David Westerly, PhD

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

FacultyPhoto
Graduate School
  • PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2009)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, University of Montana–Missoula (MT) (2004)
Languages
English
Department
Radiation Oncology

Professional Titles

  • Associate Professor

Publications

  • Vogelius IS, Westerly DC, Cannon GM, Mackie TR, Mehta MP, Sugie C, Bentzen SM. Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Might Increase Pneumonitis Risk Relative to Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in Patients Receiving Combined Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy: A Modeling Study of Dose Dumping. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21477946.
  • Schubert LK, Gondi V, Sengbusch E, Westerly DC, Soisson ET, Paliwal BR, Mackie TR, Mehta MP, Patel RR, Tome WA, Cannon GM. Dosimetric comparison of left-sided whole breast irradiation with 3DCRT, forward-planned IMRT, inverse-planned IMRT, helical tomotherapy, and topotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2011 Feb 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21316783.
  • Soisson ET, Hoban PW, Kammeyer T, Kapatoes JM, Westerly DC, Basavatia A, Tome WA. A technique for stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning with helical tomotherapy. Med Dosim. 2011 Spring;36(1):46-56. PubMed PMID: 20138501; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2892558.
  • Vogelius IS, Westerly DC, Cannon GM, Bentzen SM. Hypofractionation does not increase radiation pneumonitis risk with modern conformal radiation delivery techniques. Acta Oncol. 2010 Oct;49(7):1052-7. PubMed PMID: 20831495.
  • Deveau MA, Bowen SR, Westerly DC, Jeraj R. Feasibility and sensitivity study of helical tomotherapy for dose painting plans. Acta Oncol. 2010 Oct;49(7):991-6. PubMed PMID: 20831487; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3040036.
  • Westerly DC, Schefter T, Kavanagh BD, Miften M. Clinical implementation of high dose imaging with helical tomotherapy to improve image guidance for SBRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. Vol. 78, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S675.
  • Westerly D, Stuhr K, Altunbas C, Diot Q, Kavanagh B, Miften M. The Impact of Imaging Frequency on Intrafraction Setup Corrections in Frameless Image Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Med. Phys. 37, 3310 (2010).
  • Schubert L, Soisson E, Westerly D, Tolakanahalli R, Paliwal B, Tome W. Effects of Target Replacement on Helical MVCT Images for Use in Adaptive Radiotherapy. Med. Phys. 37, 3191 (2010).
  • Deveau M, Bowen S, Westerly D, Jeraj R. Impact of Treatment Planning Optimization Parameters on Dose Painting Plans. Med. Phys. 37, 3210 (2010).
  • Qi S, Hu A, Westerly D, Rice H, Newman F, Stuhr K, Chen C, Raben D, Kavanagh B, Gaspar L, Miften M. Initial Experience of Patient Specific Rotational Quality Assurance for VMAT Using a Cylindrical Diodes Array Detector System. Med. Phys. 37, 3240 (2010).
  • Mo X, Westerly D, Mackie T. High-Performance Dose Calculation for Proton Radiotherapy Using GPU. Med. Phys. 37, 3383 (2010).
  • Kissick M, Mo X, McCall K, Schubert L, Westerly D, Mackie T. Optimal Management of Respiratory Motion without Motion Management: A Tomotherapy Phantom Demonstration. Med. Phys. 37, 3209 (2010).
  • Stinauer MA, Diot Q, Westerly DC, Schefter TE, Kavanagh BD. Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Response and Normal Tissue Regeneration After Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy to Liver Metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22494588.
  • Chen Q, Westerly D, Fang Z, Sheng K, Chen Y. TomoTherapy MLC verification using exit detector data. Med Phys. 2012 Jan;39(1):143-51. PubMed PMID: 22225283.
  • Zhang M, Westerly DC, Mackie TR. Introducing an on-line adaptive procedure for prostate image guided intensity modulate proton therapy. Phys Med Biol. 2011 Aug 7;56(15):4947-65. Epub 2011 Jul 19. PubMed PMID: 21772078.
  • M. Miften, S. K. Das, I. Chetty, and D. Westerly, “Treatment Planning for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy,” in Radiation Oncology: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Springer-Verglag, Editors Lo, Teh, Lu, Schefter (2102). (in press).
