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  • Cynthia Chuang

    Cynthia Chuang

    Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    BioEducation:

    1990-B.S., Bioelectrical Engineering (6-1B), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

    1992-M.S., Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    1994-M.S., Nuclear Engineering (NMR Spectroscopy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

    1999-Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering (Boron Neutron Capture Therapy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

    2001-Postdoctoral Fellowship (Peregrine Project), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    2003-Medical Physics Residency, University of California, San Francisco (joint 3.5-year postdoctoral and residency program)


    Academic Appointments:

    2003 - 2005-Clinical Instructor, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

    2005 - 2009-Assistant Adjunct Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

    2009 - 2013-Assistant Professor In Residence, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

    2013 - 2017-Associate Professor In Residence, Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

    2017 - 2018-Associate Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

    2019 - 2023-Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Educator Line, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    2023- Present-Clinical Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Educator Line, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

  • Xianjin Dai, PhD, DABR

    Xianjin Dai, PhD, DABR

    Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsIntelligent Image-guided intervention
    AI in Medicine
    Medical Image Analysis
    Biomedical Physics
    Multimodal Imaging
    Ultrasound Imaging
    Medical Device
    Biomedical Optics (Optical, Photoacoustic, OCT)

  • Piotr Dubrowski

    Piotr Dubrowski

    Clinical Instructor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    BioPiotr Dubrowski is a Canadian trained and board-certified Therapy Medical Physicist. Throughout his career Piotr has had the opportunity to bring several new Cancer Clinics operational from the ground up, where he was able to hone a broad, systems-approach to Radiation Oncology. He was recently promoted to Associate Quality Director of Physics responsible for improving patient safety and workflow/technology improvements across a wide cancer care network. Piotr’s research interests focus mainly on improving the treatment planning process and increasing clinic safety through software development and hardware 3D-print prototyping. Additionally, Piotr has sought out opportunities to give back to the Global community with participation in the Stanford Global Radiation Oncology Outreach efforts expanding education and access to care in Tanzania and Kenya and throughout the developing world via online Radiation Therapy courses.

  • Edward Graves

    Edward Graves

    Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics), and by courtesy, of Radiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsApplications of molecular imaging in radiation therapy, small animal image-guided conformal radiotherapy, immune responses to radiation, immunotherapy and radiotherapy combinations, image processing and analysis.

  • Xuejun Gu

    Xuejun Gu

    Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Medical Physics)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsArtificial intelligence in medicine
    Medical imaging and image anlysis
    Treatment planning and clinical decision-making
    FLASH radiobiology study ;

  • Bin Han

    Bin Han

    Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDevelopment of an advanced EPID-based dosimetric solution
    Ultrasound system for image guided prostate cancer treatment,
    Depth sensing and 3D-printing techniques for total body irradiation
    AI applications in predicting treatment effectiveness and cancer recurrence

  • Dimitre Hristov

    Dimitre Hristov

    Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics), Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDevelopment and integration of X-ray, MRI and US imaging technologies for radiation therapy guidance; Design of synergistic approaches to radiation therapy delivery; Treatment planning optimization and modeling.

  • Md Tauhidul Islam

    Md Tauhidul Islam

    Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on developing computationally efficient and clinically reliable AI methods for biomedical imaging and high-dimensional molecular data, with an emphasis on cancer and neurological disease. The Islam Lab designs novel representations and learning frameworks that improve deep learning performance in data-constrained biomedical settings, including methods that transform tabular omics data into spatially meaningful representations.

  • Nataliya Kovalchuk

    Nataliya Kovalchuk

    Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    BioNataliya Kovalchuk is a Clinical Professor at Stanford Radiation Oncology department and an Adjunct Professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She completed her residency at Mayo Clinic and worked at Massachusetts General Hospital/Boston Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kovalchuk is one of the leaders in the clinical implementation of Biology-Guided Radiotherapy and auto-planning techniques for Total Body Irradiation (TBI), Total Marrow Lymphoid Irradiation (TMLI), and Cranio-Spinal Irradiation (CSI), with more than 200 publications and presentations. She serves on multiple committees at AAPM, ASTRO, NRG, COG, and volunteers for ABR as an examiner. She is also a physics chair for four NRG and COG clinical trials, physics lead for the NRG Head and Neck committee and the VMAT TBI workgroup. In recognition of her educational efforts, she has been honored with six teaching awards from ARRO, AAPM, Stanford, and Harvard. Since the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, Nataliya directed her efforts to helping Ukraine as a co-founder and president of Help Ukraine Group. Her dedication was recognized with the Richard Hoppe Leadership Award and the Parliament of Ukraine Certificate of Merit for the Service to the People of Ukraine.


