Heeteak Chung, Ph.D. 201 Harborview Dr. Baltimore, MD 21230
EDUCATION
hchung@umm.edu (352) 246-5881
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Clinical Medical Physics Residency (Therapy) Department of Radiation Physics
July 2009 – July 2011
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Ph.D., Medical Physics (Therapy) Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Advisor: Sanjiv Samant, PhD Thesis: “In vivo dose reconstruction via transit dosimetry using 2D array dosimeter”
Dec 2005 - Jun 2009
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL M.S., Medical Physics (Therapy) Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Advisor: Siyong Kim, PhD Thesis: “A study on dose calculation accuracy in head and neck intensitymodulated radiation therapy”
Aug 2003 – Dec 2005
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA B.S., Physics Area of Concentration: Biomedical Physics Advisor: Matthew Al-Ghazi, PhD Thesis: “Electron Dosimetry”
Sept 1995 – Jun 2000
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Graduate Assistant, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Responsible for implementation of Pinnacle Treatmen t System for educational application University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Other Personnel Services (OPS), Neurosurgery Responsible for assisting clinical physicist clinical development and implementation of stereotactic radiosurgery University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Other Personnel Services (OPS), Radiation Oncology Responsible for delivering and assisting in the usage of trans -rectal ultrasound for application of prostate implant Responsible for performing IMRT QA Responsible for assisting clinical operations University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA Assistant Hospital Radiation Physicist, Radiation Oncology Responsible for assisting clinical physicist in day to day operations of radiation therapy treatment (external beam therapy and brachytherapy) Responsible for assisting clinical physicist with all aspects of QA responsibilities (e.g., monthly and annual QA and IMRT QA)
Heeteak Chung, Ph.D.
Aug 2011 -Current
July 2007 – Jun 2009
Jan 2007 – July 2007
Dec 2003 – Jan 2007
July 1999 – July 2003
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Responsible for assisting clinical physicist with commissioning of various clinical equipments Assisting clinical physicist with clinical development projects
Emergency Ambulance Service, Brea, CA Emergency Medical Technician Providing emergency medical service Schaefer Ambulance Service, Santa Ana, CA Emergency Medical Technician Providing emergency medical service
July 2001 – June 2002 June 2000 – July 2001
PROGRAMMING AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION EXPERIENCE
Window OS Windows Office Mac OS MCNP Adobe Application Matlab 3 Pinnacle Treatment Planning System Corvus Treatment Planning System Gamma Knife Treatment Planning System Fast Plan Treatment Planning System Mosaiq R&V System Aria R&V System Calypso System Wellhofer OmniPro Sun Nuclear MapCHECK and Profiler
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Society of Physics Student, President (1999 - 2000) Society of Physics Student, Secretary (1998 - 1999) Teacher’s Workshop, Coordinator (2004-2005): W eekend seminar to high school science teachers to provide teaching materials for the high school students in Northcentral Florida area
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
American Association of Medical Physicist, Member (2002) American Association of Medical Physicist, Student Member (2003 - 2009) American Association of Medical Physicist, Full Member (2009 – Current)
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
American Board of Radiology, Passed Part 1 and 2 Radiological Physics Exam
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Journal Publication
H. Chung, S. Lim, L. Court, P. Balter, Evaluation of dose variation to normal/critical structures for lung hypofractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy, Practical Radiation Oncology, 2(2), 2012 H. Chung, J. Li, S. Samant, Feasibility of using two-dimensional array dosimeter for in vivo dose reconstruction via transit dosimetry, J Appl Clin Med Phys. 12(3), 90-111 2011 H. Chung, B. Lynch, S. Samant, High-precision GAFCHROMIC EBT film-based absolute clinical dosimetry using a standard flatbed scanner without the use of a scanner non -uniformity correction, J Appl Clin Med Phys. 11(2): 101-115, 2010 J. Wu, M. Kim, J. Peters, H. Chung, S. Samant, Evaluation of similarity measures for use in the intensity-based rigid 2D-3D registration for patient positioning in radiotherapy , Med Phys. 36(12):
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5391-5403, 2009
M. Al-Ghazi, V. Sehgal, R. Sanford, H. Chung, Experimental investigation of the implementation of Fermi-Eyges-Hogstrom electron beam model of the Pinnacle3 system at extended SSDs , Med Dosim. 32(3): 200-2003, 2007 J. Hosang, H. Chung, T.S. Suh, J. Palta, and S. Kim, A new paradigm of IMRT plan evaluation with uncertainty volume histogram, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 14(12), 1941-1944, 2007 Z. Su, C. Fox, H. Li, H. Jin, H. Chung, H. Yang, J. Li, C. Liu, J. Palta, and S. Kim, A systematic analysis of IMRT QA Results, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 14(12), 1815-1818, 2007 H. Jin, Z. Su, H. Chung, T.S. Suh, J. Palta, and S. Kim, IMRT dose verification using the dose uncertainty prediction model, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 14(12), 1819-1822, 2006 H. Chung, H. Jin, J. Palta, T.S. Suh, and S. Kim, Dose variations with varying calculation grid size in head and neck IMRT, Phys Med Biol, 51(19): 4841-4856, 2006 H. Chung, H. Jin, J. Dempsey, C. Liu, J. Palta, T. S. Suh, and S. Kim, Evaluation of Surface and Build-Up Region Dose for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer, Medical Physics, 32(8): 2682-2689, 2005 H. Jin, H. Chung, C. Liu, J. Palta, T. Suh, and S. Kim, A Novel Dose Uncertainty Model And Its Application For Dose Verification, Medical Physics, 32 (6): 1747-1756, 2005
Conference Presentation
D. Kulkarni,…. Assessing the frequency, magnitude and clinical predictors of tumo r misalignment when skeletal alignment is used alone for radiation treatment setup in lung cancer patients , ASTRO Annual Meeting, October 2-6, 2011, Miami, FL H. Chung, L. Court, S. Lin, and P. Balter, Evaluation of dose to normal/critical structures from rd lung hypo-fractioned stereotactive body radiation therapy, AAPM, 53 Annual Meeting, July 31Aug 4, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada H. Wang, C. Wang, P. Wong, M. Martel, H. Chung, S. Tung, Comparison of dosimetric effect of translational setup errors for total scalp irradiation using conventional photon-electron rd combination, IMRT and VMAT, AAPM, 53 Annual Meeting, July 31-Aug 4, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada C. Wang, H. Wang, S. Tung, H. Chung, P. Wong, M. Martel, Total scalp irradiation using volumetric modulated arc therapy and comparison with IMRT and conventional photon/electron rd field combination, AAPM, 53 Annual Meeting, July 31-Aug 4, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada S. Gao, P. Balter, J. Ohrt, J. Pollard, H. Chung, Quality assurance of enhanced dynamic wedge rd profiles using I’mRT MatriXX, AAPM, 53 Annual Meeting, July 31-Aug 4, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada X. Wang, R. Tailor, J. Yang, L. Court, M. Vicic, H. Chung, L. Dong, Accurate small MLC field and rd penumbra modeling and its clinical impact, AAPM, 53 Annual Meeting, July 31-Aug 4, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada H. Chung, J. Li, and S. Samant, In vivo dose reconstruction using a 2D array dosimeter via st transit dosimetry, AAPM, 51 Annual