Thomas "Rock" Mackie, PhD
Position title: Board Member, Cosylab Vice Chair Board of Directors, International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) Founder, Linectra Vice Chair Board of Directors, WiSolve Chair of the Board of Directors, Leo Cancer Care Chairman of Board, HealthMyne, Inc. Emeritus Investigator, Morgridge Institute for Research Chairman of the Board, Asto CT Chairman of the Board, OnLume Board Member, SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc
Email: trmackie@wisc.edu
Education
B.S., Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK
Ph.D., Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
Research Interests
Dr. Mackie’s career has been focused on planning and delivery of radiation therapy to cancer patients. His group developed the 3-D treatment planning system that became the Philips Pinnacle treatment planning system, the most widely used radiation therapy treatment planning system in the world. His group was also the developer of tomotherapy, which is the marriage of a linac and a CT scanner. More recently, Rock has been active in development of a compact proton therapy machine for treating cancer.
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