Radiation Oncology

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• PhD, physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas (2002).
• MA, Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1998).
• BA, Physics and mathematics, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota (1994).

Training

• Board Certification, Medical Physics-Radiation Oncology Physics, American Board of Radiology (2007). 
• Radiation Oncology Physics Residency, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (2004-2005).
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (2002-2004).

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Kainz K, White J, Herman J, Li XA.  Investigation of helical tomotherapy for partial breast irradiation of prone-positioned patients. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 74(1):275-82, 2009.  
• Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, Li XA.  A comparision of daily megavoltage and ultrasound image guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer.  Med. Phys. 35(12):5619-28, 2008.    
• Beddar AS, Kainz K, Briere TM, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S.  Correlation between internal fiducial tumor motion and external marker motion for liver tumors imaged with 4D-CT.   Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 67:630-638, 2007.
• Kainz K,  Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD, Hogstrom KR, Dual scattering foil design for poly-energetic electron beams. Phys. Med. Biol. 50:755-767, 2005.   
• Kainz K, Hogstrom KR , Antolak  JA, Almond PR,  Bloch CD.  Dose properties of x-ray beams produced by laser-wakefield-accelerated electrons Phys. Med. Biol. 50: N1-N10, 2005.
• Kainz K,, Hogstrom KR, Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD, Chiu C, Fomytskyi Raischel F,  Downer M,  Tajima T.  Dose properties of a laser accelerated electron beam and prospects for clinical application.  Med. Phys. 31:2053-2067, 2004.