Lee MacDonald, 

Education 

• Medical Physics Residency - University of Toronto (Sunnybrook Hospital), 2020
• PhD, Medical Physics - Dalhousie University, 2018
• MSc, Physics - Dalhousie University, 2014
• BSc, Honours Physics - Mount Allison University, 2012

Research interests

• Adaptive Radiotherapy
  • Varian Ethos and HyperSight Technologies
  • Head and Neck Adaptive Planning Strategies
• Dynamic Trajectory Radiation Therapy
• 4 Pi Radiation Therapy
• Dynamic Collimator Radiation Therapy
• Variable Isocentre Radiation Therapy
• Novel Approaches to Conformal Aperture SRS
• intra-Arc Binary Collimation (iABC)
• Motion Management and Dose Robustness in SRS
• Intra-fraction motion and dose reconstruction simulation

Academic interests

• Radiation Physics
• Treatment Planning Systems
• Dose Optimization Algorithms
• Dosimetric Robustness of Planned Distributions to Motion

Awards and honours

• Innovation Catalyst Fund Awarded 2021 - Nova Scotia Health
• J.R. Cunningham Award – Academic Excellence in Research by a Physics Resident, University of Toronto Department of Radiation Oncology, 2020.
• First Prize - J.R. Cunningham Young Investigators Symposium, COMP/CARO Annual Meeting 2018

Recent publications

• Yashayaeva A, MacDonald RL, Robar J, Cherpak A. Evaluation of a Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithm for Image Reconstruction on a Novel CBCT Platform. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. n/a(n/a):e14516.
  
• MacDonald RL, Fallone C, Chytyk-Praznik K, Robar J, Cherpak A. The feasibility of CT simulation-free adaptive radiation therapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. n/a(n/a):e14438.
  
• Lincoln J, MacDonald L, Ward L, Johnston S, Syme A, Thomas C. Serial and parallel organ-at-risk-specific noncoplanar arc optimization for small versus large target volumes in liver SBRT. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. n/a(n/a):e14396.
  Robar JL, Cherpak A, MacDonald RL, et al. Novel Technology Allowing Cone Beam Computed Tomography in 6 Seconds: A Patient Study of Comparative Image Quality. Practical Radiation Oncology. Published online November 7, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.prro.2023.10.014
• Lincoln JD, MacDonald RL, Syme A, Thomas CG. Static couch non-coplanar arc selection optimization for lung SBRT treatment planning. Phys Med Biol. Published online 2023. 
• Anderson, Cheryl, R Lee MacDonald, and Derek Wilke. “Skin/Mucosa Avoidance Radiotherapy (SMART) versus Conventional Volumetric Arc-Based Radiotherapy (VMAT) for the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer: Dosimetric Feasibility Study.” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics: e14000. 
• Church C, MacDonald RL, Parsons D, Syme A. Evaluation of Plan Quality and Treatment Efficiency in Cranial SRS Treatment Plans with a Variable SAD. Medical Physics. February 2023.