Huijun Xu, PhD

2008            BS.,  Applied Physics,  Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China

2013            Ph.D.,  Medical Physics,  Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA

2015            Residency, Medical Physics,  University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Dr. Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She earned her Ph.D. in Medical Physics from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013, where her research focused on probabilistic (robust) treatment planning optimization, addressing organ motion, delineation variation, and setup uncertainty in IMRT. Prior to that, she completed her undergraduate studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2008 and gained research experience as an intern at the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences.

Dr. Xu completed a two-year CAMPEP-accredited medical physics residency at the University of Maryland in 2015 and joined the faculty the same year. She became certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics in 2016. Currently, Dr. Xu serves as the lead physicist for the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Prince George's county, Maryland.

Treatment planning optimization, Uncertainty management, Brachytherapy, electron dosimetry

Xu H, Vile DJ, Sharma M, Gordon JJ, Siebers JV. Coverage-based treatment planning to accommodate deformable organ variations in prostate cancer treatment, Med Phys. 2014 Oct;41(10):101705.

Chen S, Yi B, Yang X, Xu H, Prado KL, D’Souza W. Optimizing the MLC Model Parameters for IMRT in the RayStation Treatment Planning System. J Appl Clinl Med Phys. 2015 Sep 8;15(5):322-332.

Unkelbach J, Alber M, Bangert M, Bokrantz R, Chan T, Deasy J, Fredriksson A, Gorissen B, van Herk M, Liu W, Mahmoudzadeh H, Nohadani O, Siebers JV, Witte M, Xu H. Robust radiotherapy planning, Phys Med Biol. 2018 Nov 12;63(22):22TR02.

Yu S, Xu H, Sinclair A, Zhang X, Langner U, Mak K. Dosimetric and planning efficiency comparison for lung SBRT: CyberKnife vs. VMAT vs. knowledge-based VMAT, Med Dosim. 2020;45(4):346-351doi:10.1016/j.meddos.2020.04.004.

Xu H, Zhang B, Guerrero M, Lee S, Lamichhane N, Chen S, Yi B. Toward automation of initial chart check for photon/electron EBRT for the clinical implementation of new AAPM task group reports and automation techniques, J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021Mar;22(3):234-245.