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CURRICULUM VITAE

Kristofer Kainz PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Froedtert Specialty Clinics
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
08/1990 - 05/1994 B.A., Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
08/1994 - 05/1998 M.A., Rice University, Houston, TX
05/1998 - 01/2002 Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
05/1993 - 05/1994 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
06/1995 - 10/2001 Research Assistant, Ph.D. and M.A. Thesis Research, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX
03/2002 - 05/2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
07/2004 - 12/2005 Resident, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
01/2006 - 07/2007 Instructor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2007 - 06/2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/01/2015 - Present Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
10/2009 - 10/2014 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency Program, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2013 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
10/2014 - Present Prorgram Director, Medical Physics Residency Program, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
01/2006 - Present Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
01/2006 - 06/2012 United Hospital Systems, Incorporated, Pleasant Prairie, WI
01/2006 - Present Froedtert Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Menomonee Falls, WI
2012 - Present Froedtert Hospital, West Bend, West Bend, WI

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiologic Physics
06/2007
None
   
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1990 - 1994 Achievement Scholarship, Hamline University
1990 - 1998 Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Scholarship, for undergraduate and graduate studies in natural science
1991 Hamline University Freshman Physics Award
1992 - 1994 Lindgren Scholarship, Hamline University for high achievement in mathematics studies at Hamline University
1992 - 1994 Robert Morris Page Scholarship, Hamline University for high achievement in physics studies at Hamline University
1994 Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta Chapter, Hamline University
2005 Farrington Daniels Award, for the best paper on radiation dosimetry published in Medical Physics in 2004

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2000 - Present American Physical Society
2003 - Present American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2006 - Present American Society for Radiation Oncology
2013 - Present Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Journal Review
Medical Physics
Physics in Medicine and Biology
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
Medical Dosimetry
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Practical Radiation Oncology
Radiotherapy and Oncology

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2012 - Present Item Writer and Item Reviewer, Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Exam Development Committee -Therapeutic Radiological Physics, American Board of Radiology (ABR)
2021 - Present Member, Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Education Subcommittee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Kainz K, Dosimetric Capabilities of Therapeutic Electron and X-ray Beams from LWFA, Application of Laser Particle Accelerators to Radiology Workshop, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 02/13/2004
Kainz K, Investigation of helical tomotherapy for prone breast irradiation, Radiation Oncology Physics Seminar, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 04/26/2007
 
Regional
Kainz K, Laser Acceleration of Charged Particles for Medical Application, Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Fall Meeting, Austin, TX, 11/01/2002
Kainz K, Dependence of total-lung DVH upon respiratory phase-specific lung volume, North Central Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Fall Meeting, Pewaukee, WI, 10/13/2006
 
Local
Kainz K, Ks Measurement in the E896 DDC, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 09/29/1995
Kainz K, Ks Reconstruction using Time of Flight, E896 Collaboration Meeting, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, 02/08/1996
Kainz K, ECD Analysis Status, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 07/18/1997
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Software Status, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 08/02/1998
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 11/21/1998
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 03/12/1999
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 07/23/1999
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 03/24/2000
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 12/09/2000
Kainz K, Laser Acceleration of Electrons and Prospects for Radiotherapy Applications, Medical Physics Seminar, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 01/21/2003
Kainz K, Variation of lung DVH during respiration, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 05/31/2006
Kainz K, Investigation of helical tomotherapy for breast irradiation, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 02/28/2007
Kainz K, Image-guided helical tomotherapy for advanced-stage skin cancer, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 10/28/2009
Kainz K, Rotational IMRT: a planning and delivery study, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/30/2011
Kainz K, Plan quality of proton versus photon IG-IMRT, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 11/18/2012
Kainz K, A dose tracking tool for adaptive re-planning and QA during tomotherapy delivery, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/29/2017
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Chen G, Hu X, Kainz K, Chang Y, Li XA, Static-gantry and rotational IMRT with flattening filter free versus flattening filtered beams., American Association of Physicists in Medicine Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, 07/31/2011 - 08/04/2011
Kainz K, Chen G, Chang Y, Prah D, Qi XS, Shukla H, Stahl J, Li XA, A planning and delivery study of a rotational IMRT technique with burst delivery., American Association of Physicists in Medicine Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 07/31/2011 - 08/04/2011
 
