Alireza Kassaee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Department of Radiation Oncology
2 West
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiation Oncology
2 West
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6204
Email:
KASSAEE@XRT.UPENN.EDU
KASSAEE@XRT.UPENN.EDU
Education:
B.S. (Electrical Engineering)
State University of NY at Buffalo, 1981.
Ph.D. (Physics)
State University of NY at Buffalo, 1989.
Permanent linkB.S. (Electrical Engineering)
State University of NY at Buffalo, 1981.
Ph.D. (Physics)
State University of NY at Buffalo, 1989.
Selected Publications
Darafsheh A, Taleei R, Kassaee A, Finlay JC: Proton therapy dosimetry using the scintillation of the silica fibers. Optics Letters 42(4): 847-850 Feb 2017.Darafsheh A, Taleei R, Kassaee A, Finlay J : The visible signal responsible for proton therapy dosimetry using bare optical fibers is not Cerenkov radiation. Medical Physics 43(11): 5973-5980, Nov 2016.
Cardin A, Ding X, Kassaee A, Lin L, Maryanski MJ, Avery S: Validation of high-resolution 3D patient QA for proton PBS and IMPT using laser CT of improved polymer gel dosimeters. Journal of Physics Conference Series 573, January 2015 Notes: doi:10.1088/1742-6596/573/1/012017.
Avery S, Cardin A, Lin L, Kirk M, Kassaee A, Maryanski MJ: 3D dose verification with polymer gel detectors of brain-spine match line for proton pencil beam cranio-spinal. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 573(1), January 2015 Notes: doi:10.1088/1742-6596/573/1/012020.
Lee, E., Polf, J.P., Mackin, D.S., Beddar, S., Dolney, D., Ainsley, C., Kassaee, A., Avery, S.: Study of the angular dependence of a prompt gamma detector response during proton radiotherapy. Int J Particle Ther 1(3): 731-744, Dec 2014.
Ding X, Dionisi F, Tang S, Ingram M, Hung CY, Prionas E, Lichtenwalner P, Butterwick I, Zhai H, Yin L, Lin H, Kassaee A, Avery S: A comprehensive dosimetric study of pancreatic cancer treatment using three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), volumetric-modulated radiation therapy (VMAT), and passive-scattering and modulated-scanning proton therapy (PT). Med Dosim 39(2): 139-45, Mar 2014.
. Betancourt, R., Zou, W., Plastaras, J.P., Metz, J. M., Teo, B., Kassaee, A.: Abdominal and pancreatic motion correlation using 4D CT, 4D transponders, and a gating belt. J. App. Clin. Med. Phys. 14(3): 13-24, May 2013.
Zou, W., Betancourt, R., Yin, L., Metz, J. M., Avery, S., Kassaee, A. : Effects on the photon beam from an electromagnetic array used for patient localization and tumor tracking J. App. Clin. Med. Phys 14(3): 72-80, May 2013.
Lin A, Swisher-McClure S, Bonner Millar L, Kirk M, Yeager C, Kassaee A, Kevin B : Proton therapy for head and neck cancer: current applications and future directions. Transl. Cancer Res 1(4): 255-263, Dec 2012.
Shinohara ET, Kassaee A, Mitra N, Vapiwala N, Plastaras JP, Drebin J, Wan F, Metz J : Feasibility of electromagnetic transponder use to monitor inter- and intrafractional motion in locally advanced pancreatic cancer patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83(2): 566-573, June 2012 Notes: Epub 2011 Nov 16.