Assistant Professor

Brian Keller

Medical Physicist

MSc, PhD, FCCPM

Publications

Location

Odette Cancer Centre - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Address

2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M4N 3M5

Clinical Interests

Permanent Breast Seed Implant Brachytherapy, High Precision Radiation Therapy using Novel X-Ray Energies, SBRT, High Dose Rate Brachytherapy, Image guided brachytherapy

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Qualification

BSc (Hons.), Physics, University of Waterloo
MSc, Radiation Physics, McGill University
PhD, Radiation Medicine/Medical Physics, University of Toronto
DABR, diplomate of the American Board of Radiology in therapeutic radiologic physics
FCCPM, Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

Professional Memberships

Member, Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP)
Member, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Member, International Radiation Physics Society (IRPS)

Research Synopsis

Absolute radiation dosimetry of millimeter size fields using MR spectroscopy
Characterization of millimeter size radiation fields using polymer films and digital microscopy
Intermediate energy x-rays for high precision small field radiation therapy
Gold nanoparticle radiosensitization
Assessing different radionuclides for permanent seed brachytherapy

Recent Publications

Flynn MA, Eggerth DE, Keller BM, Check P. Reaching "hard to reach" workers: Evaluating approaches to disseminate worker safety information via the Mexican consular network. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2021 Apr-May;18(4-5):180-191.

Groot Koerkamp ML, Vasmel JE, Russell NS, Shaitelman SF, Anandadas CN, Currey A, Vesprini D, Keller BM, De-Colle C, Han K, Braunstein LZ, Mahmood F, Lorenzen EL, Philippens MEP, Verkooijen HM, Lagendijk JJW, Houweling AC, van den Bongard HJGD, Kirby AM. Optimizing MR-Guided Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients. Front Oncol. 2020 Jul 28

Segan S, Jakobi M, Khokhani P, Klimosch S, Billing F, Schneider M, Martin D, Metzger U, Biesemeier A, Xiong X, Mukherjee A, Steuer H, Keller BM, Joos T, Schmolz M, Rothbauer U, Hartmann H, Burkhardt C, Lorenz G, Schneiderhan-Marra N, Shipp C. Systematic Investigation of Polyurethane Biomaterial Surface Roughness on Human Immune Responses in vitro. Biomed Res Int. 2020 May 11

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Acting Head of Physics, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
Site-Leader, Physics Residency Training Program, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre