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Robert Weersink

ResearcherRadiation Oncology/Medical PhysicsUniversity of Toronto

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Robert Weersink

Researcher

Radiation Oncology/Medical Physics

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Endoscopy Image Guidance Image Registration Radiation Therapy

Latest papers

Intraoperative Surgical Margin Assessment of Sublobar Lung Resection Specimens Using Computed Tomography.
The Annals of thoracic surgery · 2026
Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance to Enable Brachytherapy: A Case Series.
Practical radiation oncology · 2026
Partial or focal brachytherapy for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The British journal of radiology · 2025

All 34 publications

Latest funding

AI Assisted Organ and Target Segmentation for Cervix Brachytherapy Treatment Planning
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$837,675
Picosecond InfraRed Laser Mass Spectrometry (PIRL-MS) for Rapid Determination of Pediatric Brain Tumour Pathology
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$677,025
Registration of Endoscopic Optical Information to Volumetric Imaging
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$273,000

All 9 grants and awards

34 publications.

Intraoperative Surgical Margin Assessment of Sublobar Lung Resection Specimens Using Computed Tomography.

Kitazawa S, Bernards N, Sata Y, Yokote F, Ogawa H, Koga T, Hiraishi Y, Yanagihara T, Gregor A, Donahoe L, Yeung J, Cypel M, De Perrot M, Pierre A, Waddell T, Keshavjee S, Weersink R, Cabanero M, Sato Y, Yasufuku K

The Annals of thoracic surgery2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.06.009 PMID: 40562272

Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance to Enable Brachytherapy: A Case Series.

Mathew JM, Weersink R, Berlin A, Gutierrez Valencia E, Rink A, Serban M, Johny C, Malik N, Patel A, Chan K, Chung PW, Glicksman RM

Practical radiation oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2025.12.009 PMID: 41485538

Partial or focal brachytherapy for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gutiérrez-Valencia E, Navarro-Domenech I, Zhou K, Barcelona M, Fazelzad R, Ramotar M, Sanchez I, Ruiz V, Weersink R, Glicksman R, Helou J, Berlin A, Chung P, Chow R, Raman S

The British journal of radiology2025

DOI: 10.1093/bjr/tqae254 PMID: 39700435

Cutaneous photosensitivity of phototheranostic porphyrin-lipid nanoparticles.

Valic MS, Zheng M, Husby T, Guidolin K, Sahovaler A, Tzelnick S, Jiang W, Halim M, Schimmer P, El-Sayes A, Zhang CJ, Ye T, Kosik I, Townson JL, Ng KK, Ding L, Chen J, Irish JC, Weersink R, Wilson BC, Zheng G

Photochemistry and photobiology2025

DOI: 10.1111/php.14088 PMID: 40191965

Radiopharmaceutical kit to prepare Copper-64 labelled porphyrin-lipid nanoparticles for radiotracer imaging studies in cancer patients.

Valic MS, Fisher CJ, Zheng M, Gregor AM, Jiang W, Chan C, Chan HHL, El-Sayes A, Zhang CJ, Ye T, Halim M, Schimmer P, Li C, Bernards N, Chu ACK, Cai Z, Chen J, Irish JC, Yasufuku K, Weersink R, Reilly RM, Wilson BC, Zheng G

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00259-025-07442-5 PMID: 40676182

Feasibility of computed tomography-derived surgical margin assessment in an ex vivo sublobar lung resection model.

Kitazawa S, Bernards N, Gregor A, Sata Y, Hiraishi Y, Ogawa H, Koga T, Ishiwata T, Aragaki M, Yokote F, Effat A, Kazlovich K, Weersink R, Cabanero M, Sato Y, Yasufuku K

Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery2024

DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivae211 PMID: 39673785

Nanoparticle-mediated Photodynamic Therapy as a Method to Ablate Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Preclinical Models.

Sahovaler A, Valic MS, Townson JL, Chan HHL, Zheng M, Tzelnick S, Mondello T, Pener-Tessler A, Eu D, El-Sayes A, Ding L, Chen J, Douglas CM, Weersink R, Muhanna N, Zheng G, Irish JC

Cancer research communications2024

DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0269 PMID: 38421899

Artificial intelligence applications in brachytherapy: A literature review.

Zhao JZ, Ni R, Chow R, Rink A, Weersink R, Croke J, Raman S

Brachytherapy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2023.04.003 PMID: 37248158

Acute toxicity and health-related quality of life outcomes of localized prostate cancer patients treated with magnetic resonance imaging-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy: A prospective phase II trial.

Sanmamed N, Adleman J, Berlin A, Borg J, Lao B, Weersink R, Simeonov A, Rink A, Beiki-Ardakani A, Menard C, Chung P, Helou J

Brachytherapy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2022.08.015 PMID: 36414526

Corrigendum: MRI-guided focal or integrated boost high dose rate brachytherapy for recurrent prostate cancer.

Ménard C, Navarro-Domenech I, Liu ZA, Joseph L, Barkati M, Berlin A, Delouya G, Taussky D, Beauchemin MC, Nicolas B, Kadoury S, Rink A, Raman S, Sundaramurthy A, Weersink R, Beliveau-Nadeau D, Helou J, Chung P

Frontiers in oncology2022

DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1084708 PMID: 36465337

AI Assisted Organ and Target Segmentation for Cervix Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rink, Alexandra; Haibe-Kains, Benjamin

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Automated Segmentation; Cervical Cancer; Deep Learning; Machine Learning; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Organs At Risk; Radiotherapy Targets; Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

$837,675

Picosecond InfraRed Laser Mass Spectrometry (PIRL-MS) for Rapid Determination of Pediatric Brain Tumour Pathology

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zarrine-Afsar, Arash

Keywords: Pediatric Brain Cancers

$677,025

Registration of Endoscopic Optical Information to Volumetric Imaging

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Weersink, Robert

$273,000

Registration of Endoscopic Optical Information to Volumetric Imaging

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Weersink, Robert

$12,500

Nuclear-targeted X-ray activated photodynamic therapy of pancreatic cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wilson, Brian C; Allen, Christine J

Keywords: Cancer; Medical Physics; Nanotechnology; Pancreatic Cancer; Photodynamic; Therapy; X-Ray

$371,024

Improving Target Definition in Radiation Therapy Planning by the Spatial Registration of Optical Endoscopy Imaging with Volumetric Imaging

Nominated PICIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Weersink, Robert A

Keywords: Endoscopy; Image Guidance; Image Registration; Radiation Therapy

$280,582

Treatment Planning and Guidance Software Platform for Minimally Invasive Ablation Therapies

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Proof of Principle Program - Phase I

Principal investigators: Sherar, Michael D

Keywords: Cancer Therapy; Minimally Invasive Therapies; Optimization; Radiofrequency Ablation; Software Development; Treatment Planning And Guidance

$145,925

Response monitoring and control of prostate focal laser thermal therapy with hybrid trans-rectal NIR optical tomography and 3D ultrasound

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Wilson, Brian

$247,475

Delivery improvements for photodynamic therapy

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Lilge, Lothar

Keywords: Erythropoetin; Monte Carlo Simulation; Oncology; Optical Sensors; Tissue Response Models

$451,912

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Robert Weersink

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Intraoperative Surgical Margin Assessment of Sublobar Lung Resection Specimens Using Computed Tomography.

Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guidance to Enable Brachytherapy: A Case Series.

Partial or focal brachytherapy for prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cutaneous photosensitivity of phototheranostic porphyrin-lipid nanoparticles.

Radiopharmaceutical kit to prepare Copper-64 labelled porphyrin-lipid nanoparticles for radiotracer imaging studies in cancer patients.

Feasibility of computed tomography-derived surgical margin assessment in an ex vivo sublobar lung resection model.

Nanoparticle-mediated Photodynamic Therapy as a Method to Ablate Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Preclinical Models.

Artificial intelligence applications in brachytherapy: A literature review.

Acute toxicity and health-related quality of life outcomes of localized prostate cancer patients treated with magnetic resonance imaging-guided high-dose-rate brachytherapy: A prospective phase II trial.

Corrigendum: MRI-guided focal or integrated boost high dose rate brachytherapy for recurrent prostate cancer.

AI Assisted Organ and Target Segmentation for Cervix Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

Picosecond InfraRed Laser Mass Spectrometry (PIRL-MS) for Rapid Determination of Pediatric Brain Tumour Pathology

Registration of Endoscopic Optical Information to Volumetric Imaging

Registration of Endoscopic Optical Information to Volumetric Imaging

Nuclear-targeted X-ray activated photodynamic therapy of pancreatic cancer

Improving Target Definition in Radiation Therapy Planning by the Spatial Registration of Optical Endoscopy Imaging with Volumetric Imaging

Treatment Planning and Guidance Software Platform for Minimally Invasive Ablation Therapies

Response monitoring and control of prostate focal laser thermal therapy with hybrid trans-rectal NIR optical tomography and 3D ultrasound

Delivery improvements for photodynamic therapy

Frequent collaborators

Kazuhiro Yasufuku

Alejandro Berlin

Gang Zheng

Alexandra Rink

Shaf Keshavjee

David Jaffray

Thomas Waddell

Samuel Kadoury

Marcelo Cypel

Lothar Lilge

Samuel Kadoury

Jonathan Yeung

Jonathan Irish

Monica Serban

Arash Zarrine-Afsar

Cynthia Menard

Jennifer Croke

Sunit Das

Christine Allen

Jinzi Zheng

Jehonathan Pinthus