Machine and Deep Learning in Oncology, Medical Physics and Radiology (PDF)

Issam El Naqa is founding Chair of Machine Learning Department and Associate Member of Radiation Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.. He is board certified as a medical physicist by the American Board of Radiology. Dr. El Naqa received his BSc (1992) and MSc (1995) in Electrical and Communication Engineering from the University of Jordan, Jordan. He completed his PhD (2002) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, receiving the highest academic distinction award for his work. He also completed an MA (2007) in Biology Science at Washington University, where he was hired as an instructor (2005-7) and then an Assistant Professor (2007-10) in the departments of radiation oncology and the division of biomedical and biological sciences. He subsequently became an Associate Professor at McGill University Health Centre/Medical Physics Unit (2010-15). He later joined the Department of Radiation oncology atthe University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (2015-20), where he was a Professor and associate member in Applied Physics and the Michigan institute of data science. Dr. El Naqa is a recognized authority in the fields of machine learning, data analytics, and oncology outcomes modeling and has published extensively in these areas with more than 200+ peer-reviewed journal publications and 4 edited textbooks. He has been a member and fellow of several academic and professional societies including AAPM and IEEE. His research has been funded by several federal and private grants in Canada and the USA and served on national and international study sections. He acts as a peer-reviewer and editorial board member for several leading international journals in his areas of expertise.


Martin J Murphy is Professor Emeritus of radiation oncology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where he directed research into image-guided surgery and radiation therapy, employing principles of machine learning and