Brandon Merz, M.S.

  • Medical Physicist
  • Assistant Professor, Radiation Medicine, School of Medicine

Biography

Brandon's primary role in the Department of Radiation Medicine is as a clinical Medical Physicist. In addition to my clinical responsibilities, Brandon has experience teaching a number of therapy, dosimetry, and physics courses. During his career he has worked in private centers, an academic center, and at the headquarters for RayStation in Stockholm. The time spent working in Sweden gave him access to professional networks and insights into treatment planning systems.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.S., 2008, University of Toledo Health Science Campus

Memberships and associations:

  • AAPM

Areas of interest

  • Eye Plaque Brachytherapy
  • HDR
  • Treatment Planning System commissioning and validation
  • Technical project implementation
  • Use of imaging in eye plaques
  • Cardiac Ablation
  • Treatment Planning System Implementation and Validation Methods
  • Predicting treatment delivery deviations
  • Assessing our department’s patient specific QA paradigm

Publications

Publications