Radhe Mohan
Radhe Mohan is a medical physicist who significantly advanced radiation treatment safety for oncology patients. He is a recipient of the ASTRO Gold Medal for outstanding contributions in the field of radiation oncology.
Career
During the 1970s, Mohan developed computer-aided systems for automated dosimetry and record-and-verify systems. Subsequently, in the 1980s and 1990s, he was a leader in researching newer methods of radiation treatments such as 3-D conformal radiation therapy, intensity modulation radiation therapy, and in the 2000s, proton therapy. His research activities include intensity-modulated radiotherapy, Monte Carlo techniques and image-guided radiotherapy. Dr. Mohan is the author or co-author of over 600 papers, book chapters and publications in proceedings of conferences. He has been the principal investigator, co-PI or co-investigator on numerous grants from the National Cancer Institute and research projects sponsored by industry.Mohan was the chairman of the Department of Radiation Physics at University of Texas [MD Anderson Cancer Center|The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center] and is currently a principal investigator at MD Anderson researching the optimization of proton therapy.
In 1983, Mohan was part of the team at the computer services department of Memorial [Sloan Kettering Cancer Center] which helped the F.B.I. track down one of the earliest groups of computer hackers, The 414s.