National
Kainz K for the E896 Collaboration, Time-of-Flight Analyses of 11.5 GeV/c/N Au+Au collisions in BNL-AGS Experiment 896, April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., 04/28/2001
Kainz K, Hogstrom K, Almond P, Antolak J, Bloch C, Chiu C, Fomytskyi M, Raischel F, Downer M, Dose Properties of Electron Beams from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, 08/10/2003 - 08/14/2003
Kainz K, Hogstrom K, Almond P, Antolak J, Bloch C, Design of Scattering Foils for Laser-Accelerated Electron Beams, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, 08/10/2003 - 08/14/2003
Kainz K, Beddar A, Briere T, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Crane C, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S, Correlation Between External Abdominal and Internal Liver Fiducial Motion in 4D-CT, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Orlando, Florida, 07/30/2006 - 08/03/2006
Jursinic P, Kainz K, Ahunbay E, Albano K, Use Of A 2D Array Of Diodes To Test The Accuracy Of MLC Leaf Position And Gap Width, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Orlando, Florida, 07/30/2006 - 08/03/2006
Kainz K, Liu H, Balter P, Tutt T, Hunjan S, Prado K, Liao Z., Feasibility of a Feedback-Guided Breath-Hold Technique for Thoracic Radiation Therapy, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Orlando, Florida, 07/30/2006 - 08/03/2006
Kainz K, Stepaniak C, Gore E, Li XA, Variation of Lung DVH During Respiration, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11/05/2006 - 11/09/2006
Qi SX, Kainz K, Brammer B, Olivera G, Ruchala K, Schultz C, Wilson JF, Ranking Complex IMRT Plans Using an EUD-Based Figure-of-Merit Index, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11/05/2006 - 11/09/2006
Kainz K, White J, Herman J, England M, Li XA, Exploring helical tomotherapy for simultaneously irradiating breast and regional nodes in the prone position, 29th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, 12/14/2006 - 12/17/2006
Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, Li XA, A Comparison of Daily Megavoltage CT and Ultrasound Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 07/22/2007 - 07/26/2007
Kainz K, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Jursinic P, X. Li XA, Image-Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Advanced Cancers of the Scalp: Prospects for Dose Conformity and Clinical Outcome, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 07/24/2007
Kainz, K, Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Using Helical Tomotherapy., American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, 07/25/2007 - 07/24/2007
Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, Li XA, CT Versus Ultrasound Image Guided Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Dosimetric Impacts, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, 10/28/2007 - 11/01/2007
Kainz K, White J, Herman J, Li XA, Investigation of Helical Tomotherapy for Partial-Breast Irradiation of Prone-Positioned Patients, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, 10/28/2007 - 11/01/2007
Kainz K, MVCT-Guided Partial-Breast Irradiation in Prone Position: Daily Setup Uncertainty and Dose Verification", American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Houston, TX, 07/29/2008
Qi S, Semenenko V, Kainz K, Li XA, Improved Critical Structure Sparing with Biologically-Based Treatment Planning Systems, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Houston, Texas, 07/29/2008
Faught SR, Firat SY, Lawton CA, Kainz K, A Dosimetric Comparison of Conventional Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy (HT) for Total Body Irradiation (TBI), American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, 09/21/2008 - 09/25/2008
Kainz K, Firat S, Li XA, Organ Growth modeling for radiation treatment planning of pediatric patients, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, 09/21/2008 - 09/25/2008
Hu B, Kainz K, Rooney J, Li XA, Can Lung Dose-Volume Criteria Derived From 3D Era Be Safely Used for 4D Planning?, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009
Kainz K, White J, Chen G Li XA, Dosimetric Comparison of Helical Tomotherapy with Conventional Techniques for Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009
Kainz K, Firat S, Moulder J, Kalakota K, Bagley J, Li, XA, Correlations of Organ Growth with Age, Body Mass and Height for Pediatric Radiotherapy Treatment Planning, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009
Prah D, Kainz K, Peng C, Li XA, Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160-Leaf MLC, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009
Kainz K, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Hu B, Bagley J, Li XA, Image-guided IMRT for Advanced-stage Skin Cancer Patients: Margin Reduction and Clinical Outcome, American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, 11/01/2009 - 11/05/2009
Kainz K, Morrow N, Erickson BA, Li XA, Organ-specific Margins to Account for Relative Organ Displacements in Abdomen and Pelvis for Soft-tissue Based IGRT, American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, 10/31/2010 - 11/01/2010
Kainz, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Hu B, Bagley J, Wang D, Erickson B Li XA, Initial Experience with Using Image-Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Cancers of the Scalp, American Radium Society, Palm Beach, Florida, 05/02/2011
Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson JF, Li XA, Optimal proton beam energy to treat adult CNS, adult head and neck, and pediatric cancers, American Association of Medical Physicists, Charlotte, NC, 07/29/2012 - 08/02/2012
Kainz K, Firat S, Schultz C, Wilson JF, Li XA, Plan quality of proton vs. photon IG-IMRT, American Society of Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA, 10/28/2012 - 10/31/2012
Dalah E, Liu F, Paulson E, Kainz K, Hellman R, Erickson B, Li XA, PET-guided dose escalation for pancreatic cancer: a treatment planning study, American Society of Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA, 10/28/2012 - 10/31/2012
Kainz K, Wang WA, Firat S, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Li XA, Plan quality of proton vs. photon IMRT for whole ventricle irradiation, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 08/04/2013 - 08/08/2013
Dalah E, Yang C, Paulson E, Kainz K, Gore E, Hellman R, LI XA, Partial volume effect corrected metabolically active tumor volume from PET for early stage lung cancer, American Society of Radiation Oncology, Atlanta, GA, 09/22/2013 - 09/25/2013
Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li XA, Fixed versus variable optimization points in combined-mode modulated arc therapy planning., American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Austin, TX, 07/20/2014 - 07/24/2014
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Resident and Fellow Education
2006 - Present Lecturer, Physics Education Course, for medical residents and physics postdoctoral fellows. This program served as the base in which the CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics Certificate Program was created.
2006 - Present Curriculum Development, Physics Education Courses which served as the base for the CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics Certificate Program.
2006 - Present Lecturer, Physics Education Course for Residents and Postdoctoral Fellows I and II, Department of Radiation Oncology
08/04/2009 Treatment Planning Conference, Gastric Cancer, Department of Radiation Oncology
08/04/2009 Treatment Planning Conference: Gastric Cancer
2009 - Present Clinical Rotation Preceptor, Department of Radiation Oncology
09/07/2010 Treatment Planning Conference: Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer.
09/07/2010 Treatment Planning Conference, Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer, Department of Radiation Oncology
2018 - Present Curriculum Development, Physiology Unit, Medical Physics Certificate Program
 
Continuing Medical Education
02/28/2006 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Investigation of helical tomotherapy for breast irradiation.
05/31/2007 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Variation of lung DVH during respiration.
10/28/2009 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Image-guided helical tomotherapy for advanced-stage skin cancer.
03/30/2011 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Rotational IMRT: a planning and delivery study.
11/28/2012 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Plan quality of proton versus photon IG-IMRT.
01/31/2018 - Present Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Initial clinical experience with using Radixact PreciseART to verify dose delivery and trigger adaptive replanning.
02/27/2019 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Evaluation of Iteratively Reconstructed MVCT Imaging for Adaptive Radiation Therapy.
11/18/2020 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: A Workflow for Dose Accumulation Quality Assurance.
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
03/1993 Hamline University, Teaching Assistant
1993 - 1994 Hamline University, Tutor, Study Resource Center
1993 - 1994 Hamline University, Research Assistant, Honors Thesis research
1995 - 1999 Rice University, Teaching Assistant
2002 - 2005 The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Teaching Assistant
 
Continuing Medical Education
2006 - 2008 Froedtert Hospital, Training Medical Dosimetrists in TomoTherapy treatment planning system
2010 St. Catherine's Hospital, Medical Dosimetrist training and mentoring for Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
2006 Kapila Kalakota, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Interfractional anatomic change during the course of radiation therapy
2007 Jack Ryan Bagley, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Exploring tomotherapy to conformally irradiate tumors and spare healthy tissues for breast, skin, and pediatric disease sites
2008 Jessica Rooney, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Variation of lung volume and DVH during respiration
2012 - 2013 Wei-Gang Wang, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, PET application for thoracic radiation therapy planning Plan quality of proton versus photon IG-IMRT.
 
Clinical/Research Fellows
2006 Sharon X. Qi, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Ranking Complex IMRT Plans Using an EUD- Based Figure-of-Merit Index.
2007 - 2009 Cheng Peng, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1. A Comparison of Daily Megavoltage CT and Ultrasound Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. 2. Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160 Leaf MLC.
01/2009 - 06/2009 Cheng Peng, PhD, Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Siemens Artiste Linear Accelerator monthly QA
07/2009 - 12/2009 Andrew Godley, PhD, Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA
2010 - 2011 Bin Hu, PhD, Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA
2010 - 2011 Bin Hu, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1. Interfraction Geometric Variations of the Mandible and its Dosimetric Impact during Intensity. 2. Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer.
2011 Yu-Wen Chang, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, A Planning and Delivery Study of a Rotational IMRT Technique with Burst Delivery.
2012 Entesar Dalah, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, PET-guided Dose-Escalation for Pancreatic Cancer: A Treatment Planning Study.
2016 Sara Lim, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Re-planning in Helical Tomotherapy.
2021 Juan Garcia Alvarez, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Estimation of Uncertainty in Deformable Image Registration Based Daily Dose Accumulation for Head and Neck Cancer
 
