Carver College of Medicine Curriculum Vitae

Junyi Xia

October 2016

I. Educational and Professional History

A. List of institutions attended (earliest to most recent)

1996

BS (Chemical Machinery) - ZheJiang University, China

2003

MS (Biomedical Engineering) - University of Memphis, Tennessee

2009

PhD (Medical Physics) - University of Florida, Gainesville

Post Graduate

2009 - 2011

Residency (Medical Physics) - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Licensures

2011 - Present

Iowa IDPH Radiation Therapy, IDPH

2012 - Present

American Board of Radiology -Therapeutic Radiological Physics, American Board of Radiology

B. Employment History

1999 - 2000

Software Engineer
Supcon Group Ltd, HangZhou, China

2000 - 2003

Graduate Research Assistant
University of Memphis, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Memphis, Tennessee

2003 - 2004

Scientific Programmer
St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

2005 - 2009

Graduate Research Assistant
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States

2009 - 2011

Medical Physics Resident
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States

2011 - Present

Assistant Professor
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, United States

2014 - Present

Co-founder
Infondrian LLC., Iowa City, IA, United States

C. Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Outstanding Achievements

2009

Selected Oral Presentation at John S. Laughlin Science Council Research Symposium - AAPM 2009, Anaheim, CA

2012

2nd place - Iowa Centers for Enterprise Elevator Pitch Competition

2013

Best In Physics (Therapy) - The American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting

2014

3rd place Venture School Business Model Competition - University of Iowa

II. Teaching

A. Teaching assignments

Classroom, Seminar, Teaching Laboratory

2010 - 2011

RTT Radiation Physics
Radiation Physics for RTT students

2012

Medical Physics: Image Quality

2012 - 2013

RTT Radiation Physics
Radiation Physics for RTT students

2013 - 2014

Radiation Physics for RTT students

B. Student Supervision (* indicates chair of the committee)

Graduate Students

2013 - 2014

*Ouided Rouabhi - Graduate - BME - Degree Objective: Master

2014 - Present

Brennen Wears - Mechanical Engineering - Degree Objective: Master
University of Iowa

High School Students

2014

Joel Reynolds

Post Doc Fellows

2015

*Wassim Bou-Zeid
University of Iowa

Residents

2012 - 2014

Patrick Hill - Resident - Medical Physics

2015 - Present

Jeffrey Snyder

2015 - Present

Edgar Gelover-Reyes

Supervised Research

2015 - Present

*Alan denBleyker - Application developer
University of Iowa

Undergraduate Students

2013 - 2014

Mingyu Ma - Physics - Degree Objective: B.S.
ICRU fellow (Fall 2013 - Spring 2014)

2014

George Chen - Undergraduate - ECE - Degree Objective: Bachelor

2015

Talbot Moris-Downing - Degree Objective: Computer Science
Stanford University

C. Other Teaching Contributions

Other Teaching Contributions

1999 - 2000

Software Training - Supcon Group Ltd, HangZhou, China

2003

Software Training - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Memphis, TN

III. SCHOLARSHIP/PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIVITY

A. Publications or creative works (earliest to most recent)

Peer-reviewed papers

1.    Jiang J, He H, Xia J. A particle heat transfer model to calculate the heat transfer coefficient of the pan rotary dryer, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Chinese Universities. 2000;14(4):324-327.

2.    He H, Xia J, Lu J, Jiang H. Strength analysis of the rotors of the rotary disc dryer, Chemical Engineering & Machinery. 2001;28(1):19-21.

3.    Samant S, Gopal A, Jain J, Xia J, DiBianca F. Design of a prototype tri-electrode ion-chamber for megavoltage X-ray imaging, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. 2007;573(3):398-409.

4.    Xia J, Chen Y, Samant S. The "Juggler” Algorithm: A Hybrid Deformable Image Registration Algorithm for Adaptive Radiotherapy, SPIE. 2007;6510:65105J.

5.    Samant S, Xia J, Muyan P, Owens J. High performance computing for deformable image registration: towards a new paradigm in adaptive radiotherapy, Medical Physics. 2008 August;35(8):3546-3553. PMID:18777915.

6.    Muyan P, Owens J, Xia J, Samant S. Fast Deformable Registration on the GPU: A CUDA Implementation of Demons, Computational Sciences and Its Applications, International Conference on ICCSA '08. 2008:223-233.

7.    Xia J, Siochi A. A real-time respiratory motion monitoring system using Microsoft Xbox Kinect: proof of concept, Medical Physics. 2012 May;39(5):2682-2685. PMID:22559638.

8.    Anderson J, Xia J, Flynn R, Modrick J, Bhatia S, Jacobson G, Kim Y. High Resolution (3 Tesla) MRI-Guided, Conformal Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer: Consequences of Different High-Risk CTV Sizes, Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2013;5(2):101-109. PMID:23878555.

9.    Xia J, Mart C, Bayouth J. A computer aided treatment event recognition system in radiation therapy, Medical Physics. 2014 January;41(1):011713-1-6. PMID:24387505.

10.   Xia J, Waldron T, Kim Y. A real-time applicator position monitoring system for gynecologic intracavitary brachytherapy, Medical Physics. 2014 January;41(1):011703-1-4. PMID:24387495.

11.   Rouabhi O, Ma M, Bayouth J, Xia J. Impact of temporal probability in 4D dose calculation for lung tumors, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2015 November;16(6):110-118. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v16i6.5517.

12.   Bou-Zeid W, Bauer C, Kim Y, Beichel R, Sun W, Waldron T, Xia J. Clinical Validation of a Real-time Applicator Position Monitoring System for Gynecologic Intracavitary Brachytherapy, Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express. 2016 August;2:045008.

Chapters

1.    Xia J, Bayouth J. Human-computer interaction in radiation therapy. In: George Starkschall; R. Alfredo C. Siochi, editors. Informatics in Radiation Oncology. CRC Press. 2013.

2.    Samant S, Wu J, Xia J, Gopal A. Optimization in image registration. In: Kristy K. Brock, editors. Image Processing in Radiation Oncology. CRC Press. 2013.

Abstracts

1.    Samant S, Xia J. Improved Target Localization in Low Field MR Using Local Weighed Mean (LWM) for Spatial Distortion Correction, Medical Physics. 2005;32:2053.

2.    Xia J, Samant S. A Novel Non-rigid Image Registration Algorithm for Radiation Therapy Using P-element Based Biomechanical Model, Medical Physics. 2006;33:2022.

3.    Samant S, Huang M, Xia J, Frouhar V, Palta J. A Treatment Planning System (TPS) Independent Software for 4DCT Image Analysis, Medical Physics. 2007;34(2350).

4.    Samant S, Xia J, Huang M, Chung H, Liu C, Palta J. Autosegmentation and Internal Target Volume (ITV) Generation in 4DCT Lung Imaging Using Deformable Image Registration, Medical Physics. 2007;34:2326.

5.    Xia J, Samant S. Improved Deformable Image Registration Using Hybrid Models: An Application to Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Journal of Medical Physics. 2007;34:2516.

6.    Xia J, Chen Y, Samant S. A generalized method for achieving realistic deformable image registration (DIR) using the inverse consistency constraint, Medical Physics. 2008;35:2991.

7.    Xia J, Muyan P, Owens J, Palta J, Samant S. Towards in vivo Dose Validation Using Real-Time Physiologically Constrained Deformable Image Registration, Medical Physics. 2008;35:2722.

8.    Xia J, Chen Y, Samant S. Robust Deformable Image Registration Using Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Medical Physics. 2009;36:2764.

9.    Xia J, Mart C, Bayouth J. A Computer Aided Treatment Event Recognition System (CATERS) In Radiation Therapy, Medical Physics. 2013;40:500. Accepted.

10.   Xia J, Mart C, Bayouth J. A Computer Assisted Treatment Events Recognition System (CATERS) For Radiation Therapy, Medical Physics. 2013.

11.   Xia J, Waldron T, Kim Y. A Real-Time Applicator Position Monitoring System (RAPS) for Intracavitary High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy, Medical Physics. 2013.

12.   Bauer C, Beichel R, Kim Y, Bou-zeid W, Waldron T, Sun W, Bhatia S, Xia J. RAPS: A Real Time Portable Tandem and Ovoid Applicator Monitoring System for Gynecologic Intracavitary Brachytherapy, ASTRO 2015. Accepted.

Intellectual Property (e.g. Patents, Copyrights)

1.    Jiang, J., Ling, X., Xia, J. CHINA CN2326920, "Medium Temperature Contact Vacuum Dryer."

2.    Flynn, R. T., Xia, J., Waldron, T. J., Kim, Y., Allen, B. G., Wears, B. M., Ding, H. 62/026,077, "System and Method for an Intensity Modulated Low-Energy X-ray Radiation Therapy (LexRT) Device."

