ESTRO 36 Programme book and exhibition guide

EMMANUEL VAN DER SCHUEREN AWARD

Ben Heijmen Erasmus MC Cancer Institute Rotterdam, The Netherlands

After obtaining MSc and PhD degrees in experimental molecular and laser physics, Ben Heijmen started with a residency in medical physics for radiotherapy at the Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute. He then joined the medical physics staff of the department of Radiation Oncology. Since 2005 he has also been full professor in radiation oncology physics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Ben Heijmen has been active in several research areas in radiotherapy, including automated treatment plan generation, computer optimisation of (non-coplanar) beam angles, image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), adaptive radiotherapy (ART), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) with a Cyberknife robotic treatment unit, proton therapy, and development of procedures and software for enhancement of patient safety, including electronic portal imaging (EPID) based in-vivo dosimetry. His main current interest is development of automated treatment planning, and the use of automated planning for bias-free comparison of treatment strategies and for development of novel treatment approaches. He is member of the Physics Committee and the Board of the Education Council of ESTRO, Director of the ESTRO course ‘Physics for Modern Radiotherapy’ and the ESTRO ‘Research Masterclass in Radiotherapy Physics’. He is also member of the Editorial Board of Radiotherapy & Oncology ( Green Journal ), associate editor of Medical Physics , and member of the Research Steering Group of the Holland Particle Therapy Center (Holland PTC). Ben Heijmen is (co-)author of over 175 peer-reviewed papers, with a scopus H-index of 40. Many of the investigations had an impact on clinical practice.

Ben Heijmen

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