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Jay Burmeister, Ph.D.
Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program / Associate Professor
Wayne State University - Medicine
Radiation Oncology
 
burmeist@med.wayne.edu
Biography

Chief of Physics, Karmanos Cancer Center

Education:

  • BS - Physics (1992), Alma College
  • M.S. - Physics (1995), Michigan State University
  • Ph.D. - Medical Physics (1999), Wayne State University

Professional Positions:

  • 1999-2007 - Medical Physicist, Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center, Detroit, MI
  • 2003-Pres -  Member, Radiation Biology Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
  • 2005  - Radiation Safety Officer, NRC license number 21-04127-06
  • 2005  -  Radiation Safety Liaison, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, NRC license number 21-04127-02
  • 2007-Pres -  Chief of Physics, Karmanos Cancer Center / Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center, Detroit, MI

Faculty Appointments:

  • 1999-2005 - Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
  • 2003-Pres - Director, Medical Physics Graduate Programs, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
  • 2005-Pres - Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
  • 2005-Pres - Director of Education, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Awards & Honors
  • 1993 University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked “Excellent” by their students
  • 1998 Great Lakes Chapter AAPM and HPS Norman Horwitz Medical Physics Research Award
Research

Areas of Interest:

  • Intensity modulated radiotherapy optimization
  • Tomotherapy
  • Radiobiological implications of intensity modulated radiotherapy
  • Biological optimization of radiotherapy
  • Intensity modulated neutron radiotherapy
  • Boron Neutron Capture enhancement of fast neutron radiotherapy
  • Microdosimetry for neutron radiotherapy
  • Electron beam dosimetry
  • Radiation detector design
Publications

1. Burmeister, J., Kota, C., Waker, A. J., Maughan, R. L. Miniature Tissue-Equivalent Proportional Counters
for BNCT and BNCEFNT Dosimetry. Medical Physics 28, 1911-1925 (2001).

2. Burmeister, J., Kota, C., Maughan, R. L., Waker, A. J. Characterization of Miniature Tissue-Equivalent
Proportional Counters for Neutron Radiotherapy Applications. Phys. Med. Biol. 47, 1633-1645 (2002).

3. Burmeister, J., Kota, C., Waker, A. J., Maughan, R. L. Application of TEPC Microdosimetry to Boron
Neutron Capture Therapy. Rad. Prot. Dos. 99, 351-352 (2002).

4. Waker, A. J., Schrewe, U., Burmeister, J., Dubeau, J., Surette, R. A. Classical Microdosimetry in
Radiation Protection Dosimetry and Monitoring. Rad. Prot. Dos. 99, 311-316 (2002).

5. Burmeister, J., Riley, K. Harling, O. K., Wielopolski, L., Ma, R., Coderre, J. A., Kota, C., Maughan, R. L.
Microdosimetric intercomparison of BNCT beams. Med. Phys., 30, 2131-2139 (2003).

6. Ben-Josef, E., Shields, A., Vaishampayan, U., Vaitkevicius, V., El-Rayes, B., McDermott, P., Burmeister,
J., Bossenberger, T., and Philip, P. Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and Concurrent
Capecitabine for Pancreatic Cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 59, 454-459 (2004).

7. Santanam, L., Yudelev, M, Burmeister, J. Applicability of Pencil Beam Model and Scatter Dose Model to
Intensity Modulated Neutron Radiotherapy. Phys. Med. Biol., 49, 3751-3766 (2004).

8. Burmeister, J., McDermott, P. N., Bossenberger, T., Ben-Josef, E., Levin, K., Forman, J. D. Effect of MLC
Leaf Width on the Planning and Delivery of SMLC IMRT Using the CORVUS Inverse Treatment Planning
System. Med. Phys., 31, 3187-3193 (2004).

9. Burmeister, J., Kota, C., Yudelev, M., and Maughan, R.L. Boron Neutron Capture Enhancement of Fast
Neutron Radiotherapy Utilizing a Moderated Fast Neutron Beam. Med. Phys., 32, 666-672 (2005).

10. Burmeister, J., Kota, C., and Maughan, R.L. Measured Microdosimetric Spectra and Therapeutic
Potential of Boron Neutron Capture Enhancement of 252Cf Brachytherapy. Radiat. Res., 164, 312-318
(2005).

