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Our People Physicists

Dennis Allen Cheek, PhD, DABR

  • Radiation Medicine

Positions Held:
  • Associate Professor
  • Director of Medical Physics
  • Program Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program

Contact
(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

Contact
(859) 257-7618
sam.gerring@uky.edu
800 Rose Street, Room C114, Lexington, KY 40536-0293

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:
  • Professor
  • Medical Physicist

Contact
(859) 323-4768
wei.luo@uky.edu
Markey Cancer Center, Room CC065, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0293

Thomas Oldland, MS, MSc

  • Radiation Medicine

Positions Held:
  • Instructor

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

Travis Painter, MS, DABR

  • Radiation Medicine

Positions Held:
  • Part Time Faculty

Contact
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

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

Ashley Smith, PhD

  • Radiation Medicine

Positions Held:
  • Associate Professor

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

Ali S. Meigooni, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM

  • Radiation Medicine

Positions Held:
  • Professor
  • Director of the Brachytherapy Section 

Contact
859-323-4967
alimeig@uky.edu
800 Rose St

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

  • Radiology
  • Radiation Medicine

Positions Held:
  • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
  • Chief, Division of Diagnostic & Nuclear Medical Physics
  • Director, Diagnostic Imaging Physics Residency Program

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

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