3.    Xia, J., Kim, Y., Waldron, T., Bou-Zeid, W. 62/261,607, "Real-Time Applicator Position Monitoring System."

4.    Wears, B., Xia, J., Flynn, R., Waldron, T. 62/308,358, "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DYNAMIC COLLIMATION SYSTEM FOR LOW-ENERGY X-RAY RADIATION THERAPY."

5.    R. F., J. X., T. W., Y. K., B. A., B. W., H. D. PCT/US2015/41070, "System and Method for An Intensity Modulated Radiation therapy Device."

B. Areas of Research Interest

Research Summary.
Adaptive treatment planning and evaluation using image registration and segmentation

High performance computing in radiation oncology

Four-dimensional radiotherapy using Xbox Kinect sensor

Informatics in radiation therapy

Functional imaging in radiation therapy

C. Grants

Grant

Funded

A Computer-Aided Treatment Event Recognition System for Radiation Therapy
The fund will be used for travel expense for work flow analysis at partner sites

ICE Commercialization GAP Fund Program 2014

January 1, 2014 - June 1, 2014

$8,000

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator)

Dosimetric and Temporal Advantage of Gated SBRT using un-flattened beam
This Siemens grant is transfered from Dr. Bayouth

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, INC

September 2012 - September 2014

$244,293

Percent effort: 7

Xia, Junyi (Co-Principal), Bayouth, John (Principal Investigator)

Determining dosimetric advantage of gated stereotactic body radiation therapy
Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates

September 2014 - May 2015

$2,000

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator)

An Automated Patient Chart Error Detection System for Radiation Therapy
Iowa Innovation Corporation SBIR/STTR Outreach Program

February 2015 - July 2015

$2,334

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator)

Design and Validate A Portable Real-time HDR Applicator Monitoring System for Intracavitary Brachytherapy
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

September 15, 2013 - September 14, 2015

$241,460

Percent effort: 20

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator), Sun, Wenqing (Co-Investigator), Bhatia, Sudershan (Co-Investigator), Waldron, Tim (Co-Investigator), Kim, Yusung (Co-Investigator)

An Automated Real-time Treatment Error Detection System for Radiation Therapy
ICE Commercialization GAP Fund Program 2015

January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

$74,994

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator), Siochi, Alfredo (Co-Principal), Mart, Christopher (Co-Principal)

Development of a novel Low-Energy Intraoperative Radiation Therapy System for Pancreatic Cancer
OVPRED Internal Funding initiatives 2014

January 2015 - June 2016

$27,830

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator)

An Automated Patient Chart Error Detection System for Radiation Therapy
National Institutes of Health

R41CA195819

September 6, 2016 - August 30, 2017

$225,000

Percent effort: 25

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator)

An Automated Patient Chart Error Detection System for Radiation Therapy
Iowa Economic Development Authority

October 2015 - Present

$25,000

Xia, Junyi (Principal Investigator)

D. Presentations

2015 October      Radiation Oncology Translation Research Meeting, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Development of a novel low-energy intraoperative radiation therapy system for pancreatic cancer. Xia, Junyi.

Invited Lectures/Guest Speaker

2011 March        University of Iowa, Iowa City. High performance computing in clincal medical imaging: A GPU based approach. Xia, J (Presenter).

2013 April 2        WebEx presentation to Elekta Medical System, Iowa City. Business intelligence in radiation oncology. Xia, J (Presenter), Siochi, R (Presenter).

2013 June 20      Translational Research Meeting, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Beyond video games, clinical applications using Microsoft Kinect sensor. Xia, J (Presenter).

2013 October 12    Annual Iowa Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncologists Conference, ISTRO, Iowa CIty. Gaming for life: applying gaming technologies to radiation therapy. Xia, J (Presenter).

Conference Presentations/Seminars

2003             45th AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, San Diego, CA. EPID Based Quality Assurance for Collimator Verification in External Beam Radiotherapy. Samant, S, Jain, J, Sobczak, D, Crawford, B, Coffey, D, Xia, Junyi.

2004             46th AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Pittsburgh, PA. CT Laser and Linac Axes Alignment using an Electronic Portal Imaging Device. Samant, S, Patra, P, Sobczak, D, Xia, Junyi.

2005             91th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of RSNA, RSNA, Chicago, IL. Improved Segmentation and Localization Using a Novel Spatial Distortion Correction Algorithm for Imaging with an Open MR Simulator. Samant, S, Xia, Junyi.

2007             ASTRO Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT II) Symposium, ASTRO, St. Petersburg, FL. Validation and Automation Strategies in Image Guided Radiotherapy. Samant, S, Wu, J, Kim, M, Peters, J, Huang, M, Chung, H, Chen, Y, Palta, J, Xia, Junyi.

