M. Miron Zaini, Ph.D., DABR
Chairman of the Board
President & CEO Emeritus
mzaini@nmpc.org
Education
Medical Physics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison 1995
M.S., University of Wisconsin – Madison 1993
Electrical Engineering
MSEE, University of Southern California 1989
B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara 1988
Mathematics
Graduate Student, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Started in 2024
Certificate (UG), Indiana University 2022
Business Management
Certificate (G), University of Washington, Executive Development 2010
Certificate (UG), Normandale Community College, Management 2002
Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Medical Physics 2005
Member of NMPC Family Since
2006
Selected Achievements
Visiting Professor – Central Washington University, Since 2023
Scientific Chair – Invitee to the World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Toronto, Canada, 2015
Member – American Association of Physicists in Medicine Investment Committee, 2012-2015
President – Northwest Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2010
Invitee – Congress of Scientific Experts, 2010
Reviewer – Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Since 2022
Associate editor (guest) and Reviewer – Journal of Medical Physics, Since 2005
Reviewer – AAPM national and local conferences, 2009
Prize – Congress of Medical Physics, 2004
Grant – National Institutes of Health, 2000
Commendation – Governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota, 2000
Fellowship – Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin, 1993
Various Honors – 1983 to 1987
Publications – More than 30 journal papers, proceedings, and abstracts
Teaching – Formal classes at all educational levels from elementary school to graduate school and physician residency
Accreditation – Secured the first non-academic nationally accredited medical physics residency program in the U.S.
Topics of Interest in Medical Physics
Radiation Transport Theory and Detection, Radiation Oncology Image Processing, Collaborating with NMPC physicists.
Selected publications outside of NMPC
M. R. Zaini, G. J. Forest, D. D. Loshek, “Image processing for IMRT QA dosimetry”, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 6, 4 (2005).
M. Sajjad, M. R. Zaini, J-S. Liow, D.A. Rottenberg, S. C. Strother, “Production and dosimetry of [14O]H2O for PET activation studies”, Applied Radiation Isotopes 57, 5 (2002).
M. R. Zaini, S. C. Strother, J. R. Anderson, J-S. Liow, U. Kjems, C. Tegeler, S-G. Kim, “Comparison of matched BOLD and FAIR 4.0T-fMRI with [15O]water PET brain volumes”, Medical Physics 26, 8 (1999).
M. R. Zaini, B. R. Thomadsen, D. W. Pearson, B. R. Paliwal, “Measuring the electron fluence of clinical accelerators”, Radiation Measurements 27, 3 (1997).
B. R. Paliwal, M. R. Zaini, T. McNutt, E. J. Fairbanks, R. Kitchen, “A consistency monitor for radiation therapy treatments”, Medical Physics 23, 10 (1996).
Other Interests
Mathematical Physics including Integral Transforms and Duality Theorems in Quantum Field Theory
Built a homemade electron accelerator as a prototype for the one resurrected at Central Washington University
Nature, Travel, Water Sports (e.g. Water polo and Quadrathlon), Social Psychology
Economics, Global Financial Markets, Business Development.