Assistant Professor

Anthony Kim

MSc, PhD

(416) 480-6100 - ext: 83758

Location

Odette Cancer Centre - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Address

2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M4N 3M5

Research Interests

Adaptive radiation therapy for lung cancer, Treatment planning system algorithms for a hybrid MRI-linear accelerator, Biomedical optics for diagnosis of brain cancer

Clinical Interests

Adaptive radiation therapy, MRI guidance for external beam radiation therapy, Lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, Radiation treatment planning systems, Biomedical optics for detection of disease

Accepting

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Qualification

PhD, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo

Professional Memberships

Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Research Synopsis

Research synopsis:

Adaptive radiation therapy for lung cancer
Treatment planning system algorithms for a hybrid MRI-linear accelerator
Biomedical optics for diagnosis of brain cancer

Recent Publications

Thibault, A. Chiang, D. Erler, L. Yeung, I. Poon, A. Kim, B. Keller, F. Lochray, S. Jain, H. Soliman. “Predictors of chest wall toxicity after lung stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR),” Clinical Oncology (in press, 2015).

E. Korpela, D. Yohan, L. Chin, A. Kim, X. Huang, S. Sade, P. Van Slyke, D.J. Dumont, S.K. Liu. “Vasculotide, an Angiopoietin-1 mimetic, reduces acute skin ionizing radiation damage in a preclinical mouse model,” BMC Cancer, 14:614 (2014).

D. Yohan, A. Kim, E. Korpela, S. Liu, C. Niu, B.C. Wilson, L.C. Chin. “Quantitative monitoring of radiation induced skin toxicities in nude mice using optical biomarkers measured from diffuse optical reflectance spectroscopy,” Biomed Opt Express, 5(5):1309-20 (2014).

S. Jain, I. Poon, H. Soliman, B. Keller, A. Kim, F. Lochray, L. Yeung, P. Cheung. “Lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) delivered over 4 or 11 days: a comparison of acute toxicity and quality of life,” Radiother Oncol. 108(2):320-5 (2013).

P.A. Valdes, K. Bekelis, B.T. Harris, B.C. Wilson, F. Leblond, A. Kim, N.E. Simmons, K. Erkmen, K.D. Paulsen, D.W. Roberts DW. “5-Aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX fluorescence in meningioma: qualitative and quantitative measurements in vivo,” Neurosurgery, 10 Suppl 1:74-82 (2013).

P.A. Valdés, Z.B. Moses, A. Kim, C.J. Belden, B.C. Wilson, K.D. Paulsen, D.W. Roberts, B.T. Harris. “Gadolinium- and 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX levels in human gliomas: an ex vivo quantitative study to correlate protoporphyrin IX levels and blood-brain barrier breakdown,” J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 71(9):806-13 (2012).

M. Khurana, S. Ulrich, A. Kim, Y. Moriyama, G. Netchev, M.K. Akens, H.L. Anderson, B.C. Wilson. “Biodistribution and pharmacokinetic studies of a porphyrin dimer photosensitizer (Oxdime) by fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy in mice bearing xenograft tumors,” Photochem Photobiol. 88(6):1531-8 (2012).

S. Alali, M. Ahmad, A. Kim, N. Vurgun, M.F. Wood, I.A. Vitkin. “Quantitative correlation between light depolarization and transport albedo of various porcine tissues,” J Biomed Opt. 17(4):045004 (2012).

M. Roy, F. Dadani, C.J. Niu, A. Kim, B.C. Wilson. “Effect of tissue optics on wavelength optimization for quantum dot-based surface and subsurface fluorescence imaging,” J Biomed Opt. 17(2):026002 (2012).

Appointments

Medical Physicist, Medical Physics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/Odette Cancer Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto