Taoran Li, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Director, Medical Physics Residency, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
Department of Radiation Oncology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.S. (Physics)
Nanjing University, Kuang Yaming Honors School, 2008.
Ph.D. (Medical Physics)
Duke University Medical Center, 2013.
Permanent linkB.S. (Physics)
Nanjing University, Kuang Yaming Honors School, 2008.
Ph.D. (Medical Physics)
Duke University Medical Center, 2013.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Varian Eclipse treatment planning system including RapidPlan and MCO; Varian Truebeam/STx/Edge and Halcyon treatment delivery system;Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS);
Knowledge-based treatment planning, automated treatment planning and quality assurance;
Transmission detectors for radiation therapy;
Description of Other Expertise
Patient and staff/trainee education with advanced visual technologiesDescription of Research Expertise
Online and offline adaptive radiation therapy;Advanced and predictive motion management;
Knowledge-based treatment planning, automated treatment planning and quality assurance;
Deformable image registration and dose propagation;
Novel quality assurance for LINAC-based treatment delivery;
Application of novel technologies (VR/AR) in medical and medical physics education
Selected Publications
Jacob Trotter, Austin R Pantel, Boon-Keng Kevin Teo, Freddy E Escorcia, Taoran Li, Daniel A Pryma, Neil K Taunk: PET/CT Imaging in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning: A Review of PET Imaging Tracers and Methods to Incorporate PET/CT. Advances in Radiation Oncology 03 2023.Eva Berlin, Nikhil Yegya-Raman, Elizabeth Garver, Taoran Li, Lilie L Lin, Neil K Taunk: Acute and long-term toxicity of whole pelvis proton radiation therapy for definitive or adjuvant management of gynecologic cancers. Gynecologic Oncology 05 2023.
Gary M Freedman, Taoran Li, Elizabeth Garver, Katherine Shillington, Bridget Shinkle, Julia C Tchou, Oluwadamilola M Fayanju, Lilie Lin, Neil K Taunk: Five-Year Outcomes of a Phase 1/2 Trial of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using Proton Therapy for Women With Stage 0-IIA Breast Cancer. Advances in Radiation Oncology 8 2023.
Lexi Lazar, Casey Hollawell, Neil K Taunk, Andre A Konski, Taoran Li, Emily Hubley, Shibu Anamalayil, Christopher Kennedy, Gary M Freedman: Pneumothorax associated with deep inspiration breath holding during radiation therapy for breast cancer. Practical Radiation Oncology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2022.10.015 03 2023.
S O'Reilly, L Yin, A Kassaee, Y Chang, C Cheng, J Zou, T Li, A Lin, J Lukens, R Lustig, G Kurtz, M Alonso-Basanta, L Dong, BK Teo: Clinical Implementation of DECT for Proton Therapy with Reduced Range Uncertainty Margins: Reproducibility and Predicted Range Differences. Medical Physics, e113-e982, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49(6), 06 2022.
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) 02 2022.
Rohan Deraniyagala, Xuanfeng Ding, Michelle Alonso‐Basanta, Taoran Li, Yi Rong: It is beneficial to invest resources to implement proton intracranial SRS. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 23 (7), 2022 06 2022.
William T Hrinivich, Nicole Chernavsky, Marc Morcos, Taoran Li, Pengwei Wu, John Wong, Jeffrey H Siewerdsen: Effect of subject motion and gantry rotation speed on image quality and dose delivery in CT‐guided radiotherapy. Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15877 07 2022.
Y Chang, B Teo, T Li, R McBeth: An Investigation of the Transferability of Deep-Learning Based Head and Neck Dose Prediction Model Among Different Institutions. Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49(6), 06 2022.
SW Yoon, H Lin, D Mihailidis, C Kennedy, T Li: Sources of systemic error in total body irradiation and total skin electron therapy in vivo measurements using nanoDot optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters within high‐efficiency clinics. Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15571 2, 02 2022.