Residents
07/2008 - 06/2011 Eric Paulson, PhD, Associate Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2008 - 06/2011 Douglas Prah, PhD, Associate Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
2008 S. Ryan Faught, MD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, A Dosimetric Comparison of Conventional Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy (HT) for Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
07/2009 - 10/2010 Shannon Holmes, PhD, Associate Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
2009 Douglas Prah, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160-Leaf MLC
01/2010 - 06/2010 Shannon Holmes, PhD, Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Siemens Artiste Machine Monthly QA
07/2010 - 12/2010 Eric Paulson, PhD, Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA
07/2011 - 06/2014 Phillip Prior, PhD, Associate Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2011 - 06/2014 Feng Liu, PhD, Associate Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
2011 Carmen Bergom, MD, PhD, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Partial Breast Irradiation (PBI) in the Prone Position using Image-guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: Preliminary Results from a Phase II Study,
01/2012 - 06/2012 Phillip Prior, PhD, Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA
07/2012 - 06/2015 Cungeng Yang, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2012 - 06/2015 Cungeng Yang, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2013 - 07/2015 Entesar Dalah, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2013 - 07/2015 Entesar Dalah, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2014 - 06/2017 Slade Klawikowski, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2014 - 06/2017 Slade Klawikowski, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2014 - 06/2017 Xiaojian Chen, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2014 - 06/2017 Victor Chen, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2015 - 06/2018 George Noid, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
08/2015 - 06/2018 Xinfeng Chen, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2017 - 06/2020 Sara Lim, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2017 - 06/2020 Diane Schott, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2018 - Present Yin Zhang, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2018 - Present Haidy Nasief, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2020 - Present Hassan Jassar, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
07/2021 - Present Asma Amjad, PhD, Program Director, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Physics Residency
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
Educational Programs
Fellow
2013 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program
Resident
2009 - 2014 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency Program
2014 - Present Program Director, Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Residency Program
 
Research Programs
2007 - Present Principal Investigator, Medical College of Wisconsin Institutional Review Board-approved protocol,"Use of Helical Tomotherapy for Treating Skin Cancer"
2007 - Present Principal Investigator, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Institutional Review Board-approved protocol, "Modeling of pediatric organ growth and its effect upon radiotherapy-dose distributions"
 
