T. Rockwell Mackie
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics and Human Oncology; Director, Medical Devices Focus Area, Morgridge Institute for Research
Email: trmackie@wisc.edu
Education
BS, Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK
PhD, Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
Research Interests
Dr. Mackie’s career has been focused on planning and delivery of radiation therapy to cancer patients. His group developed the 3-D treatment planning system that became the Philips Pinnacle treatment planning system, the most widely used radiation therapy treatment planning system in the world. His group was also the developer of tomotherapy, which is the marriage of a linac and a CT scanner. More recently, Rock has been active in development of a compact proton therapy machine for treating cancer.
Awards and Honors
- Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- Honorable Membership, European Society of Therapeutic Radiology