Radiation Oncology

Kristofer Kainz, PhD Assistant Professor Associate Director, Physics Residency Program Department of Radiation Oncology 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414)-805-9761

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

• 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).

Certifications

• Medical Physics-Radiation Oncology Physics, American Board of Radiology (2007).

Representative Publications

• 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 comparison 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.