Pei-Fong Wong
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology - Clinical
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Senior Medical Physicist, Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Senior Medical Physicist, Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1987 | University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, US, Medical Physics, M.S |
| 1980 | National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, US, Nuclear Engineering, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2012-2012 | Medical imaging using ionizing radiation: optimization of dose and image quality, AAPM Summer School, San Diego, CA, San Diego, California |
| 2011-2011 | Undertainties in external beam radiation therapy, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC |
| 2006-2006 | Brain Lab Training, UNKNOWN, Munich |
| 2005-2005 | Gamma Knife Training, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2003-2003 | Eclipse Treatment Planning Training, Varian Medical Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2002-2002 | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Principles and Practices, The The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2002-2002 | Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Course, Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Burlington, Massachusetts |
| 1994-1994 | Electron pencil beam dose algorithm for treatment planning, The The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 1993-1993 | Brachytherapy Nucletron Planning System Training Course, Nucletron Corporation, Columbia, Maryland |
| 1988-1998 | Postgraduate, General Biology-Human Body, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut |
| 1988-1988 | The Future of Brachytherapy-High and Low Dose Rate Combined Modality, Humana Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1980-1980 | Nuclear Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Tsing Chu |
Licenses & Certifications
| 1993 | Medical Physicist License awarded by the Texas Medical Board |
| 1991 | The American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Medical Physicist, Radiation Physics, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1991 - 1995
Junior Medical Physicist, Radiation Physics, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1990 - 1991
Radiological Physicist, Department of Medical Physics, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT, 1987 - 1990
Medical Physicist, Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 1982 - 1984
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Formal Peers
- 2019. The 14 Pan-Pearl-River Area (PPRA) Congress and International Symposium Therapy Oncology. Invited. Miamen, Fujian, CN.
- 2016. Head & Neck Radiotherapy Physics Now and Future at MDACC. Invited. Taoyuan City, TW.
- 2013. Dosimetry experiences of radiation treatment planning to head & neck cancer. Invited. Chengdu, CN.
- 2013. IMRT and VMAT treatments for head and neck cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Division of Radiation Oncology. Invited. Taipei, CN.
- 2010. The sixth national chinese nasopharynx cancer meeting. Invited. Fuzhou, CN.
- 2006. The IGRT application in various radiation therapy treatment at MDACC. Invited. Taipei, CN.
- 2004. IMRT treatment and quality assurance for Nasopharygeal Cancer. Invited. Hubei, CN.
- 2003. Radiation therapy treatment for head and neck cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Invited. Taiwan, CN.
- 2002. Radiationtherapy Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer at MD Anderson. Invited. Guangzhou, CN.
- 2001. Treatment Planning of Head and Neck Cancer at MDACC. Invited. Taipei, CN.
- 1995. Mold Room Technique for Radiation Therapy. Invited. Hong Kong, CN.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Wang H, Wang C, Tung S, Dimmitt AW, Wong PF, Edson MA, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Takiar V, Wang XA, Luo D, Yang JN, Wong J, Phan J. Improved setup and positioning accuracy using a three-point customized cushion/mask/bite-block immobilization system for stereotactic reirradiation of head and neck cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 17(3):180-189, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27167275.
- Loong SK, Mahfodz NH, Wali HA, Talib SA, Nasrah SN, Wong PF, Abubakar S. Molecular and antimicrobial analyses of non-classical Bordetella isolated from a laboratory mouse. J Vet Med Sci 78(4):715-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26782013.
- Khor ES, Noor SM, Wong PF. Expression of zTOR-associated microRNAs in zebrafish embryo treated with rapamycin. Life Sci 150:67-75, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26916825.
- Wong PF, Gall MG, Bachovchin WW, McCaughan GW, Keane FM, Gorrell MD. Neuropeptide Y is a physiological substrate of fibroblast activation protein: Enzyme kinetics in blood plasma and expression of Y2R and Y5R in human liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Peptides 75:80-95, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26621486.
- Ab-Rahman HA, Rahim H, AbuBakar S, Wong PF. Macrophage Activation Syndrome-Associated Markers in Severe Dengue. Int J Med Sci 13(3):179-86, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26941578.
- Loong SK, Mahfodz NH, Che Mat Seri NA, Mohamad Wali HA, Abd Gani SA, Wong PF, AbuBakar S. Genetic characterization of commensal Escherichia coli isolated from laboratory rodents. Springerplus 5(1):1035, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27462483.
- Voon YL, Ahmad M, Wong PF, Husaini R, Ng WT, Leong CO, Lane DP, Khoo AS. Nutlin-3 sensitizes nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells to cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity. Oncol Rep 34(4):1692-700, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26252575.
