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Last but not least, Jason Lima (NW Phys Resident) presented his AI research project titled "A Deep Learning Approach to the Prediction of Gamma Passing Rates in VMAT Radiotherapy Plans for Adaptive Treatment." Jason is also a graduate of Hofstra Med Phys program, Class of 2024.

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NW Rad Med celebrated our graduating residents on June 10. Eight physicists attended, including our graduating physics resident, Nicholas Coupey. Nick has completed his training and is ready to begin his career as a clinical medical physicist. Congrats, Nick — we’re proud of you!

We are pleased to announce that Farzin Motamedi (HU Class 26) has won the "NCC-AAPM MEDPHYS SLAM COMPETITION" hosted by the North Central Chapter of AAPM, and will represent NCC at the annual AAPM MedPhys Slam in July. Congratulations, Farzin, and best of luck in the competition!

AAPM 2025 Annual Meeting officially starts today. Around 15 students and physicists from Hofstra and Northwell will attend this meeting and present papers.

Professor Chang presented his paper titled “A New Approach for Teaching Mathematical and Computational Methods to Medical Physics Students” at the educational poster session of AAPM 2025 Annul Meeting.

The residency fair is one of the major events for residency programs and students planning to apply. The Northwell Physics Residency Program also set up a table at this event to introduce its program to interested students, many of whom are from the HU Medical Physics Program.

We took a group photo during the break at the residency fair. A few alumni of the HU Medical Physics Program also joined us. It was wonderful to see our alumni doing so well in their residency training programs.

The night out was traditionally held on Tuesday night, but this time it was moved earlier to Sunday night. Hofstra alumni and Professor Chang sat together at one table, reminiscing and sharing interesting stories from their time in the HU M.S. in Medical Physics Program.

Students from HU MS in Med Phys Program had a strong showing with their research work at AAPM 2025 Annual Meeting. Jessica presented her interactive poster on 7/27 “Evaluating Stent-Induced Dose Perturbations in Intravascular Brachytherapy with EBT4 Films” Congrats Jessica!

During the same interactive poster session, Cindy (Pham, HU Class of 2026) presented her research titled “Utilization of Log File Analysis to Determine Deliverability of VMAT Plans As a Function of Plan Complexity.” Congrats Cindy! Very nice work.

Jason (HU Class 2024 and NW Phys Resident 2026) presented his deep learning research project titled “A Deep Learning Approach to the Prediction of Gamma Passing Rates in VMAT Radiotherapy Plans for Adaptive Treatment.” Excellent work, Jason! Congrats.

Professor Trager presented his interactive poster titled “Post-Implant Dosimetry (PID) between 1D and 2D Cs-131 Seed Models for Post-Op Cavities in Recurrent GBM Patients.” Congrats Michael!

After a full day of the residency fair and paper presentations, HU students & NW resident gathered to celebrate. Professors Chang and Vaccarelli treated them to dinner at the Unconventional Diner - a great way to unwind and enjoy each other’s company after such a productive day.

We are proud to share that Prof. Riegel was awarded the AAPM Fellowship on 7/28/2025. This prestigious recognition marks a significant milestone, as Prof. Riegel becomes the second faculty member—after Prof. Chang—from the HU Med Phys program to receive this distinguished honor.

Our alumni are making a strong presence at the AAPM 2025 Meeting! Niara Rowe (Class of 2023, Physics Resident at Hackensack) presented: “The Gatekeeping of Medical Physics Leading to the Underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic Women in the Field.” Congrats, Niara!

Congrats to Kyle O’Carroll (Class 2024, Phys Resident at Case Western) for presenting his blue-ribbon poster titled “A Comparison of Non-Adaptive Versus Online Adaptive Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Using FLOW-RT – …” What a great achievement—well done, Kyle!

Tyler Kaulfers (Class of 2024, Physics Resident at Montie) continued his FLASH research with the presentation: “SU-330-GPD-T-732: The Dosimetric and Dose Rate Characteristics for Bragg Peak Proton Mini-Ridge Filter FLASH in Comparison to Conventional Proton…” Great work, Tyler!

Prof. Lyu Huang is actively involved with AAPM International Council and has been present at the Council’s booth over the past few days during the meeting. He is an excellent resource for our students & residents who are interested in becoming more engaged with AAPM activities.

Farzin Motamedi (HU Class 26) represented the North Central Chapter in the Med Phys SLAM during the Annual Meeting. He presented a research project titled "AI-Based Prediction of IMRT QA Gamma Passing Rates," which he conducted with Jason Lima (HU Class 24, NW Phys Resident 26).