  • Westerly D.C., Schefter T.E., Kavanagh B.D., Chao E., Lucas D., Flynn R.T., Miften M. High-dose MVCT image guidance for stereotactic body radiation therapy. 2012 Medical physics; 39(8):4812-4819.
  • Schubert L.K., Westerly D., Miften M. Analysis of an International Error Reporting Database to Enhance Patient Safety. 2012 International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics; 84(3):S156-157.
  • Reddy K., Westerly D., Chen C. (2012), MRI patterns of T1 enhancing radiation necrosis versus tumour recurrence in high-grade gliomas. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02472.x
  • Amin N., Reddy K., Westerly D., Raben D., DeWitt P., Chen C. (2012), Sparing the larynx and esophageal inlet expedites feeding tube removal in patients with stage III-IV oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy. The Laryngoscope, 122: 2736–2742. doi: 10.1002/lary.23597
  • Howells C.C., Stinauer M.A., Diot Q., Westerly D.C., Schefter T.E., Kavanagh B.D., Miften M. Normal Liver Tissue Density Dose Response in Patients Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases. 2012 International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics; 84(3):e441-e446.
  • Bellon M., Glide-Hurst C., Altunbas C., Foster R., Speiser M., Altman M., Westerly D., Miften M., Chetty I., Solberg T. SU-ET-84: TrueBeam Commissioning: A Multi-Institutional Experience. 2012 Medical Physics 39(6):3721.
  • Schubert L., Westerly D., Stuhr K., Miften M. SU-ET-201: Safety-Focused Customization of Treatment Plan Documentation. 2012 Medical Physics 39(6):3749.
  • Stinauer M.A., Diot Q., Westerly D.C., Schefter T.E., Kavanagh B.D. Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Response and Normal Tissue Regeneration After Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy to Liver Metastases. 2012 International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics; 83(5):e613-e618.
  • Hill P, Westerly D, Mackie T. Fan-beam intensity modulated proton therapy. Med Phys. 2013 Nov;40(11):111704. PubMed PMID: 24320412
  • Robin TP, Gan G, Tam M, Westerly D, Riaz N, Karam S, Lee N, Raben D. A Multicenter Review of Contralateral Submandibular Gland Sparing in Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Cancers: Is is Safe?. Head Neck. 2014 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25482748
  • Dose Painting to Treat Single Lobe Prostate Cancer Using Targeted External Beam Radiation Therapy - Is It Feasible? A. Amini, D. Westerly, N. Ryan, T. Waxweiler, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, D. Raben International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, Vol. 90, Issue 1, S945
  • Fields EC, Rabinovitch R, Ryan NE, Miften M, Westerly DC. A detailed evaluation of TomoDirect 3DCRT planning for whole-breast radiation therapy. Med Dosim. 2013 Winter;38(4):401-6. PubMed PMID: 23809692
  • Reddy K, Westerly D, Chen C. MRI patterns of T1 enhancing radiation necrosis versus tumour recurrence in high-grade gliomas. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2013 Jun;57(3):349-55. PubMed PMID: 23721146
  • Westerly DC, Mo X, Tomé WA, Mackie TR, DeLuca PM Jr. A generalized 2D pencil beam scaling algorithm for proton dose calculation in heterogeneous slab geometries. Med Phys. 2013 Jun;40(6):061706. PubMed PMID: 23718585
  • Amini A, Westerly DC, Waxweiler TV, Ryan N, Raben D. Dose painting to treat single-lobe prostate cancer with hypofractionated high-dose radiation using targeted external beam radiation: Is it feasible?. Med Dosim. 2015 Autumn;40(3):256-61. PubMed PMID: 25824420
  • Jones BL, Westerly D, Miften M. Calculating tumor trajectory and dose-of-the-day using cone-beam CT projections. Med Phys. 2015 Feb;42(2):694-702. PubMed PMID: 25652483
  • Glide-Hurst C, Bellon M, Foster R, Altunbas C, Speiser M, Altman M, Westerly D, Wen N, Zhao B, Miften M, Chetty IJ, Solberg T. Commissioning of the Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator: a multi-institutional study. Med Phys. 2013 Mar;40(3):031719. PubMed PMID: 23464314
  • Westerly D, Plimpton S, Mo X, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Liu A. Proton Energy Requirements for a Dedicated Pediatric Treatment Machine. Int J Radiat Onol Biol Phys. 2013 Oct;87(2):S603-S604.
