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ESTRO AWARDS
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