Taoran Li, Ph.D.

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Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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
Education:
B.S. (Physics)
Nanjing University, Kuang Yaming Honors School, 2008.
Ph.D. (Medical Physics)
Duke University Medical Center, 2013.
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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 technologies

Description 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

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.

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.

T Wang, S Yoon, N Taunk, T Li: Feasibility and Dosimetric Benefit of Online Adaptive Radiotherapy (ART) for Treatment of Post-Hysterectomy Endometrial Cancer. Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49(6), 06 2022.

R McBeth, T Li, S O'Reilly: Strategies to Increase Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Curriculum and Practical Skills in Medical Physics Graduate and Residency Programs. Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49(6), 06 2022.

D Holloman, A Sakaamini*, X Liu, S Yoon, T Li, R Wiersma: Dosimetric Accuracy of 6DoF Robotics for SRS Motion Management. Medical Physics, e113-e982, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49(6), 06 2022.

W Gu*, J Zou, B Teo, L Dong, S Nagda, M Alonso-Basanta, T Li,: Proton Stereotactic Radiosurgery with Shoot-Through Proton Arc Beams: Planning Feasibility and Dosimetry. Medical Physics, e113-e982, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49, 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.

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.

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.

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Last updated: 08/01/2022
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