Dr. Hossein Lavvafi received a PhD from Case Western Reserve University in Engineering. Upon graduation, he worked in Medical Device industry for a few years as a senior scientist. During that time, he served as a lead researcher on several R&D projects in the orthopedic and medical devices where he further specialized in developing high performance implant alloys and surgical instruments. Following that, he joined the department of radiation oncology at the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center of University of Toledo Medical Center to prepare for a career as therapeutic medical physicist followed by a 2-year CAMPEP residency at the Loyola University Medical Center of Chicago, IL. He is also a member of AAPM community and a Diplomate of American Board of Radiology.
He has authored several papers, patents, book chapters and international conferences. Dr. Lavvafi is a technical reviewer for professional journals such as Medical Physics journal, Acta Materialia, Materials Characterization, Materials Science and Engineering A, Optics and Laser Technology, etc. His experience and research interests include radiation oncology medical physics, MR guided radiation therapy, laser interactions with metals and their mechanical characterization (i.e. reliability), materials selection, and alternative materials and processes.