Timothy Zhu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Division of Medical Physics
Phone: 215-662-4043
Pager: 215-265-2835
Fax: 215-349-5978
Email: tzhu@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education
- 1984 B.S. Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- 1987 Sc.M. Brown University
- 1988 Sc.M. Brown University
- 1992 Ph.D. Brown University
Board Certifications
- American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, 1996
- American Board of Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology, 1996
Professional Activities
- American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology
- The International Society for Optical Engineering
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- American Physical Society
Awards and Honors
- 1991 Sigma Xi, Brown University
Publications
1. Zhu TC, Hahn SH, Kapatkin AS, Dimofte A, Rodriguez CE, Vulvan TG, Glatstein E and Hsi RA." "In vivo optical properties of normal canine prostate at 732 nm using motexafin lutetium-mediated photodynamic therapy". Photochem Photobiol 77, 81-88, 2003.
2. Das IJ and Zhu TC.: "Thermal and temporal response of ionization chambers in radiation dosimetry". Med Phys 31, 573-578, 2004.
3. Saini AS and Zhu TC.: "Dose rate and SDD dependence of commercially available diode detectors". Med Phys 32, 914-924, 2004.
4. Friedberg JS, Mick R, Steveson JP, Zhu TC, Busch TM, Shin D, Smith D, Culligan M, Dimofte A, Glatstein E and Hahn SM.: "A Phase II trial of pleural photodynamic therapy (PDT) and surgery for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with pleural spread". Journal of Clinical Oncology 22, 2192-2201, 2004.
5. Zhu TC, Bjarngard BE, Xiao Y and Bieda M.: "Output ratio in air for MLC shaped irregular fields". Med Phys 31, 2480-2490, 2004.
6. Wang HW, Zhu TC, Putt ME, Solonenko M, Metz J, Dimofte A, Miles J, Fraker DL, Glatstein E, Hahn SM, Yodh AG.: "In-vivo broadband reflectance measurements of light penetration depth, blood oxygenation, hemoglobin concentration, and drug concentration in human tissues before and after photodynamic therapy". J Bio Med Opt 10, 1-13, 2005.
7. Zhu TC, Dimofte A, Finlay JC, Stripp D, Busch T, Miles J, Whittington R, Malkowski SB, Tochner Z, Glatstein E, Hahn SM.: "Optical properties of human prostate at 732nm measured in vivo during motexafin lutetium-mediated photodynamic therapy". Photochem Photobiol 81, 96-105, 2005.
8. Dimofte A, Finlay J and Zhu TC.: "A method for determination of the absorption and scattering properties interstitially in turbin media". Phys Med Biol 50, 2291-2311, 2005.
9. Zhu TC, Finaly J and Hahn SM.: "Determination of the distribution of light, optical properties, drug concentration and tissue oxygenation in-vivo in human prostate during motexafin lutetium-mediated photodynamic therapy". J Photochem Photobiol B Biology 79, 231-241, 2005.
10. Altschuler MD, Zhu TC, Jun Li, Hahn SM.: "Optimized interstitial PDT prostate treatment planning with the Cimmino feasibility algorithm". Med Phys 32 (accepted 2005).
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