Christopher Kennedy, PhD

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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Department: Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

3400 Civic Center Blvd
TRC 2 West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: chris.kennedy@uphs.upenn.edu

Education

  • B.Sc., ( Biology, Cum Laude,)
    University of Maryland, 1997
  • B.S., (Mechanical Engineering, )
    Drexel University, 2001
  • M.S ( Mechanical Engineering,)
    Drexel University, 2003
  • Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering, )
    Drexel University, 2004

Selected Publications

  • Guttman, D., Gabriel, P., Kennedy, C., Rate, W., Grizos, W., Suneel, N., Wojtowicz, L., Lin, L., Freedman, G. : Comparison of Acute Toxicities between Contemporary Forward Planned 3D Conformal Radiotherapy and Inverse Planned Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Whole Breast Radiation Breast J. 2017
  • Fichtinger, G., Fiene, J.P., Kennedy, C.W., Kronrief, G., Iordachita, I., Song, D.Y., Burdette, E.C., Kazanzides, P. : “Robotic Assistance for Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy” Med Image Analysis 12(5) : 535-45, 2008
  • Wong, J., Armour, E., Kazanzides, P., Iordachita, I., Tryggestad, E., Deng, H., Matinfar, M., Kennedy, C., Liu, Z., Chat, T., Gray, O., Verhaegen, F., McNutt, T., Ford, E., DeWeese, T.L. : “High-Resolution, Small Animal Radiation Research Platform with X-ray Tomographic Guidance Capabilities” Int. J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(5) : 1591-9, 2008
  • Deng, H., Kennedy, C.W., Armour, E., Tryggestad, E., Ford, E., McNutt, T., Jiang, L., and Wong, J. : “The Small-Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP): dosimetry of a focused lens system” Physics in Medicine and Biology 52(10) : 2729-40, 2007
  • Kennedy, C.W., and Desai, J.P. : Modeling and Control of the Mitsubishi PA-10 Robot Arm Harmonic Drive System” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 10(3) : 263-274, 2005.
  • Kennedy, C.W. and Desai, J.P. : “A vision-based approach for estimating contact forces: Applications to robot-assisted surgery” Applied Bionics and Biomechanics 2(1) : 53-60, 2005
  • Kennedy, C.W., Hu, T., Desai, J.P., Wechsler, A.S., and Kresh, J.Y. : “A Novel Approach to Robotic Cardiac Surgery using Haptics and Vision” Cardiovascular Engineering: An International Journal 2(1) : 15-22, 2002.
  • Kennedy, C.W., Donahue, J.J., Wan, X.S. : "Effects of the Bowman-Birk Protease Inhibitor on Survival of Fibroblasts and Cancer Cells Exposed to Radiation and cis- Platinum." Nutrition and Cancer 26 : 209-217, 1996