Associate Professor
Jean-Pierre Bissonnette
Medical Physicist
PhD, MCCPM, FCOMP
Location
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Address
610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2M9
Research Interests
Adaptive radiation therapy for lung cancer, Dose reconstruction, Monitoring response to treatment
Clinical Interests
Image-guided radiation therapy, Extracranial radiosurgery (liver, lung), Adaptive radiation therapy for lung cancer, Quality assurance, error elimination, process analysis
Accepting
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Qualification
- MSc, Medical Radiation Physics, McGill University
- PhD, Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario
Professional Memberships
- AAPM, COMP, ASTRO
Research Synopsis
- CT and PET Imaging during a course of Radical Radiotherapy to monitor treatment response and respond to changes in anatomic and metabolic changes to enhance the therapeutic ratio
- Clinical trial: bosting RT dose to metabolic active tumor subvolumes to improve local control.
- Developing simulation environment to change attitudes and behaviours around errors in radiation therapy
Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto