UCLA Journal of Radiation Oncology FALL 2023 - Flipbook - Page 11
UCLA RADIATION ONCOLOGY JOURNAL
JONATHAN PHAM, PHD
Dr. Pham, originally from West Covina, California, earned his BS
degrees in physics from Bucknell University. He then went on to
pursue graduate studies in medical physics, first achieving an MS
at Duke University, followed by a PhD from UCLA. During his
graduate studies, Dr. Pham’s primary focus was on the development
and application of MR-guided radiation therapy. Dr. Pham is
interested in the utility of MRI to provide highly accurate and
precise radiation therapy treatment planning, tracking, and outcome
prediction. During his medical physics residency at UCLA, Dr.
Pham aims to utilize and develop the tools provided by UCLA’s MR
simulator and ViewRay MRIdian system to improve patient care.
HUIMING DONG, PHD
Dr. Huiming Dong was originally from Shanghai. He completed a
Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, cum
laude at Northeastern University and at Technische Universiteit
Eindhoven (TU/e), The Netherlands, before receiving his PhD in
MR imaging from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
where he worked closely with vascular surgeons, radiologists, and
MR scientists to investigate novel MR elastography techniques for
quantifying abdominal aortic aneurysm stiffness in patients to improve
management risk stratification. He received two Magna Cum Laude
Merit Awards from the International Society of Magnetic Resonance
in Medicine (ISMRM). During his training at UCSF Radiology, he
primarily focused on evaluating vascular/aneurysmal diseases in
veterans using MRI at San Francisco VA, and received a Siemens
seed grant to investigate ferumoxytol MRI at 0.55T in AVF patients.
Dr. Dong is excited to join UCLA Radiation Oncology as a medical
physics resident. He is passionate about patient care and exploring
how his research in MR imaging could further improve radiation
therapy to benefit more cancer patients as a clinician scientist.
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