Zhou (Iris) Wang PhD
Zhou (Iris) Wang
PhD
Senior Medical Physicist, Assistant Research Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Radiological Physics
Professional Summary:
Provides medical physicist services to Institute departments using radiation beams for therapy of disease; maintains quality assurance and calibration of radiotherapy equipment; provides consultation in radiation safety matters; participates in treatment design and delivery. Enhances professional growth and development by conducting and participating in educational programs, distributing and reading current literature, conducting and participating in in-service meetings and workshops.
Education and Training:
- PhD, Medical Imaging Physics, University at Buffalo (2004)
- MS, Condense Matter Physics and biological Physics, Nankai University (1993)
- BS, Bio-medical Physics, Nankai University (1990)
Employment:
- Senior Medical Physicist, Research Assistant Professor, Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute University at Buffalo (2006-present)
Awards and Honors:
- Merit Award for Excellence of Educational Exhibit #0579PH (2002)
- Award for Advancement of Science and Technology (1996)
- Best Master Thesis Award (1993)
Journal Articles:
- Wang W, Yin J, Ma X, Zhao F, Siedlak SL, Wang Z, Torres S, Fujioka H, Xu Y, Perry G, Zhu X. (2017) Inhibition of mitochondrial fragmentation protects against Alzheimer's disease in rodent model. Hum Mol Genet (Nov), 26(21): 4118-4131.
- Zhang J, Moore ME, Wang Z, Rong Z, Yang C, Hayward JP. (2017) Study of sampling rate influence on neutron-gamma discrimination with stilbene coupled to a silicon photomultiplier. Appl Radiat Isot (Oct), 128: 120-124.
- Huang W, Chang CL, Brault ND, Gur O, Wang Z, Jalal SI, Low PS, Ratliff TL, Pili R, Savran CA. (2017) Separation and dual detection of prostate cancer cells and protein biomarkers using a microchip device. Lab Chip (Jan), 17(3): 415-428.
- Bourgeois DJ 3rd, Yendamuri S, Hennon MW, Gomez J, Malhotra H, Kumaraswamy LK, Wang I, Demmy TL. (2016) Minimally invasive rib-sparing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery resections with high-dose-rate intraoperative brachytherapy for selected chest wall tumors. Pract Radiat Oncol. (Nov), 6(6): 329-335.
- Xu Z, Wang IZ, Kumaraswamy LK, Podgorsak MB. (2016) Evaluation of dosimetric effect caused by slowing with multi-leaf collimator (MLC) leaves for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Radiol Oncol (Mar), 50(1): 121-128.
- Bailey DW, Wang IZ, Lakeman T, Hales LD, Singh AK, Podgorsak MB. (2015) TBI lung dose comparisons using bilateral and anteroposterior delivery techniques and tissue density corrections. J Appl Clin Med Phys (Mar), 16(2): 5293-5293.
- Steinman JP, Hopkins SL, Wang IZ, Wang Z. (2013) Dosimetric perturbation from cloth and paper gowns for total skin electron irradiation. J Appl Clin Med Phys (Jul), 14(4): 4045-4045.
- Merrow CE, Wang IZ, Podgorsak MB. (2012) A dosimetric evaluation of VMAT for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys (Sep), 14(1): 4110-4110.
- Malhotra HK, Wu V, Wang Z, Patil S, Malhotra H. (2012) A novel method for vaginal cylinder treatment planning: a seamless transition to 3D brachytherapy. J Contemp Brachytherapy (Jun), 4(2): 92-100.
- Wang Z, Zhou Q, Kruh GD, Gallo JM. (2011) Dose-dependent disposition of methotrexate in Abcc2 and Abcc3 gene knockout murine models. Drug Metab Dispos (Nov), 39(11): 2155-2161.
- Wu V, Podgorsak MB, Tran TA, Malhotra HK, Wang IZ, Malhotra H. (2011) Dosimetric impact of image artifact from a wide-bore CT scanner in radiotherapy treatment planning. Med Phys (Jul), 38(7): 4451-4463.
