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Peter G.F. Watson

Title: 
Dr
Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology & Medical Physics Unit, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University

Clinical Physicist, Department of Medical Physics, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Health Centre

Peter G.F. Watson
Contact Information
Email address: 
peter.watson [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Cedars Cancer Centre, Medical Physics DS1.4561

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Health Centre - Glen Site

1001 boul. Décarie

Montréal, QC H4A 3J1

Phone: 
514 934-1934 x65013
Group: 
Assistant Professor
Degree(s): 

BSc, Physics (Waterloo '07)

MSc, High Energy Physics (ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ '11)

MSc, Medical Physics (ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ '13)

PhD, Medical Physics (ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ '19)

Location: 
Glen Hospital
Current research: 

KV dosimetry, IORT, Monte Carlo simulation.

Areas of interest: 

KV photon dosimetry, intraoperative radiotherapy, mammography scatter correction

Selected publications: 
  1. D.S. Ayala Alvarez, P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, V.J. Heng, M.D.C. Evans, J. Seuntjens, Monte Carlo calculation of the TG-43 dosimetry parameters for the INTRABEAM source with spherical applicators, Phys. Med. Biol. 66, No. 21 (2021).
  2. D.S. Ayala Alvarez, P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, V.J. Heng, M.D.C. Evans, J. Seuntjens, Monte Carlo calculation of the relative TG-43 dosimetry parameters for the INTRABEAM electronic brachytherapy source, Phys. Med. Biol. 65, No. 24 (2020).
  3. P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, L.H. Liang, N. Tomic, S. Devic, J. Seuntjens, Clinical implication of dosimetry formalisms for electronic low-energy photon intraoperative radiation therapy. Practical Radiation Oncology 11, No. 1 (2020).
  4. S. Devic, L.H. Liang, N. Tomic, H. Bekerat, M. Morcos, M. Popovic, P.G.F. Watson, S. Aldelaijan, J. Seuntjens, Dose measurements nearby low energy electronic brachytherapy sources using radiochromic film, Physica Medica 64 (2019).
  5. P.G.F. Watson, H. Bekerat, P. Papaconstadopoulos, S.D. Davis, J. Seuntjens, An investigation into the INTRABEAM miniature X-ray source dosimetry using ionization chamber and radiochromic film measurements, Med. Phys. 45, No. 9 (2018).
  6. P.G.F. Watson, M. Popovic, J. Seuntjens, Determination of absorbed dose to water from a miniature kilovoltage x-ray source using a parallel-plate ionization chamber, Phys. Med. Biol. 63, No. 1 (2018).
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (MCCPM: Diagnostic Radiology), 2020

Certificate, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM: Mammography), 2021

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