Somayeh Gholami

Somayeh Gholami, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Radiation Oncology

Somayeh Gholami, MS, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine and a Medical Physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Huntsman Cancer Hospital (HCH). Dr. Gholami earned her M.S. in Radiation Medicine Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University and completed her doctoral work in Medical Physics at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in Iran. She completed her residency training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 2024. Her clinical research interests include Monte Carlo simulations for radiotherapy, brachytherapy, grid therapy, radiobiological modeling for low and high dose rate radiation therapy, and advancements in cancer treatment.”

Education History

Residency University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 Resident
Virginia Commonwealth University
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Graduate Training Tehran University of Medical Sciences
 PhD
Shahid Behesti University
 MSc
Undergraduate Tarbiat Moallem University of Tehran
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Gautam S, Osman AFI, Richeson D, Gholami S, Manandhar B, Alam S, Song WY (2024). Attention 3D U-NET for dose distribution prediction of high-dose-rate brachytherapy of cervical cancer: Direction modulated brachytherapy tandem applicator. Med Phys. (Read full article)
  2. Aloraibi HA, Siavashpour Z, Ghorbani M, Abtahi M, Jassim H, Gholami S (2023). Evaluating dose distributions of high dose rate (60)Co brachytherapy in an asymmetric tumor: A comparison of different designs of vaginal cylindrical applicators. Appl Radiat Isot, 204, 111124. (Read full article)
  3. Shoorche AB, Mohammadkarim A, Jadidi M, Bahraminasab M, Bagheri H, Gholami S (2023). Human osteosarcoma cells in response to ELF-MF: Morphological remodeling compared to cell proliferation. J Cancer Res Ther, 19(5), 1311-1315. (Read full article)
  4. Gebremariam TY, Geraily G, Jassim HH, Gholami S (2023). Dosimetric comparison between microSelectron iridium-192 and flexi cobalt-60 sources in high-dose-rate brachytherapy using Geant4 Monte Carlo code. J Contemp Brachytherapy, 15(2), 141-147. (Read full article)
  5. Pakniyat F, Mozdarani H, Nedaie HA, Mahmoudzadeh A, Salimi M, Gholami S (2023). Bystander Response Following High-Dose X-irradiation; Time-dependent Nature of GammaH2AX Foci and Cell Death Consequences. J Biomed Phys Eng, 13(1), 17-28. (Read full article)
  6. Sadeghi S, Farzin M, Gholami S (2023). Fully automated clinical target volume segmentation for glioblastoma radiotherapy using a deep convolutional neural network. Pol J Radiol, 88, e31-e40. (Read full article)
  7. Shahzadeh S, Barough MS, Ganjoorian H, Gholami S (2022). Comparison of normal tissue doses in deep inspiration breath-hold and free breathing methods for radiotherapy of left-sided breast cancer using 4D-XCAT digital phantom. J Cancer Res Ther, 18(Supplement), S335-S340. (Read full article)
  8. Sohn JJ, Polizzi M, Richeson D, Gholami S, Das IJ, Song WY (2022). A Novel Workflow with a Customizable 3D Printed Vaginal Template and a Direction Modulated Brachytherapy (DMBT) Tandem Applicator for Adaptive Interstitial Brachytherapy of the Cervix. J Clin Med, 11(23). (Read full article)
  9. Jafarzadeh N, Hejazi P, Tajik Mansoury MA, Khodabakhshi R, Riazi Z, Gholami S (2022). Investigation the effect of a magnetic field on the dose distribution of I-125, Ir-192, Yb-169, and Co-60 brachytherapy sources by Monte Carlo simulation. Appl Radiat Isot, 187, 110332. (Read full article)
