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A Time for Protons
24 January 2022
Read about the history of proton therapy in an article written by Monique Brouillette in Mass General's Proto Magazine titled "A Time for Protons."
protomag.com/technology/a-time-for-protons/
Illustration by Edward Carvalho-Monaghan
In Memoriam: Edward Epp, PhD
02 December 2021We are very sad to announce that Edward Epp, PhD, former Chief of the Division of Physics in the Mass General Department of Radiation Oncology, has passed away at the age of 92 at his care home in Needham Massachusetts. Dr. Epp completed his BSc and MSc at the University of Saskatchewan under Harold Johns the great pioneer of cobalt therapy. In 1955, he finished his PhD in nuclear physics at McGill University in Montreal and took a position as a medical physicist at the...
In Memoriam: Bernard Gottschalk, PhD
08 October 2021
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former colleague, Bernard (Bernie) Gottschalk, PhD.
Bernie was born in 1935 in Germany, his mother a fashion designer, his father a lawyer. At age three his family escaped Nazi Germany to settle in New York City. Bernie's talents led him to study physics at Harvard, finishing his PhD in 1960 at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory. He was credited with being the first to observe proton-proton Bremsstrahlung. As a postdoc in...
Thomas Bortfeld elected to the German National Academy of Sciences
09 September 2021
Congratulations to Thomas Bortfeld, PhD, Chief of Radiation Oncology Physics Division, who has been elected to the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina). The Leopoldina originated in 1652 as a classical scholarly society and now has 1,600 members from almost all branches of science. Dr. Bortfeld was also recently named an honorary member of the European Society of Radiation Oncology.
Jen Pursley Named Vice-Chair of APS GMED
16 August 2021
Congratulations to Jennifer Pursley, PhD, who has been named Vice-Chair of the American Physical Society (APS) Topical Group on Medical Physics (GMED)!
The Topical Group is dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of physics in various areas of medicine. This includes, but is not limited to the physics of imaging, therapy, and modeling, with applications in oncology, neurology, cardiology, as well other diseases and normal physiological states. Learn more...
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