Radiation Oncology

Vladimir Semenenko, PhD Instructor Department of Radiation Oncology 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414) 805-0108 vsemenenko@mcw.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• PhD, Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (2003).
• BS, Radioecology, International Sakharov Institute of Radioecology, Minsk, Belarus (1997).

Training

• Post-doctoral Fellow, Medical Physics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (2006-2008).
• Post-doctoral Research Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2003-2006).

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Qi XS, Semenenko VA, Li XA.  Improved critical structure sparing with biologically based IMRT optimization.  Med Phys, 36(5):1790-9, 2009.
• Semenenko VA, Reitz B, Day E, Qi XS, Miften M, Li XA.  Evaluation of a commercial biologically based IMRT treatment planning system.  Med Phys, 35(12):5851-60, 2008.   
• Semenenko VA, Molthen RC., Li C, Morrow NV, Li R, Ghosh SN, Medhora MM, Li XA.  Irradiation of varied volumes of rat lung to the same mean lung dose: a little to a lot or a lot to a little? Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 71, 838-847, 2008.
• Semenenko VA, Li XA.  Lyman-Kutcher-Burman NTCP model parameters for radiation pneumonitis and xerostomia based on combined analysis of published clinical data. Phys. Med. Biol. 53:737-755, 2008.
• Carlson DJ, Stewart RD, Semenenko VA.  Effects of oxygen on intrinsic radiation sensitivity: a test of the relationship between aerobic and hypoxic linear-quadratic (LQ) model parameters. Med. Phys. 33:3105-3115, 2006.
• Semenenko VA, Stewart RD.  Fast Monte Carlo simulation of DNA damage formed by electrons and light ions. Phys. Med. Biol. 51:1693-1706, 2006.
• Semenenko VA, Stewart RD.  Monte Carlo simulation of base and nucleotide excision repair of clustered DNA damage sites. II. Comparisons of model predictions to measured data. Radiat. Res. 164:194-201, 2005.
• Semenenko VA, Stewart RD, Ackerman EJ.  Monte Carlo simulation of base and nucleotide excision repair of clustered DNA damage sites. I. Model properties and predicted trends. Radiat. Res. 164:180-193, 2005.
• Semenenko VA, Stewart R D.  A fast Monte Carlo algorithm to simulate the spectrum of DNA damages formed by ionizing radiation. Radiat. Res. 161:451-457, 2004.