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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
PING XIA, PHD

Assistant Professor in Residence, Radiation Oncology, UCSF

CONTACT

xia@radonc17.ucsf.edu
(415) 353-7194 (voice)
(415) 353-9883 (fax)

Box 1708, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143-1708

EDUCATION

Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, B.S., 1983, Physics
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, M.S., 1986, Physics
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Ph.D., 1993, Physics
University of California San Francisco, CA, Postdoc, 1997, Radiation Physics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986-1988

Teaching Instructor, Dept. Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.

1993-1994

Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

1993-1995

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Chemistry, University of New York, Buffalo, NY.

1997-1998

Instructor, Dept. Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

1999-present

Assistant Professor, Dept. Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

HONORS & AWARDS

July 1983

Outstanding graduate Award, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China

1990-1991

Departmental Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

1991-1992

Departmental Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

1992-1993

Dupont Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

October 1998

Basic Science Travel Grant Award, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

L. J. Verhey, P. Xia, P. Akazawa, "Intensity Modulation for Head and Neck Lesion Using Multiple Static Multiple Collimate Fields", in 12th Intentional Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, edited by D. D. Leavitt, G. Starkschall (Medical Publishing, 1997).

P. Xia, L. J. Verhey, "MLC Leaf Sequencing Algorithm for Intensity Modulated Beams With Multiple Static Segments", Med. Physics, 25, 1424-1434 (1998).

P. Xia, P. Geis, L. Xing, C. Ma, D. Findley, K. Forster, A. L. Boyer, "Physical Characteristics of a Miniature Multileaf Collimator", Med. Phys., 26, 65-70 (1999).

L. Ma, P. Xia, L. J. Verhey, and A. L. Boyer, "A Dosimetric Comparison of a Fan-beam intensity Modulated System with Gamma Knife Stereotactic System for Treating Intracranial Lesions", Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 45(5): 1325-1330 (1999).

Xia P, Fu KK, Wong GW, Akazawa C, Verhey LJ. "Comparison of treatment plans involving intensity-modulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma". Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 48, 329-37 (2000).

Xia P, Chuang C, Nguyen-Tan F, Fu KK, Verhey LJ. "Computer simulated patient motion and setup uncertainties in intensity modulated radiotherapy". In: W. Schlegel TB, ed. The use of computer in radiation therapy, XIIIth International conference. Heideberg, Germany: Springer; 2000:317-317.

Sultanem K, Shu HK, Xia P, et al. "Three-dimensional intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of nasopharygeal carcinoma:the University of California-San Francisco experience". Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 48, 711-722 (2000).

Posner MD, Quivey JM, Akazawa PF, Xia P, Akazawa C, Verhey LJ. "Dose optimization for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a comparison of treatment planning techniques". Int. J. Radia. Oncol., Biol., Phys., 48, 475-83 (2000).

Xia P, Pickett B, Vigneault E, Verhey LJ, Roach III M. "Forward or Inversely Planned Segmenteal Multileaf Collimator IMRT and Sequential Tomotherapy to Treat Multiple Dominant Intra-Prostatic Lesions of Prostate Cancer to 90 Gy", Int. J. Radia. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 51, 244-254(2001).

H. G. Shu, T. T. Lee, E. Vigneault, P. Xia, B. Pickett, T. L. Phillips, M. Roach III, "Toxicity following high dose 3D conformal and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for clinical localized prostate cancer", Urology, 57(1):102-7(2001).

Xia P, and Verhey LJ, " Delivery Systems of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Using Multi-leaf Collimators", Med. Dosimetry, 26(2),169-177( 2001).

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