- Chen J, Sun J, Ma Q, Yao Y, Wang Z, Zhang L, Li L, Sun F, Lu H. (2010) CYP2B6 polymorphism and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor plasma concentrations in Chinese HIV-infected patients. Ther Drug Monit (Oct), 32(5): 573-578.
- Wang Z, Jaggernauth W, Malhotra HK, Podgorsak MB. (2009) Variability of marker-based rectal dose evaluation in HDR cervical brachytherapy. Med Dosim (Oct), 35(4): 269-273.
- Takemura A, Hoffmann KR, Suzuki M, Wang Z, Rangwala HS, Harauchi H, Rudin S, Umeda T. (2007) Microcatheter tip enhancement in fluoroscopy: a comparison of techniques. J Digit Imaging (Dec), 20(4): 367-372.
- Wang ZJ, Hoffmann KR, Wang Z, Rudin S, Guterman LR, Meng H. (2005) Contrast settling in cerebral aneurysm angiography. Phys Med Biol (Jul), 50(13): 3171-3181.
- Hoffmann KR, Dmochowski J, Nazareth DP, Miskolczi L, Nemes B, Gopal A, Wang Z, Rudin S, Bednarek DR. (2003) Vessel size measurements in angiograms: manual measurements. Med Phys (Apr), 30(4): 681-688.
- Wang Z, Rudin S, Bednarek DR, Miskolczi L. (2002) Improved method of magnification factor calculation for the angiographic measurement of neurovascular lesion dimensions. J Appl Clin Med Phys (Jan), 3(3): 255-259.
Professional Memberships:
- American Society for Therapeutic and Oncology (ASTRO) (2007–present)
- Upstate New York Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM Chapter) (2000–present)
- American Association of Medical Physicists (AAPM) (2000–present)
Presentations:
- "Experimental Evaluation of Radiation Dose Effect by High Atomic Number Materials for Superficial Radiation Therapy" 54th AAPM Annual Meeting; AAPM; Physicists (2012)
- "A CMOS-based Digital Imager Integrated with an Orthovoltage X-ray Therapy Unit for Guidance of Precise Small Animal Irradiation" 51st AAPM Annual Meeting; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2009)
- "Analysis of Rectal Dose Variability due to Inter-fractional Variations of Rectal Marker Positioning in Film-based HDR Cervical Brachytherapy" 50th AAPM Annual Meeting; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2008)
- "Impact of Ultrasound-guided Patient Setup on OAR Dose in Confirmal Radiation Therapy for Prostate Carcinoma" AAPM; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2005)
- "Characterization of a Prototype Micro-Angiographic Fluoroscope and its Application in Neuro-Interventional Phantom Studies" 46th Annual AAPM Meeting; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2004)
- "Dye Dilution Angiographic Measurement of FLow Modification in Aneurysm Models with Asymmetric Stents" 46th Annual AAPM Meeting; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2004)
- "High-Resolution Vascular Radiological Imaging. Symposium of Advances in Vascular Imaging" 46th Annual AAPM Meeting; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2004)
- "Verification of a Detectability Simulation, by Clinical VIsualization of a Neuroform Cerebrovascular Stent, Using a High Resolution Region of Interest (ROI) Detector" Scientific Research; RSNA; Scientific Program (2004)
- "Advances and Implementation of the Region of Interest Micro-Angiographic Imaging System" 45th AAPM Annual Mtg.; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2003)
- "Experimental Study of a Prototype X_ray Micro-Angiographic Fluoroscope" 45th AAPM Annual Mtg.; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2003)
- "Comparison of Micro-Angiographic Detector with Standard X-ray Image Intensifier for Rotational Localization of New Asymmetric Stents" 44th Annual AAPM Mtg.; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2002)
- "Difference in Flow Characteristic between Contrast Media and Blood During X-ray Image Intensifier for Rotational Localization of New Asymmetric Stents" 44th Annual AAPM Mtg.; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Physicists (2002)