Medical Physicists

A medical physicist is a member of the radiation oncology team who is responsible for assuring the safe and effective delivery of radiation that will achieve the result prescribed by your radiation oncologist for your care.

These responsibilities include:

• Protection of the patient and others from potentially harmful or excessive radiation
• Establishment of adequate protocols to ensure accurate patient dose delivery
• Measurement and characterization of radiation
• Determination of the delivered dose
• Development and direction of quality assurance programs
• Assistance of other healthcare professionals in optimizing the balance between the beneficial and negative effects of radiation.

All the physicists at St. Joseph Hospital are certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR).

St. Joseph Hospital Medical Physicists

Yunping Zhu, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Physicist
Board Certification: ABR
Therapeutic Physics
Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Meena Krishnan , M.S.
Board Certification: ABR
Therapeutic Physics

Bruce Liming , Ph.D.
Radiation Safety Officer
Board Certification: ABR
Therapeutic Physics