Radiation Oncology | Kristofer Kainz, PhD | Associate Professor

Kristofer Kainz, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Medical Physics Residency Program; Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program

Locations

Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2002
MS, Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1998
BS, Physics and Mathematics, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1994

Biography

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)

Research Interests

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

Clinical experience with planning, quality assurance, and delivery of burst-mode modulated arc therapy.

(Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li XA.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Sep;17(5):1-13.
SU-E-T-153: Burst-Mode Modulated Arc Therapy with Flattening-Filter-Free Beams Versus Flattening-Filtered Beams.

(Kainz K, Lawton C, Li X.) Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6):3367.
Comparing the quality of passively-scattered proton and photon tomotherapy plans for brain and head and neck disease sites.

(Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Siker M, Wang A, Olson D, Li XA.) Phys Med Biol. 2015 Mar 21;60(6):2167-77.
SU-E-T-539: Fixed Versus Variable Optimization Points in Combined-Mode Modulated Arc Therapy Planning.

(Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li X.) Med Phys. 2014 Jun;41(6):351.
A phase I/II study piloting accelerated partial breast irradiation using CT-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy in the prone position.

(Bergom C, Prior P, Kainz K, Morrow NV, Ahunbay EE, Walker A, Allen Li X, White J.) Radiother Oncol. 2013 Aug;108(2):215-9.
Simultaneous irradiation of the breast and regional lymph nodes in prone position using helical tomotherapy.

(Kainz K, White J, Chen GP, Hermand J, England M, Li XA.) Br J Radiol. 2012 Oct;85(1018):e899-905.
SU-E-T-438: Optimal Proton Beam Energy to Treat Adult CNS, Adult Head and Neck, and Pediatric Cancers.

(Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson J, Li X.) Med Phys. 2012 Jun;39(6Part16):3805.
A planning and delivery study of a rotational IMRT technique with burst delivery.

(Kainz K, Chen GP, Chang YW, Prah D, Sharon Qi X, Shukla HP, Stahl J, Allen Li X.) Med Phys. 2011 Sep;38(9):5104-18.
Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Replanning.

(Kainz K, Lim SN, Li A.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Oct 1;96(2S):E669.
Physics of hypofractionated whole breast irradiation

(Kainz K, Allen Li X.) Short Course Breast Radiotherapy: A Comprehensive Review of Hypofractionation, Partial Breast, and Intra-Operative Irradiation. 1 January 2015:137-152.
SU‐E‐CAMPUS‐T‐04: Plan Quality of Proton Vs. Photon IMRT for Whole Ventricle Irradiation

(Kainz K, Wang W, Firat S, Wilson J, Schultz C, li X.) Medical Physics. June 2013;40(6):380.

Kristofer Kainz, PhD

Kristofer Kainz, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Medical Physics Residency Program; Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program

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Contact Information

Education

Biography

Research Interests

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