Academic Rank

Assistant Professor

Professional Qualifications

BSc, Physics, University of Isfedhan, Iran
MSc, Physics, University of Tehran, Iran
PhD, Medical Physics, University of Adelaide, Australia
ACPSEM Certification, Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Senior Clinical Physicist, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network

Academic & Clinical Interests

• Stereotactic radiosurgery/IMRT treatment planning and techniques
• Extracranial stereotactic radiosurgery and 3D conformal/IMRT techniques

Current Research Projects

• Development of image guided stereotactic radiotherapy and extracranial stereotactic radiosurgery techniques

Selected Publications

See current publications list at PubMed.

Sahgal A, Ma L, Chang E, Shiu A, Larson DA, Laperriere N, Yin F, Tsao M, Menard C, Basran P, Letourneau D, Heydarian M, Beachey D, Shukla V, Cusimano M, Hodaie M, Zadeh G, Bernstein M, Schwartz M. Advances in Technology for Intracranial Radiosurgery. Tech in Cancer Res Treat. Accepted for publication (PA).

Krema H, Somani S, Sahgal A, Heydarian M, McGowan H, Payne D, Xu W, Michaels H, Laperriere N, Simpson RE. Stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: 3 year follow-up. British J Opthalmology. Epub, May 2009.

Somani S, Sahgal A, Krema H, Heydarian M, McGowan H, Payne D, Xu W, Michaels H, Laperriere N, Simpson RE. Stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: 2 year follow-up. Cnd J Opthalmology. 44(1), 61-65, Feb 2009.

Heydarian M, Asnaashari K, Allahverdi M and Jaffray DA. Dosimetric evaluation of a dedicated stereotactic linear accelerator using measurement and Monte Carlo simulation. Med Phys, 35 (9) 3943–54, September 2008.

Hodgson DC, Koh ES, Tran TH, Heydarian M, Tsang R, Pintilie M, Xu T, Huang L, Sachs RK, Brenner DJ. Individualized estimates of second cancer risks after contemporary radiation therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer, 2576-86, October 2007.

Hill RP, Kaspler P, Griffin AM, O’Sullivan B, Catton C, Alasti H, Abbas A, Heydarian M, Ferguson P, Wunder JS and Bell RS. Studies of the In-vivo Radiosensitivity of Human Skin Fibroblasts. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 84: 75-83, 2007.