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Heejung Kim, Ph.D.

Heejung Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Radiation Oncology
  • Biography

    Heejung Kim, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is part of the Department of Radiation Oncology’s Division of Medical Physics & Engineering.

    Dr. Kim received her B.S. in electrophysics at Kwangwoon University, her M.S. in radiation applied life science at Seoul National University, and her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Seoul National University as well. Her research interests include adaptive radiotherapy and artificial intelligence.

    Dr. Kim formerly served as a medical physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea, prior to assuming the role of Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern. Dr. Kim holds a Texas Medical Physicist License and is board-certified in therapeutic medical physics by the American Board of Radiology.

  • Research Interest
    • Adaptive radiotherapy
    • Artificial intelligence
  • Publications
    Searching for optimized selection of Monte Carlo dose calculation parameters for scanned beam proton therapy in RayStation
    Kim H, Chung K, Han Y, Park W, Park HC, Lim DH, Choi DH Journal of the Korean Physical Society 2023 Oct 83 572-580
    Feasibility of synthetic computed tomography images generated from magnetic resonance imaging scans using various deep learning methods in the planning of radiation therapy for prostate cancer
    Yoo GS, Luu HM, Kim H, Park W, Pyo H, Han Y, Park JY, Park SH Cancers 2022 Jan 14
    A patient-specific three-dimensional couplant pad for ultrasound image-guided radiation therapy: A feasibility study
    Kim H, Chang AR, Cho S, Ye SJ Radiation Oncology 2018 Sep 13
    Erratum: Predictors of chest wall toxicity after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy using real-time tumor tracking for lung tumors. [Radiat Oncol. 12, 1, (2017) (66)] DOI: 10.1186/s13014-017-0803-2
    Park Y, Kim HJ, Chang AR Radiation Oncology 2017 Jul 12
    Smartphone application for mechanical quality assurance of medical linear accelerators
    Kim H, Lee H, Park JI, Choi CH, Park SY, Kim HJ, Kim YS, Ye SJ Physics in medicine and biology 2017 May 62 N257-N270
    Predictors of chest wall toxicity after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy using real-time tumor tracking for lung tumors
    Park Y, Kim HJ, Chang AR Radiation Oncology 2017 Apr 12
    Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Spinal Metastases: Who Will Benefit the Most from SBRT?
    Park HJ, Kim HJ, Won JH, Lee SC, Chang AR Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 2015 Apr 14 159-167
    SU‐E‐J‐140: Dual‐Gated Radiotherapy with PTV Partition Technique: A Feasibility Study
    Kim H, Choi K, ye S Medical physics 2013 Jun 40 183
    SU‐E‐T‐710: A Quantitative Approach of Tongue‐And‐Groove Effect for the Varian 120 MLC
    Kim H, ye S, Kim J, Park J, Park Y, Kim S Medical physics 2011 Jun 38 3653
    SU‐GG‐T‐386: Monte Carlo Study of Absorbed Dose to Solid Water for External Auditing
    Kim J, Park J, Park Y, Choi C, Choi Y, Kim H, Kim H, Park S, Cho W, ye S Medical physics 2010 Jun 37 3275
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) (2016)
    • Korean Society of Medical Physics (KSMP) (2008)