Education

Rutgers University, B.S., 06/2001, Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara, M.S., 06/2003, Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D., 06/2006, Physics
Brookhaven National Lab, Postdoctoral Fellow, 06/2007, Physics Dept.
University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Scholar, 06/2009, Radiation Oncology

Honors & Awards

  • 2009
    Beyond the Abstract featured article, www.UroToday.com
  • 2009
    Resident Travel Award, American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting
  • 2011
    Best Physics Abstract, American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting
  • 2012
    IEEE CASE Best Application Paper Award, 2012 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, August 20-24, 2012, Seoul, Korea

Selected Publications

  1. Cheung CK, Chew J, Wai K, Calkins SM, Ha PK, Ryan WR, Cunha A, Yom SS, Hsu IC, Chan JW. Feasibility of accelerated image-guided high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy with inverse planning simulated annealing (IPSA-HDRBT) for post-operative treatment of pathologically node-negative squamous cell carcinomas of the oral tongue. Brachytherapy. 2022 Sep-Oct; 21(5):686-691.  View on PubMed
  2. Wu SY, Wong AC, Shinohara K, Roach M, Cunha JAM, Valdes G, Hsu IC. Salvage High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Definitive Radiation. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2021 Nov-Dec; 11(6):515-526.  View on PubMed
  3. Chapman CH, Cunha AJ, Littell RD, Chen LM, Hsu IC. High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for vaginal endometrial cancer recurrence after prior surgery and radiotherapy. Brachytherapy. 2021 May-Jun; 20(3):536-542.  View on PubMed
  4. Chen WC, Li Y, Lazar A, Altun A, Descovich M, Nano T, Ziemer B, Sudhyadhom A, Cunha A, Thomas H, Gottschalk A, Hsu IC, Roach M. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost in Combination With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Single-Institution Propensity Score Matched Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 06 01; 110(2):429-437.  View on PubMed
  5. Cunha JAM, Flynn R, Bélanger C, Callaghan C, Kim Y, Jia X, Chen Z, Beaulieu L. Brachytherapy Future Directions. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2020 01; 30(1):94-106.  View on PubMed
  6. Valdes G, Chang AJ, Interian Y, Owen K, Jensen ST, Ungar LH, Cunha A, Solberg TD, Hsu IC. Salvage HDR Brachytherapy: Multiple Hypothesis Testing Versus Machine Learning Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 07 01; 101(3):694-703.  View on PubMed
  7. Cunha A, Siauw T, Hsu IC, Pouliot J. A method for restricting intracatheter dwell time variance in high-dose-rate brachytherapy plan optimization. Brachytherapy. 2016 Mar-Apr; 15(2):246-51.  View on PubMed
  8. Cunha JA, Mellis K, Sethi R, Siauw T, Sudhyadhom A, Garg A, Goldberg K, Hsu IC, Pouliot J. Evaluation of PC-ISO for customized, 3D Printed, gynecologic 192-Ir HDR brachytherapy applicators. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015 Jan 08; 16(1):5168.  View on PubMed
  9. 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 Sep-Oct; 12(5):487-94.  View on PubMed
  10. Hsu IC, Hunt D, Straube W, Pouliot J, Cunha A, Krishnamurthy D, Sandler H. Dosimetric analysis of radiation therapy oncology group 0321: the importance of urethral dose. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 4(1):27-34.  View on PubMed
  11. 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.  View on PubMed
  12. 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.  View on PubMed
  13. 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.  View on PubMed
  14. 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.  View on PubMed
  15. 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.  View on PubMed
  16. Diederich CJ, Wootton J, Prakash P, Salgaonkar V, Juang T, Scott S, Chen X, Cunha A, Pouliot J, Hsu IC. Catheter-based ultrasound hyperthermia with HDR brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced cancer of the prostate and cervix. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2011 Feb 22; 7901:79010O.  View on PubMed
  17. Cunha JA, Hsu IC, Pouliot J, Roach Iii M, Shinohara K, Kurhanewicz J, Reed G, Stoianovici D. Toward adaptive stereotactic robotic brachytherapy for prostate cancer: demonstration of an adaptive workflow incorporating inverse planning and an MR stealth robot. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2010 Aug; 19(4):189-202.  View on PubMed
  18. Foster W, Cunha JA, Hsu IC, Weinberg V, Krishnamurthy D, Pouliot J. Dosimetric impact of interfraction catheter movement in high-dose rate prostate brachytherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 May 01; 80(1):85-90.  View on PubMed
  19. Cunha JA, Pickett B, Pouliot J. Inverse planning optimization for hybrid prostate permanent-seed implant brachytherapy plans using two source strengths. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2010 Jun 03; 11(3):3096.  View on PubMed
  20. Cunha JA, Hsu IC, Pouliot J. Dosimetric equivalence of nonstandard HDR brachytherapy catheter patterns. Med Phys. 2009 Jan; 36(1):233-9.  View on PubMed

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