CV

Joey Schulz

joey.schulz@wisc.edu
Madison, WI, , US

Summary

Currently employed at UW–Madison. Medical Physics PhD candidate working on treatment planning optimization, HDR brachytherapy, and FLASH radiotherapy.

Publications

  • Shaping success: clinical implementation of a 3D-printed electron cutout program in external beam radiation therapy
    2023
    Frontiers in Oncology
    End-to-end clinical implementation of patient-specific 3D-printed electron cutouts, from print workflow to QA.
  • An affordable platform for virtual reality-based patient education in radiation therapy
    2023
    Practical Radiation Oncology
    A low-cost VR platform for patient education in radiation therapy; recognized with the AAPM Arthur Boyer Award.
  • Learning image representations for content-based image retrieval of radiotherapy treatment plans
    2023
    Physics in Medicine & Biology
    Learned image representations for retrieving similar prior treatment plans from a clinical database.
  • Tungsten filled 3D printed lung blocks for total body irradiation
    2023
    Practical Radiation Oncology
    Tungsten-filled 3D printed lung blocks for total body irradiation, validated across institutions.
  • AVATAR 2.0: next level communication systems for radiotherapy through face-to-face video, biofeedback, translation, and audiovisual immersion
    2024
    Frontiers in Oncology
    A radio-transparent audio-visual system for anesthesia avoidance during radiotherapy, since licensed to Leo Cancer Care.
  • Multi-institutional audit of FLASH and conventional dosimetry with a 3D-printed anatomically realistic mouse phantom
    2024
    International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
    A cross-institution dosimetry audit for FLASH and conventional delivery using a 3D-printed anatomically realistic mouse phantom.
  • A clinical solution for non-toxic 3D-printed photon blocks in external beam radiation therapy
    2024
    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
    A non-toxic, tungsten-filled alternative to Cerrobend photon blocks, taken through to clinical implementation.
  • Fully customizable bronze-PLA lung shields using 3D printing for total body irradiation (TBI)
    2025
    Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
    Patient-specific bronze-PLA lung shields for total body irradiation, printable in-house.
  • The feasibility of a patient oriented interactive panoramic virtual tour for external beam radiation therapy
    2025
    Frontiers in Oncology
    An interactive panoramic virtual tour built to orient patients to the radiation oncology department before treatment.
  • Linear accelerator (linac) downtime analysis assisted with a Large Language Model (LLM)
    2025
    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
    LLM-assisted extraction and classification of linac downtime events from clinical operations records.
  • Nontoxic generalized patient shielding devices for total skin electron therapy
    2025
    Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
    Generalized, non-toxic shielding devices for total skin electron therapy, replacing lead-based alternatives.
  • Non-invasive reversible software-based configuration of a clinically used linear accelerator for preclinical electron FLASH radiobiology
    2025
    arXiv (accepted, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics)
    A reversible, software-only conversion of a clinical linac for preclinical electron FLASH work, with no hardware modification.
  • Treat-through OLED displays: dosimetry and performance of OLED AVATAR screens for megavoltage radiotherapy
    2025
    arXiv (under review, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics)
    Dosimetric characterization of OLED screens left in the beam path during megavoltage treatment.
  • Deep learning auto-contouring of target and organs-at-risk on post-catheter implant CT images for prostate HDR brachytherapy
    2026
    Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
    Auto-contouring of target and organs-at-risk on post-implant CT, where catheter artifacts complicate segmentation.
  • Emerging FLASH therapy platforms for stereotactic radiosurgery and body radiotherapy
    2026
    Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT
    Review of platforms bringing ultra-high dose rate delivery to stereotactic radiosurgery and body radiotherapy. †Equal contribution.
  • Characterization and calibration of the iQID digital autoradiography system for direct quantitative imaging of beta-emitters in tissue samples
    2026
    bioRxiv (under review, Medical Physics)
    Characterization and calibration of the iQID system for quantitative beta-emitter imaging in tissue.
  • Robust optimization of catheter positions and dwell times for HDR prostate brachytherapy
    2026
    Medical Physics
    Folds catheter position selection and dwell-time optimization into a single robust inverse-planning framework for prostate HDR brachytherapy.