11. Liu, Q., McDermott, P., and Burmeister, J. Effect of respiratory motion on the delivery of breast
radiotherapy using physical compensators and SMLC intensity modulation. Med. Phys., 34, 347-351
(2007).

12. Santanam, L., He, T., Yudelev, M., Forman, J., Orton, C., Van den Heuvel, F., Maughan, R. L.,
Burmeister, J. Intensity modulated neutron radiotherapy for the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the
prostate. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 68, 1546-1556 (2007).

13. Burmeister, J., Alvarado, N., Way, S., McDermott, P. N., Bossenberger, T., Jaenisch, H., Patel, R., and
Washington, T. Assessment and minimization of contralateral breast dose for conventional and intensity
modulated breast radiotherapy. Med. Dos., 33, 6-13 (2008).

14. Joiner, M. C., Mogili, N. and Burmeister, J. Effective dose lost due to protraction of dose fractions during
IMRT. In preparation for submission to Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.
C. Research

Published Abstracts
 
1.  Burmeister, J., Maughan, R.L., and Kota, C. Miniature Low Pressure Tissue-Equivalent Proportional Counters for Microdosimetry Studies in High Flux BNCT and BNCEFNT Beams. Med. Phys. 24, 1363 (1997).
 
2.  Burmeister, J., Kota, C., Maughan, R.L., and Yudelev, M. Paired Mg and Mg(B) Ionization Chambers for Measurements in BNCT and BNCEFNT Beams. Med. Phys. 25, A145 (1998).
 
3.  Kota, C., Maughan, R.L., Yudelev, M., Burmeister, J., and Forman, J.D. The Boron Neutron Capture Research Program at Harper Hospital. Med. Phys. 25, A145 (1998).
 
4.  Burmeister, J., Kota, C., Maughan, R. L. Miniature Proportional Counter Microdosimetry Measurements in Clinical BNCT Beams. Med. Phys. 26, 1120 (1999).
 
5.  Burmeister, J. Specification of the Physical and Biologically Effective Absorbed Dose in Radiation Therapies Utilizing the Boron Neutron Capture Reaction. Med. Phys. 27, 266 (2000).
 
6.  Santanam, L., Van den Heuvel, F, Burmeister, J. Determination of Absolute Dose Using an aS500 Portal Detector. Med. Phys. 29, 1261 (2002).
 
7.   Welsh, K., Forman, L., Burmeister, J., Meek, A., Reinstein, L. Ion Beam and Neutron Output Performance of a Portable Accelerator Based Brachytherapy Neutron Source. Med. Phys. 29, 1327 (2002).
 
8.   Santanam, L., Van den Heuvel, F, Burmeister, J. Feasibility of Online Portal Dose Verification Using aS500. Med. Phys. 29, 1943 (2002).
 
9.   Charest, N., Burmeister, J. A Head Immobilization Study Comparing Three Different Non-Invasive Immobilization Techniques for Fractionated Radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 29, 1932-1933 (2002).
 
10. Burmeister, J., Farr, J., Santanam, L., Yudelev, M., Maughan, R. L. Preliminary Investigation of Intensity Modulated Neutron Radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 30, 1448 (2003).
 
11. Burmeister, J., Peng, W. A Simple Empirical Algorithm for Electron Output Calculation for Small Fields and Extended SSDs. Med. Phys. 30, 1519 (2003).
 
12. Santanam, L., He, T., Yudelev, M., Burmeister, J. Segmented Intensity Modulated Neutron Radiotherapy for Treatment of Prostate Adenocarcinoma. Med. Phys. 30, 1520 (2003).
 
13. Santanam, L., Van den Heuvel, F., Peng, W., Burmeister, J. Relative Intensity Map and 2D-Profile Verification in IMRT Using an aS500 EPID. Med. Phys. 30, 1395 (2003).
 
14. Alyousef, K., Yudelev, M., Burmeister, J., Brandon, J., Lerch, M., Rosenfeld, A. Characterization of Semiconductor Detectors for Fast Neutron Beam Dosimetry. Med. Phys. 30, 1520 (2003).
 
15. Burmeister, J., Alvarado, N., McDermott, P., Way, S., Bossenberger, T., Jaenisch, H., Patel, R., and Washington, T. Contralateral Breast Dose in Conventional and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 32, 2060-2061 (2005).
 
16. Desai, P., Burmeister, J., and McDermott, P. Practical gap-width threshold for MLC quality assurance. Med. Phys. 32, 1986-1987 (2005).
 
