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

Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

    Center for Advanced Medicine at Siteman Cancer Center
    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Parkview Tower
    1 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center
    224 Euclid Ave.
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
    1 Children's Place
    St. Louis, MO 63110

  • West St. Louis County

    Medical Office Building 2, 10 Barnes West Drive
    Creve Coeur, MO 63141

  • South St. Louis County

    5225 Midamerica Plaza
    St. Louis, MO 63129

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