Skip to Main Content
Justin Visak, Ph.D.

Justin Visak, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Radiation Oncology
  • Biography

    Justin Visak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. After completing his medical physics residency in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern, he stayed on as faculty in the Division of Medical Physics and Engineering.

    Dr. Visak's clinical focus is adaptive radiotherapy on Ethos and Unity; his research interests include adaptive radiotherapy and novel treatment planning technology.

  • Research Interest
    • Adaptive radiotherapy
    • Novel treatment planning technology
  • Publications
    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
    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
    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
    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 DD, Godley A, Lu W, Jiang SB, Moon D, Sher D, Lin M Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2024
    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 2024
    Evaluating machine learning enhanced intelligent-optimization-engine (IOE) performance for ethos head-and-neck (HN) plan generation
    Visak J, Inam E, Meng B, Wang S, Parsons D, Nyugen D, Zhang T, Moon D, Avkshtol V, Jiang S, Sher D, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2023 Jul 24
    Clinical experience on patient-specific quality assurance for CBCT-based online adaptive treatment plan
    Shen C, Chen L, Zhong X, Gonzalez Y, Visak J, Meng B, Inam E, Parsons D, Godley A, Jiang S, Cai B, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2023 Apr 24
    Feasibility of using ring-mounted Halcyon Linac for single-isocenter/two-lesion lung stereotactic body radiation therapy
    Pokhrel D, Webster A, Mallory R, Visak J, Bernard ME, McGarry RC, Kudrimoti M Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2022 May 23
    Fast generation of lung SBRT plans with a knowledge-based planning model on ring-mounted Halcyon Linac
    Visak J, Webster A, Bernard ME, Kudrimoti M, Randall ME, McGarry RC, Pokhrel D Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2021 Nov 22 54-63
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2017)
    • American Society for Radiation Oncology (2020)
    • UTSW Medical Physics Adaptive Radiotherapy Fellowship Steering Committee (2023)