John Kildea
Medical Physicist
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Health Centre
Associate Professor
Department of Oncology
Associate member
Medical Physics Unit
Department of Physics
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I am a clinical medical physicist at theÌýCedars Cancer CentreÌýof theÌýÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Health CentreÌýin Montreal, Quebec. In addition to my clinical duties, I lead two active medical physics research programs with collaborators in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ'sÌýSchool of Computer Science,ÌýCanadian Nuclear Laboratories, theÌýCanadian Nuclear Safety CommissionÌýand in industry (Detec Inc). I also teach theÌýHealth Physics for Medical PhysicistsÌýclass in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's CAMPEP-accreditedÌýMedical Physics M.Sc program.Ìý
My clinical medical physics duties include radiotherapy treatment support, treatment plan quality control, brachytherapy treatment planning and quality assurance of radiotherapy equipment. I also lead the risk management committee in radiation oncology at the MUHC, perform certain radiation safety duties as part of the Medical Physics radiation safety committee and lead various software (particularly database-related) projects for the Cedars Cancer Centre.Ìý