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Veng Jean Heng, PhD

Biography

Veng Jean Heng grew up alternating between living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Montreal, Canada. He received his B.Sc. in Honors Physics at McGill University in Montreal in 2017. He then completed a CAMPEP M.Sc. in Medical Physics at McGill in 2019, working on dose-to-outcome modeling for CyberKnife patients. Continuing with a Ph.D. at McGill until 2024, his research focused on the mixed electron-photon radiation therapy technique.  His current research interests revolve around methods for rapid Monte Carlo dose calculation, treatment plan optimization algorithms, as well as the development of the spatially fractionated radiation therapy technique. In his free time, Veng Jean likes to play video games, chess, table tennis and piano.

Veng Jean Heng joined the Stanford University Medical Physics Residency in 2024.

Publications

Heng VJ, Serban M, Renaud MA, Freeman C, Seuntjens J, Robust mixed electron-photon radiation therapy planning for soft tissue sarcoma, Medical Physics. 2023; 50: 6502-6513. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16709

Tai YM*, Heng VJ*, Serban M, Renaud MA, Seuntjens J, Quality assurance for mixed electron-photon beam radiation therapy using treatment log files and MapCHECK, Medical Physics. 2023; 50: 7996–8008. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.16759

Ayala Alvarez DS, Watson PGF, Popovic M, Heng VJ, Evans MDC, Panet-Raymond V, Seuntjens J, Evaluation of Dosimetry Formalisms in Intraoperative Radiation Therapy of Glioblastoma, International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics. 2023; 117(3): 763-773.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.04.031

Heng VJ, Serban M, Seuntjens J, Renaud MA, Ion chamber and film-based quality assurance of mixed electron-photon radiation therapy, Medical Physics. 2021; 48(9): 5382-5395. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15081

Ayala Alvarez DS, Watson PGF, Popovic M, Heng VJ, Evans MDC, Seuntjens J, Monte Carlo calculation of the TG-43 dosimetry parameters for the INTRABEAM source with spherical applicators, Physics in Medicine & Biology. 2021; 66(21).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac309f

Yabsantia S, Suriyapee S, Phaisangittisakul N, Oonsiri S, Sanghangthum T, Mirzakhanian L, Heng VJ, Seuntjens J, Determination of field output correction factors of radiophotoluminescence glass dosimeter and CC01 ionization chamber and validation against IAEA-AAPM TRS-483 code of practice, Physica Medica. 2021; 88: 167-174.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.07.004

Diamant A*, Heng VJ*, Chatterjee A, Faria S, Bahig H, Filion E, Doucet R, Khrosrow-Khavar F, El Naqa I, Seuntjens J, Comparing local control and distant metastasis in NSCLC patients between CyberKnife and conventional SBRT, Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2020; 144: 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2020.01.017

Heng VJ, Renaud MA, Zerouali K, Doucet R, Diamant A, Bahig H, DeBlois F, Seuntjens J, Large-scale dosimetric assessment of Monte Carlo recalculated doses for lung robotic stereotactic body radiation therapy, Physica Medica. 2020; 76:7-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.06.006

Mullins J, Renaud MA, Heng VJ, Ruo R, DeBlois F, Seuntjens J, Trajectory-based VMAT for cranial targets with delivery at shortened SAD, Medical Physics. 2020; 47(7): 3103-3112. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.14151

*= co-first author

Awards and Honors

  • 2nd place J.R. Cunningham Young Investigators Award (2022)
  • FRQNT Doctoral scholarship (2020 – 2024)
  • Ervin B. Podgorsak Fellowship (2017)