Kristofer Kainz, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Medical Physics Residency Program; Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program

Locations

Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2002
MS, Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1998
BS, Physics and Mathematics, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1994

Biography

Training

Radiation Oncology Physics Residency, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (2004-2005)

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (2002-2004)

Certifications

Medical Physics-Radiation Oncology Physics, American Board of Radiology (2007)

Research Interests

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

Evaluation and mitigation of deformable image registration uncertainties for MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy.

(Zhong H, Kainz KK, Paulson ES.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Jun;25(6):e14358 PMID: 38634799 PMCID: PMC11163488 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85190946901 04/18/2024
The AAPM/ASTRO 2023 Core Physics Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Residents.

(Studenski MT, Cetnar A, Derosiers CM, Dooley S, Gagneur JD, Galavis PE, Kainz KK, Lamichhane N, Sandwall PA, Shen J, Tien CJ, Wang D, Wang IZ, Warkentin HK, McAvoy S.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Feb 01;118(2):325-329 PMID: 37689369 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85173022035 09/10/2023
Incorporating uncertainty bounds in daily deformable dose accumulation for adaptive radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer.

(García-Alvarez JA, Zhong H, Schultz CJ, Li XA, Kainz K.) Med Phys. 2023 Apr;50(4):2474-2487 PMID: 36346034 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142299603 11/09/2022
Development of a multi-layer quality assurance program to evaluate the uncertainty of deformable dose accumulation in adaptive radiotherapy.

(Zhong H, Garcia-Alvarez JA, Kainz K, Tai A, Ahunbay E, Erickson B, Schultz CJ, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2023 Mar;50(3):1766-1778 PMID: 36434751 PMCID: PMC10033340 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144053188 11/27/2022
Use of a DVH overlay technique for quality assurance of deformable image registration-based dose accumulation.

(Kainz K, Garcia Alvarez J, Zhong H, Lim S, Ahunbay E, Tai A, Erickson B, Lawton C, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2022 Jan;49(1):611-623 PMID: 34826153 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120889771 11/27/2021
Consistency Check of Deformable Image Registration-Based Dose Summation for Off-Line Adaptive Re-Planning.

(Kainz K, Alvarez JG, Zhong H, Tai A, Ahunbay EE, Erickson BA, Li A.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3S):e150 PMID: 34700789 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120926545 10/28/2021
Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Replanning.

(Kainz K, Lim SN, Li A.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Oct 1;96(2S):E669 PMID: 27675312 09/28/2016
Clinical experience with planning, quality assurance, and delivery of burst-mode modulated arc therapy.

(Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li XA.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Sep;17(5):1-13 PMID: 28297461 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84995550727 03/16/2017
SU-E-T-153: Burst-Mode Modulated Arc Therapy with Flattening-Filter-Free Beams Versus Flattening-Filtered Beams.

(Kainz K, Lawton C, Li X.) Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6):3367 PMID: 26127819 07/02/2015
Comparing the quality of passively-scattered proton and photon tomotherapy plans for brain and head and neck disease sites.

(Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Siker M, Wang A, Olson D, Li XA.) Phys Med Biol. 2015 Mar 21;60(6):2167-77 PMID: 25683607 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84924658067 02/17/2015
Physics of hypofractionated whole breast irradiation

(Kainz K, Allen Li X.) Short Course Breast Radiotherapy: A Comprehensive Review of Hypofractionation, Partial Breast, and Intra-Operative Irradiation. 1 January 2015:137-152 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84960399474 01/01/2015