Alireza Omidi, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics - Pt Care, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2022 | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, US, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D |
Postgraduate Training
| 2024-2025 | Chief Resident, Medical Physics Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia |
| 2023-2024 | Resident, Medical Physics Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia |
| 2022-2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia |
Honors & Awards
| 2024 - Present | 3rd place, Early Career Investigators Symposium, Mid-Atlantic Chapter American Association of Physicist in Medicine (MACAAPM) |
| 2022 | Finalist, SB3C Student Paper Competition, Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) Foundation |
| 2019 | University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA), University of New South Wales, Australia |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Omidi, A, Weiss, E, Al Khalifa, M, Kim, S. The Effect of Pacemakers and Defibrillators on Distortion in 2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Sequences Commonly Used in Radiation Oncology Practice—3D True Fast Imaging with Steady State Precession (TrueFISP) at 0.35T MR-Linear Accelerator (LINAC) and 3D T1 at 3T MR Simulator. Radiation 5(1):4, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Rosu-Bubulac M, Thomas G, Wilson JS. Quantitative Analysis of Radiation Therapy-Induced Cardiac and Aortic Sequelae in Patients With Lung Cancer via Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Pilot Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 119(1):281-291, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37951549.
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Wilson JS, Rosu-Bubulac M. Effects of respiratory and cardiac motion on estimating radiation dose to the left ventricle during radiotherapy for lung cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 24(3):e13855, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36564951.
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Wilson JS, Rosu-Bubulac M. Quantitative assessment of intra- and inter-modality deformable image registration of the heart, left ventricle, and thoracic aorta on longitudinal 4D-CT and MR images. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(2):e13500, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34962065.
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Rosu M, Wilson JS. Improving the Early Improving the early detection of radiotherapy-induced cardiovascular toxicity using quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: early pilot results. Commonwealth of Virginia Cancer Research Conference, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Omidi A, Jeanin C, Nazari MA, Panahi MS. Analysis of temporomandibular joint prosthesis using finite element method and a patient specific design. Eng Sol Mechanics 7(1):83-92, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
Review Articles
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Trankle CR, Rosu-Bubulac M, Wilson JS. Quantitative assessment of radiotherapy-induced myocardial damage using MRI. Cardio Oncol 9(1):24, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37202766.
Abstracts
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Khalifa M, Kim S. Evaluation of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices-Induced Distortion on 0.35T and 3.0T MR Scanners. 2024 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting 120(1):e173, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Taylor RJ, Omidi A, Rosu M, Maggioncalda E, Weiss E. Effects of Respiratory and Cardiac Motion on Dose to the Left Anterior Descending Artery in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer. 2023 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting 117(2):e64-e65, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Omidi A, Hoppel B, Kim S, Rosu-Bubulac M. Evaluation of the HU calibration curve for the Aquilion Exceed LB CT scanner. 65th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition 50(6):e652, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Omidi A, Richeson D, Teague N, Kim S. Repeatability test of a room-temperature-compatible DWI phantom for daily use in radiation oncology. 65th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition 50(6):e618, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Teague ND, Omidi A, Alghamwa MA, Kim T, Song WY, Kim S. Evaluation of room temperature DWI QA for a 0.35T MR-Linac. 65th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition 50(6):e639, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Omidi A, Teague N, Liu H, Kim S. Establishment of an annual QA survey for a 3T Canon MR-simulator following TG-284, TG-1 reports, and other available MR-simulator annual QA reports. 65th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition 50(6):e618, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Omidi A, Sim K. Comparison of imaging quality and QA for images obtained from a curved tabletop versus a flat tabletop on a 3T MR-simulator. 65th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition 50(6):e616-e617, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Wilson J, Rosu-Bubulac M. Retrospective cardio-respiratory motion corrected dose evaluation for the left ventricle and left ventricle myocardium from lung radiation therapy treatments 49(6):e290, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Omidi A, Weiss E, Wilson JS, Rosu-Bubulac M. Quantitative evaluation of intra- and inter-modal deformable image registration of CT and MR images for heart, left ventricle and thoracic aorta. American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2021 23(2):e13500, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Omidi A, Nazari MA, Jeannine C. A 3D finite element model of mastication muscles to study the jaw movement for TMJ prosthesis performance evaluation. 2017 24th National and 2nd International Iranian Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Omidi A, Nazari MA, Jeannin C. The effect of TMJ prosthesis on jaw's kinematical characteristics including muscle forces. 17th International Symposium on Dental Morphology (ISDM) & 2nd Congress of International Association for Paleodontology (IAPO) at PACEA.
- Omidi A, Wilson JS. An improved method for semi-automatic processing of regional strain in an aortic MRI phantom. 2020 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting.
- Omidi A, Rosu-Bubulac M, Weiss E, Wilson JS. Optimizing CT to CMR image registration for future evaluation of regional cardiovascular toxicity. Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2021 Annual Meeting.
- Omidi A, Rosu-Bubulac M, Thomas G, Weiss E, Wilson JS. Global and regional quantification of cardiotoxicity due to radiotherapy using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: A pilot study in lung cancer. 2022 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C).
- Omidi A, Rosu-Bubulac M, Taylor R, Weiss E. Left Anterior Descending Artery Motion and Dose Variation during Respiratory Motion in Lung Cancer. 66th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified November 05, 2025