Roles
Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology
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Biography
Kyle R. Padgett, PhD. is a Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Miami with secondary appointments in Radiology and Biomedical Engineering. He directs the UM Medical Physics Residency Training Program (2022–present) and leads clinical programs in MRI-guided radiotherapy, image registration/IGRT, and adaptive radiotherapy.
Dr. Padgett earned his PhD. in Nuclear Engineering (Medical Physics) from the University of Florida in 2005. Immediately following his graduation he joined the faculty at the University of Miami in the department of Radiology to create and manage the “High-Field MRI Bio-Medical Research Facility” which focused on; spinal cord injury, cancer, myocardial infarction, stroke and the structural and functional connectivity of the brain. In 2011 Dr. Padgett became a faculty member in the department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Miami to focus on integrating advanced MRI imaging applications into the radiation oncology clinic with a focus on MRI guided radiotherapy. He has since become actively involved in both high-dose-rate brachytherapy and the radiation treatment of gynecological malignancies. Dr. Padgett is board certified by the ABR in Therapeutic Radiological Physics and is licensed by the state of Florida as well.
He is an active contributor to the field with many published peer-reviewed journal articles and scientific abstracts with over 50 articles and 80 presentations. He has served as a reviewer for many medical journals including; The Red Journal, The Green Journal, Medical Physics, American Journal of Neuroradiology, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Practical Radiation Oncology, Frontiers in Oncology, Advances in Radiation Oncology, and Physics & Imaging in Radiation Oncology. -
Education & Training
Education
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Teaching Interests
Dr. Padgett is significantly involved in teaching and mentoring efforts of the Radiation Oncology department and focuses his education efforts in the following areas; X-ray/CT imaging physics, MRI imaging physics, image guided radiotherapy and MRI guided radiotherapy. He is the Director of the University of Miami Medical Physics Residency Training Program and he also teaches two 8-week rotations for the residency program; equipment commissioning & acceptance testing for Radiation Oncology as well as diagnostic imaging physics & image registration for Radiation Oncology. He is also a member of the University of Miami Medical Physics Graduate Program Steering Committee, Biomedical Engineering offers “Medical Physics” as a concentration to their graduate students. In addition to being a member of the Steering Committee he also has helped teach a couple of courses in the Medical Physics Graduate program; namely the MRI physics lectures for BME520 “Medical Imaging Systems” & BME620 “Advanced Imaging Systems”. He is also involved in thesis and dissertation advising for BME graduate students. Finally, Dr. Padgett also teaches the Radiation Oncology Medical Residents on the physics of diagnostic imaging for the modern Radiation Oncology Department. The topics include, X-ray imaging, Fluoroscopy, Computed Tomography, Positron Emission Tomography, Single Photon Emission Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Imaging Registration and On-Board Imaging for a linear accelerator treatment device. -
Research Interests
Dr. Padgett’s research interests center around utilizing advanced MRI techniques and novel imaging solutions to address issues facing the modern Radiation Oncology Clinic. Some of the specific areas that he has focused on include; MRI guided radiotherapy, multi-modality deformable image registration, online adaptive radiotherapy (Liver, Lung, Prostate, Cervix and Pancreas), radiomics within radiation oncology, characterization of gadolinium MRI enhancement following peripheral nerve injury, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for automatic detection of residual disease after prostatectomy, among others. -
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