Yulong Yan

Yulong Yan, Ph.D., FAAPM, is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, serving as Director of Computational Physics and faculty in the Division of Medical Physics & Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Southeast University, China, and bachelor's/master's degrees from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

• Editorial Roles: Associate Editor for Medical Physics and Journal of Clinical Medical Physics
• Committee Leadership: Chair of AAPM Southwest Chapter Communications and IT Committee since 2014
• Research Focus: Adaptive radiotherapy, AI-driven medical imaging, functional lung avoidance, and synthetic CT generation

His recent publications highlight advancements in online adaptive radiotherapy verification, bony structure-enhanced synthetic CT for pelvis treatments, and ensemble learning approaches to improve image reconstruction. These works emphasize AI integration, dosimetric precision, and functional organ preservation.

Scientific awards include Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (FAAPM). As an educator, he mentors medical physics residents/postdoctoral fellows, delivers annual lectures in medical physics programs, and contributes to clinical training since 2013.