Piotr Pater
Title:
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Academic title(s):
Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Associate Member, Medical Physics Unit, McGill
Medical Physicist, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre (MUHC)
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Group:
Assistant Professor
Degree(s):
BSc, Physics Engineering (Polytechnique '06)
MSc, Radiation Physics (McGill '09)
PhD, Physics (McGill '17)
Location:
Glen Hospital
Current research:
Radio-biology models, SRS. Biological modeling, microdosimetry & radiobiology simulations, SRS treatment planning.
Areas of interest:
Micro-dosimetry, track structure simulations, DNA damage, Heart SBRT, Stereotactic radiation surgery.
Selected publications:
- I.J. Gerard, M.L. Bernier, T. Hijal, N. Kopek, P. Pater, G Stroian, J. Alfieri, Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation for Ventricular Tachycardia (StAR-VT): A Single Institution, Dose De-Escalation, Phase II Trial, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 114 (3), e416-e417 (2022).
- I.J. Gerard, M.L. Bernier, T. Hijal, N. Kopek, P. Pater, G. Stroian et al, Single Institution Experience with Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation for Ventricular Tachycardia, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 114 (3), e417(2022).
- I.J. Gerard, M.L. Bernier, T. Hijal, N. Kopek, P. Pater, J. Stosky, G. Stroian et al, Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for ventricular tachycardia: Single center first experiences, Advances in Radiation Oncology 6 (4), 100702 (2021).
- V. Fortier, M-A. Fortin, P. Pater, L. Souhami, I.R. Levesque, A role for magnetic susceptibility in synthetic computed tomography, Physica Medica 85, 137-146 (2021).
- G. Famulari, P. Pater, S.A. Enger, Microdosimetric evaluation of current and alternative brachytherapy sources: A Geant4-DNA simulation study, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys 100(1), 270-277 (2018).
- G. Famulari, P. Pater, S.A. Enger, Microdosimetry calculations for monoenergetic electrons using Geant4-DNA combined with a weighted track sampling algorithm, Phys. Med. Biol. 62(13), 5495–5508 (2017).
- P. Pater, G. Bäckstöm, F. Villegas, A. Ahnesjö, S.A. Enger, J. Seuntjens, I. El Naqa, Proton and light ion RBE for the induction of direct DNA double strand breaks, Med. Phys., 43, 2131–2140 (2016). doi:10.1118/1.4944870.
- P. Pater, J. Seuntjens, I. El Naqa, M.A. Bernal, On the consistency of Monte Carlo track structure DNA damage simulations, Med. Phys. 41(12), 121708 (2014).
- I. El Naqa, P. Pater, J Seuntjens, Monte Carlo role in radiobiological modelling of radiotherapy outcomes, Physics in Medicine & Biology 57 (11),
Awards, honours, and fellowships:
Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (MCCPM), 2011