Walter G. O'Dell, PhD

Assistant Professor
Departments of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Ave.
Rochester, NY 14642-8647
(585) 273-4103
wodell@rochester.edu
http://radonc.urmc.rochester.edu/wodell/

Current Positions:  
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry,
          Department of Radiation Oncology
June 12, 2000-
Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointment, University of Rochester,
          Department of Biomedical Engineering
2001-
 

Education:

 
Post-Doctoral Fellow/Post-Graduate Research Scientist
          Dept. of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego
1995-1999
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
          Myocardial deformation analysis in the passive dog heart using high resolution MR tagging
1995
B.S. Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University 1986
 

Awards and Scholarships:

 
Casarett Award for Translational Research 2002
American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant Recipient 2002-05
American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 1997-99
National Research Service Award, Postdoctoral Fellowship(declined) 1997
Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abstract Cum Laude Award 1994
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Student Stipend 1991 & 92
John McMullan Dean's Undergraduate Scholarship 1984-86
Dean's List Award, Spring 1985 Fall 1984
 

Service:

 
President, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Conference Organization Committee 2008
President-elect, Upstate New York Association of Physicists in Medicine 2007-8
Journal Reviews: Medical Physics; International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics;
    Radiology; Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging;
    IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering; Journal of Biomedical Engineering ...
 
Grant Reviews:
    American Cancer Society Clinical Cancer Research and Epidemiology Committee 2006-
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2006
    National Cancer Institute of Canada 2002
    Johnson & Johnson Discovery Grant Foundation 2005-06
Department of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Committee 2004-07
URMC Web Development Committee 2003-05
Department of Radiation Oncology Web Developer/Web Master 2000-
Department of Radiation Oncology Strategic Planning Committee 2007


Mentoring:
Divya Raman, MS Candidate in BME Modeling cancer cell migration in rat brain Sept. 2007-
Sharmistha Chaudhuri, MS Candidate in BME Brain ventricle segmentation Aug 2007-
Peng Wang, PhD Candidate in BME Lung nodule detection and tissue dose-response 2002-2007
Anitha Priya Krishman, PhD Candidate in BME Mechanisms of brain tumor recurrence through MRI DTI Spring 2004-
Robert Ambrosini, MD/PhD Candidate in BME Brain tumor detection and growth quantification Fall 2004-
Etana Elegbe, MS Candidate in BME Comparison of CAD and Radiologist Performance in Lung Nodule Detection from CT (LIDC database) Spring 2007-
Doug Clark, MS in BME Robotic Devices in Radiation Oncology
{where now: Medical Physicist, University of Rochester 2005-}
Spring 2004-05
Lisa (Fountain) MacFadden, BS in BME Undergraduate Independent Research Project
{BME PhD candidate at Univ. of Utah}
2005-06
Deepa Bansal MS in BME Tumor Motion Correction
{engineering consultant firm, Boston, MA, 2005-}
Spring 2004-05
Anitha Priya Krishman, MS in BME Finite Element Modeling of Prostate Seed Implantation Fall 2003
Michelle Gabriele, BS in BME Undergraduate Independent Research Project
{BME graduate student at University of Pittsburgh}
Spring 2003

REU Summer Students
Ranjit Sandhu
{where now: MD candidate at SUNY Upstate Medical Univ.}
2007-8
D’'vone Jackson Creation of a Realistic Radiographic Chest Phantom
{Medical Physics PhD program at Duke Univ.}
2006
Auresa Thomas Brain Segmentation with Snakes
{BME PhD candidate at Univ. Michigan}
2005
Jesse Victor Lung Tumor Growth Quantification
{began Medical School Fall 2006}
2004
Ntungwe Sobe Brain Tumor Early Detection Algorithm 2004
Doug Clark Experimental Testing of Radiation Dose to Mobile Tumors (377K pdf)
{Medical Physicist at the University of Rochester}
2003
Andrea DeNunzio Analysis of 3D Tumor Detection Methods (328K pdf)
{Accenture, engineering consultant firm, Chicago, IL, 2005-}
2003
Paul Murdock Radiation Effects on Lung Tissue (150K jpg)
{BME MS, Univ. of Utah, 2004; President of PCM Industries, 2003-}
2002
Deepti Narla Lung Tissue Effects on Radiation (420K jpg)
{BME MS, Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2004; 2nd Med Student at UIUC}
2002
Dave Reynolds Dose perturbations from tumor motion
{BME PhD Candidate at University of Rochester}
2001


