
Associate Professor, Director of the Medical Physics Residency Program, and Physicist Director of Quality and Patient Safety
Research Interests
- Motion management
- Computer informatics
Education
| 2009 | PhD (Medical Physics) | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 2005 | MS (Computer Science) | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 1998 | BS ( Computer Science) | Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China |
Professional Appointments
| April 2025-present | Physicist Director of Quality and Patient Safety |
| 2011-present | 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).