Medical Physics Graduate Students
M.S. in Medical Physics Program | |
| Yi-Pei "Patty" Chen Project: Comparison of Tumor Shrinkage and Accumulative Dose in Proton and Photon Therapy of Lung Cancer |
 | Katherine Dextraze Project: Semi-Automated Image Registration for Real-Time Monitoring of MRI Guided Cryoablation and Prediction of Tissue Damage for Renal Tumors |
 | Ming-Jung “Mindy” Hsieh Project: 1st Year Student |
 | Olivia Huang OHuang@mdanderson.org B.S., 2010, Biology, University of California - San Diego Project: 3D Dose Distributions of Brachytherapy Source with Presage Dosimeters Advisor: Geoffrey Ibbott, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice |
 | Jennifer “Sierra” Irwin |
 | Dana Lewis Project: 1st Year Student |
 | Elizabeth McKenzie EMMc@mdanderson.org B.S., 2011, Physics, Purdue University Project: An Evaluation of the Consistency of IMRT Patient QA Techniques Advisor:Stephen F. Kry, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice |
 | James Neihart JLNeihart@mdanderson.org B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University Project: Development and Implementation of a Dynamic Thoracic Phantom for the Assessment of Spot Scanning Proton Therapy Advisor: David S. Followill, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice |
 | Christopher Pham CPham1@mdanderson.org BS, 2010, Physics, University of California – Berkeley Project: To Be Determined Advisor: David F. Followill, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Medical Physics |
 | John Matthew Wait JMWait@mdanderson.org B.S., 2011, Physics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Project: To Be Determined Advisor: S. Cheenu Kappadath, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice |
Ph.D. in Medical Physics Program | |
 | Hua Ai HAi@mdanderson.org B.S., 2008, Physics, Peking University Project: Thoracic with PET/MR Advisor: Tinsu Pan, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Ryan Bosca Rjbosca@mdanderson.org B.S., 2007, Physics, University of North Texas B.S., 2007, Mathematics, University of North Texas M.S., 2008, Physics, University of North Texas Project: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Radiation Therapy Response Advisor: Edward F. Jackson, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Lawrence Bronk lbronk@mdanderson.org B.S., 2008, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S., 2009 Physics, University of Texas - Austin Project: Nanoscaffold Enhancement of Proton Therapy Advisor: Renata Pasqualini, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Mitchell Carroll mcarroll@mdanderson.org B.S., 2007, Physics, Furman University M.S., 2010, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University Project: Verify Presage Clinical Application in Proton Therapy QA and an Alternative to 2D Options Advisor: Geoffrey Ibbott, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Joey Cheung jpcheung@mdanderson.org B.A., 2008, Physics, University of California - Berkeley Project: Image-guided Adaptive Proton Therapy Without Replanning Advisor: Laurence Edward Court, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Jongmin Cho jcho2@mdanderson.org B.E,, 1996, Electrical Engineering, Inha University M.S., 1998, Physics, Seoul University M.S., 2004, Physics, University of British Columbia Project: PET Imaging for Proton Dose Deposition and Range Verification Advisor: Geoffrey Ibbott, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | John Eley jgeley@mdanderson.org B.S., 2005, Physics, College of Charleston M.S., 2009, Medical Physics, Louisiana State University Project: Irradiation of Moving Organs with Scanned Carbon Ion Beams Advisor: Rebecca Howell, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Samuel Fahrenholtz sjfahrenholtz@mdanderson.org B.S., 2009, Kansas State University Project: A Computational Paradigm to Infer Constitutive Values and Perform Predictive Simulation for Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Induced Thermal Therapy Advisor: R. Jason Stafford, PhD Career Goal: Clinical and Academic Medical Physics |
 | Austin Faught amfaught@mdanderson.org B.A., 2009, Physics, Kenyon College Project: Benchmarking and Implementation of an Independent Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Quality Assurance Audit Took for Clinical Trails Advisor: David Followill, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice, Research, Medical Physics Education |
 | Xenia Fave xjfave@mdanderson.org B.S., 2011 Physics, Florida Institute of Technology Project: 1st Year Student Advisor: To Be Determined Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | David Fried dvfried@mdanderson.org B.S., 2009 Applied Science – Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina Project: 1st Year Student Advisor: To Be Determined Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Ryan Grant Ryan.Grant@mdanderson.org B.S., 2007, Physics, University of Texas - Austin M.S., 2010, Medical Physics, University of Texas HSC - Houston Project: Quality Assurance of Advanced Treatment Modalities Using PRESAGE Dosimeters Advisor: Geoffrey Ibbott, PhD Career Goal: Clinical practice, Research, Medical Physics Education |
 | Kenneth Homann klhomann@mdanderson.org B.S., 2002, Physics, Northwestern State University M.S., 2005, Medical Physics, University of Texas HSC - Houston Project: Comparison of Second Cancer Risk Between Proton or Photon Radiation Treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma Advisor: Rebecca Howell, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice, Research, Medical Physics Education |
