Medical Physics Subcommittee

 

Chair



Ying Xiao, PhD

Vice Chair(s)


Stanley Benedict, PhD

Scientific Program

Working Groups

No active committee working groups.

Committee Charge

The NRG Medical Physics Subcommittee supports the NRG and NCTN activities by providing physics expertise in developing protocols, establishing QA processes, updating the status of advanced technologies, and developing safe implementation guidelines.

Specific Activities and Goals

  • Contribute to specific disease site committees activities.
  • Interface with NRG subgroups, core QA centers, and the NCI.
  • Provide physics expertise for protocols
    • Develop physics and dosimetry templates for protocols
    • Specify technology implementation and QA procedure
    • Interface with AAPM task groups for new technology implementation guidelines
    • Review medical physics and dosimetry of new protocols
    • Review physics related manuscripts for NRG publication committee
  • Interact with vendors to provide clinical trial information and guidance.
  • Develop educational program to support clinical medical physicists for protocol credentialing

Resources

Special Presentation by Dr. Xun Jia (January 2024)
"Microscopic Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Simulations for Radiotherapy Outcome Modeling"

Recording

Imaging and Medical Physics Symposium: What is Biology-Guided  Radiotherapy (BgRT)?

Symposium Recording

SBRT Workshop (April 2022)

Recording and Materials

CONTACT US:  dmanfredi@acr.org

General Information
Duties and Responsibilities of the Committee Chair

Medical Physics Committee Member Job Description

Registered Members
Registered Members List


Announcements

Medical Physics Subcommittee Calls
The NRG Subcommittee Meeting will meet via zoom link the second Tuesday of every 2 month (bi-monthly) from 2:00PM – 3:00PM Eastern, with the exception of the NRG Semiannual Meeting months. (subject to changes, please read emails or contact admin support with questions)


    Committee Members

    • Guang-Pei Chen - Breast Liaison
    • Yunfeng Cui - Brain Liaison
    • Gemma Davies - GI Liaison 
    • Tai Dou
    • Hania Hallaq - Imaging Liaison 
    • Yimei Huang- NCORP Liaison 
    • Hayeon Kim- GYN Liaison 
    • Nataliya Kovalchuk- H&N Liaison 
    • Rajat Kudchadker - GU Liaison 
    • Anh H. Le
    • Cecilia Lee- GYN Liaison 
    • Xiaoying Liang- Notable Technologies
    • Tian Liu - NCORP Liaison 
    • Denise Manfredi - NRG Staff - Ops Liaison
    • Martha M. Matuszak - Lung Liaison 
    • Jean Moran - Breast Liaison
    • William Parker - GI Liaison 
    • Timothy Ritter - Lung Liaison 
    • Michaela Rosu GU Liaison 
    • Ping Xia - H&N Liaison 
    • Yue Yan
    • Fangfang Yin - Brain Liaison 

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