  • Schubert L, Liu A, Gan G, Amini A, Hutchison R, Ernest J, Thornton D, Stoehr S, Hinman B, Stuhr K, Westerly D, Schefter T, Fisher C. Practical implementation of quality improvement for high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 Jan-Feb;6(1):34-43. PubMed PMID: 26577008
  • Faught, J., Vinogradskiy, Y., Thomas, D., Miften, M., & Westerly, D. (2017). investigation of Vmat Qa Discrepancies Observed with a Deterministic Dose Calculation Algorithm and Commercial Diode Array: th-ab-fs1-10. Medical Physics, 44(6), 3274.
  • Diot, Q., Westerly, D., Kavanagh, B., Liu, A., & Miften, M. (2017). low-voltage Tests of a Simple Pulse Line Ion Accelerator (plia) Structure: th-ab-fs4-02. Medical Physics, 44(6), 3279.
  • Westerly, D. C., & Goodman, K. A. (2017). External Beam Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors: Simulation, Treatment Planning, and Advanced Delivery Techniques. In Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors (pp. 91-105). Springer, Cham.
  • Westerly, D. C. & Miften, M. (2017). Clinical 3D Dosimetry in Modern Radiation Therapy. CRC Press.
  • Robin TP, Gan GN, Tam M, Westerly D, Riaz N, Karam SD, Lee N, Raben D. Safety of contralateral submandibular gland sparing in locally advanced oropharyngeal cancers: A multicenter review. Head Neck. 2016 Apr;38(4):506-11. PubMed PMID: 25482748
  • Schubert L, Petit J, Vinogradskiy Y, Peters R, Towery J, Stump B, Westerly D, Ridings J, Kneeland P, Liu A. Implementation and operation of incident learning across a newly-created health system. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Nov;19(6):298-305. PubMed PMID: 30225861
  • Westerly DC, Behbahani RA, Kavanagh B, Liu A, Miften M, Serkova NJ, Diot Q. Design considerations for a pulse line ion accelerator (PLIA)-based PET isotope generator. Med Phys. 2018 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29905959
  • Forghani F, Mahl A, Patton TJ, Jones BL, Borden MA, Westerly DC, Altunbas C, Miften M, Thomas DH. Simulation of x-ray-induced acoustic imaging for absolute dosimetry: Accuracy of image reconstruction methods. Med Phys. 2019 Dec 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31828781
  • Behbahani RA, Diot Q, Kavanagh B, Serkova NJ, Miften M, Westerly DC. Electromagnetic wave propagation in a fast pulse line ion accelerator. Med Phys. 2019 Dec;46(12):5714-5721. PubMed PMID: 31622500
  • Schubert LK, Hendrickson K, Miften M, McNulty M, Vinogradskiy YY, Thomas DH, Westerly D, Stuhr K, Corral J, Royer D. The Current State of Physics Plan Review Training in Medical Physics Residency Programs in North America. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31526898
  • R Alibazi Behbahani, Q Diot, B Kavanagh, N Serkova, M Miften, D Westerly. High-Intensity Ion Source Development for a Pulsed Linear Accelerator Structure. Medical Physics. 2019; 46(6): E174-E175.
  • Serkova NJ, Glunde K, Haney CR, Farhoud M, DeLille A, Redente EF, Simberg D, Westerly DC, Griffin L, Mason RP. Preclinical Applications of Multi-Platform Imaging in Animal Models of Cancer. Cancer Res. 2020 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33262127
  • Forghani F, Mahl A, Patton TJ, Jones BL, Borden MA, Westerly DC, Altunbas C, Miften M, Thomas DH. Simulation of x-ray-induced acoustic imaging for absolute dosimetry: Accuracy of image reconstruction methods. Med Phys. 2020 Mar;47(3):1280-1290. PubMed PMID: 31828781
  • Schubert LK, Hendrickson K, Miften M, McNulty M, Vinogradskiy YY, Thomas DH, Westerly D, Stuhr K, Corral J, Royer D. The Current State of Physics Plan Review Training in Medical Physics Residency Programs in North America. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 May - Jun;10(3):e166-e172. PubMed PMID: 31526898
  • Serkova NJ, Glunde K, Haney CR, Farhoud M, De Lille A, Redente EF, Simberg D, Westerly DC, Griffin L, Mason RP. Preclinical Applications of Multi-Platform Imaging in Animal Models of Cancer. Cancer Res. 2021 Mar 1;81(5):1189-1200. PubMed PMID: 33262127

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Specialties
  • American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Medical Physics, Board Certification (0001)

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