I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.
I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.
Medical physics is an applied area of physics.
However, one of my ambitions in 1958 when I entered the field was to establish a department of medical physics in our medical school.
Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties.
If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage them.
Too many radiologists still believe there is a risk from a chest x-ray. Few radiologists can explain radiation to the patient in words the patient can understand.
I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S.
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