Senior Staff Physicist · Henry Ford Cancer

Humza
Nusrat

Board-certified medical physicist and assistant professor at Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University, building AI systems and VR simulators that advance how we treat cancer.

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Publications

Years Research

Open-Source Tools

About

Bridging Physics &
Patient Care

I'm a medical physicist dedicated to advancing cancer treatment through AI, virtual reality, and precision dosimetry. At Henry Ford Cancer in Detroit, I specialize in MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.

My current focus is SAGE — an LLM-based agent that interfaces with Eclipse for autonomous treatment plan optimization — alongside immersive VR training systems that are changing how we educate radiation professionals.

PhD, Biomedical Physics

CAMPEP Accredited

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University

AAPM Rising Star 2023

Global Recognition

AI & VR Pioneer

Autonomous Treatment Planning

Research Focus

Innovating
Cancer Care

From AI-driven planning to next-generation dosimetry.

AI-Powered Treatment Planning

Privacy-preserving language model agents for autonomous radiotherapy optimization. SAGE interfaces directly with Eclipse to iteratively refine plans with human-level intelligence.

LLM AgentsEclipse APIPrivacy

Virtual Reality Training

Immersive VR simulators for linear accelerator safety training and prostate brachytherapy procedures, transforming radiation education.

VR / AREducationSimulation

MR-Guided Radiotherapy

Pioneering MR-compatible water calorimetry for absolute dosimetry in MR-linac environments, establishing new measurement standards.

MR-LinacCalorimetryDosimetry

FLASH Radiotherapy

Ultra-high dose rate electron beams and novel scintillating detectors for next-generation FLASH applications and real-time dosimetry.

FLASHScintillatorsHigh Dose Rate

Projects

Tools & Applications

Open-source tools for the radiation oncology community.

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Featured

Dose Oracle

Comprehensive reference for normal tissue dose constraints. 150+ constraints from QUANTEC, HyTEC, RTOG, PENTEC, and UK SABR with automatic BED/EQD2 conversion.

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New

RadOnc.AI

AI education platform for radiation oncology clinicians. Learn prompt engineering through interactive modules and practice in a safe AI sandbox with clinical scenarios.

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Protocol Compass

Comprehensive SBRT/SRS protocol reference. 19 evidence-based protocols for lung, brain, spine, prostate, and liver with Dose Oracle integration.

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Inverse² Explorer

Interactive educational tool for the inverse square law. Particle visualization, gamified challenges, and clinical context for brachytherapy and radiation safety.

Career

A Decade of Discovery

2024 – Present

Senior Staff Physicist

Henry Ford Cancer, Detroit — MR-guided adaptive therapy & SRS

2025

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University — Dept. of Radiology, College of Human Medicine

2021 – 2024

Staff Medical Physicist

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto — IMRT QA & Reference Dosimetry Lead

2019 – 2021

Medical Physics Residency

University of Toronto — CAMPEP-accredited

2014 – 2019

PhD, Biomedical Physics

Toronto Metropolitan University — Radiation dosimetry & detector development

Publications

Selected Works

All on Google Scholar →

Privacy-preserving language model agent for autonomous radiotherapy plan optimization

Medical Physics · 2025 · Under Review

Water calorimetry in MR-linac: Direct measurement of absorbed dose and determination of K_Q,MAG

Medical Physics · 2020 · 47(12), 6458–6469

PubMed DOI

Quantifying the impact of high-Z doping on plastic scintillator response

Medical Physics · 2019 · 46(9), 4215–4224

PubMed DOI

Innovations in Calorimetry

Book Chapter · NOVA Publishers · 2018

Recognition

Awards & Honors

2023

Global Rising Star in Medical Physics

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) — Excellence in emerging medical physics research in virtual and augmented reality.

2021

Sylvia Fedoruk Prize

Best paper in Canadian medical physics — MR-linac water calorimetry.

2018

Anthony J. MacKay Award

Best Student Paper — Canadian Radiation Protection Association.

2014 & 2017

TA of the Year

Excellence in teaching — Toronto Metropolitan University.

2009

TD Canada Trust Scholarship

Canada's most prestigious undergraduate scholarship — 20 of 7,000+.

HumzaNusrat

Bridging Physics &Patient Care

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