Faculty and Staff

    The faculty of the Committee on Medical Physics:

    Name Position/Department Years in Program Research Area
    H. Al-Hallaq Asst. Professor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Radiation therapy physics,
    Biological imaging
    S. G. Armato Assoc. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Computer-aided diagnosis,
    CT imaging of thorax,
    Tumor response Assessment
    B. Aydogan Asst. Professor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Image Guided Radiotherapy
    C. T. Chen Assoc. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs CT image reconstruction
    K. Doi Professor Emeritus/
    Radiology     		yrs Digital radiography,
    Computer-aided diagnosis
    J.H. Gao Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs MRI, Functional MRI,
    Human Brain Mapping
    M. L. Giger Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Digital radiography,
    Quantitative imaging,
    Computer-aided diagnosis
    D.J. Grdina Professor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Radiation biology
    H. J. Halpern Professor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Radiation Treatment planning,
    EPR imaging
    Y. Jiang Assoc. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Computer-aided diagnosis,
    Mammography,
    Prostate cancer
    C.M. Kao Asst. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs SPECT & PET instrumentation
    G. S. Karczmar Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs MRI/MRS, image processing
    P.J. LaRiviere Asst. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Tomographic reconstruction,
    Optical imaging
    D. Levin Emeritus Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Computer-assisted neurosurgery,
    Image segmentation
    C. E. Metz Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Image reconstruction,
    Image theory, Image quality assessment
    R. M. Nishikawa Assoc. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Digital radiography, mammography,
    Computer-aided diagnosis,
    Image quality assessment
    B. O'Brien-Penney Assoc. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Clinical nuclear medicine,
    Reconstruction
    N. Ozturk Instructor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport,
    Treatment planning
    X. Pan Professor/
    Radiology and
    Radiation Oncology         		yrs Computed tomography,
    Image reconstruction
    C. A. Pelizzari Assoc. Professor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Image guided therapy
    C. S. Reft Asst. Professor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Treatment planning, dosimetry
    B. Roman Asst. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs MRI/MRC, Molecular and
    physiological imaging
    K. Suzuki Asst. Professor/
    Radiology     		yrs Computer Aided Diagnosis,
    Machine Learning,
    Pattern Recognition
    R.D. Wiersma Instructor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Real-time organ motion tracking during RT,
    image-guided RT, magnetic nano-particle
    detection and delivery
    K. Yenice Asst. Professor/
    Radiation Oncology     		yrs Stereotactic and image guided
    radiotherapy:  treatment planning
    and delivery

    The staff of the Committee on Medical Physics:

    Name Position Email Group
    Tarnisha Smith Program Coordinator tsmith [at] radiology.bsd.uchicago.edu Committee on Medical Physics
    Loretta Powell Administrative Assistant lpowell [at] radiology.bsd.uchicago.edu Basic Science Faculty in Radiology