 
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Caines H, Albergo S et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), First results from the H0 di-baryon search and hyperon production measurements by the AGS Experiment 896, Nucl. Phys. A661 (1999) pp. 170c - 176c.
2. Lo Curto G, Albergo S et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), Strange and multi-strange baryon measurement in Au+Au collisions at 11.6A (GeV/c) with the silicon drift detector array from the AGS experiment 896, Nucl. Phys. A661 (1999) 489c - 492c.
3. Llope WJ, Adams N, Kainz K. An electronic clock for correlated noise corrections, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 443 (2000) pp. 451 - 463.
4. Albergo S, Bellwied R, Bennett M, Boemi D, Bonner B, Caines H, Christie W, Costa S, Crawford HJ, Cronqvist M, Debbe R, Engelage J, Flores I, Greiner L, Hallman T, Hijazi G, Hoffmann G, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Insolia A, Jensen P, Judd EG, Kainz K, Kaplan M, Kelly S, Kotov I, Kunde G, Lindstrom PJ, Ljubicic T, Llope W, LoCurto G, Longacre R, Lynn D, Madansky L, Mahzeh N, Milosevich Z, Mitchell JM, Mitchell JW, Nehmeh S, Nociforo C, Paganis S, Pandey SU, Potenza R, Russ DE, Saulys A, Schambach J, Sheen J, Sugarbaker E, Takahashi J, Tang J, Trattner AL, Trentalange S, Tricomi A, Tuvè C, Whitfield JP, Wilson K. Lambda spectra in 11.6A GeV/c Au-Au collisions. Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Feb 11;88(6):062301.
5. Bellwied R et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), Distributed drift chamber design for rare particle detection in relativistic heavy ion collisions, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 485 (2002) pp. 371-384.
6. Albergo S et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), Light nuclei production in heavy-ion collisions at relativistic energies, Phys. Rev. C 65 (2002) pp. 034907-1 - 034907-7.
7. Kainz KK, Hogstrom KR, Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD, Chiu C, Fomytskyi M, Raischel F, Downer M, Tajima T. Dose properties of a laser accelerated electron beam and prospects for clinical application. Med Phys. 2004 Jul;31(7):2053-67.
8. Kainz KK, Hogstrom KR, Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD. Dose properties of x-ray beams produced by laser-wakefield-accelerated electrons. Phys Med Biol. 2005 Jan 07;50(1):N1-10.
9. Kainz KK, Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD, Hogstrom KR. Dual scattering foil design for poly-energetic electron beams. Phys Med Biol. 2005 Mar 07;50(5):755-67.
10. Beddar AS, Kainz K, Briere TM, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S. Correlation between internal fiducial tumor motion and external marker motion for liver tumors imaged with 4D-CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Feb 01;67(2):630-8.
11. Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, Li XA. A comparison of daily megavoltage CT and ultrasound image guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Med Phys. 2008 Dec;35(12):5619-28.
12. Kainz K, White J, Herman J, Li XA. Investigation of helical tomotherapy for partial-breast irradiation of prone-positioned patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 May 01;74(1):275-82.
13. Prah DE, Kainz K, Peng C, Li XA. The dosimetric and delivery advantages of a new 160-leaf MLC. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Jun;10(3):219-29.
14. Kainz K, Chen GP, Chang YW, Prah D, Sharon Qi X, Shukla HP, Stahl J, Allen Li X. A planning and delivery study of a rotational IMRT technique with burst delivery. Med Phys. 2011 Sep;38(9):5104-18.
15. Kainz K, White J, Chen GP, Hermand J, England M, Li XA. Simultaneous irradiation of the breast and regional lymph nodes in prone position using helical tomotherapy. Br J Radiol. 2012 Oct;85(1018):e899-905. PMCID: PMC3474030
16. Bergom C, Prior P, Kainz K, Morrow NV, Ahunbay EE, Walker A, Allen Li X, White J. A phase I/II study piloting accelerated partial breast irradiation using CT-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy in the prone position. Radiother Oncol. 2013 Aug;108(2):215-9.
17. Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Siker M, Wang A, Olson D, Li XA. Comparing the quality of passively-scattered proton and photon tomotherapy plans for brain and head and neck disease sites. Phys Med Biol. 2015 Mar 21;60(6):2167-77.
18. Kainz K, Lim SN, Li A. Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Replanning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Oct 1;96(2S):E669.
19. Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li XA. Clinical experience with planning, quality assurance, and delivery of burst-mode modulated arc therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Sep 08;17(5):47-59. PMCID: PMC5874115
20. Kainz K, Allen Li X. Physics of hypofractionated whole breast irradiation Short Course Breast Radiotherapy: A Comprehensive Review of Hypofractionation, Partial Breast, and Intra-Operative Irradiation. 1 January 2015:137-152.
21. Bradley JA, Kainz K, Li XA, Wang D. The role of image guided radiotherapy in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma Current Cancer Therapy Reviews. 2010;6(3):207-213.
22. Kainz K, Alvarez JG, Zhong H, Tai A, Ahunbay EE, Erickson BA, Li A. Consistency Check of Deformable Image Registration-Based Dose Summation for Off-Line Adaptive Re-Planning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3S):e150.
23. Kainz K, Garcia Alvarez J, Zhong H, Lim S, Ahunbay E, Tai A, Erickson B, Lawton C, Li XA. Use of a DVH overlay technique for quality assurance of deformable image registration-based dose accumulation. Med Phys. 2022 Jan;49(1):611-623.
24. Kainz K, Li XA, White J. Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Adaptive Radiation Therapy. 1 January 2011:275-291.
25. Bradley JA, Kainz K, Li XA, DeLaney TF, Wang D. Adaptive Radiotherapy for Treatment of Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Adaptive Radiation Therapy. 1 January 2011:369-381.
26. García-Alvarez JA, Zhong H, Schultz CJ, Li XA, Kainz K. Incorporating uncertainty bounds in daily deformable dose accumulation for adaptive radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer. Med Phys. 2023 Apr;50(4):2474-2487.
27. Zhong H, Garcia-Alvarez JA, Kainz K, Tai A, Ahunbay E, Erickson B, Schultz CJ, Li XA. Development of a multi-layer quality assurance program to evaluate the uncertainty of deformable dose accumulation in adaptive radiotherapy. Med Phys. 2023 Mar;50(3):1766-1778. PMCID: PMC10033340
28. Studenski MT, Cetnar A, Derosiers CM, Dooley S, Gagneur JD, Galavis PE, Kainz KK, Lamichhane N, Sandwall PA, Shen J, Tien CJ, Wang D, Wang IZ, Warkentin HK, McAvoy S. The AAPM/ASTRO 2023 Core Physics Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Residents. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Feb 01;118(2):325-329.
29. Zhong H, Kainz KK, Paulson ES. Evaluation and mitigation of deformable image registration uncertainties for MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Jun;25(6):e14358. PMCID: PMC11163488
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Kristofer Kainz and X. Allen Li, "Helical Tomotherapy for Cancers of the Skin and Scalp," in TomoTherapy, Lin, Wang, and Zhou, editors, Sichuan Sci. Tech. Pub., 2010 [in Chinese].
2. Kristofer Kainz, X. Allen Li, and Julia White, "Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer," in Adaptive Radiation Therapy, X. Allen Li, editor, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011.
3. Julie A. Bradley, Kristofer Kainz, X. Allen Li, Thomas F. DeLaney, and Dian Wang, "Adaptive Radiotherapy for Treatment of Soft-Tissue Sarcoma," in Adaptive Radiation Therapy, X. Allen Li, editor, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011.
4. Kristofer Kainz, review of Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students by E. B. Podgorsak, Editor, Med. Phys. 33 (2006) p. 1920.
 
Abstracts
1. K. Kainz for the E896 Collaboration, “A Time-of-Flight System for BNL-AGS Experiment 896,” 1998 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 29, 1998, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 43 (1998) p. 1538.
2. K. Kainz for the E896 Collaboration, “Time-of-Flight Analyses of 11.5 GeV/c/N Au+Au collisions in BNL-AGS Experiment 896,” 2001 April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2001, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 46, no. 2 (2001) p. 28.
3. K. Kainz, K. Hogstrom, P. Almond, J. Antolak, C. Bloch, C. Chiu, M, Fomytskyi, F. Raischel, and M. Downer, “Dose Properties of Electron Beams from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator,” 2003 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2003, Med. Phys. 30 (2003) p. 1327
4. K. Kainz, K. Hogstrom, P. Almond, J. Antolak, C. Bloch, “Design of Scattering Foils for Laser-Accelerated Electron Beams,” 2003 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2003, Med. Phys. 30 (2003) p. 1327.
5. Kainz K, Beddar A, Briere T, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Crane C, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S. SU‐FF‐J‐43: Correlation Between External Abdominal and Internal Liver Fiducial Motion in 4D‐CT Medical Physics. June 2006;33(6):2030.
6. Jursinic P, Kainz K, Ahunbay E, Albano K. SU‐FF‐T‐442: Use Of A 2D Array Of Diodes To Test The Accuracy Of MLC Leaf Position And Gap Width Medical Physics. June 2006;33(6):2147.
7. Kainz K, Liu H, Balter P, Tutt T, Hunjan S, Prado K, Liao Z. SU‐FF‐J‐64: Feasibility of a Feedback‐Guided Breath‐Hold Technique for Thoracic Radiation Therapy Medical Physics. June 2006;33(6):2035.
8. Qi S, Li A, Kainz K, Brammer B, Olivera G, Ruchala K, Schultz C, Wilson J. Ranking Complex IMRT Plans Using an EUD-Based Figure-of-Merit Index, 2006 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5-9, 2006, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 66 (2006) p. S658.
9. K. Kainz, J. White, J. Herman, M. England, X. A. Li, “Exploring helical tomotherapy for simultaneously irradiating breast and regional nodes in the prone position,” 29th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, December 14-17, 2006.
10. Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, li X. SU‐FF‐J‐45: A Comparison of Daily Megavoltage CT and Ultrasound Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2378.
11. Kainz K, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Jursinic P, li XA. TU‐FF‐A2‐03: Image‐Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Advanced Cancers of the Scalp: Prospects for Dose Conformity and Clinical Outcome Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2576.
12. Kainz K, White J, Herman J, England M, li X. WE‐C‐M100F‐02: Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Using Helical Tomotherapy Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2592.
13. K. Kainz, “Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Using Helical Tomotherapy,” 2007 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 25, 2007, Med. Phys. 34 (2007) p. 2592.
14. K. Kainz, J. White, J. Herman, and X. Li, “Investigation of Helical Tomotherapy for Partial-Breast Irradiation of Prone-Positioned Patients,” 2007 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, October 28-November 1, 2007, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 69 (2007) pp. S733-S734.
15. C. Peng, K. Kainz, C. Lawton, and X. A. Li, “CT Versus Ultrasound Image Guided Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Dosimetric Impacts,” 2007 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, October 28-November 1, 2007, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 69 (2007) pp. S744-S745.
16. Kainz K, White J, li X. TU‐D‐AUD B‐03: MVCT‐Guided Partial‐Breast Irradiation in Prone Position: Daily Setup Uncertainty and Dose Verification Medical Physics. June 2008;35(6):2901-2902.
17. K. Kainz, “MVCT-Guided Partial-Breast Irradiation in Prone Position: Daily Setup Uncertainty and Dose Verification,” 2008 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Houston, Texas, July 29, 2008, Med. Phys. 35 (2008) p. 2901.
18. Qi S, Semenenko V, Kainz K, li X. SU‐GG‐T‐415: Improved Critical Structure Sparing with Biologically‐Based Treatment Planning Systems Medical Physics. June 2008;35(6):2820.
19. S. R. Faught, S. Y. Firat, C. A. Lawton, and K. Kainz, “A Dosimetric Comparison of Conventional Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy (HT) for Total Body Irradiation (TBI),” 2008 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, September 21-25, 2008., Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 72 (2008) p. S496.
20. K. Kainz, S. Firat, and X. A. Li, “Organ Growth modeling for radiation treatment planning of pediatric patients,” 2008 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, September 21-25, 2008., Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 72 (2008) p. S679.
21. Kainz K, White J, Chen G, Li X. SU‐FF‐T‐115: Dosimetric Comparison of Helical Tomotherapy with Conventional Techniques for Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2546.
22. Hu B, Kainz K, Rooney J, li X. TU‐C‐303A‐09: Can Lung Dose‐Volume Criteria Derived From 3D Era Be Safely Used for 4D Planning? Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2726.
23. Prah D, Kainz K, Peng C, li X. SU‐FF‐T‐135: Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160‐Leaf MLC Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2551.
24. Kainz K, Firat S, Moulder J, Kalakota K, Bagley J, Li X. SU‐FF‐T‐595: Correlations of Organ Growth with Age, Body Mass, and Height for Pediatric Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2661.
25. K. Kainz, J. F. Wilson, C. Schultz, B. Hu, J. Bagley, and X. A. Li, “Image-guided IMRT for Advanced-stage Skin Cancer Patients: Margin Reduction and Clinical Outcome,” 2009 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, November 1-5, 2009, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 75 (2009) pp. S716-S717.
26. K. Kainz, N. Morrow, B. A. Erickson-Wittmann, and X. Li, “Organ-specific Margins to Account for Relative Organ Displacements in Abdomen and Pelvis for Soft-tissue Based IGRT,” 2010 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, October 31-November 1, 2010, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78 (2010) p. S734.
27. B. Hu, K. Kainz, D. Wang, and X. Li, “Interfraction Geometric Variations of the Mandible and its Dosimetric Impact during Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer,” 2010 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, October 31-November 1, 2010, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78 (2010) p. S733.
28. G. Chen, X. Hu, K. Kainz, Y. Chang, and X. Li, “Static-Gantry and Rotational IMRT with Flattening Filter Free versus Flattening Filtered Beams,” 2011 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 31, 2011, Med. Phys. 38 (2011) p. 3673.
29. K. Kainz, J. F. Wilson, C. Schultz, B. Hu, J. Bagley, D. Wang, B. Erickson, and X. Li, “Initial Experience with Using Image-Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Cancers of the Scalp,” 2011 Meeting of the American Radium Society, Palm Beach, Florida, May 2, 2011.
30. Chen G, hu X, Kainz K, Chang Y, li X. SU‐E‐T‐793: Static‐Gantry and Rotational IMRT with Flattening Filter Free versus Flattening Filtered Beams Medical Physics. June 2011;38(6):3673.
31. Kainz K, Chen G, Chang Y, Prah D, Shukla H, Stahl J, li X. SU‐E‐T‐417: A Planning and Delivery Study of a Rotational IMRT Technique with Burst Delivery Medical Physics. June 2011;38(6):3584.
32. Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson J, Li X. SU-E-T-438: Optimal Proton Beam Energy to Treat Adult CNS, Adult Head and Neck, and Pediatric Cancers. Med Phys. 2012 Jun;39(6Part16):3805.
33. K. Kainz, S. Firat, C. Schultz, J. F. Wilson, and X. A. Li, “Plan Quality of Proton Versus Photon IG-IMRT,” 2012 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, October 28-31, 2012, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84 (2012) p. S837-S838.
34. E. Dalah, F. Liu, E. Paulson, K. Kainz, R. Hellman, B. Erickson, and X. Li, “PET-guided Dose-Escalation for Pancreatic Cancer: A Treatment Planning Study,” 2012 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, October 28-31, 2012, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84 (2012) p. S800-S801.
35. K. Kainz, S. Firat, J. F. Wilson, C. Schultz, M. Siker, W. G. A. Wang, D. Olson, and X. A. Li, “Photon Tomotherapy Is an Alternative to Proton Beams for Selected Brain and Head and Neck Tumors,” 2013 Meeting of the American Radium Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 27-May 1, 2013.
36. Kainz K, Wang W, Firat S, Wilson J, Schultz C, li X. SU‐E‐CAMPUS‐T‐04: Plan Quality of Proton Vs. Photon IMRT for Whole Ventricle Irradiation Medical Physics. June 2013;40(6):380.
37. K. Kainz, W. A. Wang, Q. Qiao, E. Gore, C. Johnstone, and X. A. Li, “Deriving a Virtual Respiratory Phase-Specific PET Contour From Free-Breathing PET Using Respiratory Information From 4DCT,” 2013 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia, September 22-25, 2013, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 87 (2013) p. S149.
38. Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li X. SU-E-T-539: Fixed Versus Variable Optimization Points in Combined-Mode Modulated Arc Therapy Planning. Med Phys. 2014 Jun;41(6):351.
39. K. Kainz, A. Tai, W. A. Wang, E. Gore, and X. A. Li, “Validation of a Technique to Derive a Virtual Phase-Specific PET Contour From Free-Breathing PET,” 2014 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Francisco, California, September 14-17, 2014, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90 (2014) p. S860.
