David Parsons, Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Director of the Medical Physics Residency Program Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Radiation Oncology Biography Download Curriculum Vitae David Parsons, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. from Dalhousie University in 2017 under the supervision of James Robar, Ph.D. He then completed his clinical training at UT Southwestern Medical Center's Medical Physics Residency Program. Upon completion of residency he accepted a faculty position at UT Southwestern Medical Center. His research interests include image guidance in radiotherapy, motion management, novel treatment techniques and the use of Monte Carlo simulation in radiotherapy. Research Interest Adaptive Radiation Therapy Image guided radiation therapy Monte Carlo Simulation Motion management in radiation therapy Novel treatment techniques in radiation therapy Surface guided radiation therapy Publications Impact of Manual Contour Editing on Plan Quality for Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Wang S, Liao CY, Choi B, All S, Bai T, Visak J, Moon D, Pompos A, Avkshtol V, Parsons D, Godley A, Sher D, Lin MH Practical Radiation Oncology 2025 Mar 15 e211-e219 Assessing population-based to personalized planning strategies for head and neck adaptive radiotherapy Visak J, Liao CY, Zhong X, Wang B, Domal S, Wang HJ, Maniscalco A, Pompos A, Nyguen D, Parsons D, Godley A, Lu W, Jiang S, Moon D, Sher D, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2025 Mar 26 Cone Beam Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy: A Promising Approach for Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma? Zhong X, Rahman M, Simmons A, Li X, Kozak M, Desai N, Timmerman R, Godley A, Cai B, Parsons D, Kumar KA, Lin MH Advances in Radiation Oncology 2025 Feb 10 Mitigating Risks in Cone Beam Computed Tomography Guided Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy: A Preventative Reference Planning Review Approach Rahman M, Iqbal Z, Parsons D, Salazar D, Visak J, Zhong X, Wang S, Stanley D, Godley A, Cai B, Sher D, Lin MH Advances in Radiation Oncology 2024 Nov 9 Adapt-On-Demand: A Novel Strategy for Personalized Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Li R, Zhuang T, Montalvo S, Wang K, Parsons D, Zhang Y, Iyengar P, Wang J, Godley A, Cai B, Lin MH, Westover K Practical Radiation Oncology 2024 Sep 14 e395-e406 Motion analysis comparing surface imaging and diaphragm tracking on kV projections for deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) Chen M, Chiu T, Timmerman R, Gu X, Lu W, Parsons D, Folkert MR, Gu X Physica Medica 2024 Sep 125 In silico evaluation and feasibility of near margin-less head and neck daily adaptive radiotherapy Dohopolski M, Visak J, Choi B, Meng B, Parsons D, Zhong X, Inam E, Avkshtol V, Moon D, Sher D, Lin MH Radiotherapy and Oncology 2024 Aug 197 Beyond conventional bounds: Surpassing system limits for stereotactic ablative (SAbR) lung radiotherapy using CBCT-based adaptive planning system Gonzalez Y, Visak J, Overman L, Liao CY, Yen A, Zhuang T, Cai B, Godley A, Zhang Y, Timmerman R, Iyengar P, Westover K, Parsons D, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2024 Aug 25 3D printed phantoms in RT Chiu TD, Parsons D, Xiong Z, Reynolds R, Zhang Y 2024 Jul 198-219 Multimodal radiotherapy dose prediction using a multi-task deep learning model Maniscalco A, Mathew E, Parsons D, Visak J, Arbab M, Alluri P, Li X, Wandrey N, Lin MH, Rahimi A, Jiang S, Nguyen D Medical physics 2024 Jun 51 3932-3949 Results 1-10 of 49 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Honors & Awards Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award (2014-2017) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2017) American Brachytherapy Society (2019) American Society for Radiation Oncology (2018) Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (2017)