  10. Pakniyat F, Nedaie HA, Mozdarani H, Mahmoudzadeh A, Gholami S (2022). Evaluation of Capability and Relationship of Different Radiobiological Endpoints for Radiosensitivity Prediction in Human Tumor Cell Lines Compared with Clonogenic Survival. J Biomed Phys Eng, 12(2), 127-136. (Read full article)
  11. Tegaw EM, Geraily G, Gholami S, Shojaei M, Tadesse GF (2021). Gold-nanoparticle-enriched breast tissue in breast cancer treatment using the INTRABEAM® system: a Monte Carlo study. Radiat Environ Biophys, 61(1), 119-131. (Read full article)
  12. Abtahi M, Safaei AM, Sheikhzade P, Gholami S (2022). A Dosimetric evaluation of a high dose rate cobalt-60 brachytherapy source using shielded, single and multi-channel cylinder applicators for gynecological cancers. Med Dosim, 47(4), 318-324. (Read full article)
  13. Abtahi M, Gholami S, Jassim HH (2021). High dose rate(192)Ir versus high dose rate(60)Co brachytherapy: an overview of systematic reviews of clinical responses of gynecological cancers from 1984 to 2020. Biomed Phys Eng Express, 7(5). (Read full article)
  14. Sadeghi S, Siavashpour Z, Vafaei Sadr A, Farzin M, Sharp R, Gholami S (2021). A rapid review of influential factors and appraised solutions on organ delineation uncertainties reduction in radiotherapy. Biomed Phys Eng Express, 7(5). (Read full article)
  15. Tegaw EM, Geraily G, Etesami SM, Ghanbari H, Gholami S, Shojaei M, Farzin M, Tadesse GF (2021). Dosimetric effect of nanoparticles in the breast cancer treatment using INTRABEAM(®)system with spherical applicators in the presence of tissue heterogeneities: A Monte Carlo study. Biomed Phys Eng Express, 7(3). (Read full article)
  16. Alyani Nezhad Z, Geraily G, Hataminia F, Parwaie W, Ghanbari H, Gholami S (2021). Bismuth oxide nanoparticles as agents of radiation dose enhancement in intraoperative radiotherapy. Med Phys, 48(3), 1417-1426. (Read full article)
  17. Tegaw EM, Geraily G, Etesami SM, Gholami S, Ghanbari H, Farzin M, Tadesse GF, Shojaei M (2021). A Comparison between Electron Gamma Shower, National Research Council/Easy Particle Propagation (EGSnrc/Epp) and Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code (MCNP) in Simulation of the INTRABEAM ® System with Spherical Applicators. J Biomed Phys Eng, 11(1), 47-54. (Read full article)
  18. Nedaie HA, Gholami S, Longo F, Banaee N, Hassani M, Sarfehnia A, Pang G (2020). The effect of magnetic field on Linac based Stereotactic Radiosurgery dosimetric parameters. Biomed Phys Eng Express, 7(1). (Read full article)
  19. Pakniyat F, Nedaie HA, Mozdarani H, Mahmoudzadeh A, Salimi M, Griffin RJ, Gholami S (2020). Enhanced response of radioresistant carcinoma cell line to heterogeneous dose distribution of grid; the role of high-dose bystander effect. Int J Radiat Biol, 96(12), 1585-1596. (Read full article)
  20. Omyan G, Gholami S, Zad AG, Severgnini M, Longo F, Kalantari F (2020). Monte Carlo simulation and analytical calculation methods to investigate the potential of nanoparticles for INTRABEAM® IORT machine. Nanomedicine, 30, 102288. (Read full article)
  21. Gholami S, Longo F, Shahzadeh S, Nedaie HA, Sharp R, S Meigooni A (2020). Normal lung tissue complication probability in MR-Linac and conventional radiotherapy. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother, 25(6), 961-968. (Read full article)
  22. Kavousi N, Nedaie HA, Gholami S, Esfahani M, Shafiekhani S, Hassani M (2020). Ipsilateral lung normal tissue complication probability parameters for different dose calculation algorithms in radiotherapy of breast cancer. J Cancer Res Ther, 16(6), 1323-1330. (Read full article)
  23. Shahzadeh S, Gholami S, Aghamiri SMR, Mahani H, Nabavi M (2020). Evaluation of the organs at risk doses for lung tumors in gated and conventional radiotherapy. J Cancer Res Ther, 16(4), 726-730. (Read full article)
