Professor Dionne M. Aleman

PhD (University of Florida)

Area of Research

Professor Aleman's research interests are focused on optimization of the delivery of healthcare services; most recently, she has focused on developing methods for optimizing intensity modulated radiation therapy to destroy tumors while minimizing damage to healthy tissue.

Optimization in radiation therapy treatment planning, medical applications of operations research; Global and nonlinear optimization methods.

Selected Publications

D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, "Beam orientation optimization methods in intensity modulated radiation therapy", IIE Conference Proceedings, 2006.
*** Winner: IERC Best Paper, Service Systems ***

D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, "A response surface approach to beam orientation optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning", submitted to IIE Transactions: Special Issue in Healthcare Applications, 2006.

D.M. Aleman, A. Kumar, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, R.K. Ahuja, "Neighborhood search approaches to beam orientation optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning", submitted.

D.M. Aleman, D. Glaser, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, "A primal-dual interior point algorithm for fluence map optimization in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning", work in progress.

C. Fox, D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, "Back to the Future: 60Co Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy", submitted to Medical Physics.

Homepage:http://www.dionnealeman.com/

Medical operations research laboratory (morLAB): http://morlab.mie.utoronto.ca/

Email:
Phone:	(416) 978 6780
Office:	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
	Room 314A
	5 King's College Road
	Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8