Chenyang Shen

Chenyang Shen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He earned his B.S. from Yangzhou University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Hong Kong Baptist University, followed by a medical physics residency at UT Southwestern. His clinical focus includes RefleXion and EROC TPOD, while his research integrates machine learning and deep learning into medical imaging, image processing, and intelligent treatment planning for radiotherapy.

• Education: B.S. (Yangzhou University), M.S. and Ph.D. (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Dr. Shen’s research spans medical physics, AI-driven treatment optimization, and image-guided radiation therapy. His work emphasizes deep learning for dose calculation, real-time adaptive planning, and synthetic CT generation from CBCT/MRI data. Key publications highlight innovations in PET-guided liver motion tracking and AI for brachytherapy applicator digitization.

He has received the ASTRO Basic/Translational Science Award for junior investigators and AAPM Best in Physics (Therapy). His grants and collaborations focus on improving radiation dose accuracy and enabling biology-guided therapy via PET-Linac systems. Labs and teams he works with include the Division of Medical Physics and Engineering at UT Southwestern.