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Minglei Kang, Ph.D., DABR

Associate Professor (CHS)

Department Of Human Oncology

Education

Resident, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Medical Physics (2017)

Postdoc Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Medical Physics (2015)

Certificate of Medical Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Medical Physics (2015)

PhD, Peking University, Beijing, China, Accelerator Physics, (2011)

BS, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China Major: (2006)

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Human Oncology (2024)

Associate Research Professor, New York Proton Center, New York, New York (2023-2024)

Assistant Professor, New York Proton Center, New York, New York (2018-2023)

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC (2017-2018)

Assistant Research Professor, Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center China, Beijing, China (2011-2013)

Selected Honors and Awards

Best Clinic Poster, the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Particle Therapy Co- Operative Group (PTCOG) (2024)

Young Investigators Symposium Award, Delaware Valley Chapter of AAPM (2015)

Outstanding Graduate Award, Peking University, Beijing, China (2011)

Founder Scholarship, Peking University Beijing, China (2010)

Excellent Students Award, Peking University, Beijing, China (2006)

Medal of Future Physics Star, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China (2006)

Western Excellent Student Scholarship, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China (2005)

Boards, Advisory Committees and Professional Organizations

NRG Oncology Proton SBRT Working Group, 2020-present

AAPM TG 349 - Commissioning of Monte Carlo Dose Calculation in Proton Therapy, 2020-present

PTCOG (Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group) Thoracic and Gastrointestinal Subcommittee, 2021-present

AAPM New York chapter RAMPS, 2023-present

Contact Information

Minglei Kang, Ph.D., DABR

600 Highland Avenue,
Madison, WI