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Title
Medical Physicist, Clinical Instructor
Email
yl1796@cinj.rutgers.edu

Yen-Po Lee, MS

Division of Radiation Physics

Yen-Po was born and raised in Taiwan, where he completed his BS and MS degrees with a major in biomedical imaging and radiological sciences at National Yang-Ming University. He received his second MS degree in medical physics from Columbia University. He then completed his residency at University of Iowa Health Care, where he received training for MR-LINAC adaptive radiation therapy, brachytherapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, GammaKnife radiosurgery, total body irradiation, and total skin electron therapy, etc. Yen-Po’s research interests include image guidance radiotherapy, adaptive radiotherapy, and electron and proton FLASH radiotherapy. Yen-Po enjoys watching NBA, playing tennis, and traveling with his family.

Award 

  1. 2023 RAMPS-AAPM Young Investigator Award (2nd Place), NY 

Publications 

  1. Hang Qi, Lei Hu, Sheng Huang, Yen-Po Lee, Francis Yu, Qing Chen, Yunjie Yang, Minglei Kang, Huifang Zhai, Milo Vermeulen, Andy Shim, Peter Park, Xuanfeng Ding, Jun Zhou, David H. Abramson, Jasmine H. Francis, Charles B. Simone 2nd, Christopher A. Barker, Haibo Lin. Gantry-based pencil beam scanning proton therapy for uveal melanoma: IMPT versus proton arc therapy. Radiation Oncology, 20, Article number: 48 (2025), DOI: 10.1186/s13014-025-02621-y 
  2. Hang Qi, Lei Hu, Sheng Huang, Yen-Po Lee, Qing Chen, Francis Yu, Huifang Zhai, Yunjie Yang, Minglei Kang, Peter Park, Andy Shim, Xiaoxuan Xu, David H. Abramson, Jasmine H. Francis, Arpit Chhabra, Charles B. Simone, II, Christopher A. Barker, Haibo Lin. Proton Therapy for Uveal Melanoma on a Pencil Beam Scanning Gantry. Advances in Radiation Oncology, 101782, April 07, 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2025.101782. 
  3. Ying-Hsiang Chou, Chao-Yu Shen, Wei-Hsun Wang, Yen-Po Lee, Chao-Yu Shen, Keng-Wei Liang, Ying-Hsiang Chou, Yeu-Sheng Tyan, Jeng-Jong Hwang (2023). Synergistic effect of Ginsenoside Rh2 combines with ionizing radiation on CT26/luc colon carcinoma cells and tumor-bearing animal model. Pharmaceuticals, (2023) 16, 1188, DOI: 10.3390/ph16091188 
  4. Yeu-Sheng Tyan, Yen-Po Lee, Hui-Yen Chuang, Wei-Hsun Wang, and Jeng-Jong Hwang (2021). Effects of orlistat combined with enzalutamide and castration on human prostate cancer through inhibition of fatty acid synthase. Bioscience Reports, (2021) 41 BSR20204203, DOI: 10.1042/BSR20204203 
  5. Hui-Yen Chuang, Yen-Po Lee, Wei-Chan Lin, Yi-Hsien Lin, and Jeng-Jong Hwang (2019). Fatty Acid Inhibition Sensitize Androgen-Dependent and -Independent Prostate Cancer to Radiotherapy via FASN/NF- kB Pathway. Scientific Reports, (2019) 9, 13284, DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-49486-2