    Education:
    2002 - B.S., Physics, Drohobych State University, Ukraine
    2004 - M.S., Physics, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
    2008 - Ph.D., Applied Physics, University of South Florida (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute), Tampa, FL
    2010 - Medical Physics Residency, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Academic Appointments:
    2010 - 2015 - Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA
    2015 - 2019 - Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford, CA
    2019 - 2024 - Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford, CA
    2019 - 2024 - Adjunct Associate Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas, Houston, TX
    2024 - present - Clinical Professor, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford, CA
    2024 - present - Adjunct Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas, Houston, TX

  • Ruijiang Li

    Ruijiang Li

    Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy lab's research is focused on the development of imaging and molecular biomarkers to improve cancer detection, diagnosis, prognostication, and prediction of therapy response. Our ultimate goal is to translate these biomarkers into clinical practice to guide optimal management and therapeutic decisions for precision cancer medicine.

  • Lianli Liu

    Lianli Liu

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAI-driven medical imaging for accelerated imaging speed and improved image quality, including:
    Accelerated imaging for in-treatment patient monitoring and post-treatment patient follow up;
    Functional imaging for treatment response evaluation and prediction.
    Optimizing clinical quality assurance workflow through AI, including:
    Radiation beam data modeling for efficient commissioning;
    Model-based error detection for accurate dosimetry.

  • Jinghong Penny Peng

    Jinghong Penny Peng

    Clinical Instructor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    Current Research and Scholarly Interests1. IMRT Treatment planning
    2. IGRT Radiation Therapy
    3. Real time prostate implant
    4. 4D CT and Respiratory Gating Radiation Therapy
    5. HDR for breast cancer and GYN cancer
    6. Xoft Electronic Brachytherapy

  • Guillem Pratx

    Guillem Pratx

    Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe Physical Oncology Lab is interested in making a lasting impact on translational cancer research by building novel physical tools and methods.

  • Lawrie Skinner

    Lawrie Skinner

    Clinical Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    BioLawrie Skinner, PhD DABR is a therapeutic medical physicist with clinical expertise in external beam radiation therapy, including advanced motion management techniques and MRI-guided radiation therapy.

    Research interests generally revolve around developing novel devices for advanced clinical practice. Examples include personalized 3D printed electron beam collimators, rotating couch overlays for total body radiation therapy, and radiotransparent audio visual communication and immersion displays.

    Dr skinner also has a research background in synchrotron x-ray scattering, neutron scattering, molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo computational modelling.

  • Gregory Arthur Szalkowski

    Gregory Arthur Szalkowski

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWorkflow automation, radiotherapy quality assurance, machine learning

  • Lei Wang

    Lei Wang

    Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    BioLei Wang, PHD, DABR, is a clinical professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford, motivated in advancing patient quality of care, improving education for residents and trainees, and conducting clinical research to improve the quality and accuracy in treatment delivery. She is an expert in CyberKnife SRS/SBRT with more than 15 years of experiences. She currently serves as the chair of the AAPM task group 135.B committee on quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery.

    Research interest: small field dosimety, machine and patient quality assurance, treatment planning, etc; new QA tool and methodology development; new treatment technology implementation to keeping high standard in patient care.

  • Lei Xing

    Lei Xing

    Jacob Haimson and Sarah S. Donaldson Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering

    Current Research and Scholarly Interestsartificial intelligence in medicine, medical imaging, Image-guided intervention, molecular imaging, biology guided radiation therapy (BGRT), treatment plan optimization

  • Zi Yang

    Zi Yang

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    BioDr. Zi Yang is a Clinical Assistant Professor and an American Board of Radiology–certified medical physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford University. She completed her CAMPEP-accredited residency in Therapeutic Medical Physics at Stanford. Dr. Yang earned her M.S. in Medical Physics from Duke University and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering - Medical Physics track from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

    Her research focuses on the development and clinical translation of artificial intelligence methods to enhance radiation therapy, including applications in target segmentation, outcome prediction, and workflow optimization. She is a recipient of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Research Seed Funding Grant.

  • Hao Zhang

    Hao Zhang

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics

    BioHao Zhang is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford University. He earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Stony Brook University, followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. After completing his clinical physics training through the Stanford University Medical Physics Residency Program, he served as an Assistant Attending Physicist and Assistant Member at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for five years.

    His research interests include the development of novel imaging techniques, mathematical modeling of imaging systems and their underlying physics, integration of sophisticated models into iterative or deep learning-based reconstruction methods, and the translation of these approaches to clinical applications in both diagnostic imaging and image-guided radiation therapy.