Teaching:
BME502: Analytical Foundations in BME (4-week session)
graduate level, Department of BME, Univ. of Rochester
Fall 2005-6
BME230: Signals and Measurements in BME (full course)
4 credits with lab, undergraduate, Department of BME, Univ. of Rochester
Spring 2004-5
BME 591: Seminar Course in Medical Image Processing:
2-credit graduate level, Department of BME, Univ. of Rochester
Spring 2005
Seminar course in Advanced Finite Element Modeling (full course)
2-credit graduate level, Department of BME, Univ. of Rochester
Fall 2004
Lecture Series (3 week): Medical Imaging and Applications to Radiation Therapy
Radiation Oncology Residents Training in Medical Physics
Spring 2002-3
Lecture and Laboratory Series (2 week): BME Image Processing Techniques
BME 502 Graduate Laboratory, Department of BME, Univ. of Rochester
Fall 2001-2
Lecture Series (3 week): Myocardial Deformation and MRI,
BME 504 Graduate Seminar, Univ. of Rochester
Spring 2001-3
Lecture: Myocardial Motion Tracking and Gated Radiotherapy,
BME 593 Lab Rotations, Department of BME, Univ. of Rochester
Fall 2000-02
Teaching Assistant, Physiological Foundations of Biological Systems,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Fall 1990, 89
Lecture: LV wall mechanics: MRI tagging and continuum modeling
Graduate Biomechanics class 252, Department of Bioengineering, UCSD
Fall's 1995-98


Memberships:
American Association of Physicists in Medicine 2000-
American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1996-2000
Society of Magnetic Resonance (SMRM, ISMRM) 1992-
Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 1994-1998

Extracurricular Activities:
BME Jazz Band Manager/member 2003-
UR Mens Rugby Club Faculty Advisor 2003-04
BME/Radonc Intramural sport teams manager: softball, soccer, volleyball 2001-
UCSD Jazz Ensemble 1995-96
Co-founder, Manager & Captain Johns Hopkins Alumni Assoc. Soccer Club 1991-1995
Johns Hopkins University Jazz Ensemble 1990-1995


 

Patents:
O’Dell W.G., Krishnan A.P., Asher I.A., Okunieff P.
      Method to Predict and Treat for Brain Tumor Spread using MRI and External Beam Radiation
      US Provisional Patent Application # 60/832,958 filed September 2006
O’Dell W.G., Wang P.
      3D Template Matching for Tumor Detection
      US Provisional Patent Application # 60/598,844, filed August 2004
Schell M.C., O’Dell W.G., Okunieff P.
      Target Repositioning Error Correction Filter and Method
      US Provisional Patent Application # 60/376,296 , filed April 23, 2003
Monell C., Kraft B., Shih M., O’Dell W.G., Haines D.
      Method and Apparatus for Hyperlinked Graphics Tool
      filed May 12, 2000


 

Publications:
Krishnan AP, Asher MI, Davis DD, Okunieff P, O’Dell WG
      Evidence that MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging (Tractography) Predicts the Natural History of Regional Progression in
      Patients Irradiated Conformally for Primary Brain Tumors

