Dr Brian J Davis, M.D., Ph.D.
Brian J. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic and Foundation in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A. He specializes in genitourinary radiation oncology with emphasis in prostate cancer and brachytherapy. Dr. Davis has served as President and Chairman of the Board of the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), 2008 – 2010, Chair of the ABS Prostate Brachytherapy School and Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Radiology. His research support as a Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute has included development of a trans-urethral ultrasound probe as a guidance tool for minimally invasive prostate therapy, prostate vibroacoustic imaging, in situ gene therapy, and human kallikrein biomarker studies. Dr. Davis received his Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering and Medical Degree from the University of Illinois, and Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) with research conducted at the Harvard-M.I.T. Laboratory for Biomedical Ultrasonics. His residency in Radiation Oncology was completed at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He received additional training in Radiation Oncology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Dr. Davis resides in Rochester, Minnesota with his wife, Lori, and their four children.
Dr Alfredo Polo
Ramon y Cajal University Hospital
Alfredo Polo MD, PhD, is the Chairman of the Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy Unit at the Ramon y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid (Spain).
Fifteen years professional experience in the field of Radiation Oncology, with particular interest in Brachytherapy and Quality Management. Different positions occupied related to the functional areas of Brachytherapy, Intraoperative Radiotherapy, Quality Management, developing and implementing departments in the mentioned ambits. These activities have been combined with university lecturing and professional and doctoral research.
Prof Jeffrey F. Williamson, Ph.D., FAAPM, FACR
Professor & Chair, Division of Medical Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jeffrey F. Williamson, Ph.D. received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Medical Physics from the University of Minnesota’s Biophysical Sciences Program. He is currently chairman of the Medical Physics Division and Professor of Radiation Oncology at Virginia Commonwealth University and previously served on the faculties of University of Minnesota, University of Arizona, and Washington University. Dr. Williamson has made many contributions to brachytherapy, including Monte Carlo applications to dosimetry and treatment planning, experimental dosimetry techniques, and quality assurance. As past Chair of the AAPM’s Photon-Emitting Brachytherapy-Dosimetry Subcommittee, he played a key role in standardizing low-energy interstitial seed dosimetry in North America. The programs in brachytherapy QA and remotely afterloaded brachytherapy he established at Washington University became the basis of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group reports 56 and 59. He has also served on AAPM Task Groups 32, 43, 100, and 186. In addition, Dr. Williamson is Principle Investigator of funded research programs in quantitative CT imaging, CT image reconstruction, and image-guided radiation therapy. He has authored or coauthored approximately 225 papers, book chapters, and proceedings and has trained over 30 post-doctoral research fellows and Ph.D. students. Dr. Williamson is a Fellow of both the AAPM and American College of Radiology. He lives in Richmond, VA with his wife Susan W. Wynne and their two dogs.
