Faculty

The world renowned Department of Radiation Oncology faculty at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York, provides you with comprehensive education and training. Our faculty work with our Medical Physics Residency Committee to advise students, coordinate clinical rotations and didactic training, and review your progress.

Medical Physics Core Faculty

Our nationally recognized faculty are certified by the American Board of Radiology. Many hold PhDs and Master of Science degrees. Some are fellows of the American Academy of Pain Management and the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Meet our Therapeutic Medical Physics Residency faculty.

Amar Basavatia, MS, DABR
Residency Program Director, Radiation Safety Officer, and IT Specialist
Site Lead Physicist at CRT campus
Areas of expertise:

• Total skin electron therapy (TSET)
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)
• Radiation safety and systems management

Robert Boyd, PhD, DABR
Outreach Lead Physicist, Radiation Safety Officer, and Senior Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Tomotherapy
• Treatment planning
• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
• Brachytherapy

Archie Chu, PhD, DABR
Senior Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Treatment planning
• MRI
• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

Maria diMayorca, MS, DABR
Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
• Motion management
• Brachytherapy

Lee Goddard, PhD, DABR
Senior Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Treatment planning
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
• Motion management
• Brachytherapy
• Tomotherapy
• 3D printing

Rachel Grimm, MS
Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Treatment planning
• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

Kyoungkeun Jeong, PhD, DABR
Senior Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Tomotherapy
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Treatment planning
• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

Demetrios Makrides, MS, DABR
Site Lead and Senior Physicist at Montefiore Yonkers Radiation Oncology
Areas of expertise:

• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
• Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)
• Brachytherapy

William Martin, MS, DABR
Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Treatment planning
• Brachytherapy

Wolfgang A. Tomé, PhD, FAAPM, FASTRO, DABR
Professor and Chief, Division of Therapeutic Medical Physics
Areas of expertise:

• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT)
• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
• MR guided therapy
• High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
• Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)
• Tomotherapy

Christian Velten, MSc, DABR
Physicist
Areas of expertise:

• Scientific computing
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT)
• Brachytherapy
• Treatment planning
• Nuclear physics

Ping Yan, PhD, DABR
Assistant Professor
Areas of expertise:

• Scripting
• Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)
• MR guided therapy
• Image guided therapy
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)

Ravindra Yaparpalvi, MS, DABR
Senior Physicist, Site Lead Physicist at Moses campus
Areas of expertise:

• Brachytherapy
• Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)

Qinghui Zhang, PhD, DABR
Senior Physicist at White Plains Hospital
Areas of expertise:

• Treatment planning
• Brachytherapy
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)
• Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)