Amanda Cherpak
Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Medical Physics
Email: amanda.cherpak@nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-473-5289
Fax: 902-473-6120
Mailing Address:
Department of Medical Physics
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Rm 3028, Dickson Building
5820 University Avenue
Halifax, B3H 1V7
Research Topics:QEII Health Sciences Centre
Rm 3028, Dickson Building
5820 University Avenue
Halifax, B3H 1V7
- Total marrow irradiation
- 3D printing in brachytherapy
- Advanced imaging and adaptive planning
Education
- BSc (St Francis Xavier University)
- MSc (Carleton University)
- PhD (Carleton University)
- Radiation Oncology Physics Residency (The Ottawa Hospital)
Awards and honours
- Medical Physics Teacher of the Year – 2014
- American Brachytherapy Society HDR Training Scholarship - 2014
- Capital Health Research Fund Grant - 2015
Recent publications
- JM Borsavage, A Cherpak, JL Robar. Improving image quality and reducing dose with 2.5 MV diamond target volume‐of‐interest CBCT imaging.Medical Physics, 2022; 1-11.
- O Semeniuk, A Cherpak, J Robar. Design and evaluation of 3D printable patient-specific applicators for gynecologic HDR brachytherapy. Med Phys. 2021; doi: 10.1002/mp.14888.
- J Borsavage, A Cherpak, JL Robar. Investigation of planar image quality for a novel 2.5 MV diamond target beam from a radiotherapy linear accelerator. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2020; 16:103-108.
- A J Cherpak, T Monajemi, K Chytyk-Praznik, L Mulroy; Energy-dependent OAR Sparing and Dose Conformity for Total Marrow Irradiation of Obese Patients. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2018; 19:532-538.
- K Moran, L Sinclair, S Freire, L Peters, D Bowes, L Best, A Cherpak, M Darling, T Day, J Trask, L Steeves, G Ilie. Describing a process for creating a patient visible quality educational display to increase patient engagement in Radiation Oncology throughout the Canadian Maritimes Provinces. Journal of Cancer Education. 2019; 34(5): 973-999.
- H Dahn, PAK Oliver, S Allen, A Cherpak, A Syme, N Patil, D Bowes. Individualized Dose-Escalation of HDR Prostate Brachytherapy Implant to Decrease Required External Beam Radiation Dose: A Retrospective Feasibility Study. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2019; 4: 641-648.
Other interests and achievements
- Medical Physics Radiation Oncology Residency Program – CAMPEP accredited (Co-director)
- Brachytherapy
- Total marrow irradiation
- Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists - Secretary