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Yannick Poirier, PhD

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor

Primary Appointment:

Radiation Oncology

Location:

UMMC/Gudelsky, GGJ-12A

Phone (Primary):

(410) 328-7077

Fax:

(410) 328-2618

Education and Training

2007     B.Sc., Physics, Université de Moncton

2009     M.Sc., Medical Physics & Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster University

2014     Ph.D., Physics, University of Calgary

2015     Radiation Oncology Physics Residency, CancerCare Manitoba

Biosketch

Dr. Poirier joined us from Canada in 2016 from the Tom Baker Cancer Centre where he was a Physicist. He currently divides his time between clinical physics support at the University of Maryland Medical Centre and the Division of Translational Radiation Science, where he provides physics support for the small-animal radiation research platform (SARRP). He specializes in the modeling and experimental dosimetry of low-energy kilovoltage x-ray sources. Dr. Poirier is board-certified by both the Canadian College of Physicists in Medecine (CCPM) and the American Board of Radiology (dABR).

Research/Clinical Keywords

kilovoltage x-ray dosimetry, CBCT imaging dose, experimental dosimetry

Highlighted Publications

Y Poirier, A Kouznetsov, M Tambasco, A simplified approach to characterizing a kilovoltage source spectrum for accurate dose composition, Med. Phys. 39, 3041–50 (2012).

C Kirkby, E Ghasroddashti, Y Poirier, M Tambasco, RD Stewart, RBE of kV CBCT radiation determined by Monte Carlo DNA damage simulations, Phys. Med. Biol. 58, 5693–5704 (2013).

Y Poirier, A Kouznetsov, B Koger, M Tambasco, Experimental validation of a simplified kV imaging source model, Med. Phys. 41, 041915/1–11 (2014).

M Sommerville, Y Poirier, M Tambasco, Using HVL and kVp to portray an x-ray source for dose calculations in CT, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 16, 386–400 (2015). This publication won the JACMP's award for best paper in imaging physics for 2016.

Y Poirier, C Johnstone, A Anvari, N P Brodin, M Dos Santos M Bazalova-Carter, A Sawant, A Failure Modes and Effects Analysis quality management framework for image-guided small animal irradiators: A change in paradigm for radiation biology, Med Phys 47(4); 2013-2022 (2020).

E Draeger, A Sawant, C Johnstone, B Koger, S Becker, Z Vujaskovic, I-L Jackson, Y Poirier, A Dose of Reality: How 20 years of incomplete physics and dosimetry reporting in radiobiology may have contributed to the reproducibility crisis, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 106(2): pp.243-252 (2020).

Awards and Affiliations

  • Best Paper in Imaging Physics 2016, Journal of American Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP)
  • Best Oral Presentation at joint ACRO/COMP/CRNA joint meeting held in Montreal, Qc in 2018