Bruce R. Thomadsen PhD, MS

Bruce R. Thomadsen, Ph.D., serves as the medical physicist in radiation therapy representative on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes. Dr. Thomadsen was appointed to in October 2007. Dr. Thomadsen is board certified by the American Board of Radiology in radiological physics, the American Board of Health Physics in comprehensive health physics, and the American Board of Medical Physics in radiation oncology physics. He holds an undergraduate degree in physics and political science from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science degree in physics from Michigan State University, and a master’s and Ph.D. in medical physics from the University of Wisconsin.

Dr. Thomadsen was a resident in radiological physics at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Thomadsen served as a medical physicist at Hurley Hospital, in Flint, Michigan and St.Barnabas Medical Center, in Short Hills, New Jersey, before going to the University of Wisconsin, where he worked from 1975, except for one year (1985-86) on exchange with Copenhagen County Hospital in Denmark. At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Thomadsen has served as the chair of the University Radiation Safety Committee since 1992 and has been very active in clinical service, research, and teaching. Service to professional societies has been an important part of Dr. Thomadsen’s career, and he was made a fellow of the American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM). He has served on and chaired many AAPM committees, including the Radiation Safety Committee. He has also been active in the American Brachytherapy Society and served on panels for the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measures and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement.

Dr. Thomadsen has been active in the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs and with the American Board of Radiology both as and examiner and with the maintenance of certificate program. Brachytherapy physics has been one of the main areas of Dr. Thomadsen’s research, but he has also been involved in research on quality assurance and patient safety, as well as dosimetry for external-beam radiotherapy