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Oi Wai April Chau

Oi Wai April Chau, PhD

Education

Education

  • Medical Physics Residency, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology (2022‐2024)
  • Ph.D. in Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (2022)
  • BSc in Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (2017)

Awards & Honors 

  • PhD Translational Breast Cancer Research Scholarship, 2019-2020
  • MSc Translational Breast Cancer Research Scholarship, 2017‐2019
  • Western Graduate Research Scholarship, 2017‐2022

Selected Publications, Abstracts and Posters

Publications

  • O.W. Chau, H. Fakir, R. Dinniwell, F. Perera, A. Erickson and S. Gaede. “Dosimetric Planning Comparison for Left‐sided Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: The Clinical Feasibility of Four‐Dimensional‐Computed Tomography‐Based Treatment Planning Optimization”, Cureus.2022;14(5):e24777

  • O.W. Chau, A. Islam, E. Yu, M. Qu, J. Butler, H. Biernaski, A. Sun, J‐P Bissonnette, A. MacDonald, C. Graf, A. So, G. Wisenberg, T‐Y Lee, F. S. Prato and S. Gaede.,“Multi‐Modality Imaging Assessment of the Heart Before and After Stage III Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Radiotherapy”, accepted in Journal of Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2022;7(4):100927

  • H. Young, K.C. Park, O.W. Chau, T.Y. Lee and S. Gaede.“Technical Note: Volumetric Computed Tomography for Radiotherapy Simulation and Treatment Planning”, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2021;22(8):295‐302

Posters
  

  • “Multi‐modality imaging of treatment response after stage III non‐small cell lung cancer radiotherapy”, H. M. Young, O.W. Chau, K. Burgers, T.Y. Lee, F.S. Prato, S. Gaede. JOINT AAPM and COMP Annual Meeting 2020, virtual; Ontario Thoracic Cancer Conference 2022, Niagara, Ontario

  • “The cardiovascular Effects of Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy”, J. Chhina, O.W.Chau, J. Navarro, H. Sendzik, J. Frisbee, S. Frisbee. Experimental Biology 2022, Philadelphia

  • “Left Ventricle Avoidance Dosimetric Planning Comparison for Non‐small Cell Lung Cancer Radiotherapy”, O.W. Chau and S. Gaede. AAPM Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2021, virtual

  • “Dosimetric Planning Comparison for Left‐sided Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: 4D‐CT versus Deep‐inspiration Breath‐Hold. O.W. Chau, H. Fakir, M. Lock, R. Dinniwell, F. Perera, A. Erickson, S. Gaede; JOINT AAPM and COMP Annual Meeting 2020, virtual

  • “Assessing Myocardial Perfusion after Cardiac Irradiation using Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Hybrid PET/MRI. O.W. Chau, O. El‐Sherif, M. Mouawad, G. Wisenberg, F.S. Prato, and S. Gaede; AAPM Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2019, San Antonio; Imaging Network Ontario 2019 Symposium, London Ontario

Redefining Possible