  24. Tegaw EM, Gholami S, Omyan G, Geraily G (2020). Dosimetric characteristics of the INTRABEAM ® system with spherical applicators in the presence of air gaps and tissue heterogeneities. Radiat Environ Biophys, 59(2), 295-306. (Read full article)
  25. Ranjbar S, Gholami S, Longo F, Sharp R, Meigooni AS (2020). Impact of magnetic fields on calculated AAPM TG-43 parameters for (192)Ir and (60)Co HDR brachytherapy sources: A Monte Carlo study. Appl Radiat Isot, 159, 109088. (Read full article)
  26. Shahzadeh S, Gholami S, Aghamiri SMR, Mahani H, Nabavi M, Kalantari F (2018). Evaluation of normal lung tissue complication probability in gated and conventional radiotherapy using the 4D XCAT digital phantom. Comput Biol Med, 97, 21-29. (Read full article)
  27. Gholami S, Longo F, Nedaie HA, Berti A, Mousavi M, Meigooni AS (2017). Application of Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation in dose calculations for small radiosurgical fields. Med Dosim, 43(3), 214-223. (Read full article)
  28. Gholami S, Nedaie HA, Longo F, Ay MR, Dini SA, Meigooni AS (2018). Grid Block Design Based on Monte Carlo Simulated Dosimetry, the Linear Quadratic and Hug-Kellerer Radiobiological Models. J Med Phys, 42(4), 213-221. (Read full article)
  29. Gholami S, Mirzaei HR, Jabbary Arfaee A, Jaberi R, Nedaie HA, Rabi Mahdavi S, Rajab Bolookat E, Meigooni AS (2016). Dose distribution verification for GYN brachytherapy using EBT Gafchromic film and TG-43 calculation. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother, 21(5), 480-6. (Read full article)
  30. Gholami S, Nedaie HA, Longo F, Ay MR, Wright S, Meigooni AS (2016). Is grid therapy useful for all tumors and every grid block design? J Appl Clin Med Phys, 17(2), 206-219. (Read full article)
  31. Farhan F, Fazeli MS, Samiei F, Aghili M, Haddad P, Gholami S, Nabavi M (2015). Morbidity and Mortality Following Short Course Preoperative Radiotherapy in Rectal Carcinoma. Acta Med Iran, 53(10), 627-32. (Read full article)
  32. Asnaashari K, Nodehi MR, Mahdavi SR, Gholami S, Khosravi HR (2012). Dosimetric comparison of different inhomogeneity correction algorithms for external photon beam dose calculations. J Med Phys, 38(2), 74-81. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Tajiki S, Joya M, Gharekhani V, Richeson D, Gholami S (2023). A systematic review of the normal tissue complication probability models and parameters: Head and neck cancers treated with conformal radiotherapy. [Review]. Head Neck, 45(12), 3146-3156. (Read full article)
  2. Tajik M, Akhlaqi MM, Gholami S (2022). Advances in anthropomorphic thorax phantoms for radiotherapy: a review. [Review]. Biomed Phys Eng Express, 8(5). (Read full article)
  3. Omyan G, Musa AE, Shabeeb D, Akbardoost N, Gholami S (2020). Efficacy and toxicity of FLASH radiotherapy: A systematic review. [Review]. J Cancer Res Ther, 16(6), 1203-1209. (Read full article)

Patent

  1. Gholami S, et al (2021). Surface Mould for Skin Brachytherapy. U.S. Patent No. 104322. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  2. Gholami S, et al (2020). Respiratory control belt using load cell sensors. U.S. Patent No. 102889. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  3. Gholami S, et al (2020). Dynamic thorax phantom for dosimetry of lung tumor in radiotherapy and quality control of CT scan imaging. U.S. Patent No. 103470. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  4. Gholami S, et al (2012). Brachytherapy layered phantom for quality control of the treatment planning using dosimetry film. U.S. Patent No. 73752. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.