Anahita Heshmat
Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program


Incoming Medical Physics Resident

Education

  • PhD: Medical Physics; University of Florida; Gainesville, FL
  • MS: Medical Physics; University of Florida; Gainesville, FL
  • BS: Biological Sciences; University of Florida; Gainesville, FL

Dr Anahita Heshmat, our incoming resident, recently graduated from the UF Medical Physics Graduate Program. Her PhD dissertation was titled “Assessing Iodine Detection in Dual Energy CT and Subtraction CT“. Her MS research project was titled “Comparing Image Quality in a CT Phantom with a Commercially-Available Harder X-Ray Beam Spectra”.

Dr Heshmat originally became interested in Medical Physics after shadowing Dr Arreola as an undergraduate student. She soon discovered that Medical Physics was a perfect fit and quickly changed her major.

In her free time, Dr Heshmat enjoys yoga, dancing, cooking, traveling, and spending time with family.