2010             52th AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Philadelphia, PA. On the Impact of Dose Sculpting Optimization in High Resolution (3.0 Tesla) MRI-Guided HDR Brachytherapy for GYN Cancer: For Different High Risk CTV Sizes. Kim, Y, Xia, Junyi.

2010             52th AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Philadelphia, PA. Tandem and Ovoids Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer When Evaluated by High Resolution (3.0 Tesla) MRI. Kim, Y, Sun, W, Bhatia, S K, Jacobson, G M, Xia, Junyi.

2013 August 7      55th AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Indianapolis, IN. A Computer Assisted Treatment Events Recognition System (CATERS) For Radiation Therapy. Xia, J (Presenter), Mart, C (Author), Bayouth, J (Author).

2013 August 7      55th AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Indianapolis, IN. A Real-Time Applicator Position Monitoring System (RAPS) for Intracavitary High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy. Xia, J (Presenter), Waldron, T, Kim, Y.

2013 August 30     Treatment planning conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Everything you need to know about VisionRT. Xia, J (Presenter), Chesnut, D (Presenter).

2013 October 28    Physics department undergraduate research seminar, Iowa CIty. Dosimetric comparison of 3D and 4D-weighted dose calculation. Ma, Mingyu (Presenter), Xia, Junyi (Author).

2014 July 20       56 AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Austin, TX. Impact of Temporal Probability in 4D Dose Calculation for Lung Cancer Treatment Planning. Rouabhi, Ouided (Presenter), Ma, Mingyu (Author), Bayouth, John (Author), Xia, Junyi (Author).

2014 September 14 American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Francisco. Voxel Based Analysis of Bone Marrow Response to Chemoradiation Therapy using FLT PET Images in Pelvic Cancer Patients. McGuire, S (Presenter), Hareendran, R (Author), Xia, J (Author), Bhatia, S (Author), Sun, W (Author), Rockey, W (Author), Menda, Y (Author), Ponto, L (Author), Gross, B (Author), Buatti, J (Author).

2016 August       58th AAPM Annual Meeting, Washington DC. Development of a Novel Scanning Beam Low-Energy Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (SBIORT) System for Pancreatic Cancer. Wears, Brennen (Presenter), Mohiuddin, Imran (Author), Flynn, Ryan (Author), Waldron, Timothy (Author), Kim, Yusung (Author), Allen, Byan (Author), Xia, Junyi (Author).

Poster Presentations

2012             54th AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Charlotte, NC. A Prototype of a Real-Time Respiratory Motion Monitoring System Using Microsoft Kinect Sensor. Xia, J, Siochi, R.

2014 July 20       56 AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Austin, TX. A Dosimetric Analysis of 3D Versus 4D Image-Based Dose Calculation for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Lung Tumors. Ma, Mingyu (Author), Rouabhi, Ouided (Author), Bayouth, John (Author), Flynn, Ryan (Author), Xia, Junyi (Presenter).

2014 July 20       56 AAPM Annual Meeting, AAPM, Austin, TX. “Dose Recomputation Versus Dose Deformation for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Lung Tumors: A Dosimetric Study. Ma, Mingyu (Author), Bayouth, John (Author), Flynn, Ryan (Author), Xia, Junyi (Presenter).

2015 March        Varian Research Partnership Symposium, Varian Medical Systems, Atlanta, GA. Development of a Real-Time Portable Applicator-monitoring System (RAPS) for Gynecologic Intracavitary Brachytherapy. Bauer, Christian, Beichel, Reinhard, Bou-Zeid, Wassim, Waldron, Timothy, Sun, Wenqing, Bhatia, Sudershan, Kim, Yusung, Xia, Junyi.

2015 August 13     Big Data Workshop: Exploring Opportunities for Radiation Oncology in the Era of Big Data, AAPM, ASTRO, and NCI, Washing DC. CATERS: An Automated Patient Chart Error Detection System for Radiation Therapy. Xia, Junyi (Presenter), Mart, Christopher (Author).

 

IV. SERVICE

A. Memberships in Professional Organizations

                  American Association of Physicists in Medicine

                  American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

                  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

B. Professional Service, Offices/Positions/Roles Held in Professional Organizations

Offices Held in Professional Organizations

Other Professional Service

Local

2011 - Present     UIHC, Medical Physics Residency Admissions, Member

2011 - Present     UIHC, Medical Physics Residency Curriculum, Member

2005 - Present     American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Full Member

2005 - Present     Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Member

2011 - Present     American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Member