Jan Seuntjens
PhD
Medicine
Medical Physics
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chair, Director, Head, Full Professor, Senior Scientist, Senior Medical Physicist
Dr. Jan Seuntjens (Ph.D., University of Ghent, Belgium) is a medical radiation physicist with a background in fundamental calorimetric dosimetry and Monte Carlo numerical simulations. He is the Head of Medical Physics at the Orey and Mary Fidani Family Endowed Chair in Radiation Physics at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Dr. Seuntjens’ research primarily involves techniques to optimize the efficacy of radiation therapy by making the determination and planning of the dose delivered in radiation therapy more accurate. To this end, he has developed special Monte Carlo simulation techniques and detection techniques which are now routinely used in clinical practice. The second area of interest is the development of new radiation therapy treatment techniques. These include Modulated Electron Radiation Therapy (MERT), intraoperative radiation therapy techniques (IORT), and, more recently, technologies that pave the way toward low-cost proton therapy. He has also worked on Monte Carlo computational methods both for clinical dosimetry as well as to better understand the mechanistic effect of radiation on cellular response. Finally, his group has used data science methods based on clinical data sources with the ultimate goal to optimize the treatment outcomes of cancer patients.
