A Meigooni

Comprehensive Cancer Center of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, United States

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, December 1984. Major: Physics (Experimental Nuclear Physics). Dissertation: The Interaction of Neutrons with C-12 in the Clinically Important Energy Range 20-26 MeV.

M.S. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, June 1980. Major: Physics. G.P.A.: 3.65

B.S. Tehran Univ., Iran, 1976. Major: Physics. G.P.A.: 3.65

EMPLOYMENT:

June 2010-Present: Chief Medical Physicist, Comprehensive Cancer Center of Nevada, 3730 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada, 89169

December 2010-Present: Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), 3730 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada, 89169

December 2008-Sep. 2009: Associate Chief Physicist, North Shore University Hospital-LIJ Health System, Department of Radiation Medicine, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030

July 2002 – December 2008: Professor, University of Kentucky, A.B. Chandler Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536

July 2002 – December 2008: Professor (Joint appointment), University of Kentucky, College of Allied Health, Department of Clinical Sciences, Research and Graduate Studies, Lexington, KY 40506.

July 1998 – July 2002: Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, A.B. Chandler Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536

July 1994 - July 1998: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, A.B. Chandler Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536

August 1994 – July 2002: Associate member of Graduate Faculty for the Radiation Science program, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506.

December 1990 - July 1994: Assistant Professor, Washington University, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Radiation Oncology/Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

1986 - December 1990: Research Associate Scientist, Dept. of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510

1984 - 1986: Postdoctoral Associate, Radiation Physics section, Dept. of Therapeutic Radiology, Univ. of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, MN

CURRENT RESEARCH AND AAPM ACTIVITIES:

a. Chair of AAPM Task Group No. 143: Dosimetric Evaluation of Elongated Photon Emitter Brachytherapy Sources

b. Member of AAPM Task Group No. 129: Eye Plaque Dosimetry

c. Member of AAPM Task Group No. 137: AAPM Recommendations on Dose Prescription and Reporting Methods for Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer.

d. Member of AAPM Task Group No. 138: AAPM Recommendations on Assessing Uncertainty of the Brachytherapy Clinical Dose Evaluation Process

e. Member of AAPM/ABS: Special Brachytherapy Modalities Working Group

f. High Energy and Low Energy Brachytherapy Source Dosimetry Work Groups

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Ohio River Valley (AAPM Regional Chapter)) (1994-present).

Missouri River Valley (AAPM Regional Chapter)) (1993-1994).

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) (1984-present).

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) (1992-present)

American Endocurietherapy Society (AES) (1992-present).

American Physical Society (APS) (1980-1985)

Connecticut Association of Medical Physics (CAMP) (1988 - 1990)

A Niroomand Rad

Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA, United States

Occupation: Medical Physicist, specializing in Radiation Oncology

Full Professor of Radiation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical School.

Director of Clinical Physics in the Department of Radiation Medicine atGeorgetown University Medical Center.

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Education: 1978, PhD in Physics, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI

1981, Postdoc in Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Certifications: 1988, ABR, Therapeutic Radiological Physics

1990, ABMP, Radiation Oncology Physics

Career: Azam Niroomand-Rad PhD was Director of Clinical Physics in the Department of Radiation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, a Full Professor of Radiation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical School, Associate Editor of the Medical Physics Journal, and the Past President of the International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP). She obtained her PhD in Atomic and Molecular physics from Michigan State University in 1978 and completed her post-doctoral research in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. She received her Honorary Doctor of Science degree (DSc) from the Regent of the University of the State of New York (2001). She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and the American Board of Medical Physics, and is recognized as a Diplomat of the ABR and a Fellow of the American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM). Dr. Niroomand-Rad has published numerous articles and book chapters, and is Co-Inventor of a US Patent for designing a novel stereotactic method for treatment of spine lesions. She has received the Teacher of the Year Award from the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (2001), Life-Time Achievement in Medical Physics Award from American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2006), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award for Distinguished Career Contributing to the Advancement of Medical Physics Through Research, Teaching, and Leadership from the International Organization for Medical Physics (2009), and Outstanding Alumni Award from Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan. (2010).

In addition to her teaching, research, and patient care activities in her department, she has been very involved in the scientific, educational, and professional activities of the IOMP and AAPM; serving as Chair of the International Affairs committee and founding Chair of the IOMP/AAPM International Scientific Exchange Programs (ISEP). She has organized many international scientific programs in the physics of radiation oncology and has been an invited speaker to many conferences. Most notably and passionately, in order to promote the status of Medical Physics worldwide, she has organized workshops and training courses in medical physics in developing countries and has helped establish several national medical physics associations in developing countries.

Additional Professional Organization Activities:

 Member of IOMP Education and Training Committee, 1991-1997.

 Editor, for Medical Physics World, Bulletin of the International Organization for Medical   Physics, IOMP, 1994-2000.

 Coordinating Editor, for Electronic Medical Physics World, EMPW, 1996-2000.

 Board of Directors, Medical Physics Publishing, 2001-2003.

 Associate Editor, Medical PhysicsJournal, 2001-Present.

 Associate Editor, Iranian Journal of Radiation Research , 2001-Present.

 Associate Editor, J ournal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute , 2003-Present.

 Associate Editor, International Journal of Low Radiation , 2004-Present

 Associate Editor, Kasr El Aini Journal of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, 2004-2006.

 Chair, IOMP Education and Training Committee, 1997-2000.

 Oral Examiner, Therapeutic Radiological Physics, Oral Examination for The American Board of Radiology, 1996, 2000, 2002.

 Oral Examiner, Radiation Oncology Physics, Oral Examination for The American Board of Medical Physics, 1997.

 Appointed member of Awards and Honors Ad Hoc Committee for International Organization for Medical Physics, IOMP, 1998-1999.

 Member, International Organization for Medical Physics, Awards and Honors Committee 1999-2000.

 Member, International Advisory Committee for International Conference on Medical Physics, All India Institute of Medical Physics, New Delhi, India, November 1998.

 Vice-President, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), 2000-2003

 President, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), 2003-2006

 Past President, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), 2006-2009

 Member, IOMP International Advisory Council, 2001-Present.

 Member, IUPESM Congress Coordinating Committee, 2001-Present.

 Member, IUPESM Education and Training Committee, 2001-Present.

 Member, IUPESMInternational Council for Science (ICSU) Liaison Committee, 2001-2006.

 Member, IUPESM Administrative Council, 2001-Present.

 Member, IUPESM Public and International Relations Committee, 2001-2006

 Member, Int’l Advisory Committee, South East Medical Physics Workshop, Malaysia,  2001

 Member, Advisory Committee, Int’l Conference on Medical Physics & Radiation Safety, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, India, November 26-29, 2001.

 Member, Ad-Hoc Comm., IOMP By-Laws Revision Comm., 2001-Present

 Chair, Ad-Hoc Comm., IUPESM Policy and Procedure, 2002-2006.

 IAEA (Int’l Atomic Energy Agency) Expert, radiation therapy physics, Jordan, July 2003.

 Member, International Advisory Committee, Third South-East Asian Congress of Medical Physics (SEACOMP), Fourth Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP), Sept. 2004, Kuala Lumpur

 Member, Program Committee XIIth Congress of Poland Society of Medical Physics, Sept. 2005, Warsaw, Poland

SMJ Mortazavi

SMJ Mortazavi serves as Professor of Medical Physics at School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. His background is in medical physics, with specific training and expertise in the biological effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Mortazavi was awarded the Young Scientist Award at the 11th International Congress of Radiation Research, Dublin, Ireland. After completing postdoc awarded by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the Kyoto University of Education he joined the faculty of RUMS, Rafsanjan, and served as Assistant/associate professor until 2008. Then he moved to SUMS, Shiraz where he served as associate/full professor. He was also a visiting scientist at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia (2017-2018), and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee (2018). Mortazavi has authored more than 250 papers in well-known peer-reviewed journals in areas such as low dose radiation, radiation protection, radiation shielding, natural radiation, space radiation/medicine, and non-ionizing radiation. Some of his papers/letters have been published in prestigious journals such as PNAS, Circulation, British Journal of Cancer, and Environmental Research. He has also published papers on the future role of radioadaptation in the long-term stay of humans in space. One of his early papers that have been cited by NASA is still receiving attention. Moreover, his papers are cited in the official guidelines prepared by governmental organizations in many countries. Focusing on the issue of space radiation, he has studied space biology, especially biological protection of astronauts against high levels of space radiation in deep space missions, such as future manned journeys to Mars.

F Nusslin

Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich (TUM) Munich Germany, Germany

He Studied Physics and Medical Sciences at universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg; 1968 Dr.rer.nat., Physics and Physiology, University of Heidelberg; Postdoctoral fellowship at Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg; 1970-73 Education and training in Medical Physics, Medical School Hannover; 1979 Qualification university lecturer in Medical Physics; 1984 Professor Medical Physics

1970 Physicist at Radiotherapy Department, Medical School Hannover; 1982 Senior Medical Physicist, Nord-West-Krankenhaus Frankfurt/Main; 1987-2004 full professor,

Chair and Director of the Department for Medical Physics at the University of Tübingen. Since 2004 Professor for Biomedical Physics, Departments Radiation Oncology & Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Technical University Munich.

Selected Teaching Activities:

1972-1986 education and training courses in medical physics for students and technicians, since 1987 Courses on Medical Physics and Fundamentals of Medical Imaging at University of Tübingen; 1992 1994 Lecturer in ESTRO Teaching Courses; since 1992 Lecturer in Training Courses on Physics in Radiological Diagnostics organized by Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft (DRG); since 2000 Lecturer in Training Courses on Physics in Radiooncology organized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie (DEGRO); since 1998 Lecturer and Supervisor of the European School of Medical Physics organised by EFOMP and ESI at Archamps/Geneva

Professional Activities:

Various positions held in scientific organisations, boards, committees in Germany; 1990-1994 president DGMP

1994-1996 EFOMP Chair Scientific Committee; 1996-1998 EFOMP President. 1999-2001 EFOMP Immediate Past President 2000-2003 IOMP Chair International Advisory Board 2000-2003 IOMP Chair Honors & Awards Committee since 2003 IOMP Chair Rules Committee

Topics of interest:

Radiotherapy Treatment Optimisation, Conformal Radiotherapy (IMRT, IGRT);, Treatment planning, Radiotherapy equipment, Dosimetry; Biological Modeling, Molecular Imaging & Imaging technology (MRI/MRS, PET, CT); Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy and Radiology; Radiation Protection; Non- Ionizing Radiation Effects; Hyperthermia;

National and International professional matters of Medical Physicists

Publications:

More than 200 publications in peer reviewed journals.

Education: 1966 Diploma in Physics, University of Heidelberg 1968 Dr.rer.nat., Physics and Physiology, University of Heidelberg, Postdoctoral fellowship at Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg 1970-73 Education and training in Medical Physics, Medical University Hannover, 1979 Qualification university lecturer in Medical Physics

Employment: 1970 Physicist at Radiotherapy Department, Medical School Hannover, 1982 Senior Medical Physicist, Nord-West-Krankenhaus Frankfurt/Main 1987 Full professor and director of the Department for Medical Physics, Clinic for Radiooncology, member of Faculties for Medicine and Faculty for Physics, University of Tübingen since 2004 Guest Professor for Biomedical Physics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich

Research areas:

Radiation Therapy: Dosimetry, Treatment Optimisation,Treatment planning, Radiotherapy equipment, Conformal Radiotherapy (IMRT, IGRT), Image guidance, Biological targeted radiotherapy, Particle radiation therapy Molecular Imaging, Biological Modelling Imaging techniques in Radiology, MRI/MRS, PET, PET/CT, CT Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy and Radiology Radiation Protection, Non-Ionizing Radiation: impact of electromagnetic fields

E. Ishmael Parsai

Department of Radiation Oncology University of Toledo Medical Center Toledo USA, United States

Dr. Parsai is a Professor of Radiation Oncology and Chief of Medical Physics Division at the University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus (UT-HSC) and the director of graduate medical physics program in university of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. In this program both MS and Ph.D. degrees in radiation oncology physics and in diagnostic medical imaging are offered. The Ph.D. degrees are offered as a joint collaboration between departments of physics & astronomy, radiology, and radiation oncology. Dr. Parsai is also an adjunct professor in department of physics and astronomy at the University of Toledo, and an adjunct professor of Nuclear Medicine in University of Findlay, Ohio.

Dr. Parsai has been a practicing medical physicist for over 24 years, board certified by the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) in 1995, and the American Board of Radiology (ABR) in 2006 in Radiation Oncology Physics and therapeutic radiologic physics respectively. Dr. Parsai is a full member of numerous scientific organizations including the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the American College of Medical Physics (ACMP), American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology (ASTRO), and the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) among others. He has authored or co-authored four patents with two of them licensed to manufacturers for production. He also has published 41 peer reviewed full length articles and conference proceedings in preferred journals, six book chapters, 77 abstracts, 43 paper and poster presentations presented in national or international meetings, and a number of scientific and professional articles published in numerous non-proffered journals. A recipient of Dean’s Graduate Mentor Award at the University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus in 2008, Dr. Parsai has served as the major advisor to 10 Ph.D. students and 31 Master level students in the past 10 years.

Dr. Parsai served as the editor of the Medical Physics World, the official bulletin of the International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP) from 2000 - 2009. This bulletin has a circulation of over 18400 members and is distributed in 79 adhering countries and over 15 non-member countries around the world. He also served as the chairman of the ACRO Physics Commission from 2001 – 2010 with direct involvement in the college’s accreditation program. Dr. Parsai is the winner of the 2004 Simon Kramer Medal from the American College of Radiation Oncology for dedicated and outstanding service to the college and received his fellowship from the ACRO in 2007.

Dr. Parsai serves or has served in many committees or sub-committees of professional organizations such as the American Board of Radiology (ABR) where he serves as an oral examiner since 2006, membership in Publication Committee (IOMP), Standards Committee (ACRO), Evaluation of the Emerging Technologies Committee (ASTRO), International Scientific Exchange Program (AAPM), Exchange International Scientists Program (AAPM), Professional task force TG-103 (AAPM), and the International Affairs Committee of the AAPM among others. Dr. Parsai has presented many invited talks locally in United States or abroad most recent ones at the Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma, in Rome, Italy, University of Bangkok, and the World Congress Meeting of Medical Physics in Mashhad University, Iran.

S Y Molloi

Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Sciences I, B-140 University of California, Irvine, Irvine USA, United States

Education:

B.S., Chemistry and Physics, Mankato State University
M.S., Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Address:

Department of Radiological Sciences
Medical Sciences I, B-140
Irvine, CA 92697-5000
Contact Information:
Phone: (949) 824-5904
Fax: (949) 824-8115
Zot Code: 5000
E-mail: symolloi@uci.edu

Research:

The quantitative aspects of dual-energy subtraction and its applications to cardiac imaging and mammography.
Regional coronary artery blood flow measurement and its applications in the assessment of coronary artery stenosis severity.
Quantification of coronary artery cross-sectional area and lumen volume.
Analytical analysis of the design rules for coronary arterial tree and its applications in diffuse coronary artery disease quantification.

Academic Distinctions:

1979 Mathematics Scholarship Award, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota.
1980 American Chemical Society Award, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota.
1980 Outstanding Senior Award, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota.
1980 Magna Cum Laude Award, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota.
1994 Session Chairman, American Association of Physicist in Medicine, Anaheim, California.
1995 Session Chairman, American Association of Physicist in Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

Research Abstract:

Dr. Molloi is involved in the development of quantitative techniques using diagnostic medical x-ray imaging technology. He is particularly interested in dual-energy digital subtraction angiography and its applications in cardiac imaging. He is developing techniques for volumetric coronary blood flow measurement using digital subtraction angiography. In addition, he is interested in image detection and digital image processing.
1978-1980 Research Assistant, Atomic Physics, Mankato State University
1979-1980 Research Assistant, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Mankato State University
1980-1981 Research Assistant, High Energy Physics, University of Minnesota
1982-1983 Research Assistant, Nuclear Medicine, University of Wisconsin
1983-1987 Research Assistant, Medical Physics (DSA), University of Wisconsin
1987-1988 Research Associate, Medical Physics (DSA), University of Wisconsin
1988-1989 Assistant Researcher, Radiological Sciences, University of California-Irvine
1989-1991 Assistant Adjunct Professor, Radiological Sciences University of California-Irvine
1991-1995 Assistant Professor in Residence, Radiological Sciences and Medicine (Cardiology), University of California-Irvine
1991-1996 Graduate Program Director, Radiological Sciences, University of California - Irvine
1995-2002 Associate Professor in Residence, Radiological Sciences and Medicine (Cardiology), University of California-Irvine
1998-2002 Associate Professor in Residence, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California-Irvine
2000-2002 Associate Professor in Residence, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Irvine
2002-2004 Associate Professor, Radiological Sciences, University of California-Irvine
2002-2004 Associate Professor, Medicine (Cardiology), University of California- Irvine
2002-2004 Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California-Irvine
2002-2004 Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Irvine

2004-present Professor, Radiological Sciences, University of California-Irvine

2004-present Professor, Medicine (Cardiology), University of California-Irvine
2004-present Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California-Irvine
2004-present Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Irvine

R Fardid

R Fardid currently serves as the Chair and Director of the Department of Radiology, Vice Chancellor for Research, and association Professor of Medical Physics at School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. He started his primary education in atomic physics and laser at Shiraz University of Sciences in 1998. In 2005, he started his master's course in medical physics with a focus on radiobiology at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed his Ph.D. in 2012 in the same field. In the same year, he took a study opportunity at the university medical center Groningen (UMCG) in the Netherlands. His educational background includes teaching specialty courses such as dosimetry, radiobiology, atomic physics, general physics, radiation protection, gene expression by ABI Step one system Real-Time PCR and its application in biodosimetry, gene expression by Bio-Rad system Real-Time PCR, and radiation physics for undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students since 2006. He has published more than 65 articles in his scientific field in peer-reviewed journals & international congresses and has also registered various national patents including Remote Control for Long Distance (more than 2 kilometers), and Electrostatic Precipitator with UV-C Radiation for Indoor Air Filtration. He is also the author of the book Radiation Biology. (Fardid R, Najafi M. 2015; Shiraz University of Medical Sciences). His topics of interest include radiobiology, biological dosimetry, real-time PCR and gene expression, occupational radiation workers monitoring, radiation protection, electronic personal dosimeter, electronic background radiation dosimeter, electronic devices in medical care and measurements, image processing, high-tech instrument designing, electronics and physics of electronics, and medical device instruments.

A Shakeri-Zadeh

Ali Shakeri-Zadeh is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research is focused on developing multifunctional nanostructures for theranostic purposes. Using multifunctional nanoplatforms, he has applied different imaging modalities for treatment planning of nanoparticle-assisted therapies. For the past four years, he has been developing multimodal in vivo tracking of stem cells using BLI, MSOT, CT, MRI, and MPI. His current research interest is to combine nanotheranostic labeling of stem cells with image-guided therapy to develop new precision-based personalized methods for treating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.