Lei Xing, Ph.D.
Jacob Haimson Professor
Director of Physics Division
Diplomate, American Board of Radiology
Department of Radiation Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine
875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Room G233
Stanford, CA 94305-5847
Phone: 650-498-7896
Fax: 650-498-4015
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Biography
Dr. Lei Xing is currently the Jacob Haimson Professor of Radiation Physics and Director of Radiation Physics Division of Radiation Oncology Department at Stanford University. He also holds affiliate faculty positions in Medical Informatics, Bio-X and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford. Dr. Xing obtained his PhD in Physics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1992 and received his Medical Physics training at the University of Chicago. He has been a member of the Radiation Oncology faculty at Stanford since 1997. His research has been focused on inverse treatment planning, tomographic image reconstruction, CT, optical and PET imaging instrumentations, image guided interventions, nanomedicine, and applications of molecular imaging in radiation oncology. Dr. Xing is an author on more than 190 peer reviewed publications, a co-inventor on many issued and pending patents, and a co-investigator or principal investigator on numerous NIH, DOD, NSF, ACS grants and projects from other funding agencies and corporates. He and his lab members have received numerous awards from ACS, AAPM, ASTRO, and RSNA in the past decade. Dr. Xing is on the editorial boards of a number of journals in radiation physics and medical imaging.
Honors and awards
2012 |
Fellow of AAPM |
2009 |
NSF Research Grant Award |
2006 |
NIH Bioengineering Partnership Award |
2004 |
DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program Idea Award |
2003 |
National Institutes of Health R01 Award |
2002 |
ASTRO Basic Science Investigator Award |
2002 |
DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program Idea Award |
2001 |
DOD Concept Award for Breast Cancer |
2000 |
American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award |
1998 |
The Whitaker Foundation Grant Award |
1997 |
RSNA Seed Research Grant Award |
1992 |
Phi Beta Kappa, Johns Hopkins University |
1992 |
Max Planck Institute Fellowship |
Professional Positions
2010-present |
Director of Physics Division, Dept of Radiation Oncology at Stanford |
2009-present |
Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University |
2007-present |
Chief, Medical Physics Research, Dept of Radiation Oncology at Stanford |
2003-present |
Core Faculty at Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) |
2009-2010 |
Interim Director of Physics Division, Dept of Radiation Oncology at Stanford |
2003-2009 |
Associate Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University |
1997-2003 |
Assistant Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University |
1995-1996 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago |
1993-1994 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
Professional Services
Professional Services
2011-present |
Member of editorial board, American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
2011-present |
Member of editorial board, Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology |
2008-present |
Member of international advisory board, Physics in Medicine and Bilogy |
2003-2008 |
Associate Editor, Medical Physics Journal |
Publications and more
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