Presentations

  • OneIso: a streamlined HyperArc patient and machine QA for single-isocenter multi-target (SIMT) SRS
    2022
    AAPM Annual Meeting
  • An affordable platform for virtual reality-based patient education in radiation therapy
    2022
    AAPM Annual Meeting
  • An affordable platform for virtual reality-based patient education in radiation therapy
    2022
    AAPM Webinar
  • Analyzing the capability of 3D printed blocks for TBI and TLI therapies
    2023
    AAPM Annual Meeting
  • Enhancing radiation therapy with 3D printed electron cutouts: a successful clinical implementation
    2023
    AAPM Annual Meeting
  • An interactive virtual reality tour for radiation oncology: a patient-centric approach
    2023
    AAPM Annual Meeting
  • Closing the loop: toward sustainable 3D print recycling in the clinic
    2023
    ASTRO Annual Meeting
  • AVATAR 2.0: advanced radiolucent communication systems for next-level radiotherapy through face-to-face video, biofeedback, translation, and audio-visual immersion
    2024
    AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
  • A reusable, non-toxic, custom compensator stacking system for total body irradiation
    2024
    AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
  • Multi-institutional dosimetry protocol to standardize dosimetry across two research facilities for preclinical radiobiological experiments
    2024
    AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
  • Applying a portable pocket handheld ultrasound scanner to monitor tumor volume in preclinical studies
    2024
    ASTRO Annual Meeting
  • Monte Carlo based treatment planning workflow for pre-clinical and clinical electron FLASH studies
    2024
    ASTRO Annual Meeting
  • Multi-institutional standardized dosimetry protocol for preclinical radiobiological experiments
    2024
    ASTRO Annual Meeting
  • 3D printed bolus in SGRT
    2024
    SGRT US Annual Meeting
  • Two's company, three's a crowd? A Bayesian approach to optimizing the number of measurement readings in radiation therapy QA
    2025
    AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
  • Integrated catheter position and dwell time optimization for focal dose escalation in prostate HDR brachytherapy
    2025
    AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
  • Automated parametric custom collimator creation for preclinical irradiation studies
    2025
    AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
  • Slit scanning delivery simulation for FLASH radiotherapy
    2025
    AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
  • Novel method for robust catheter insertion in HDR prostate brachytherapy
    2025
    ASTRO Annual Meeting
  • Tumor dose heterogeneity informed biological optimization of combination Lu-177 PSMA radiopharmaceutical therapy and Ir-192 high dose rate prostate brachytherapy
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • End-to-end verification of an open-source preclinical electron FLASH treatment planning system
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Large Language Model (LLM) based linac downtime analysis
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Validation of MR-CT deformable registration accuracy and MRI fat-fraction quantification using a novel 3D-printed anthropomorphic phantom
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Autosegmentation via nnU-Net on post-brachytherapy-catheter CT for prostate HDR brachytherapy
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Design and fabrication of a novel pelvic-vertebral 3D-printed anthropomorphic phantom for radiopharmaceutical therapy dosimetry
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Robust simultaneous optimization of catheter positions and dwell times for high dose rate prostate brachytherapy
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Non-invasive reversible software-based configuration of a clinically used linear accelerator for preclinical electron FLASH radiobiology
    2026
    AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Simultaneous source position and continuous shield orientation optimization for directional brachytherapy via neural implicit dose kernels
    2026
    ASTRO 68th Annual Meeting

Teaching

  • MP 566: Radiation Therapy Physics
    2026
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Medical Physics
    Role: Teaching assistant
  • MP 668: Radiotherapy Rad Lab
    2026
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Medical Physics
    Role: Course co-creator and teaching assistant

Portfolio

  • Patient-specific 3D-printed devices
    Portfolio
    Electron cutouts, photon blocks, and shielding taken from prototype to clinic.
  • AVATAR
    Portfolio
    Radio-transparent audio-visual systems for anesthesia avoidance during radiotherapy.
  • Collimator Creator
    Portfolio
    Parametric collimator design for preclinical linac-based irradiation studies.
  • Preclinical FLASH Treatment Planning System
    Portfolio
    Open-source TPS for preclinical electron FLASH radiotherapy.