Sameer Vijay Tipnis PhD
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Biography
Dr. Tipnis is currently a Professor of Radiology & Chief of
Medical Physics in the Dept. of Radiology and Radiological Science at the
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) in Diagnostic Medical
Physics and Nuclear Medical Physics. At MUSC, he provides guidance on
optimizing imaging protocols in CT, Nuclear Medicine, and radiation safety. He
teaches radiology residents, cardiology fellows and medical students about the
physics of clinical imaging and ionizing radiation. Dr. Tipnis chairs
AAPM’s task group TG361 on the recommended use and management of protective garments and is a member of 3 other sub-committees for radiation protection, radiology
resident curriculum, and cardiology fellow's curriculum. He serves as the Chair of
the ABR Part I Initial Certification (IC) exam committee, and as an oral
examiner for ABR’s Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine certifying exams. He is
currently a co-Editor-in-Chief of Medical Physics International, a
publication of the IOMP, section editor for radiology physics for Contemporary
Diagnostic Radiology and a member of the editorial board for the Encyclopedia
of Medical Physics. He is a faculty member at the biennially organized College
on Medical Physics, at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Trieste, Italy. Dr. Tipnis has published over 45 research articles related to
radiation exposure, techniques in radiological imaging, and the development of
scintillators.