      Int. J. of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, (August) 71(5):1553-1562, 2008
Wang P., DeNunzio A., Okunieff P., O’Dell W.G.
      Metastatic lung tumor early detection using 3D template matching
      Medical Physics, (March) 34(3):915-922, 2007
Fu L., Ng W.S., Liu H., O'Dell W., Rubens D., Strang J., Schell M.C., Brasacchio R., Liao L., Messing E.,Yu Y.
      Bouquet Brachytherapy: Feasibility and optimization of conically spaced implants (141M pdf)
      Brachytherapy, 4:59-63, 2005
Okunieff P., Schell M.C., Ruo R., Hale ER, O'Dell WG, Pilcher W.
      Long-term management of patients with multiple brain metastases after shaped beam radiosurgery. Case report and review of the literature (688K pdf)
      J Neurosurg. 2004 Nov;101 Suppl 3:406-12.
Rohlfing T., Maurer, C.R. Jr., O'Dell W.G., and Zhong, J.
      Modeling liver motion and deformation during the respiratory cycle using intensity-based free-form registration of gated MR images (484M pdf)
      Medical Physics, (Mar) 31:427-432, 2004. (Copyright for this paper is owned by the AAPM)
Liu H., Yu Y., Schell M.C., O'Dell W.G., Ruo R., Okunieff P.
      Optimal marker placement in photogrammetry patient positioning system(html)
      Medical Physics (Feb) 30(2):103-110, 2003.
O'Dell W.G., Schell M.C., Reynolds D, Okunieff P.
      Dose broadening due to target position variability during fractionated breath-held radiation therapy(html)
      Medical Physics, (July) 29(7):1430-37, 2002
O'Dell W.G. and McCulloch, A.D.
      Imaging Three-Dimensional Cardiac Function (html)
      Annual Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, (Nov)2:431-456, 2000
Declerck J., Denney T.S., Ozturk C., O'Dell W. and McVeigh E.R.
      Left ventricular motion reconstruction from planar tagged MR images: a comparison
      Physics in Medicine & Biology. (June) 45(6):1611-32, 2000
Costa K., May-Newman K., Farr D., O'Dell W., McCulloch A. and Omens J.
      Three-dimensional residual strain in midanterior canine left ventricle (258k pdf)
      American Journal of Physiology, 273:H1968--76, 1997
Guccione, J., O'Dell, W., McCulloch, A. and Hunter, W.
      Anterior and posterior left ventricular sarcomere lengths behave similarly during ejection
      American Journal of Physiology, (Jan)272(1 Pt 2):H469-77, 1997
O'Dell, W., Moore, C., Hunter, W., Zerhouni, E. and McVeigh, E.
      Three-dimensional myocardial deformations: calculation with displacement field fitting to tagged MR images (html)
      Radiology, (June)195:829--835, 1995
Constantinides, C., Westgate, C., O'Dell, W., Zerhouni, E. and McVeigh E.
      A Phased Array Coil for Human Cardiac Imaging
      Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, (July)34(1):92-98, 1995
O'Dell, W.
      Myocardial Deformation Analysis in the Passive Dog Heart Using High Resolution MRI Tagging (3.9M pdf)
      PhD Thesis, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1995
O'Dell, W., Schoeniger, J., Blackband, S. and McVeigh, E.
      A Modified Quadrapole Gradient Set for use in High Resolution MRI Tagging
      Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 32:246--250, 1994
Moore, C., O'Dell, W., McVeigh, E. and Zerhouni, E.
      Calculation of Three-Dimensional Left Ventricular Strains from Bi-planar Tagged MR Images
      The Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2:165--175, 1992
Douglas, A., Rodriguez, E., O'Dell, W. and Hunter, W.
      Unique Ventricular Strains During Ejection
      American Journal of Physiology, 260:H1596--H1611, 1991
Blackband, S., Chatham, J., O'Dell, W. and Day, S.
      Echo Planar Imaging of Isolated Perfused Rat Hearts at 4.7 T: A Comparison of Langendorff and Working Heart Preparations
      Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 15:240-245, 1990
 


 

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