My name is Michael V. Lauria, Ph.D., and I am just beginning my career as a Medical Physics faculty member in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA. This website is a collection of my work and career goals so that my peers can quickly get to know me.
I earned my B.S. degree in 2017 from Purdue University. When I began at Purdue, I wanted to focus my affinity for math and science to solve a world problem. At first, it was electric cars, but I soon realized that due to an electrical grid still powered by fossil fuels, I had to contribute to a larger scale issue. So, I decided to join the College of Nuclear Engineering.
My career took an unexpected turn in Nuclear Engineering as I joined the BEEP Lab led by Dr. Garner. I was exposed to an incredible blend of biology and physics that I never knew was possible. My world problem to solve shifted from climate change to health. With this new goal, I found Medical Physics - the perfect blend of physics and improving patient health.
I joined the Physics and Biology in Medicine Interdisciplinary Program at UCLA for my Ph.D. I studied under Dr. Low and contributed to his efforts toward biomechanical modeling and 5DCT motion modeling. During my five years in the program, those efforts became my passion. On this website, you will find many of my contributions to lung modeling, which is still my passion as I continue my career.
In June 2024, I completed my Medical Physics residency at UCLA. This residency program involves intense clinical training in the radiation oncology department. I received training on several Truebeams, Ethos, ViewRay, Tomotherapy, HDR brachytherapy, eye plaques, CT and MR simulation, SRS and SBRT, and I had extensive practice in treatment planning using all of the associated treatment planning systems.
In August 2024, I will begin my faculty appointment in the same department that has been training me since I began graduate school. Clinically, I will be focused on SRS planning, MR simulation, and leading our IMRT QA program. Academically, I will continue to pursue my research efforts in motion modeling with medical imaging.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding me or my work. I am always happy to chat.
I earned my B.S. degree in 2017 from Purdue University. When I began at Purdue, I wanted to focus my affinity for math and science to solve a world problem. At first, it was electric cars, but I soon realized that due to an electrical grid still powered by fossil fuels, I had to contribute to a larger scale issue. So, I decided to join the College of Nuclear Engineering.
My career took an unexpected turn in Nuclear Engineering as I joined the BEEP Lab led by Dr. Garner. I was exposed to an incredible blend of biology and physics that I never knew was possible. My world problem to solve shifted from climate change to health. With this new goal, I found Medical Physics - the perfect blend of physics and improving patient health.
I joined the Physics and Biology in Medicine Interdisciplinary Program at UCLA for my Ph.D. I studied under Dr. Low and contributed to his efforts toward biomechanical modeling and 5DCT motion modeling. During my five years in the program, those efforts became my passion. On this website, you will find many of my contributions to lung modeling, which is still my passion as I continue my career.
In June 2024, I completed my Medical Physics residency at UCLA. This residency program involves intense clinical training in the radiation oncology department. I received training on several Truebeams, Ethos, ViewRay, Tomotherapy, HDR brachytherapy, eye plaques, CT and MR simulation, SRS and SBRT, and I had extensive practice in treatment planning using all of the associated treatment planning systems.
In August 2024, I will begin my faculty appointment in the same department that has been training me since I began graduate school. Clinically, I will be focused on SRS planning, MR simulation, and leading our IMRT QA program. Academically, I will continue to pursue my research efforts in motion modeling with medical imaging.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding me or my work. I am always happy to chat.
Publications
M. Lauria, Claudia Miller, K. Singhrao, John Lewis, Weicheng Lin, D. O'Connell, Louise Naumann, B. Stiehl, Anand Santhanam, Peter Boyle, A. Raldow, Jonathan Goldin, Igor Barjaktarevic, Daniel A Low
Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2024
An analysis of the regional heterogeneity in tissue elasticity in lung cancer patients with COPD
M. Lauria, B. Stiehl, Anand Santhanam, D. O'Connell, Louise Naumann, Michael McNitt-Gray, A. Raldow, Jonathan Goldin, Igor Barjaktarevic, Daniel A Low
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Improved Cone-Beam Reconstruction Using a Prior Breathing Motion Model
M. Lauria, K. Singhrao, J. Lewis, D. O'Connell, A. Santhanam, L. Naumann, P. Lee, D. Low
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2022
Automated Tumor Segmentation in Radiotherapy.
R. Savjani, M. Lauria, S. Bose, J. Deng, Ye Yuan, V. Andrearczyk
Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 2022
Modeling Air Flow in Pathological Human Airway With Patient Specific CT-Data
A. Islam, A. Rouhollahi, M. Lauria, A. Santhanam, O. Ilegbusi
Volume 5: Biomedical and Biotechnology, 2021
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