Dr. Konrad Leszczynski, PhD

Associate Professor, Medical Sciences Division

Laurentian University Campus
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario
P3E 2C6
Phone: 705-522-6237; ext. 2147
Fax: 705-523-7329
Email: kleszczynski@hsnsudbury.ca

Education and Professional Roles

Associate Professor, Medical Physics, Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON Chief Physicist, Northeast Cancer Centre, Health Sciences North, Sudbury, ON Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON 1991: PhD, Medical Physics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB 1982: M.Sc. Medical Physics, Warsaw University, Poland

Research Interest

My current interests include:

• Intensity Modulated and Image Guided Radiation Therapy,
• Digital image reconstruction and processing,
• Risks from radiation exposure

Selected Publications

Yao W. and Leszczynski K. – “Depth distribution of multiple order X-ray scatter”. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Apr 2008, 77(4): 381-390. Whitton A, Warde P, Sharpe M, Oliver TK, Bak K, Leszczynski K, Etheridge S, Fleming K, Gutierrez E, Favell L, Green E. – “Organisational Standards for the Delivery of Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy in Ontario”. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2009 Apr; 21(3):192-203. Epub 2008 Dec 5. Yao W, Leszczynski K. – “Analytically derived weighting factors for transmission tomography cone beam projections.“. Phys Med Biol. Feb 7; 54(3) 2009:513-33. Yao W, Leszczynski KW – “An analytical approach to estimating the first order x-ray scatter in heterogeneous medium.” Med Phys. 2009 Jul; 36(7):3145-56. Yao W, Leszczynski KW – “An analytical approach to estimating the first order scatter in heterogeneous medium. II. A practical application.” Med Phys. 2009 Jul; 36(7):3157-67. Blais AR, Lederer E, Oliver M, Leszczynski K –” Static and rotational step-and-shoot IMRT treatment plans for the prostate: a risk comparison study.” Med Phys. 2012 Feb; 39(2):1069-78. Oliver M, McConnell D, Romani M, McAllister A, Pearce A, Andronowski A, Wang X, Leszczynski K. – “Evaluation of the trade-offs encountered in planning and treating locally advanced head and neck cancer: intensity-modulated radiation therapy vs. dual-arc volumetric-modulated arc therapy.” Br J Radiol. 2012 Dec; 85(1020):1539-45.