Guanghua Yan, PhD, Professor

Dr. Guanghua Yan

Professor and Physicist Director of Quality and Patient Safety

Research Interests

  • Motion management
  • Computer informatics

Education

2009 PhD  University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Medical Physics
2005 MS  University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Computer Science
1998 BS Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Professional Appointments

2026-present   Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida
2025-present   Physicist Director of Quality and Patient Safety
2011-2026   Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida

Professional Memberships

2011-present American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2011-present American Society for Radiation Oncology

Awards and Honors

2008 Second place, outstanding student presentation for Fitzgerald Award, Orlando, FL
2007 Second place, outstanding student presentation for Fitzgerald Award, Orlando, FL

Patents

  • G. Yan, B. Lu, C. Liu and J. Li, Prevention of setup errors in radiotherapy, WO2013155394 A1, PCT/US2013/036340, 2013
  • G. Yan, B. Lu, C. Liu and J. Li, Ambiguity-free optical tracking system, WO 2013155388 A1, PCT/US2013/036331, 2013

Publications

Dr. Yan’s publications can be found at the following public database: My NCBI Bibliography (Guanghua Yan, PhD).

NATIONALLY RANKED

U.S. News and World Report

Nationally ranked in 6 adult specialties and 6 pediatric specialties and rated high performing in 4 adult specialties and 5 procedures and conditions.

Award

DEFINING OPTIMAL TREATMENTS

Annual Research Seminar

The seminar has three concurrent programs for radiation therapy, oncology nursing, and radiation oncology.

Seminar

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