Radiological Physics
Division Mission
Research, teaching and clinical support for the application of physics in the treatment of cancer using radiation.
Personnel
Ravinder Nath, PhD, Professor and Chief
David Carlson, PhD, Assistant Professor
Archie Chu, PhD, Assistant Professor
Jun Deng, PhD, Associate Professor
Zhe Chen, PhD, Associate Professor
Munir Ahmad, PhD, Assistant Professor
James E. Bond, PhD, Assistant Professor
Yankhua Fan, PhD, Assistant Professor
Fanqing Guo, PhD, Assistant Professor
Paul Bongiorni, Research Associate
Louise Hager, Hospital Secretary
H. Sharron Trumpore, Chief Dosimetrist
Heather Halpin, Dosimetrist
Jim Kimmett, Dosimetrist
Jim Picone, Dosimetrist
Ted Stanton, Dosimetrist
John Kim, Dosimetrist
Paul Ojevwe, Dosimetrist
Molly Waite Lund, Dosimetrist
Sining Chen, Dosimetrist
Jing Jing Ye, Dosimetrist
Pierre Beau Negre, Dosimetrist
Suzanne Miranda, YSM Admin. Assistant
Dimitry Albert, Senior Systems Analyst
Dean Krynicki, Radiological Engineer
Kevin Morley, Radiological Engineer Technician
George Saportin, Physics Technician
Mike Bohan, Radiation Safety Officer
Brianna Sullivan, Assistant Radiation Safety Officer
Rick Richardson, Radiation Safety Technician
Research
- Physics of intravascular brachytherapy.
- Dosimetry of radioactive seeds for prostate implantation.
- Superheated drop detectors for neutron and photon dosimetry.
- Registration of CT, MR, and portal images.
- Cesium-137 irradiator facility.
Courses, Certification
Teaching various aspects of radiological physics and radiobiology to graduate students, resident physicians, radiation therapy technologists, diagnostic radiology technologists and medical dosimetry students at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. A certification course is also given to each user of the division's cesium-137 irradiator facility.
Seminars/Talks
Seminar announcements are posted in the Yale Bulletin and Yale-New Haven Hospital weekly schedule of events. Physics talks are presented by division staff on the first Thursday of alternate months. Division-initiated speakers also present special department seminars during the year.
Some Journals in Which We Publish
Medical Physics Journal; Int. Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics; and Physics in Medicine & Biology.
Some Societies to Which We Belong
Amer. Association of Physicists in Medicine, Amer. Brachytherapy Society, Amer. College of Medical Physics, Amer. College of Radiology, Amer. Physical Society, Amer. Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Connecticut Area Medical Physics Society, Health Physics Society, Radiation Research Society and Radiological Society of Connecticut.
For information call: 203.688.2951 or 203.785.2971
