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Ron Lalonde, PhD, DABR

  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Chief Physicist, UPMC Shadyside Hospital
  • Medical Physicist, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Ron Lalonde, PhD, DABR, manages radiation oncology physics at UPMC Shadyside and provides oversight on research and teaching programs at all UPMC Hillman Cancer Center locations. He is on the regional coordinators committee and on the committee of the UPMC Medical Physics Residency Program. His interests include radiosurgery planning and QA, IMRT planning, and knowledge-based planning systems.

Research Grants

Principle investigator (20% effort) for a private grant from Varian Medical Systems, entitled “Use of RapidPlan System to Evaluate the Effects of Treatment Margins on Plan Quality”, 2015-2016, $125K dollars in direct funding.