Ehsan Samei

• Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), 2010
• Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2009
• DABR, American Board of Radiology, 2001
• Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1997
• ME., The University of Michigan, 1995
• MSc., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993

About

Ehsan Samei, PhD, is a tenured Professor at Duke University with faculty appointments in Radiology, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Radiology (ABR), a Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), and a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). He is involved with medical physics research, education, and clinical service. At Duke he serves as the Director of Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories (RAI Labs), the Chief of Clinical Imaging Physics Group (CIPG), and the Director of Graduate Studies for the Medical Physics Graduate Program, of which he was a co-founder. His current research interests include quantitative imaging, molecular x-ray imaging, and theoretical and experimental methods in medical image formation, analysis, display, and perception. He has been the recipient of multiple grants from national agencies, has over 200 publications, and is a frequent invited speaker at national and international meetings. He has held leadership positions in a number of professional organizations, including AAPM, RSNA, and SPIE. He was the co-founder of the new Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs (SDAMPP). He currently serves on the board of directors of the SDAMPP and the Southeast Chapter of the AAPM (SEAAPM).