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Hayeon Kim, PhD

  • Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Principle Medical Physicist in Academic Sites
  • Director of Outcomes Research, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Hayeon Kim, PhD, is a medical physicist with specialized expertise in brachytherapy, cost-effective analysis, and outcome data/clinical trials analysis. She is also a member of core faculty for AGCME UPMC radiation oncology residency program and medical physics residency program, chair of AAPM TG-425, PhD program admission committee member in University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, NRG (Former RTOG) medical physics subcommittee member, study physicist for 2 NRG Oncology clinical trials ( NRG GY017, NRG GY024), ABR therapeutic radiological physics oral examiner, associate section editor in Physics section in Advances in Radiation Oncology journal, and the institution program coordinator and faculty for 300 in 10 training sites supported by American Brachytherapy Society Fellowship. 

    Education & Training

  • MS: Applied Physics, Columbia University
  • PhD: Clinical Research and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh
  • Medical Physics Residency: Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Awards
Educator of the Year: Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO), 2013–2014
Capintec Grant: AAPM Summer School, 2006
AAPM Junior Physicist Scholarship: AAPM Summer School, 2006
Young Investigator’s Award: International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy (ICCR), 2004
Junior Physicist Travel Grant Award: DVC-AAPM, 2004
Representative Publications

PubMed® Link: Hayeon Kim, PhD

 

Research Grants

UPMC Hillman Developmental Pilot Program 
(Supported in part by award number P30CA047904 from the National Cancer Institute)                                
Role in Project: PI 08/1/2021 – 7/31/2022
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast: Treatments and Preferences
Amount: $29,500


Sub-Award from The Beckwith Foundation for Preoperative Breast Radiation Therapy trial. HCC 22-003, NCI-2023-03172: NCT05464667. PI: Dr. Parul Barry https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05464667
Role in Project: Treatment planning and Physics support
Amount: $5,000