Radiation Oncology

Ergun Ahunbay, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Radiation Oncology 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• PhD, Medical Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit , MI (1996-2001).
• MS, Medical Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit , MI (1995-1996).
• BS, Nuclear Engineering, Hacettepe Univerisity, Ankara, Turkey (1988-1993).

Training

• Board Certification, Medical Physics-Radiation Oncology Physics, American Board of Radiology (2005).
• Post Doctoral Research Associate at MR Center, Harper Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (2001-2002).

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Godley A, Ahunbay E, Peng C, Li XA:  Automated registration of large deformations for adaptive radiation therapy of prostate cancer.  Med Phys 36(4):1433-41, 2009.
• Ahunbay EE, Peng C, Chen GP, Narayanan S, Yu C, Lawton C, and Li XA: An Online Real-Time Correction Scheme for Inter-Fractional Variations. Med. Phys 35, 3607-15, 2008.
• Chen GP, Ahunbay EE, Li XA: Automated computer optimization for 3D treatment planning of breast irradiation. Med. Phys. 35, 2253-8, 2008.
• Chen GP, Ahunbay EE, Schultz C, and Li XA: Development of an inverse optimization package to plan nonuniform dose distributions based on spatially inhomogeneous radiosensitivity extracted from biological images. Med. Phys. 34, 1198, 2007.
• Ahunbay EE, Li XA: Investigation of the reliability, accuracy and efficiency of gated IMRT delivery with a commercial linear accelerator. Med. Phys. 34, 2928, 2007.
• Ahunbay EE, Chen GP, Thatcher S, Jursinic PA, White J, Albano K, and Li XA: Direct aperture optimization–based intensity-modulated radiotherapy for whole breast irradiation. Int. J.Rad. Onc. Biol. Phys. 67(4):1248-58, 2007.