Biography

Shahbaz is a PhD scholar and Fulbright alumnus from Pakistan. He graduated with distinction (gold medal and certificate of merit) from the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan with a BS (Hon's) in Physics. He got his masters from Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) with an MS in Medical Physics with an excellent grade in thesis research. He was offered a faculty position at his alma mater where he served in the academic faculty of medical physics graduate program for more than 2 years. He loves exploring new cultures, travelling, adventure, and networking with people from diverse backgrounds. Besides that, he does blog writing through his website.

Honors and Awards

Fulbright PhD Scholarship - 2017-21

Fully funded postgraduate fellowship for MS Medical Physics at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) - 2012-14

Tuition awards during BS (Hon's) Physics - 2008-12

Research Interests

Quality assurance in treatment planning, quality management programs for specialized procedures, total body, marrow and lymphatic irradiation, image guidance, adaptive radiotherapy (ART)

Publications

1. Ahmed S, Bossenberger T, Nalichowski A, Bredfeldt JS, Bartlett S, Bertone K, Dominello M, Dziemianowicz M, Komajda M, Makrigiorgos GM, Marcus KJ. A bi-institutional multi-disciplinary failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) for a Co-60 based total body irradiation technique. Radiation Oncology. 2021 Dec;16(1):1-7.

2. Ahmed S, Dominello M, Hammoud A, Nalichowski A, Burmeister J. A Dosimetric Comparison of TBI with a Dedicated Co-60 Irradiator to Tomotherapy-Based TBI and TMLI. InMEDICAL PHYSICS 2020 Jun 1 (Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. E679-E679). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

3. Bajwa S, Gul A, Ahmed S, Kakakhel MB. Monte Carlo commissioning of radiotherapy LINAC—Introducing an improved methodology. Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy. 2020;25(5):720-4.

4. Ahmad MA, Ahmed S, Kakakhel MB, ur Rehman S, Mirza SM. Dose perturbations at heterogeneous interfaces in radiotherapy—An EGSnrc based Monte Carlo investigation. In2016 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET) 2016 Oct 18 (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

5. Bajwa S, Gul A, Ahmed S, Kakakhel MB. Monte Carlo commissioning of 6 MV photon beam of varian linear accelerator installed at INOR. In2016 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET) 2016 Oct 18 (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

6. Shoaib M, Ahmed S, Kakakhel MB, Amjad N. High-and low-density interface modeling in photon radiotherapy: An inter-comparison of EGSnrc Monte Carlo code and prowess panther treatment planning system. In2016 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET) 2016 Oct 18 (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

7. Ali F, Jangda AQ, Hussain A, Ahmed S, ur Rehman S. Acquisition of small field electron dosimetry data using ion chamber & Gafchromic® EBT3 film and development of GUI for treatment parameters calculation. In2016 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET) 2016 Oct 18 (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

8. Ahmed S, Ahmed S, Ahmed F, Hussain A. SU‐F‐T‐266: Dynalogs Based Evaluation of Different Dose Rate IMRT Using DVH and Gamma Index. Medical Physics. 2016 Jun;43(6Part16):3523-4.

9. Ahmed S, Brown D, Ahmed SB, Kakakhel MB, Muhammad W, Hussain A. Translating bed total body irradiation lung shielding and dose optimization using asymmetric MLC apertures. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2016 Mar;17(2):112-22.

10. Ahmed S, Kakakhel MB, Ahmed SB, Hussain A. SU‐C‐BRB‐02: Symmetric and Asymmetric MLC Based Lung Shielding and Dose Optimization During Translating Bed TBI. Medical Physics. 2015 Jun;42(6Part2):3193-4.