Yao Hao, PhD

Yao Hao, PhD

Medical Physicist

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Division of Physics, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Radiation oncology; therapeutic radiological physics

Research Interest

Adaptive radiotherapy; image informatics; brachytherapy; nanoparticle aided RT; boron neutron capture therapy; automated linac commissioning.

Education

  • 2016: PhD, Medical Physics, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Training

  • 2016 - 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Board Certification

  • 2021: American Board of Radiology (Therapeutic Radiological Physics)

Selected Research Publications

Feasibility study on using low dose CT for adaptive proton therapy.
  • Shindler S, Zhang T, Zhu T, [...] Hao Y
  • Med Dosim 2025