 | Jessie Huang jyhuang@mdanderson.org B.S., 2010, Physics, Rice University Project: Convolution Superposition Dose Calculation Algorithm for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Advisor:Stephen Kry, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | William Scott Ingram WSIngram@mdanderson.org B.S., 2011, Physics, Johns Hopkins University Project: To Be Determined Advisor: Laurence Edward Court, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Megan Jacobsen mcjacobsen@mdanderson.org B.A., 2011 Physics and Mathematics, Concordia College Project: 1st Year Student Advisor: To Be Determined Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | James Kerns jrKerns@mdanderson.org B.S., 2008 Physics/Engineering Point Loma Nazarene University M.S., 2010 Medical Physics, University of Texas HSC- Houston Project: 1st Year Student Advisor: Stephen Kry, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Shane Krafft spkrafft@mdanderson.org B.S., 2008, Physics, University of Arizona M.S. 2010, Physics, University of Arizona Project: Understanding Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Radiation Induced Lung Injury to Improve Prediction of Radiation Pneumonitis Advisor: Mary Martel, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Hannah Lee hjlee1@mdanderson.org B.A., 2012, Biology and Physics, Washington University Project: 1st Year Student Advisor: To Be Determined Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Tze Yee Lim TLim@mdanderson.org B.S., 2011, Physics, Drexel University Project: To Be Determined Advisor: Rajat Kudchadker, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Practice |
 | Christopher J. MacLellan cjmaclellan@mdanderson.org B.S., 2010, Physics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Project: Prediction of Laser Induced Heating of Multifunctional Magnetic Gold Nanoshells Using T2* Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Advisor: R. Jason Stafford, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Rachael Martin RMMartin@mdanderson.org B.S., 2011, Physics, Harvey Mudd University Project: To Be Determined Advisor: Tinsu Pan, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice |
 | Jason Matney jematney@mdanderson.org B.S., 2005, Physics, Ball State University M.S., 2008, Physics, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge Project: Investigation of Motion Management Issues for Proton and Photon External Beam Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer Advisor: Radhe Mohan, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice |
 | Justin Mikell jmikell@mdanderson.org B.S., 2002, Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign B.S., 2002, Computer Science- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Project: Internal Radionuclide Dose Calculation Using Deterministic Radiation Transport Methods Advisor: S. Cheenu Kappadath, PhD Career Goal: Research, Industry and Clinical Practice |
 | Joshua Niedzielski jsniedzieski@mdanderson.org B.S., 2010, Physics, Michigan State University Project: Radiation Therapy Physics Advisor: Laurence Edward Court, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Jessica Nute jlnute@mdanderson.org B.A., 2005, Physics, University of Virginia M.S., 2009, Medical Physics, Duke University Project: Metal Artifact Reduction in Dual Energy CT Advisor: Dianna Cody, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Christopher Peeler crpeeler@mdanderson.org B.S., 2010, Physics, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge Project: Assessing the Potential Clinical Impact of Relative Biological Effectiveness-Weighted Dose Distributions in Proton Radiotherapy Advisor: Radhe Mohan, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
| Kiley Pulliam kbpulliam@mdanderson.org B.S., 2007, Physics, Centenary College of Louisiana M.S., 2011, Medical Physics, University of Texas HSC-Houston Project: IMRT QA, TCP and NTCP Modeling Advisor: Stephen Kry, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics | |
 | Daniel Robertson dgrobertson@mdanderson.org B.S., 2008, Physics, Brigham Young University Project: Computer Simulations of Detector Designs as well as Physical Measurements at the Proton Therapy Center Advisor: Sam Beddar, PhD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Ashley Rubinstein AERubinstein@mdanderson.org B.S., 2011, Physics, Boston University Project: To Be Determined Advisor: Laurence Edward Court, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Wendy Siman wsiman@mdanderson.org B.S., 2008, Engineering Physics, University of Illinois-Urband-Champaign M.S., 2009, Medical Physics, Columbia University Project: 1st Year Student Advisor: S.Cheenu Kappadath, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Daniel Smith dlsmith2@mdanderson.org B.S., 2010, Physics, University of Notre Dame Project: B-cantenin Signaling Drives the Tumorigenicity and Radiation Resistance of Breast Cancer Stem Cells Advisor: Wendy Woodward, MD Career Goal: Academic Medical Physics |
 | Jackie Tonigan jrtonigan@mdanderson.org B.S., 2009, Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico M.S., 2011, Medical Physics, University of Texas HSC - Houston Project: To Be Determined Advisor: David Followill, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Physics |
 | Christopher Walker cmwalker@mdanderson.org B.S., 2010, Physics, Trinity University Project: Quantitative Imaging of Hyperpolarized MR Contrasts Advisor: Jim Bankson, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Landon Wootton lswoottonmdanderson.org B.S., 2008, Physics, University of Texas - Austin Project: A Real-Time In Vivo Scintillation Dosimeter for Clinical Use Advisor: Sam Beddar, PhD Career Goal: Clinical Practice |
 | Adam Yock adyock@mdanderson.org B.S., 2008, Physics, Harvard University Project: Incorporating Population Based Anatomic Information Into Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Advisor: Laurence Edward Court, PhD Career Goal: Clinical/Academic Medical Physics |
 | Joshua Yung jyung@mdanderson.org B.S., 2005, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University 2005-2007 Imaging Research Technician, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Imaging Physics Project: Motion Correction for MRTI and Thermal Therapy Advisor: John D. Hazle, PhD Career Goal: Industry Research and Development |
Program Information
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- Student Handbook 2012 (pdf)
- Fall 2013 Medical Physics Course Schedule (pdf)
- Summer 2013 Medical Physics Course Schedule (pdf)
- Spring 2013 Medical Physics Course Schedule (pdf)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Med-Into-Grad Fellowship Opportunity
- Student Honors and Awards
- Faculty Honors and Awards
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