JATINDER R. PALTA, PhD

Professor and Chief Physicist

Specialties

Educational Background

  • PhD, Medical Physics, University of Missouri
  • Postdoctoral, MD Anderson Hospital
  • MS, Medical Physics, University of Missouri

Professional Societies and Committees

  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Chairman of the Radiation Therapy Subcommittee on IMRT since 2000
  • Health Physics Society
  • American College of Radiology
  • American College of Medical Physics
  • American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Chair, Radiation Physics Committee and Member of the ASTRO Corporate Working Group and the Working Group on The Scope of Radiation Oncology
  • Member, Physics Committee of American Board of Radiology (ABR)
  • Participant, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Radiation Study Section, Ad Hoc Reviews
  • Chairman, Examination Panel in Radiation Oncology, American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)
  • Member, Examination Panel in Radiation Oncology, American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)
  • Member, Review Committee for Clinical Residency Programs in Radiation Oncology, Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc.

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 1996

Patents and Copyrights

  • Non-docking intraoperative electron beam applicator system, copyrighted design in 1989

Publications available through PubMed