Event
ISR Focus on Medicine: Warren D'Souza, "Radiation Oncology: Present and Future"
Monday, September 29, 2008
11:00 a.m.
1146 AV Williams Building
Regina King
301 405 6615
rking12@umd.edu
ISR Systems Seminar: Focus on Medicine Series
Radiation Oncology: Present and Future
Dr. Warren D'Souza
Director of Medical Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Abstract
Activities and interests of Dr. D'Souza's Radiation Oncology group at the University of Maryland's School of Medicine will be described. The intent of this talk is to stimulate the interest of faculty at the UM College Park towards identifying collaborative opportunities with the medical school. Areas of opportunity include modeling tumor kinetics, studying drug and radiation interactions, biomarkers/treatment/response process control systems, magnetic resonance imaging, and interventional radiology robotics. Radiation Oncology is a specialty devoted to the treatment of benign and malignant tumors. Cancer is a complex disease. The modern and also the best approach to treating this disease is multi-modality therapy. Evidence suggests that this approach to cancer offers a patient the greatest chance of survival. This requires a multi-disciplinary approach to patient evaluation and treatment. Emphasis will be placed on the principles of radiation oncology, radiation biology, and radiation physics.
Biography
Dr. Warren D'Souza received his MD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his undergraduate degree from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is certified by the American Board of Radiology. Dr. D'Souza is collaborating with Profs. Tom McAvoy and Ray Liu on an NIH-funded grant on the topic of biomedical process control. In this project, the researchers are applying control and signal processing techniques to radiation therapy delivery via robotic treatment couches.
