Ph.D. DEGREES IN MEDICAL PHYSICS: 1983-2010
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1. FALLONE, B. Gino (1983: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak)
Charge transport in electrostatic radiography
Currently employed: Dept. of Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute,
Edmonton, Alberta
2. MAWKO, George (1989: Ad Hoc: Neurology - T.M. Peters)
Three dimensional analysis of digital subtraction angiograms for stereotactic
neurosurgery planning
Currently employed: Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging, Queen Elizabeth II Health Centre,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
3. PIKE, G. Bruce (1990: Electrical Engineering - T.M. Peters)
Signal behavior in MR angiography using rapid field-echo sequences
Currently employed: Dept. of NeuroImaging, Montreal Neurological Institute,
Montreal, Québec
4. BLAIS, Noël (1990: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak)
Modified Fermi-Eyges electron scattering in tissue-equivalent media
Currently employed: Dépt. de Radio-Oncologie, CHUM/Pavillon Notre-Dame,
Montreal, Québec
5. SIXEL, Katharina (1993: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak)
Measurements and Monte Carlo simulations of x-ray beams in radiosurgery
Currently employed: Div. of Medical Physics, Sunnybrook Health Science Center,
Toronto, Ontario
6. HENRI, Chris (1993: Biomedical Engineering - T.M. Peters)
Three-dimensional modelling and reconstruction of cerebral vasculature
Currently employed: Co-Founder, IntelRad, Montreal, Québec
7. MACDONALD, Brennan (1994: Physics - B.G. Fallone)
Charge transport and storage in the radiation
Currently employed: Medical Physics, Elliot Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire
8. AUDET, Chantal (1995: Physics - L.J. Schreiner)
NMR-dose response studies of gel systems for 3-D dosimetry with MRI
Currently employed: Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California
9. WANG, Hui (1996: Physics - B.G. Fallone)
Development of a portal imager and of tools for radiation treatment verification
Currently employed: Upstate Medical Physics Inc., Victor, New York
10. WANG, Bing (1997: Physics - C.J. Thompson)
Measurement of evoked vascular response to cerebral activation PET
Currently employed: Clerical college, Kentucky
11. ZANKOWSKI, Corey (1997: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak)
Calibration of photon and electron beams with an extrapolation chamber
Currently employed: Varian Oncology Systems, Helsinki, Finland
12. HRISTOV, Dimitre (1998: Physics - B.G. Fallone)
Development of techniques for optimization and verification of radiation tomography
Currently employed: Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., Oncology Care Sytems, Concord, California
13. CURTIN-SAVARD, Arthur (1998: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak)
Delivery and verification of intensity-modulated x-ray beams in radiotherapy
Currently employed: Cardinal Medical Physics Services, Montpelier, Vermont
14. FALCO, Tony (1999: Physics - B.G. Fallone)
Analysis of metal/film and novel metal/a-Se portal detectors
Currently employed: Co-Founder, Resonant Medical Inc., Montreal, Québec
15. LACHAÎNE, Martin (2001: Physics - B.G. Fallone)
Portal imaging with a direct-detection active matrix flat panel imager
Currently employed: Resonant Medical Inc., Montreal, Québec
16. DEBLOIS, François (2001: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak)
Dose measurement in heterogeneous phantoms with an extrapolation chamber
Currently employed: Chief Physicist, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Sir M.B. Davis
Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Québec
17. BERCIER, Yanic (2002: Physics - D.H. Hristov)
Image fusion for radiosurgery of arteriovenous malformations
Currently employed: Department of Systems Engineering (PET/CT), CTI, Knoxville, Tennessee
18. ABDEL-RAHMAN, Wamied (2004: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak)
A study of the build-up region of megavoltage radiation beams
Currently employed: Department of Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec
19. JARRY, Geneviève (2007: Physics - F. Verhaegen)
Study of novel techniques for verification imaging and patient dose reconstruction
in external beam radiation therapy
Currently employed: Radio-oncologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Québec
20. AL-YAHYA, Khalid (2007: Physics - J. Seuntjens)
Energy modulated electron therapy: Design, implementation and evaluation of a novel
method of treatment planning and delivery
Currently employed: Radiation Oncology, KFUPM, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21. STEWART, Kristin (2007: Physics - J. Seuntjens)
The developmet of new devices for accurate radiation dose measurement: A guarded
liquid ionization chamber and an electron sealed water calorimeter
Currently employed: Resident, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec &
University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan
22. HEATH, Emily (2008: Physics - J. Seuntjens)
4D Monte Carlo investigation of organ motion in radiotherapy for lung cancer (thesis submitted October 2007)
Currently employed: Professor, Dept Medical Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
23. SHAM, Edwin (2008: Physics - E.B. Podgorsak, J. Seuntjens)
Physical parameters of very small diameter 10 MV x-ray beams for
linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery
Currently employed: Medical Physicist, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Nova Scotia
Cancer Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. BAZALOVA, Magdalena (2008: Physics - F. Verhaegen)
The use of computed tomography images in Monte Carlo treatment planning
Currently employed: Post-doctoral Fellow, Dept Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California
25. JABBARI, Keyvan (Physics - J. Seuntjens)
Development of a fast Monte Carlo code for dose calculation in a treatment
planning and feasibility study of high contrast portal imaging
Currently employed: Physicist, Tehran, Iran
26. LEVESQUE, Ives (2009: Physics - G.B. Pike)
(title "to be confirmed")
Currently employed: Post-doctoral Fellow / Resident, Montreal, Québec
27. POON, Emily (2009: Physics - F. Verhaegen)
(title "to be confirmed")
Currently employed: Department of Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec
28. SARFEHNIA, Arman (2010: Physics - J. Seuntjens)
(title "to be confirmed")
Currently employed: Clinical physicist, Department of Medical Physics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec
29. FRASER, Danielle (Physics - F. Verhaegen)
Image guided radiation therapy applications for head and neck, prostate, and breast cancers using
3D ultrasound imaging and Monte Carlo dose calculations
Currently employed: Resident, Dept of Medical Physics, Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Expected to graduate in 2011:
30. ALEXANDER, Andrew (Physics - J. Seuntjens, F. DeBlois)
(title "to be confirmed")
Currently employed: Ph.D. student, Medical Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec