Jean Pouliot, PhD

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Education

Université laval, Québec, Canada B.Sc., 1981, Physics
Université laval M.Sc., 1983, Experimental Physics
Université laval Ph.D., 1986, Nuclear Physics
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Ca., Postdoc.,1989, Heavy-Ion Physics

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Professional Experience

• 1986-1989
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), Berkeley, California Postdoctoral
• 1990-1991
  Invited Scientist, Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) at GANIL, France.
• 1991-1993
  Research Associate, Physics Dept. Université Laval, Québec
• 1993-1999
  Medical Physicist, Dep of Radiation-oncology. Hotel-Dieu de Québec.
• 1993-1999
  Associate Professor, Laval University, Québec
• 1993-1999
  Head of Medical Physics Research Group, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec.
• 1999-2004
  Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco
• 2001-present
  Faculty Member, Joint UCSF/UC-Berkeley Bioengineering Department
• 2004-present
  Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco

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Honors & Awards

• 1981-1983
  Master Scholarship, FCAR; Doctoral scholarships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and FCAR
• 1986-1989
  Postdoctoral fellowship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

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Selected Publications

1. Pinnaduwage DS, Cunha JA, Weinberg V, Krishnamurthy D, Nash M, Hsu IC, Pouliot J. A dosimetric evaluation of using a single treatment plan for multiple treatment fractions within a given applicator insertion in gynecologic brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2013 Apr 11.
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2. Nie K, Chuang C, Kirby N, Braunstein S, Pouliot J. Site-specific deformable imaging registration algorithm selection using patient-based simulated deformations. Med Phys. 2013 Apr; 40(4):041911.
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3. Kirby N, Chuang C, Ueda U, Pouliot J. The need for application-based adaptation of deformable image registration. Med Phys. 2013 Jan; 40(1):011702.
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4. Graff P, Kirby N, Weinberg V, Chen J, Yom SS, Lambert L, Pouliot J. The Residual Setup Errors of Different IGRT Alignment Procedures for Head and Neck IMRT and the Resulting Dosimetric Impact. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Dec 11.
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5. Held M, Kirby N, Morin O, Pouliot J. Dosimetric aspects of inverse-planned modulated-arc total-body irradiation. Med Phys. 2012 Aug; 39(8):5263-71.
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6. Siauw T, Cunha A, Berenson D, Atamturk A, Hsu IC, Goldberg K, Pouliot J. NPIP: A skew line needle configuration optimization system for HDR brachytherapy. Med Phys. 2012 Jul; 39(7):4339-46.
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7. Kirby N, Held M, Morin O, Fogh S, Pouliot J. Inverse-planned modulated-arc total-body irradiation. Med Phys. 2012 May; 39(5):2761-4.
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8. Bissonnette JP, Balter PA, Dong L, Langen KM, Lovelock DM, Miften M, Moseley DJ, Pouliot J, Sonke JJ, Yoo S. Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: A report of the AAPM TG-179. Med Phys. 2012 Apr; 39(4):1946-63.
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9. Hwang AB, Chen J, Nguyen TB, Gottschalk AG, Roach MR, Pouliot J. Irradiation of the prostate and pelvic lymph nodes with an adaptive algorithm. Med Phys. 2012 Feb; 39(2):1119-24.
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10. Yamada Y, Rogers L, Demanes DJ, Morton G, Prestidge BR, Pouliot J, Cohen GN, Zaider M, Ghilezan M, Hsu IC. American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2012 Jan-Feb; 11(1):20-32.
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11. Graff P, Hu W, Yom SS, Pouliot J. Does IGRT ensure target dose coverage of head and neck IMRT patients? Radiother Oncol. 2012 Jul; 104(1):83-90.
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12. Kirby N, Chuang C, Pouliot J, Hwang A, Barani IJ. Physics strategies for sparing neural stem cells during whole-brain radiation treatments. Med Phys. 2011 Oct; 38(10):5338-44.
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13. Cunha JA, Pouliot J, Weinberg V, Wang-Chesebro A, Roach M, Hsu IC. Urethra low-dose tunnels: validation of and class solution for generating urethra-sparing dose plans using inverse planning simulated annealing for prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2012 Sep-Oct; 11(5):348-53.
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14. Kirby N, Chuang C, Pouliot J. A two-dimensional deformable phantom for quantitatively verifying deformation algorithms. Med Phys. 2011 Aug; 38(8):4583-6.
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15. Siauw T, Cunha A, Atamtürk A, Hsu IC, Pouliot J, Goldberg K. IPIP: A new approach to inverse planning for HDR brachytherapy by directly optimizing dosimetric indices. Med Phys. 2011 Jul; 38(7):4045-51.
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16. Hu W, Graff P, Boettger T, Pouliot J. A spatially encoded dose difference maximal intensity projection map for patient dose evaluation: a new first line patient quality assurance tool. Med Phys. 2011 Apr; 38(4):1748-53.
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17. Reed G, Cunha JA, Noworolski S, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron D, Hsu IC, Pouliot J. Interactive, multi-modality image registrations for combined MRI/MRSI-planned HDR prostate brachytherapy. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2011 Mar 31; 3(1):26-31.
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18. Krishnamurthy D, Weinberg V, Cunha JA, Hsu IC, Pouliot J. Comparison of high-dose rate prostate brachytherapy dose distributions with iridium-192, ytterbium-169, and thulium-170 sources. Brachytherapy. 2011 Nov-Dec; 10(6):461-5.
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19. D'Amours M, Pouliot J, Dagnault A, Verhaegen F, Beaulieu L. Patient-specific Monte Carlo-based dose-kernel approach for inverse planning in afterloading brachytherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Dec 1; 81(5):1582-9.
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20. Xia P, Qi P, Hwang A, Kinsey E, Pouliot J, Roach M. Comparison of three strategies in management of independent movement of the prostate and pelvic lymph nodes. Med Phys. 2010 Sep; 37(9):5006-13.
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