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      Shiqin Su Image

      Shiqin Su, Ph.D.

      Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology

      Present Title & Affiliation

      Primary Appointment

      Assistant Professor, Radiation Physics - Pt Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

      Education & Training

      Degree-Granting Education

      2019University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA, Medical Physics, Ph.D
      2014Dalhousie University, Halifax, CA, Medical Physics, M
      2012Shanghai University, Shanghai, CN, Applied Physics, B

      Licenses & Certifications

      2025TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD
      2025American Board of Radiology

      Experience & Service

      Other Professional Positions

      Physics Assistant, BC Cancer, Vancouver, 2020 - 2021

      Postdoctoral Fellow, BC Cancer, Vancouver, 2020 - 2021

      Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2014 - 2018

      Research Assistant, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2012 - 2014

      Honors & Awards

      2014 - 2018Graduate Scholarships, University of British Columbia
      2012 - 2014Graduate Scholarships, Dalhousie University

      Professional Memberships

      American Brachytherapy Society

      2023 - Present

      GLC-AAPM Residency Cross Training Program

      2023 - 2024

      American Association of Physicists in Medicine

      2021 - Present

      Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists

      2014 - 2021

      Selected Publications

      Peer-Reviewed Articles

      1. Su S, Zhang C, Lee C, Jaworski EM, Jolly S, Evans JR, Mayo CS, Yao J, Prisciandaro JI. Structure and template assisted multi-dose-level inverse planning (STAMP) for interstitial GYN brachytherapy. Brachytherapy, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42532736.
      2. Su, S, Gao, S, Liang, X, Mehrens, H, Casey, K, Yu, ZH, Kim, Y, Hassanzadeh, CJ, Tang, C, Tran, P, Schofield, D, Balter, PA, Han, EY. Simulated online adaptive radiotherapy on C‐arm linacs: Integrating high resolution cone‐beam CT into abdominal stereotactic body radiation therapy. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 27(5), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42120320.
      3. Agulles-Pedros L, MacDonald R, Cherpak A, Dixit N, Dong L, Zhao T, Doemer A, Teo B, Su S, Moncion A, Robar J. Multi-institutional Comparison of Novel O-ring Linac Cone Beam Computed Tomography with Fan Beam Computed Tomography. J Med Phys 51(1):103-110, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42039728.
      4. Tang C, Seo A, Sherry AD, Yang P, Hara K, Sircar K, Genovese G, Jonasch E, Shah AY, Zurita AJ, Kovitz CA, Campbell M, Su S, Yang J, Ratzel S, Acevedo A, LaBella M, Battey CJ, Steiner C, Ascione L, Liu X, Hannan R, Shapiro DD, Choueiri TK, Tannir NM, Msaouel P, Xu W. KIM-1 and Circulating Tumor DNA Are Prognostic Markers for Oligometastatic Clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: Development of a Multivariable Prognostic Model. Eur Urol 89(4):313-317, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41765697.
      5. Tang C, Sherry AD, Seo A, Hara K, Choi H, Liu S, Sun X, Montoya A, Ludmir EB, Shah AY, Jonasch E, Zurita AJ, Kovitz C, Alhalabi O, Goswami S, Hahn AW, Campbell MT, Hernandez A, Nead KT, Van Loo P, Su S, Battey CJ, LaBella ML, Ratzel S, Acevedo A, Genovese G, Sircar K, Karam JA, Tannir NM, Msaouel P. Metastasis-directed radiotherapy without systemic therapy for oligometastatic clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma: primary efficacy analysis of a single-arm, single-centre, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 26(10):1289-1299, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40915303.
      6. Agulles-Pedros L, MacDonald RL, Cherpak AJ, Dixit N, Dong L, Zhao T, Thind K, Doemer A, Teo BK, Su S, Moncion A, Robar JL. Multi-institutional study on image quality for a novel CBCT solution on O-ring linac. J Appl Clin Med Phys 26(6):e70023, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40048322.
      7. Mayo C, Su S, Rosen B S, Covington E, Zhang Z, Lawrence T, Kudner R, Fuller C, Brock K K, Shah J, Mierzwa M L. Data Farming to Table: Combined Use of a Learning Health System Infrastructure, Statistical Profiling, and Artificial Intelligence for Automating Toxicity and 3-year Survival for Quantified Predictive Feature Discovery from Real-World Data for Patients Having Head and Neck Cancers. medRxiv, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      8. Su S, Atwal P, Popescu IA. Monte Carlo based continuous aperture optimization for VMAT on conventional and MR-linacs: A proof of concept. Med Phys 50(6):3637-3650, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36929495.
      9. Carpentier EE, Mcdermott RL, Su S, Rostamzadeh M, Popescu IA, Bergman AM, Mestrovic A. Monte Carlo Modeling of Dynamic Tumor Tracking on a Gimbaled Linear Accelerator. J Med Phys 48(1):50-58, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37342609.
      10. Su S, Atwal P, Lobo J, Duzenli C, Popescu IA. A new DOSXYZnrc method for Monte Carlo simulations of 4D dose distributions. Phys Med Biol 66(24), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34787104.
      11. Su S, Moran K, Robar JL. Design and production of 3D printed bolus for electron radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(4):4831, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25207410.
      12. Douglas R, Diagaradjane P, Kathriarachchi V, Su S, Subashi E, Zhao Y, Zhang l, Netherton T, Court L. Can Physics Review Catch Prescription and PTV Margin Errors in Fully Automated Radiotherapy Plans? A Hazard Study. JACMP.

