outcome with Machine Learning and Statistical Modeling (Photon and Proton); Image processing with AI, Radiomics, Big Data research for Precision Medicine; Monte Carlo and Deterministic Transport 3D Dose calculation and Optimization. Adaptive Therapy. Clinical Design and Physics Implementation for NRG/RTOG Clinical Trials (Photon and Proton).
Kristofer Kainz, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Medical Physics Residency Program; Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program
Research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
Slade Klawikowski, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests include the areas of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), scintillation dosimetry and 3D dosimetry
Natalya Morrow, PhD
Assistant Professor; Lead Physicist, VA Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology
Clinical interests include patient safety and quality
Haidy Gerges Nasief, PhD
Instructor, Medical Physics
Research interests include applying Radiomics and machine learning algorithm for treatment response predictions, treatment adaptation, and biomarker discovery for better patient specific outcomes.
George Noid, PhD
Instructor, Medical Physics
Research interests include image quality assessments of model-based iterative CT reconstruction and development of a transabdominal ultrasound probe for tracking intrafractional pancreatic motion
Eenas Omari, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests in image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) with interests in MRI guided adaptive radiotherapy, treatment response and toxicity assessment, and treatment planning
Eric Paulson, PhD
Professor, Radiation Oncology, Radiology and Biophysics; Chief of Medical Physics
Research is focused on the development and application of advanced MRI imaging technologies for MRI-guided radiation treatment planning and delivery
Douglas Prah, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of Advanced Care and Technology
Clinical and research interests include radiation beam modeling, radiation treatment planning, and the role of technology within Radiation Oncology.
Phillip Prior, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests include dose-response modeling of tumors and normal tissues, doses effects of magnetic field for IMRT & VMAT plans and development of treatment planning strategies for the MR-Linac
Jason Rownd, MS
Instructor, Medical Physics; Senior Medical Physicist
All facets of brachytherapy with emphasis on image-guided high dose rate brachytherapy
An Tai, PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests include motion management and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
Li Zhao, PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests include adaptive therapy and advanced imaging technology for proton therapy.
Hualiang Zhong, PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests include image-guided adaptive radiotherapy (IGART), quantitative imaging, and treatment response assessment