17. Liu, Q., McDermott, P., and Burmeister, J. Effect of Respiratory Motion on the Delivery of Breast Radiotherapy Using Physical Compensators and sMLC Intensity Modulation. Med. Phys. 32, 2108-2109 (2005).
 
18. Yao, B., Peng, W., Santanam, L., Van den Heuvel, F., and Burmeister, J. Quantitative Verification of IMRT Intensity Maps Using an Amorphous Silicon Electronic Portal Imager. Med. Phys. 32, 1987 (2005).
 
19. Santanam, L., Yudelev, M., He, T., and Burmeister, J. Validation of DSAR Algorithm for Intensity Modulated Neutron Radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 32, 2031 (2005).
 
20. Burmeister, J., Jaenisch, H., Austin, T., Isaak, R., Freedman, L., and Washington, T. Contralateral Breast Dose Reduction Associated with the use of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 63, S61 (2005).
 
21. Burmeister, J., Sharma, P. Leakage Characteristics of Two Common Multi-Leaf Collimators: Implications for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 33, 2250 (2006).
 
22. Gong, J., Burmeister, J. A New Software Tool for Quantitative Verification of IMRT Fluence Maps. Med. Phys. 33, 2168 (2006).
 
23. Lin, L., Burmeister, J. A New Software Tool for Plan Analysis and Comparison. Med. Phys. 33, 2058 (2006).
 
24. Nalichowski, A., McDermott, P. N., Burmeister, J. Comparison of surface dose resulting from SMLC and compensator-based IMRT for breast radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 33, 2218 (2006).
 
25. Mogili, N., Joiner, M., Burmeister, J. Effects of IMRT Treatment Time Prolongation On Tumor Cell Survival. Med. Phys. 33, 2294 (2006).
 
26. Desai, P., McDermott, P. N., Burmeister, J. A QA test to check MLC carriage calibration. Med. Phys. 33, 2060 (2006).
 
27. Srinivasan, M., Yudelev, M., Gutman, G., Burmeister, J., Lyons, K., Joiner, M. Relative Biological Effectiveness(RBE) and Dosimetry of Low Energy Photons(8keV) Generated Using Miniature X-Ray Tubes. Med. Phys. 33, 2273 (2006).
 
28. Huang, Y., Joiner, M., Liao, Y., Burmeister, J., Dose Convolution Filter: Incorporating Spatial Dose Information into Tissue Response Modeling. Med. Phys. 34, 2506 (2007).
 
29. Wang, Y., Burmeister, J., Van den Heuvel, F., Yudelev, M., Image Guided Neutron Therapy: A Six Degree Correction Method Using Implanted Fiducial Markers. Med. Phys. 34, 2372 (2007).
 
30. Pandya, S., Burmeister, J., Effect of Fluence Smoothing on Plan Quality and Delivery Accuracy in Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 35, 2755 (2008).
 
31. Zhao, B., Joiner, M., Huang, Y., Liao, Y, Burmeister, J., Incorporating Biological and Spatial Dose Information Can Change the Predicted Outcome of Radiotherapy Treatment Plans. Med. Phys. 35, 2823 (2008).
 
32. Liao, Y., Joiner, M., Huang, Y., Burmeister, J., Hypofractionation: What Does it Mean for Prostate Cancer Treatment? Med. Phys. 35, 2911-2912 (2008).
 
33. Shridhar, R., Yudelev, M., Makar, S., Burmeister, J., Rakowski, J., Estabrook, W., Wilson, G., Gutman, G., and Joiner, M. Characteristic 8 keV X-rays Possess Biological Properties of High LET Radiation. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 72, S705 (2008).
 
34. Campbell, J., Wong, C. O., Muzik, O., Marples, B., Joiner, M., and Burmeister, J. Dose Response to Y-90 Microsphere Treatment of Metastatic Liver Cancer by Quantitative Analysis SPECT and PET Images. J. Nucl. Med. 49S1, 43P (2008).
 
35. Joiner, M. and Burmeister, J. Second tumors: implications for modern radiotherapy approaches. Radiother. Oncol. 90, Suppl. 1, S1, (2009).
 
36. Liao, Y., Joiner, M., and Burmeister, J. Modeling normal tissue complications in hypofractionated prostate cancer radiotherapy. Radiother. Oncol. 90, Suppl. 1, S22, (2009).