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Murat Surucu, PhD

Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA

Dr. Surucu joined Stanford Radiation Oncology faculty in 2020 as the Chief of Clinical Physics. Dr. Surucu received his B.S. in Physics and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul/Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at University of Southern California in 2007. Dr. Surucu started his postdoctoral research at Radiation Oncology Department of Washington University in St. Louis and developed planning tools for Modulated Electron Radiotherapy. He was awarded the Jack Fowler Junior Investigator Award from American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM) for this work.


Dr. Surucu completed his Medical Physics residency at The University of Chicago in 2011 and joined the faculty of Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Physics at Loyola University Chicago. He became the Chief of Clinical Physics in 2015, where he led many clinical projects and implemented new technologies. These projects included the acceptance testing and commissioning of multiple linear accelerators, CT scanners, and implementation of new treatment planning systems. Dr. Surucu has led the team in successfully integrating radiation oncology with hospital electronic health record systems.


Dr. Surucu’s main research is focused on adaptive radiotherapy and biology-guided radiotherapy. Dr. Surucu has investigated the need for adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients and assessed the impact of tumor volume changes on the delivered dose distributions. Dr. Surucu developed tools to identify patients that have a higher probability of needing adaptive radiotherapy. Dr. Surucu published over 55 papers in peer reviewed journals and presented over 120 abstracts in national meetings.

Disclosures:

  • Employment: Stanford University:Clinical Assoc. Prof & Chief of Clinical Physics:Employee
  • Compensation: RefleXion Medical Inc.: Research Grants, Research Funding, Research Salary Support, Grant Research Funding, Honoraria-End Date: Present
  • Ownership: none
  • Leadership: none

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