GS02-1142: Anatomy and Oncology for Medical Physicists
Syllabus, Fall Semester 2015
Lectures: Monday & Wednesday 1:15 –2:15 pm, occasional Tuesdays or Thursdays
FCT14.5059
Course instructors:
Phone No.
Office
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
3-0552
FCT14.5026
Others as listed on schedule
Office Hours
By appointment only kyle.jones@mdanderson.org
Grades
Final grades will be based on the following weighting:
Midterm exam (40%), final exam (40%), class participation and homework (20%)
Midterm exam (40%)
The midterm exam will test the students’ knowledge of the course material covered in Lectures 114.
Final exam (40%)
The midterm exam will test the students’ knowledge of the course material covered in Lectures
15-31.
Class participation and homework (20%)
A variety of things fall under class participation, including quizzes, scored in-class audience
response questions, and other activities. Of course, you must be present to participate.
Textbooks
Suggested:
Please note that the level of detail of GS02-1142 falls somewhere in
between the level of detail covered in “Introductory” or “Essentials”
textbooks and full textbooks, e.g.:
Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology, Elaine N. Marieb (10th ed.) ISBN
978-0-321-51353-3
Human Anatomy & Physiology, Elaine N. Marieb (9th ed.) ISBN 978-0-32174326-8
Also, our understanding of anatomy and physiology, at the level covered
in these textbooks, does not evolve at such a rate that past editions become
obsolete within a year. Thus, an edition within 2 or 3 of the current one
should suffice. Similarly, most textbooks on this subject cover almost
identical subject material, and differ primarily in some of the illustrations
and supplemental materials offered with the textbook.
In summary, I don’t require a specific textbook for the course. However,
the textbook will be a good reference for your professional/research career
and I would recommend a full text.
A few suggestions:
Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology, Elaine N. Marieb (10th ed.) ISBN
978-0321513533
Type: Basic text
Human Anatomy & Physiology, Elaine N. Marieb (9th ed.) ISBN 9780321743268
Type: Full text
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, Gerald J. Tortora (14th ed.) ISBN 9781118774564
Type: Full text
Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life, Jenkins, Kemnitz, Tortora (3rd
ed.) ISBN 978-0470598917
Type: Basic text, but more information than the first option in the list
Optional:
The Biology of Cancer, Robert A. Weinberg ISBN 978-0-8153-4078-2
This is a textbook that you may find yourself using throughout your
career, so you might consider acquiring it at some point. Material needed
for this course will be covered in class and through supplementary
readings.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn the anatomy and physiology of the human body
2. Understand oncologic processes in the organ systems of the body
3. Understand the basic physiology of cancer and how it affects and exploits the
physiology of the body
4. Learn to identify major organs in radiologic images and understand the
appearance of cancer and disease in radiologic images
Date
Topic
Instructor
Mon., Aug. 31
Wed., Sept. 2
1 - Introduction, terminology, basic biochemistry
2 - Cells Ch. 3
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Mon., Sept. 7
Tue., Sept. 8
Wed., Sept. 9
Thur., Sept. 10
NO CLASS – LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
3 - Introduction to cytopathology
4 - Tissues, body membranes, integumentary Ch. 3-4
5 - Skeletal system
Uma Kundu, M.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Mon., Sept. 14
Wed., Sept. 16
6 - Musculoskeletal imaging case studies
7 - Muscular system
Behrang Amini, M.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Mon., Sept. 21
Wed., Sept. 23
8 - Musculoskeletal oncology
NO CLASS
Mon., Sept. 28
Wed., Sept. 30
9 - The endocrine system
10 - Cancer basics
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Tues., Oct. 6
3:30-4:30 pm
Wed., Oct. 7
11 - Nervous system microanatomy and CNS
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
12 – PNS and the human visual system
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Mon., Oct. 12
Tue., Oct. 13
Wed., Oct. 14
13 – MRI of the brain
14 – Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology Part I
15 - Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology Part II
Mon., Oct. 19
Tues., Oct. 20
Wed., Oct. 21
Midterm Exam (Lectures 1-15) (12:15 to 2:15)
16 – Leukemia
NO CLASS
Mon., Oct. 26
Wed., Oct 28
Thurs., Oct 29
NO CLASS
17 - Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology Part III
18 - Lymphatic and immune systems
Mon., Nov. 2
Tue., Nov. 3
Wed., Nov. 4
19 - Respiratory system
20 - Lymphoma/myeloma
NO CLASS
Mon., Nov. 9
Wed., Nov. 11
21 - Functional imaging and radiommunotherapy
22 - Cardiopulmonary imaging case studies
Mon., Nov. 16
Tue., Nov. 17
Wed., Nov. 18
NO CLASS
24 - Digestive system
25 - Metabolism
Bryan Moon, M.D.
Dawid Schellingerhout, M.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Naveen Pemmaraju, M.D.
Cezar Iliescu, M.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Fredrick Hagemeister, M.D.
William Erwin, M.S.
Gregory Gladish, M.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Mon., Nov. 23
Tue., Nov. 24
Wed., Nov. 25
26 - GI oncology
27 - GI imaging case studies
NO CLASS
Christopher Crane, M.D.
Revathy Iyer, M.D.
Tue., Dec. 1
Wed., Dec. 2
28 - GI oncology
29 – Urinary system
Christopher Crane, M.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.
Mon., Dec. 7
Tue., Dec. 8
Wed., Dec. 9
Thurs. Dec. 10
Wed., Dec. 16
NO CLASS
30 - Genitourinary oncology
31 - Genitourinary imaging case studies
32 - Pulmonary oncology
Final Exam (Lectures 16-32) 9 am - noon
Seungtaek Choi, M.D.
Carly Gardner, M.D.
Bonnie Glisson, M.D.
A. Kyle Jones, Ph.D.