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    Dennis Allen Cheek, PhD, DABR

    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
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    (859) 257-7618
    Dennis.Cheek@uky.edu
    Markey Cancer Center, Room CC061, 800 Rose Street Lexington, KY 40536

    Samuel Mitchell Gerring, MS, DABR

    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
    • Instructor

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    sam.gerring@uky.edu
    800 Rose Street, Room C114, Lexington, KY 40536-0293

    Peter Hardy, PhD, DABMP

    • Radiology
    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor of Radiology, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
    • Vice Chair, Research

    Contact
    (859) 323-2703
    Peter.Hardy@uky.edu
    Department of Radiology, HX311B Medical Center

    Lee Johnson, PhD, DABR

    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
    • Professor
    • Director of Graduate Studies for Radiation Science

    Contact
    (859) 257-7618
    eljj@uky.edu
    Chandler Medical Center, Room C25, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536

    Wei Luo, PhD, DABR, FAAPM

    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor
    • Medical Physicist

    Contact
    (859) 257-7618
    wei.luo@uky.edu
    Markey Cancer Center, Room CC065, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0293

    Thomas Oldland, MS, MSc

    • Radiation Medicine

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    thomas.oldland@uky.edu
    800 Rose Street, C114

    Travis Painter, MS, DABR

    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
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    tapain0@uky.edu
    900 Rose Street

    Damodar Pokhrel, PhD, DABR

    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
    • Professor and Director of Clinical Medical Physics
    • Associate Director, Medical Physics Residency Program

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    (859) 323-7599
    damodar.pokhrel@uky.edu
    800 Rose Street, Room CC057, Lexington KY 40536

    Ashley Smith, PhD

    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

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    Smith.Ashley@uky.edu
    800 Rose Street, Room C114

    Jie Zhang, PhD, DABR (D, N), FAAPM

    • Radiology
    • Radiation Medicine

    Positions Held:
    • Professor of Radiology, College of Medicine
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
    • Chief, Division of Diagnostic and Nuclear Medical Physics

    Contact
    (859) 323-2146
    jnzh222@uky.edu
    Department of Radiology, HX313E A B CHANDLER MEDICAL CENTER

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    800 Rose St., C114 Pav H
    Lexington, KY 40536-0086

    Phone:  (859) 257-7618

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