Lei Dong, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Medical Physics Division, The Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology
Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology, the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Department of Radiation Oncology
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiation Oncology
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Engineering Physics)
Tsinghua University, 1985.
M.S. (Modern Applied Physics)
Tsinghua University, 1987.
Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences/Medical Physics Program)
University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1995.
Permanent linkB.S. (Engineering Physics)
Tsinghua University, 1985.
M.S. (Modern Applied Physics)
Tsinghua University, 1987.
Ph.D. (Biomedical Sciences/Medical Physics Program)
University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1995.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr.Dong is familiar with radiation dosimetry and use of images in radiation oncology for setup (IGRT) and treatment planning. He was involved in several auto-segmentation projects using deformable image registration or machine learning methods. In addition, Dr.Dong worked extensively in the technical commissioning in three proton therapy centers (Hitachi Synchrotron at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2005-2008, Varian first ProBeam pencil beam scanning at Scripps Health in 2012-2016, and IBA multi-room cyclotron-based system with upgraded dedicated pencil beam scanning technology since 2017).Description of Research Expertise
My research interests are always motivated by clinical needs. As a medical physicist, the use of advanced technologies to improve clinical outcomes or clinical efficiencies is always interesting to me. Throughout the years, I have been interested in intensity-modulated radiation therapy, which includes proton therapy and automated treatment planning; I am interested in adaptive radiotherapy beyond anatomical changes of patient’s anatomy; I am interested in imaging, which provides rich information about the patient (spatially or biologically); I am interested in novel treatment techniques, which includes the recent hot topic on ultra-high dose-rate radiation therapy (FLASH). I have published over 220 peer-reviewed papers and 15 book chapters. My publication h-index is around 62. I plan to continue my innovative research through close collaboration with researchers internally and around the world.Selected Publications
AA Kassaee, H Lin, L Xu, S Philbrook, L Dong, D Carlson, T Li: SBRT on Halcyon Linear Accelerator: Exploring Dosimetric Impact of Residual Rotational Error after Correcting for Translational Setup Errors. Cureus Journal of Medical Science 14(2), 11 2022.Li, H., Dong, L., Bert, C., Chang, J., Flampouri, S., Jee, K. W., Lin, L., Moyers, M., Mori, S., Rottmann, J., Tryggestad, E., Vedam, S.: AAPM Task Group Report 290: Respiratory motion management for particle therapy. Med Phys 49(4): e50-e81, 2022.
Lin, H., Dong, L., Jimenez, R. B.: Emerging Technologies in Mitigating the Risks of Cardiac Toxicity From Breast Radiotherapy. Seminars in Radiation Oncology 32(3): 270-281, 2022.
Pakela, J. M., Knopf, A., Dong, L., Rucinski, A., Zou, W.: Management of Motion and Anatomical Variations in Charged Particle Therapy: Past, Present, and Into the Future. Front Oncol 12: 806153, 2022.
Yeom, Y. S., Griffin, K. T., Mille, M. M., Lee, C., O'Reilly, S., Dong, L., Jung, J. W., Lee, C.: Fetal dose from proton pencil beam scanning craniospinal irradiation during pregnancy: a Monte Carlo study. Phys Med Biol 67(3), 2022.
Velalopoulou, A., Karagounis, I. V., Cramer, G. M., Kim, M. M., Skoufos, G., Goia, D., Hagan, S., Verginadis,, II, Shoniyozov, K., Chiango, J., Cerullo, M., Varner, K., Yao, L., Qin, L., Hatzigeorgiou, A. G., Minn, A. J., Putt, M., Lanza, M., Assenmacher, C. A., Radaelli, E., Huck, J., Diffenderfer, E., Dong, L., Metz, J., Koumenis, C., Cengel, K. A., Maity, A., Busch, T. M.: FLASH proton radiotherapy spares normal epithelial and mesenchymal tissues while preserving sarcoma response. Cancer Research 2021.
Zou, W., Diffenderfer, E. S., Ota, K., Boisseau, P., Kim, M. M., Cai, Y., Avery, S. M., Carlson, D. J., Wiersma, R. D., Lin, A., Koumenis, C., Cengal, K., Metz, J. M., Dong, L., Teo, B. K.: Characterization of a high-resolution 2D transmission ion chamber for independent validation of proton pencil beam scanning of conventional and FLASH dose delivery. Med Phys 2021.
Zou, W., Kurtz, G., Nakib, M., Burgdorf, B., Alp, M., Li, T., Lustig, R., Xiao, Y., Dong, L., Kassaee, A., Alonso-Basanta, M.: A Probability-Based Investigation on the Setup Robustness of Pencil-beam Proton Radiation Therapy for Skull-Base Meningioma. Int J Part Ther 7(3): 34-45, 2021.
Kassaee, A., Cheng, C., Yin, L., Zou, W., Li, T., Lin, A., Swisher-McClure, S., Lukens, J. N., Lustig, R. A., O'Reilly, S., Dong, L., Ms, R. H., Teo, B. K.: Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Proton-Dose Calculation with Scripting and Modified Hounsfield Units. Int J Part Ther 8(1): 62-72, 2021.
Kim, M. M., Verginadis,, II, Goia, D., Haertter, A., Shoniyozov, K., Zou, W., Maity, A., Busch, T. M., Metz, J. M., Cengel, K. A., Dong, L., Koumenis, C., Diffenderfer, E. S.: Comparison of FLASH Proton Entrance and the Spread-Out Bragg Peak Dose Regions in the Sparing of Mouse Intestinal Crypts and in a Pancreatic Tumor Model. Cancers (Basel) 13(16), 2021.