      Abstracts

      1. Liang X, Su S, Myers PA, Weil C, Klopp A, Lin L, Schofield D, Kim Y, Han EY. Replacing Re-Simulation CT Using Extended-Field-of-View Hypersight CBCT In Gynecologic Cancer for Offline Adaptive Radiotherapy. AAPM, 2026. e-Pub 2026.
      2. Su S, Mehrens H, Eun YH, Kim Y, Netherton TJ, Court LE, Seungtaek C. Optimizing Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Comprehensive Analysis of Automated Planning with Neural Network-Based Dose Prediction. 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
      3. Su S, Zhang C, Lee C, Jaworski E, Jolly S, Evans J, Mayo C, Yao J, Prisciandaro J. Structure And Template Assisted Multi-dose-level Inverse Planning (STAMP) For Interstitial Gyn Brachytherapy. ABS 2025 Annual Conference. e-Pub 2025.
      4. Park Y, Su S, Vijayan S, Yu ZH, Cunningham M, Kim Y. Dosimetric Impact of Hidden Input Parameters In Inverse Optimization Algorithms for GYN HDR Brachytherapy: A Systematic In-House Study. AAPM.
      5. Giguère C, Su S, Beaulieu L, Beddar S. Recovery of Plastic Scintillators after Radiation Damage By Ultra-High Dose Rate Protons. AAPM.
      6. Su S, Sittiwong W, Venkatesan A, Prasartseree T, Kim Y, Eleraky S, Wang J, Lin L, Jhingran A, Colbert L, Weil C, Joyner M, Taku N, Kesaria A, Klopp A. Patterns of Nodal Failure after Cervical Cancer Chemoradiotherapy: The Role of Geometric Miss and Baseline Nodal Signal.
      7. Su S, Moran K, Robar J L. Design and Production of 3D Printed Bolus for Electron Radiation Therapy. The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicist 60th Annual Scientific Meeting.
      8. Su S, Atwal P, Lobo J, Popescu I A. Efficient, All-In-One, Monte Carlo Simulations of Transit EPID Cine-mode Dose Distributions for Patient-specific VMAT Quality Assurance. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.
      9. Su S, Popescu I A. A particle-based Monte Carlo Algorithm for VMAT Optimization. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.
      10. Su S, Wilson B, Gete E, Popescu I A. A Monte Carlo Inverse Planning Algorithm for Trajectory-based VMAT with Simultaneous Couch and Gantry Rotation. The International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy and the International Conference on Monte Carlo Techniques for Medical Applications.
      11. Su S, Carpentier E E, Malhotra A, Duzenli C. Monte Carlo simulations for validation of an EBT3 Gafchromic film dosimetry technique for measurement of surface dose in the presence of breast support devices. The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists 67th Annual Scientific Meeting.
      12. Narinesingh D, Nichol A, Bergman A, Popescu I A, Su S. Coverage of the Subcutaneous Layer of the Breast and Chest Wall: Monte Carlo Calculation at Various Energies. American Society for Radiation Oncology 63rd Annual Meeting.
      13. Carpentier E E, McDermott R L, Su S, Popescu I A, Bergman A M, Mestrovic A. Four-dimensional dose calculations and Monte Carlo quality assurance for dynamic tumour tracking on a gimballed linear accelerator. The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists 68th Annual Scientific Meeting.
      14. Su S, Carpentier E E, Malhotra A, Duzenli C. Monte Carlo simulations for validation of an EBT3 Gafchromic film dosimetry technique for measurement of surface dose in the presence of breast support devices. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine 63rd Annual Meeting.
      15. Su S, Atwal P, Popescu I A. Monte Carlo based continuous aperture optimization for VMAT on MR-linacs. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine 64th Annual Meeting.
      16. Su S, Mayo C, Rosen B S, Covington E, Zhang Z, Bryant A K, Allen S G, Morales Rivera K A, Edwards D M, Takayesu J, Herr D J, Miller S R, Regan S N, Dykstra M P, Sun G Y, Elaimy A L, Mierzwa M L. Use of explainable AI algorithm revealing longitudinal changes in practice patterns and toxicity models. American Society for Radiation Oncology 65th Annual Meeting.
      17. Carpentier E E, McDermott R L, Su S, Popescu I A, Bergman A M, Mestrovic A. 4D Dose Calculations to Model Dynamic Tumour Tracking on a Gimbal Mounted Linear Accelerator. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine 65th Annual Meeting.
      18. Su S, Mayo C. Recommendations for model explanation of AI-based radiation-induced toxicity prediction. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine 65th Annual Meeting.
      19. Mayo C, Su S, Rosen B S, Covington E, Zhang Z, Lawrence T, Fuller C, Brock K K, Shah J, Mierzwa M M. Novel Statistical-AI Method to Automate Discovery of Predictive Factors and Thresholds for 3 Year Survival, Dysphagia and Xerostomia for Patients with Head and Neck Cancers. American Society for Radiation Oncology 66th Annual Meeting.

      Patents

      1. Robar J, Su S. System and Method for Manufacturing Bolus for Radiotherapy Using a Three-Dimensional Printer. Patent Number: US 10,350,435.
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