Heejung Kim

Heejung Kim, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, specializing in the Division of Medical Physics & Engineering. She holds a B.S. in Electrophysics from Kwangwoon University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Seoul National University. Dr. Kim’s research focuses on adaptive radiotherapy, artificial intelligence applications in healthcare, and medical physics innovations. Prior to her academic role, she served as a medical physicist at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea, and holds a Texas Medical Physicist License with board certification in therapeutic medical physics from the American Board of Radiology.

Her research interests span radiation dosimetry, image-guided radiation therapy, and proton therapy optimization. Notable contributions include studies on Monte Carlo dose calculations, synthetic CT generation using deep learning, and toxicity predictors in stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. Dr. Kim actively contributes to professional associations and has published extensively in journals like Medical Physics and Cancers.

Her work integrates clinical radiation oncology with advanced technologies, emphasizing patient-specific solutions and precision medicine approaches. Despite no explicitly listed awards, her board certifications highlight professional excellence. Advising is inferred through her academic role, though specific student names are unrecorded here.