Professor
Jean-Pierre Bissonnette
Medical Physicist
PhD, MCCPM, FCOMP
Location
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre - University Health Network
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
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto