Professor

Alex Vitkin

MASc, PhD

Location
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Address
610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2M9
Clinical Interests
Optical and radiation biophysics, Medical imaging and treatment monitoring
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Qualification

  • BASc, Engineering Physics, Queen’s University
  • MASc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto
  • PhD, Medical Physics, McMaster University
  • Fellow, Optical Society of America

Professional Memberships

  • MCCPM, Member of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

Research Synopsis

  • Biomedical optics: uses of light in biology and medicine
  • Development of a high-resolution sub-surface optical imaging system similar to ultrasound, but with higher, micron-scale spatial resolution
  • Development of treatment planning/online monitoring/feedback control and optimization tools during thermal therapy for (prostate) cancer
  • Modeling and measurement of polarized light propagation in tissue

 

Appointments

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Clinical Physicist (CCPM Certification), Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network
Senior Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network