Lecturer

Hossein Afsharpour

Medical Physicist

PhD, MCCPM, DABR

Location
Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre - Credit Valley Hospital
Address
2200 Eglinton Avenue West, Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5M 2N1
Research Interests
Adaptive radiation therapy, deformable image registration, 3D printing for superficial treatments, Monte Carlo methods for radiation transport
Clinical Interests
Brachytherapy, Thoracic SBRT, Genitourinary EBRT

Qualification

  • PhD, Medical Physics, Université Laval

Professional Memberships

  • AAPM
  • COMP
  • JACMP board of editors

Research Synopsis

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Adaptive radiation therapy, Deformable image registration, 3D printing for superficial treatments, Monte Carlo methods for radiation transport

TEACHING INTERESTS
Treatment planning 
 

Recent Publications

On the sensitivity of alpha/beta prediction to dose calculation methodology in prostate brachytherapy, H. Afsharpour*, S. Walsh, CA. Collins-Fekete, E. Vigneault, F. Verhaegen, L. Beaulieu International journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics Feb 2014, Volume 88, issue 2, 345-350

ALGEBRA: Heterogeneous dosimetry algorithm based on GEANT4 for brachytherapy, H. Afsharpour*, G. Landry, M. D’Amours, S. Enger, B. Reniers, E. Poon, J.-F. Carrier, F. Verhaegen and L. Beaulieu; Physics in Medicine and Biology 57 11 3273-3280, May 2012

A Monte Carlo study on the effect of seed design on the interseed attenuation in permanent prostate implants, H. Afsharpour*, M. D’Amours, B. Côté, J. F. Carrier, F. Verhaegen, L. Beaulieu; Medical Physics, 35 (8), 3671-3681, August 2008 
 

Appointments

  • Lecturer, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
  • Medical Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Credit Valley Hospital
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics