After the Titanic sank in 1912, it took 73 years for the wreckage to be found. What was considered cutting-edge sonar technology in 1985 was key to finding the ship at the bottom of the vast Atlantic Ocean. That search and the methods used inspired ABR volunteer Jaydev Dave, PhD, to pursue a career in medical physics (MP). The science of sound was music…
In his former career, medical physicist and ABR volunteer Matt Vanderhoek, PhD, taught high-school physics in Brooklyn. Getting students interested in the subject took effort. To overcome the challenge, Dr. Vanderhoek would spend the opening day of class doing demonstrations that captured his pupils’ attention. Knowing they were going through a boring day of reviewing…
The ABR will welcome three new Trustees at the conclusion of its fall Board meeting. Phuong-Anh T. Duong, MD (diagnostic radiology quality and safety), AJ Gunn, MD (interventional radiology), and Katja Langen, PhD (therapeutic medical physics), will join the Board of Trustees (BOT) in October. Dr. Duong is an associate professor in the department of…
One of the ways that medical physicist Justin Zenn relaxes away from work is mixing it up in a local hockey league a couple of times a week in Fishers, Indiana, near Indianapolis. Every January, he takes it to the extreme and participates in the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships, an outdoor event. This year’s tournament…
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