Christopher Kennedy
Christopher Kennedy, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Blvd
TRC 2 West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
TRC 2 West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
chris.kennedy@uphs.upenn.edu
chris.kennedy@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.Sc., ( Biology, Cum Laude,)
University of Maryland, 1997.
B.S., (Mechanical Engineering, )
Drexel University, 2001.
M.S ( Mechanical Engineering,)
Drexel University, 2003.
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, )
Drexel University, 2004.
Permanent linkB.Sc., ( Biology, Cum Laude,)
University of Maryland, 1997.
B.S., (Mechanical Engineering, )
Drexel University, 2001.
M.S ( Mechanical Engineering,)
Drexel University, 2003.
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, )
Drexel University, 2004.
Selected Publications
Guttman, D., Gabriel, P., Kennedy, C., Rate, W., Grizos, W., Suneel, N., Wojtowicz, L., Lin, L., Freedman, G.: Comparison of Acute Toxicities between Contemporary Forward Planned 3D Conformal Radiotherapy and Inverse Planned Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Whole Breast Radiation. Breast J. 2017.Fichtinger, G., Fiene, J.P., Kennedy, C.W., Kronrief, G., Iordachita, I., Song, D.Y., Burdette, E.C., Kazanzides, P.: “Robotic Assistance for Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy” Med Image Analysis 12(5): 535-45, 2008.
Wong, J., Armour, E., Kazanzides, P., Iordachita, I., Tryggestad, E., Deng, H., Matinfar, M., Kennedy, C., Liu, Z., Chat, T., Gray, O., Verhaegen, F., McNutt, T., Ford, E., DeWeese, T.L.: “High-Resolution, Small Animal Radiation Research Platform with X-ray Tomographic Guidance Capabilities” Int. J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(5): 1591-9, 2008.
Deng, H., Kennedy, C.W., Armour, E., Tryggestad, E., Ford, E., McNutt, T., Jiang, L., and Wong, J.: “The Small-Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP): dosimetry of a focused lens system” Physics in Medicine and Biology 52(10): 2729-40, 2007.
Kennedy, C.W., and Desai, J.P.: Modeling and Control of the Mitsubishi PA-10 Robot Arm Harmonic Drive System” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 10(3): 263-274, 2005.
Kennedy, C.W. and Desai, J.P.: “A vision-based approach for estimating contact forces: Applications to robot-assisted surgery” Applied Bionics and Biomechanics 2(1): 53-60, 2005.
Kennedy, C.W., Hu, T., Desai, J.P., Wechsler, A.S., and Kresh, J.Y.: “A Novel Approach to Robotic Cardiac Surgery using Haptics and Vision” Cardiovascular Engineering: An International Journal 2(1): 15-22, 2002.
Kennedy, C.W., Donahue, J.J., Wan, X.S.: "Effects of the Bowman-Birk Protease Inhibitor on Survival of Fibroblasts and Cancer Cells Exposed to Radiation and cis- Platinum." Nutrition and Cancer 26: 209-217, 1996.