Varun Sehgal

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Clinical Professor, Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2001, Biomedical Engineering
Phone: (714) 456-8093
Email: vsehgal@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
UC Irvine Medical Center
Department of Radiation Oncology
101 The City Drive S, B-23, Rt-26
Mail Code: 2690
Orange, CA 92868
Academic Distinctions
Educator of the Year Award, Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (2014)

Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2013, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Excellence in Teaching/Mentoring Award, California State University, Long Beach. Radiation Therapy Program, Class of 2012.
Publications
Pasha J, Ducote JL, Sehgal V, Daroui P, Kuo JV, Ramsinghani NS, Wong JC, Deformable Contour Propagation in Adaptive Re-planning for Cancers of the Head and Neck, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 87(2), S709 (2013)
Keyak JH, Nguyen SK, Kaneko TS, Al-Ghazi M, Kuo JV, Ramsinghani NS, Sehgal, V, Pathological Fracture Rates and Other Characteristics of Patients Receiving External Beam Radiation for Bone Metastases at the University of California, Irvine, Presented at the 2013 Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Lee C, Kuo J, Ramsinghani N, Daroui P, Al-Ghazi M, Sehgal V, Roa D, Wong J. Interdisciplinary radiation oncology rounds and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies, ACGME 22, 2013.
Ducote JL, Sehgal V, Wong J, Al-Ghazi M, The impact of the number of subjects for atlas-based segmentation radiation therapy treatment planning. Med. Phys. 39, 3676 (2012)
Dezarn WA, Cessna JT, DeWerd LA, Feng W, Gates VL, Halama J, Kennedy AS, Nag S, Sarfaraz M, Sehgal V, Selwyn R, Stabin MG, Thomadsen BR, Williams LE, and Salem R. Recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine on dosimetry, imaging, and quality assurance procedures for 90Y microsphere brachytherapy in the treatment of hepatic malignancies. Med Phys 38(8):4824-4846, 2011.

Sehgal V, Zhang J, Dietrich S, Al-Ghazi M, Wong J, Kuo J, Ramsinghani N, Dosimetric analyses of patients treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation using the Mammosite® and SAVI applicators. Med. Phys. 38, 3575 (2011)

Zhang J, Kashani JB, Roa DE, Sehgal V, Al-Ghazi MSAL, Wong J, Ramsinghani N, Kuo J, Quantitative dosimetric consequences of pancreatic movement in radiotherapy treaments. Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium- A Multidisciplinary Approach, Atlanta, GA, April 29-30, 2011.

Kuo J, Bateman T, Lang T, Carpenter D, Lawrence M, Sehgal V, Ramsinghani N, Al-Ghazi M, Willey J, Keyak J, Volumetric quantitative CT Scan –based finite element modeling to detect rapid loss of proximal femur bone strength and density after pelvic irradiation. Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium- A Multidisciplinary Approach, Atlanta, GA, April 29-30, 2011.

Zhang J, Kashani JB, Roa DE, Sehgal V, Al-Ghazi MSAL, Wong J, Ramsinghani N, Kuo J, Dosimetric consequences of target movement in pancreatic cancer radiotherapy treaments. American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 24-27, 2011.

Zhang J, Sehgal V, Roa DE, He Q, Martin MC, Al-Ghazi M, Comprehensive clinical commissioning and quality assurance procedures of a big-bore CT simulator in a radiation oncology department. Med. Phys. 37, 3152 (2010).

Zhang J, Sehgal V, Roa DE, He Q, Martin MC, Al-Ghazi M, Comprehensive acceptance testing and clinical commissioning of a 16-slice big-bore CT simulator in a radiation oncology department. American College of Medical Physics (ACMP) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, May 22-25, 2010.

Kaneko TS, Sehgal V, Skinner HB, Al-Ghazi MSAL, Ramsinghani NS, Keyak JH. Evaluation of a radiation transport modeling method for radioactive bone cement. Phys. Med. Biol. 55(2010) 2451-2463.

Kuo JV, Bateman T, Sehgal V, Lang T, Ramsinghani N, AL-Ghazi, M, Keyak, J. Radiotherapy for treatment of cervical cancer causes a rapid decline in proximal femur strength. American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, February 25-27, 2010.

Sehgal V, Dietrich S, Al-Ghazi M, Kuo JV, Ramsinghani N. Partial breast irradiation for early stage breast cancer using high dose rate brachytherapy. Chao Comprehensive Cancer Center Conference, Rancho Mirage, CA, Nov 6-7, 2009.

Kaneko T, Sehgal V, Skinner H, Al-Ghazi M, Hoang B, Ramsinghani N, and Keyak J, Feasibility of Using Radioactive Bone Cement to Treat Vertebral Metastases Med. Phys. 36, 2529 (2009).
Professional Societies
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs
The Radiosurgery Society
Last updated
07/08/2015