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Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Medical Physics Team

The Medical Physics Section of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin consists of 17 physicists, 10 dosimetrists, one research associate, seven postdoctoral research fellows, and three physics residents.

MCW Radiation Oncology Medical Physics group

Our Mission

  • To provide the best possible radiation therapy technical support for the patients treated at all sites serviced by the Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Through clinical research, develop the accuracy and efficiency of cancer treatment, integrating new technical innovations in radiation therapy
  • To educate future generations of physicians and physicists in the art and science of radiation oncology physics

Medical Physics Faculty

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Ergun Ahunbay, PhD

Professor

Research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

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Guang-Pei Chen, PhD

Associate Professor; Clinical Director of Medical Physics

Research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), programming in radiation oncology and patient safety

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Xiaojian Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor

Research interests include the area of adaptive radiation therapy

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Xinfeng Chen, PhD

Instructor

Focused on MR-linac dosimetric effects of magnetic field and electron density assignment as well as MRI-based IMRT planning and evaluation of treatment planning systems

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Kristofer Kainz, PhD

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

Research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

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Slade Klawikowski, PhD

Assistant Professor

Research interests include the areas of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), scintillation dosimetry and 3D dosimetry

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Natalya Morrow, PhD

Assistant Professor; Lead Physicist, VA Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology

Clinical interests include patient safety and quality

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Haidy Gerges Nasief, PhD

Instructor

Research interests include applying Radiomics and machine learning algorithm for treatment response predictions, treatment adaptation, and biomarker discovery for better patient specific outcomes.

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George Noid, PhD

Instructor

Research interests include image quality assessments of model-based iterative CT reconstruction and development of a transabdominal ultrasound probe for tracking intrafractional pancreatic motion

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Eenas Omari, PhD

Assistant Professor

Research interests in image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) with interests in MRI guided adaptive radiotherapy, treatment response and toxicity assessment, and treatment planning

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Eric Paulson, PhD

Professor, Radiation Oncology, Radiology and Biophysics; Chief of Medical Physics

Research is focused on the development and application of advanced MRI imaging technologies for MRI-guided radiation treatment planning and delivery

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Douglas Prah, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of Advanced Care and Technology

Clinical and research interests include radiation beam modeling, radiation treatment planning, and the role of technology within Radiation Oncology.

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Phillip Prior, Jr., PhD

Assistant Professor

Research interests include dose-response modeling of tumors and normal tissues, doses effects of magnetic field for IMRT & VMAT plans and development of treatment planning strategies for the MR-Linac

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Jason Rownd, MS

Instructor; Senior Medical Physicist

All facets of brachytherapy with emphasis on image-guided high dose rate brachytherapy

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An Tai, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests include motion management and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)

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Ying Zhang, PhD

Instructor

Research interests focus on accelerating the online adaptive radiotherapy workflow, including deep learning-based auto-segmentation, automatic contour quality assurance and correction, and adaptive replanning on MRI and CBCT, etc.

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Li Zhao, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests include adaptive therapy and advanced imaging technology for proton therapy.

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Hualiang Zhong, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests include image-guided adaptive radiotherapy (IGART), quantitative imaging, and treatment response assessment