40. Kainz K, Lawton C, Li X SU-E-T-153: Burst-Mode Modulated Arc Therapy with Flattening-Filter-Free Beams Versus Flattening-Filtered Beams. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6):3367
41. K. Kainz, E. Dalah, J. R. Robbins, B. A. Erickson, and A. Li, “Utility of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient MR Imaging in Target Definition for Liver Cancer Radiation Therapy,” 2015 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Antonio, Texas, October 18-21, 2015, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 93 (2015) pp. S193-S194.
42. S. Lim, K. Kainz, and X. Li, “SU-C-BRB-01: Automated Dose Deformation for Re-Irradiation,” 2016 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Washington, D. C., July 31-August 4, 2016, Med. Phys. 43 (2016) p. 3319.
43. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, and X. Li, “Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Replanning,” 2016 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, September 25-28, 2016, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 96(2, Supplement 1) (2016) p. E669.
44. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, G. P. Chen, C. A. F. Lawton, M. L. Siker, S. Firat, J. R. Robbins, B. A. Erickson, and A. Li, “Initial Clinical Experience with Using an Automated Dose Tracking Tool to Verify Dose Delivery and Trigger Adaptive Replanning,” 2017 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, September 24-27, 2017, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 99 (2017) pp. S222-S223.
45. K. Kainz, E. Paulson, A. Currey, C. Bergom, and X. Li, “TU-FG-FS2-08: Improving Normal Tissue Sparing Using MRI-Identified Regional Nodal Volumes in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy,” 2017 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Denver, Colorado, July 30-August 3, 2017, Med. Phys. 44 (2017) p. 3156.
46. K. Kainz, S. Lim, G. Chen, and X. Li, “SU-F-KDBRC-01: Dose Volume Histogram Comparisons as a Quality Assurance Metric for Deformable Image Registration,” 2018 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, July 29-August 2, 2018, Med. Phys. 45(6) (2018) p. e149.
47. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, G. P. Chen, C. J. Schultz, and X. A. Li, “Reliability of Deformable kVCT-to-MVCT Registration for Adaptive Replanning,” 2018 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Antonio, Texas, October 21-24, 2018, Int. J. Rdiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 102 (2018) p. S197.
48. G. Chen, S. Lim, K. Kainz, and X. Li, “Clinical Improvements of Using Iterative Reconstructed MVCT for IGRT,” 2019 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, July 14-18, 2019, Med. Phys. 46(6) (2019) p. 2819.
49. K. Kainz, S. Lim, G. Chen, and X. Li, “Increase of Adaptive Re-Planning Frequency with Using Automated Daily Dose Tracking,” 2019 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, July 14-18, 2019, Med. Phys. 46(6) (2019) p. 2856.
50. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, G. P. Chen, and A. Li, “Evaluation of Iteratively Reconstructed MVCT Imaging for Adaptive Radiation Therapy,” 2019 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, September 15, 2019, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 105(1) (2019) p. E720.
51. J. Kim, S. N. Lim, H. Zhong, K. Kainz, A. Li, “Evaluation of Deformable Dose Accumulation Accuracy for Head and Neck Cancer,” 2019 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, September 15, 2019, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 105(1) (2019) p. E721.
52. K. Kainz, H. Zhong, A. Tai, E. Ahunbay, and X. A. Li, “Comparison of Contour-based, Image-based, and Contour-image-based Deformable Image Registration for Adaptive Re-planning,” 2020 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Virtual, July 12-16, 2020.
53. K. Kainz, H. Zhong, A. Tai, E. Ahunbay, and X. A. Li, “Two Quality Assurance Metrics for Deformable Image Registration-based Dose Accumulation,” 2020 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Virtual, October 24-28, 2020.
54. J. Garcia Alvarez, K. Kainz, H. Zhong, C. Schultz, and X. Li, “Estimation of Uncertainty in Deformable Image Registration Based Daily Dose Accumulation for Head and Neck Cancer,” 2021 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Virtual, July 25-29, 2021.
55. H. Zhong, K. Kainz, and X. Li, “Development of a Multi-Layer Quality Assurance System for Adaptive Radiotherapy,” 2021 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Virtual, July 25-29, 2021.
 
Non-Peer Reviewed Educational Products
1. Kainz K, Lim S, Chen G, Li XA. PreciseART Adaptive Radiation Therapy Software: Dose Monitoring, Re-Planning, and Delivery Verification, Accuray Incorporated, Madison, Wisconsin, 2017.