Andrew J. Boria, PhD, DABR

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

Departments

Department of Radiation Oncology

Education

BS – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
PhD – Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Residency (Medical Physics) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Research Interests

Implementing AI-based whole body pediatric auto-segmentation
Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of proton therapy for children with cancer
Implementing pulsed reduced dose rate radiotherapy for large-volume recurrent cancer
Evaluating patient positioning on accuracy of craniospinal pediatric proton therapy

Contact Information

Andrew J. Boria, PhD, DABR Radiation Oncology MS 210 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Selected Publications

Ates O, Pirlepesov F, Uh J, Hua CH, Merchant TE, Boria AJ, Davidoff AM, Graetz DE, Krasin MJ. Evaluating the Impact of Bowel Gas Variations for Wilms' Tumor in Pediatric Proton Therapy. Cancers (Basel) Feb 2, 2024;16(3):642. doi: 10.3390/cancers16030642.

Boria AJ, Narayanasamy G, Bimali M, Maraboyina S, Kalantari F, Sabouri P, Su Z. Cleaning the dose falloff with low modulation in SBRT lung plans. Biomed Phys Eng Express May 4, 2023;9(4). doi: 10.1088/2057-1976/acd008.

Boria AJ, Perez-Torres CJ. Impact of mouse strain and sex when modeling radiation necrosis. Radiat Oncol Jun 3, 2020;15(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s13014-020-01585-5.

Boria AJ, Perez-Torres CJ. Minimal difference between fractionated and single-fraction exposure in a murine model of radiation necrosis. Radiat Oncol Aug 13, 2019;14(1):144. doi: 10.1186/s13014-019-1356-3.

Boria AJ, Perez-Torres CJ. Influence of Dose Uniformity when Replicating a Gamma Knife Mouse Model of Radiation Necrosis with a Preclinical Irradiator. Radiat Res Apr 2019;191(4):352-359. doi: 10.1667/RR15273.1.

Boria AJ, Uh J, Pirlepesov F, Stuckey JC, Axente M, Gargone MA, Hua CH. Interplay Effect of Target Motion and Pencil-Beam Scanning in Proton Therapy for Pediatric Patients. Int J Part Ther 2018 Fall;5(2):1-10. doi: 10.14338/IJPT-17-00030.1.

Boria AJ, Rucinski BD, Abraham SA, Dawson AS, Jawad AH, Miklos JA, Kearfott KJ. 137Cs Dosimeter Irradiation Facilities: Calibration Frequency, Precision, and Accuracy. Health Phys Apr 2017;112(4):357-363. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000641.

Abraham SA, Kearfott KJ, Jawad AH, Boria AJ, Buth TJ, Dawson AS, Eng SC, Frank SJ, Green CA, Jacobs ML, Liu K, Miklos JA, Nguyen H, Rafique M, Rucinski BD, Smith T, Tan Y. Design of Interrogation Protocols for Radiation Dose Measurements Using Optically-Stimulated Luminescent Dosimeters. Health Phys Mar 2017;112(3):237-245. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000628.

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Last update: May 2025