Peter Bloch, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Division of Medical Physics
Phone: 215-746-5078
Fax: 215-349-5978
Email: bloch@uphs.upenn.edu
Education
- 1956 B.S. Michigan State University
- 1965 M.S. University of Pennsylvania
- 1968 Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Board Certifications
- 1977 American Board of Radiology, Radiological Physics including Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology
Professional Activities
- 1974 Graduate Group Committee, Biomedical Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering
- 1978-81 Scientific Advisory Committee of Clinical Research Center, School of Dental
- 1981-83 Biosafety Committee School of Medicine
- 1987-92 Chairman, Radiation Safety Committee, University of Pennsylvania
- 1993 Steering Committee, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- American College of Medical Physics
- AAPM
- American College of Radiology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Society of Nuclear Medicine
Awards and Honors
- 1968 Society of Sigma Xi
Publications
1. A. Khamene, P. Bloch, R.W. Wein, M. Stavos, and F. Sauer: "Automatic Registration of Portal Images and Volumetric CT for Patient Positioning in Radiation Therapy." Medical Image Analysis 10, 96-112, 2006.
2.A. Khamene, P. Bloch, R. Maughan, F. Sauer and M. Stavos: "Automatic Registration of Portal Images and Pretreatment CT Volume on Patient Positioning." 8th International Workshop on Electronic Portal Imaging, p.90-91 (June 2004) Brighton, England.
3. Steven Wan, Peter Bloch, Jeffrey H. Ware, Zhaozong Zhou, Jeremiah Donahue, Juan Guan, Jelena Stewart and Ann Kennedy. "Relative effectiveness of low and high linear energy transfer radiation in oxidative stress induction in cultured human epithelial cell.s. Radiation Research 163, 364-368, 2005.
4. R.P. Smith, P. Bloch, E.R. Harris, L.J. Solin, A. Sarkar, A. Kassaee, S. Avery and J. McDonough. "Analysis of Inter-Fraction and Intra-Fraction Variation during Tangential Breast Irradiation using an Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID)." Int. Journal Radiation Oncology, in press (2004).
5. Bloch, P., Bonan, R., Wallner, P., and Lodbell, J.: "Dosimetry for an Sr90/Y90 source train used for intravascular radiation of a hemodialysis graft." Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine, 4, 90-94, 2003.
6. Kassaee, A., Xiao, Y., Bloch, P., Goldwein, J., Rosenthal, DI., and Bjarngard, BE.: "Doses near the surface during total body irradiation with 15MV X-rays." International Journal Cancer, 96, 2002.
7. Kassaee, A., Xiao, Y., Bloch, P.: "Depth dose in build-up region for total body irradiation treatment with beam spoiler." (In press Radiotherapy & Oncology 2002).
8. Kassaee, A., Bloch, P., Yorke, E., Altschuler, MD., Rosenthal, DI.: "Beam spoilers versus Bolus for 6MV photon treatment of head and neck cancers." Medical Dosimetry, 25 (3), 127-131, Fall.
9. R. Whittington, P. Bloch, D. Hutchinson, B.S. and Bengt Bjarngard: "Verification of Prostate Treatment Setup using Computed Radiography for Portal Imaging." Int. Jour. of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Vol. 3, 87-96, 2002.
10. Jang, S., Bloch, P., Yun, M., Zhu, T., Rosenthal, D., Needham, M., Alavi, A., Bjarngard, B.: "FSG-PET imaging for radiation therapy in head and neck cancer." In, XIII Intern Conf Use of Computers in Radiotherapy. Editors Schegel and Borfield, P. 143-144, Springer Press Heidelberg Germany, May, 2000.
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