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About Jen Yu

Positions

2017 - Present Senior Medical Physicist, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ Miami Cancer Institute
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2017 - 2023 Clinical Assistant Professor, Florida International University ‐ Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
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2016 - 2017 Physics Credential Training, WellSpan Radiation Oncology
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2015 - 2017 Assistant Professor, Maryland Proton Treatment Center ‐ University of Maryland School of Medicine
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2015 - 2017 Lecturer, University of Maryland School of Medicine ‐ Imaging for Radiation Oncology
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2012 - 2014 Lecturer, Mayo Clinic ‐ Radiation Physics
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2005 - 2006 Instructor, University of Virginia ‐ Undergraduate Student Teaching
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Disciplines

Grants

2016 - 2017 Department of Radiation Oncology Seed grant
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Nonuniform spatiotemporal fractionation for SAbR IMPT in central lung lesions
Role: Co-Investigator
Colleague(s): Arezoo Modiri
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2016 - Present Member, American Society for Radiation Oncology
2016 - Present Physics Committee, PCG Phase I/II Study of Hypofractionated Proton Therapy for Stage II-III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
2016 - Present Physics Committee, PCG Phase II Protocol of Proton Therapy for Partial Breast Irradiation in Early Stage Breast Cancer
2016 - Present Physics Committee, RADCOMP Consortium Trial for Proton vs. Photon Therapy for Patient with Stage II or III Breast Cance
2015 - Present Board Certification, Therapeutic Medical Physics, American Board of Radiology
2015 - Present Reviewer, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
2011 - Present Member, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2005 - Present Member, American Physical Society
2015 - 2017 Member, RayStation treatment planning system evaluation for deformable image registration
2015 - 2017 Member, RayStation treatment planning system evaluation for proton therapy
2016 Physics Committee, PCG Phase II Study of Postoperative, Cardiac-Sparing Proton Radiotherapy for Patients with Stage II/
2014 - 2016 Reviewer, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
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Honors and Awards

  • 2008 International Research Fellowship Award, National Science Foundation
  • 2015 Travel fellowship, 54th Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group

Education

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2014 - 2015 Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center ‐ Proton Therapy
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2011 - 2014 Residency, Mayo Clinic ‐ Therapeutic Medical Physics
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2011 Physics, Ph.D, University of Virginia
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2005 Physics, B.S., Lanzhou University, China
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Contact Information

Miami Cancer Institute
8900 N. Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33176-2118
(786) 596-2000

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