Meeting, July 26-30, 2009, Anaheim, CA H. Chung, J. Li, C. Liu, and S. Samant, Evaluation of two dimensional diode array dosimeter for th an application of exit dosimetry, AAPM, 50 Annual Meeting, July 27-31, 2008, Houston, TX H. Chung, B. Lynch, and S. Samant, High precision GafChromic based clinical dosimetry using th standard flat bed scanner, AAPM, 50 Annual Meeting, July 27-31, 2008, Houston, TX S. Samant, J. Xia, M. Huang, H. Chung, C. Liu, and J. Palta, Autosegmentation and internal target volue (ITV) generation in 4DCT lung imaging using deformable image registration , AAPM, th 49 Annual Meeting, July 22-26, 2007, Minneapolis, MN H. Jin, H. Chung, T. Suh, J. Palta, and S. Kim, A new paradigm of IMRT plan evaluation with uncertainty volume histogram (UVH), World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 27-Sep. 1, 2006
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H. Jin, Z. Su, H. Chung, J. Palta, and S. Kim, IMRT dose verification using the dose uncertainty prediction model, WC on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 27-Sep. 1, 2006 S. Kim, H. Chung, H. Jin, H. Yang, and R. J. Amdur, An image guided sterotactic body radiation therapy (IGSBRT) program of single fraction spine treatment , W C on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 27-Sep. 1, 2006 H. Chung, H. Jin, J. Palta, and S. Kim, Characterization of a commercial add-on couch, TM HexaPOD 6D Robotic Treatment CouchTOP, WC on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 27-Sep. 1, 2006 S. Oh, T. Suh, S. Kim, H. Jin, H. Chung, Verifying setup accuracy using cone-beam CT, WC on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 27 -Sep. 1, 2006 S. Oh, T. Suh, S. Kim, H. Jin, H. Chung, K. Choi, J. Chung, Comparing the discrepancy of setup errors according to the reconstruction resolution, WC on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 27-Sep. 1, 2006 Z. Su, C. Fox, H. Li, H. Jin, H. Chung, H. Yang, J. Li, C. Liu, J. Palta, and S. Kim, A systematic analysis of IMRT QA results, WC on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 27-Sep. 1, 2006 H. Jin, H. Chung, T. Suh, J. Palta, and S. Kim, Application of dose uncertainty model for plan th evaluation, AAPM, 48 Annual Meeting, July 30-Aug. 3, 2006, Orlando, FL H. Chung, H. Jin, T. Suh, J. Palta, and S. Kim, Mechanical Accuracy of A Robotic Couch, AAPM, th 48 Annual Meeting, July 30-Aug. 3, 2006, Orlando, FL A. Monroe, H. Chung, R. Amdur, C. Morris and S. Kim, Verifying setup position with fiducial th markers and a standard electronic portal imaging device, 47 Annual Meeting of ASTRO, Oct., 2005. S. Kim, H. Jin, H. Chung, C. Liu, J. Palta, and T. Suh, Uncertainty Volume Histogram: An th Evaluation Tool of Radiation Treatment Plannig Using Dose Uncertainty Model, 14 ICMP, Sept. 14-17, 2005, Nuremberg, Germany S. Kim, H. Chung, H. Jin, C. Liu, J. Palta, and T. Suh, Laser-Guided Interactive Patient th Immobilization System for the Brain or Head and Neck Treatment , 14 ICMP, Sept. 14-17, 2005, Nuremberg, Germany H. Jin, S. Kim, H. Chung, J. Palta, and T. Suh, Analyzing the accuracy of IMRT dose th distributions using a dose uncertainty model, AAPM, 47 Annual Meeting, July 24-28, 2005, Seattle, WA H. Chung, S. Kim, H. Jin, C. Liu, J. Palta, and T. Suh, The Impact of Calculation Grid Size On th the Accuracy of IMRT Dose Distribution, AAPM, 47 Annual Meeting, July 24-28, 2005, Seattle, WA H. Chung, S. Kim, H. Jin, J. Dempsey, C. Liu, J. Palta, and T. Suh, Skin and Superficial Doses in th MLC-Based Head and Neck IMRT, AAPM, 46 Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA S. Kim, H. Jin, H. Chung, J. Palta, S. J. Ye, Potential Uncertainty – Information that was th forgotten, 14 International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, May 10 13, 2004, Seoul, South Korea
LANGUAGES
English Korean (Fluent)
CITIZENSHIP
United States
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