Professor
Alex Vitkin
Medical Physicist
PhD, F-Optica, F-SPIE, F-AIMBE
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 (Optica)
- Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Professional Memberships
- Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM)
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
- Senior Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network
- Clinical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network