- Casey KE, Wong PF, Tung SS. Effect of interfractional shoulder motion on low neck nodal targets for patients treated using volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT). J Appl Clin Med Phys 16(4):5206, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26218996.
- Lai SL, Wong PF, Lim TK, Lin Q, Mustafa MR. Cytotoxic mechanisms of panduratin A on A375 melanoma cells: A quantitative and temporal proteomics analysis. Proteomics 15(9):1608-21, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25594392.
- Lai SL, Wong PF, Lim TK, Lin Q, Mustafa MR. iTRAQ-based proteomic identification of proteins involved in anti-angiogenic effects of Panduratin A on HUVECs. Phytomedicine 22(1):203-12, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25636890.
- Tong KL, Chan KL, AbuBakar S, Low BS, Ma HQ, Wong PF. The in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer activities of a standardized quassinoids composition from Eurycoma longifolia on LNCaP human prostate cancer cells. PLoS One 10(3):e0121752, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25826409.
- Ab-Rahman HA, Wong PF, Rahim H, Abd-Jamil J, Tan KK, Sulaiman S, Lum CS, Syed-Omar SF, AbuBakar S. Dengue death with evidence of hemophagocytic syndrome and dengue virus infection in the bone marrow. Springerplus 4:665, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26558168.
- Schwartz DL, Garden AS, Shah SJ, Chronowski G, Seipal S, Rosenthal D, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Wong PF, Garcia J, Ang K, Dong L. Adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, dosimetric results from a prospective clinical trial. Radiotherapy and Oncology 106(1):80-84, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23369744.
- Garden AS, Morrison WH, Wong PF, Tung SS, Rosenthal DI, Dong L, Mason B, Perkins GH, Ang KK. Disease-control rates following intensity-modulated radiation therapy for small primary oropharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67(2):438-444, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17141972.
- Yom SS, Morrison WH, Ang KK, Rosenthal DI, Perkins GH, Wong PF, Garden AS. Two-field versus three-field irradiation technique in the postoperative treatment of head-and-neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66(2):469-476, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16887292.
- Stevens CW, Wong PF, Rice D, Jeter M, Forster K, Zhu XR. Treatment planning system evaluation for mesothelioma IMRT. Lung Cancer 49:S75-81, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15950806.
- Bubenzer V, Esfandi M, Jafari N, Manske MA, Wong PF. Dosage along the matchline between upper head-and-neck IMRT fields and conventional supraclavicular fields. Med Dosim 29(2):104-8, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15191756.
- Oh HK, Chambers MS, Garden AS, Wong PF, Martin JW. Risk of osteoradionecrosis after extraction of impacted third molars in irradiated head and neck cancer patients. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 62:139-44, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14762744.
- Manske MA, Barker JL, Jr, Wong PF, Westlake W, Garden AS, Ang KK, Rosenthal DI. New equations for matching a low neck field to oblique upper neck fields with collimator rotation in a 3-field monoisocentric setup for head-and-neck cancers. Med Dosim 29(2):86-91, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15191753.
- Garden AS, Forster K, Wong PF, Morrison WH, Schechter NR, Ang KK. Results of radiotherapy for T2N0 glottic carcinoma: does the "2" stand for twice-daily treatment?. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 55(2):322-8, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12527044.
- Chang EL, Wong PF, Forster KM, Petru MD, Kowalski AV, Maor MH. Verification techniques and dose distribution for computed tomographic planned supine craniospinal radiation therapy. Med Dosim 28(2):127-31, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12804712.
- Kudchadker RJ, Antolak JA, Morrison WH, Wong PF, Hogstrom KR. Utilization of custom electron bolus in head and neck radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 4(4):321-333, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14604422.
- Liebross RH, Starkschall G, Wong PF, Horton J, Gokaslan ZL, Komaki R. The effect of titanium stabilization rods on spinal cord radiation dose. Med Dosim 27(1):21-4, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12019961.
- Meyers CA, Geara F, Wong PF, Morrison WH. Neurocognitive effects of therapeutic irradiation for base of skull tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 46(1):51-5, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10656372.
- Morrison WH, Wong PF, Starkschall G, Garden AS, Childress C, Hogstrom KR, Peters LJ. Water bolus for electron irradiation of the ear canal. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 33(2):479-83, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7673037.
- Morrison WH, Wong PF, Peters LJ. Radiotherapy for Basal and Squamous Cell Skin Cancinomas. The Cancer Bulletin 45, 1993. e-Pub 1993.
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