TEAM OVERVIEW
The Medical Physics department has 30 faculty members, many with cross-appointments or affiliate appointments in one or more clinical departments. These include Radiology, Human Oncology, Psychiatry, and Medicine. Several faculties have cross appointments in the School of Engineering, in Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering.
Faculty Leadership
Timothy J Hall
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Oliver Wieben
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Vice Chair for Research
Tomy Varghese
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics
Co-Vice Chair for Graduate Program
Frank N. Ranallo
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Director, Medical Imaging Residency Program
Professor, Medical Physics
Ronald T. Wakai
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics
Chair, Medical Physics Admissions Committee
John R. Vetter
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Director of Radiological Physics Services
Associate Professor, Medical Physics
Biomagnetism
Ronald T. Wakai
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics
Chair, Medical Physics Admissions Committee
Email:
rtwakai
Diagnostic X-Ray Imaging
Beverly Aagaard Kientiz
Credentials: MD
Position title: Professor, Neurological Surgery, Radiology, and Medical Physics
Guang-Hong Chen
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Charles A. Mistretta Professor of Medical Physics & Radiology
Email:
gchen7
John Garrett
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
JGarrett
Michael Lawless
Credentials: PhD, DABR
Position title: Associate Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Ke Li
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Email:
kli23
Jessica Miller
Credentials: PhD, DABR
Position title: Associate Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
miller
Charles A. Mistretta
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering
Email:
camistre
Walter W. Peppler
Credentials: Ph.D
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Email:
wpeppler
Frank N. Ranallo
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Director, Medical Imaging Residency Program
Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
ranallo
Michael A. Speidel
Credentials: PhD
Position title:
Technical Director, UWHC Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Vice Chair of the Faculty
Email:
speidel
Timothy P. Szczykutowicz
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medical Physics, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering
Email:
tszczykutowicz
Michael Van Lysel
Credentials: Ph.D
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
vanlysel
M.R.I
Andrew L. Alexander
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Psychiatry
Director of MRI Imaging, Waisman Brain Imaging Lab
Email:
alalexander2
Rasmus Birn
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Medical Physics
Email:
rbirn
Walter F. Block
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair for Mentorship, Diversity, and Strategic Collaborations
Email:
wfblock
David Bluemke
Credentials: MD, PhD, MSB
Position title: Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
DBluemke
Doug Dean III
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Medical Physics and Pediatrics
Email:
deaniii
Thomas Grist
Credentials: MD
Position title: Professor of Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
TGrist
Diego Hernando
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Email:
DHernando
Kevin M. Johnson
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Email:
kmjohnson3
Frank Korosec
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
FKorosec
Alan McMillan
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Email:
abmcmillan
M. Elizabeth Meyerand
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics
Vice-Provost for Faculty & Staff Affairs
Email:
memeyerand
Charles A. Mistretta
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering
Email:
camistre
James Pipe
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
jpipe
Ali Pirasteh
Credentials: MD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
Pirasteh
Vivek Prabhakaran
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
VPrabhakaran
Scott Reeder
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Chair of Radiology, Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
sreeder
Lonie Salkowski
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
LSalkowski
Jordan Slagowski
Credentials: PhD, DABR
Position title: Assistant Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Roberta Strigel
Credentials: MD, MS
Position title: Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
RStrigel
Pallavi Tiwari
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics
Andrew Wentland
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
AWentland
Oliver Wieben
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Vice Chair for Research
Email:
owieben
Nuclear Medicine, PET, Molecular Imaging
Tyler Bradshaw
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
tbradshaw
Weibo Cai
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
wcai
Bradley T. Christian
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor of Medical Physics and Psychiatry
Director of PET Physics, Waisman Brain Imaging Lab
Email:
bchristian
Onofre T. DeJesus
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
odejesus
Paul Ellison
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
paellison
Jonathan W. Engle
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology
Email:
jwengle
Amy Fowler
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
AFowler
Reinier Hernandez
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
hernandez6
James E. Holden
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
jeholden
Robert Jeraj
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Human Oncology
Email:
rjeraj
R. Jerry Nickles
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
rnickles
Jamey Weichert
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics
Email:
JWeichert
Optical Imaging
Paul Campagnola
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Eliceiri
Credentials: PhD
Position title: RRF Walter H. Helmerich Professor of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Email:
eliceiri
Brian Pogue
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Department Chair, Medical Physics, Robert Turell UWMF Professor of Medical Physics Director, Graduate Program
Email:
bpogue
Melissa Skala
Credentials: PhD
Position title: RRF Daniel M. Albert Chair, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics
Email:
mcskala
Ultrasound Imaging
Timothy J Hall
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Email:
tjhall
Ernest L. Madsen
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
elmadsen
Carol Mitchell
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Medicine and Medical Physics
Email:
ccm
Ivan Rosado-Mendez
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
rosadomendez
Tomy Varghese
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics
Co-Vice Chair for Graduate Program
Email:
tvarghese
James A. Zagzebski
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
jazagzeb
Radiation Dosimetry and Protection
Bryan P. Bednarz
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor, Medical Physics and Human Oncology
Email:
bbednarz2
Christopher Brace
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics
Email:
clbrace
Wesley Culberson
Credentials: PhD, DABR, FAAPM
Position title:
Email:
wsculberson
Larry A. DeWerd
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Director, Medical Radiation Research Center
Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
ladewerd
Sean Frigo
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
frigo
Carri Glide-Hurst
Credentials: PhD, DABR, FAAPM
Position title: Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
glidehurst
Paul Harari
Credentials: MD
Position title: Chair of Human Oncology, Professor of Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
harari
Patrick Hill
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
phill
Dustin Jacqmin
Credentials: PhD, DABR
Position title: Associate Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
jacqmin
Randall Kimple
Credentials: MD, PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
rkimple
Glenn Liu
Credentials: MD
Position title: Professor, Medicine and Medical Physics
Email:
gxl
T. Rockwell Mackie
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics and Human Oncology; Director, Medical Devices Focus Area, Morgridge Institute for Research
Email:
trmackie
Bhudatt R. Paliwal
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
paliwal
Brian Pogue
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Department Chair, Medical Physics, Robert Turell UWMF Professor of Medical Physics Director, Graduate Program
Email:
bpogue
Jennifer B. Smilowitz
Credentials: PhD, DABR
Position title: Professor, Human Oncology and Medical Physics
Email:
smilowitz
Bruce R. Thomadsen
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics
Email:
brthomad