Huijun Xu, PhD

2008            BS.,  Applied Physics,  Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China

2013            Ph.D.,  Medical Physics,  Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA

2015            Residency, Medical Physics,  University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Dr. Huijun Xu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She joined the faculty in 2015 following the completion of her medical physics residency at the University of Maryland. Dr. Xu currently serves as the lead physicist at the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where she oversees clinical operations there. She also serves as the course director for the department’s physics lecture series, contributing to resident and trainee education.

Dr. Xu is board-certified in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics by the American Board of Radiology (2016). She earned her Ph.D. in Medical Physics from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013, where her research focused on probabilistic treatment planning optimization. She completed her undergraduate studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2008 and conducted research at the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences.

Automation, Treatment planning optimization, Uncertainty management, Brachytherapy

Xu H, Vile DJ, Sharma M, Gordon JJ, Siebers JV. Coverage-based treatment planning to accommodate deformable organ variations in prostate cancer treatment, Med Phys. 2014 Oct;41(10):101705.

Chen S, Yi B, Yang X, Xu H, Prado KL, D’Souza W. Optimizing the MLC Model Parameters for IMRT in the RayStation Treatment Planning System. J Appl Clinl Med Phys. 2015 Sep 8;15(5):322-332.

Unkelbach J, Alber M, Bangert M, Bokrantz R, Chan T, Deasy J, Fredriksson A, Gorissen B, van Herk M, Liu W, Mahmoudzadeh H, Nohadani O, Siebers JV, Witte M, Xu H. Robust radiotherapy planning, Phys Med Biol. 2018 Nov 12;63(22):22TR02.

Yu S, Xu H, Sinclair A, Zhang X, Langner U, Mak K. Dosimetric and planning efficiency comparison for lung SBRT: CyberKnife vs. VMAT vs. knowledge-based VMAT, Med Dosim. 2020;45(4):346-351doi:10.1016/j.meddos.2020.04.004.

Xu H, Zhang B, Guerrero M, Lee S, Lamichhane N, Chen S, Yi B. Toward automation of initial chart check for photon/electron EBRT for the clinical implementation of new AAPM task group reports and automation techniques, J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021Mar;22(3):234-245.