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Residency Program Updates

2024 DIMPR Resident – Moretti

Join us in welcoming the 2024 UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Resident: TJ Moretti! TJ is currently a PhD Candidate here in the University of Florida’s Medical Physics Graduate Program. His current research encompasses a review and analysis of radiation dosimetry for the summation of interventional imaging and radiotherapy treatment…

Research Highlight – Anahita Heshmat, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Anahita Heshmat, Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics (DIMPR) Resident, and her colleagues, whose abstract (Dual imaging agent for magnetic particle imaging and computed tomography) was accepted as a manuscript for publication in Nanoscale Advances.

ABR Part 3 Nuclear Medicine – Dr Edmond Olguin

Congratulations to Dr Edmond Olguin, UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program (UF DIMPR) alumnus, who recently passed Part 3 of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Nuclear Medicine exam, becoming our first dual-boarded graduate! Medical Physics Certification signifies that a candidate has met the training requirements by the ABR,…

ABR Part 3 – Dr Justin Brown, DABR

Congratulations to Dr Justin Brown, senior diagnostic imaging medical physics resident, who recently passed the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Part 3 exam and is now a certified diagnostic medical physicist. He’s officially “Justin Brown, PhD, DABR”! Medical Physics Certification signifies that a candidate has met the training requirements…

Morin Fellowship Recipient – Dr Akerele

Congratulations to Dr Mercy Akerele, 2nd year UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Resident, on being awarded the 2023 Richard L Morin, PhD, Fellowship in Medical Physics by the American College of Radiology (ACR)! Dr Akerele and Dr Emily Thompson, with MD Anderson in Houston, Texas, were the recipients of this…

2023 DIMPR Resident – Glassell

Join us in welcoming the 2023 Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Resident: Megan Glassell! Megan is currently a PhD Candidate here in the University of Florida’s Medical Physics Graduate Program. Her current research focuses on evaluating patient skin dose and physician dose in a hybrid computed tomography/angiography suite. She also…

Research Highlight – Anahita Heshmat, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Anahita Heshmat, Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics (DIMPR) Resident, whose abstract (Contrast Agents for Urologic Fluoroscopy: A Comparative Phantom Study) was accepted as a poster presentation at the American Urology Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois in April!…

Research Highlight – Mercy Akerele, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Mercy Akerele, Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics (DIMPR) Resident, whose abstract (Feasibility of Helical CTDIvol Measurement for Accurate Dose Estimation) was accepted for oral presentation at the AAPM Clinical Meeting (Early-Career Investigator Symposium) in Orlando, Florida in April!…

Research Highlight – Dr Anahita Heshmat

Congratulations to Dr Anahita Heshmat, resident in the UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program (DIMPR) on the publication of her article titled “Contrast thresholds for detection of various iodine concentrations in subtraction CT and dual-energy CT systems” in the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics!…

ABMRS Diplomat – Dr Justin Brown

Congratulations to Dr Justin Brown, Senior Resident in the UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program (DIMPR), on passing the American Board of Magnetic Resonance Safety (ABMRS) Magnetic Resonance Safety Expert exam! Dr Brown is now a diplomat of ABMRS and is certified as a Magnetic Resonance Safety Expert (MRSE),…