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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
    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
    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
    Automation and integration of a novel restricted single-isocenter stereotactic body radiotherapy (a-RESIST) method for synchronous two lung lesions
    Critchfield LS, Visak J, Bernard ME, Randall ME, McGarry RC, Pokhrel D Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2021 Jul 22 56-65
    Letter to the Editor: In Response to Sarkar et al.
    Pokhrel D, Visak J Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2021 Jun 22 283-285
    Development and clinical validation of a robust knowledge-based planning model for stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment of centrally located lung tumors
    Visak J, McGarry RC, Randall ME, Pokhrel D Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2021 Jan 22 146-155
  • 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)