David J. Carlson
Science Council Vice-chair
EDUCATION
- PhD, Medical Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2006
- BA, Physics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 2002
- Resident, Radiation Oncology Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2006 - 2008
- Internship, Radiation Oncology Physics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2004
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Professor and Vice Chair, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2022 - present
- Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2019 - 2022
- Associate Professor, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2014 - 2019
- Assistant Professor, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2008 - 2014
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
- Director of Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 2022 - present
- Chair, Radiation Safety Committee, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 2022 - present
- Director of Clinical Operations, Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2019 - 2022
- Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 2008 - 2019
SERVICE TO ASTRO
- Past Chair, Science Education and Program Development Committee, 2022 - 2024
- Member, Scientific Review Panel, 2023 - present
- Member, Annual Meeting Track – Physics, 2013 - 2014, 2017 - 2019, 2023 - present
- Member, ASTRO Career Mentor Program, 2022 - present
- Chair, Science Education and Program Development Committee, 2020 - 2022
- Vice-chair, Science Education and Program Development Committee, 2018 - 2020
- Member, Science Education and Program Development Committee, 2013 - 2024
- Member, Annual Meeting Steering Committee, 2020 - 2023
- Member, Science Council Steering Committee, 2018 - 2023
- Member, Annual Meeting Education Committee, 2018 - 2023
- Member, Promoting Science through Research and Training Committee, 2017 - 2022
- Member, Clinical, Translational, and Basic Science Advisory Subcommittee, 2016 - 2017
- Member, Radiation and Cancer Biology Committee, 2013 - 2014
SERVICE TO OTHER ONCOLOGY OR RADIOLOGY ORGANIZATIONS
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology •Biology • Physics
- Deputy Editor and Section, Physics, 2024 - present
- Executive Editor and Section Editor, Physics, 2021 - 2024
- Senior Editor, Physics, 2019 - 2021
- Associate Senior Editor, Physics, 2016 - 2019
- American Board of Radiology
- Chair, Medical Physics Clinical Exam Committee, 2024 - present
- Associate Chair, Medical Physics Clinical Exam Committee, 2023
- Member, Medical Physics Test Assembly, 2023 - present
- Member, Medical Physics Clinical Exam Committee, 2018 - present
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- Member, Particle Therapy Subcommittee, 2024 - present
- Member, Work Group on Particle Beams, 2021 - 2024
- Member, Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology Work Group, 2018 - 2024
- Program Director, Therapy Education for the Annual Meeting of the AAPM, 2020
- Program Co-Director, Therapy Education for the Annual Meeting of the AAPM, 2019
- Member, Annual Meeting Education Program Working Group, 2018 - 2020
- Member, Audit Committee, 2018 - 2019
- Member, Board of Directors, 2015 - 2017
- Member, Regional Organization Committee, 2015 - 2017
- Member, Task Group No. 256 on Proton Relative Biological Effectiveness, 2013 - 2016
- Member, Professional Development Needs Assessment Subcommittee, 2012 - 2014
- Member, International Educational Activities Committee, 2012 - 2014
- Member, International Affairs Committee, Member, 2011 - 2014
- Vice-Chair/Member, African Affairs Subcommittee, 2007 - 2016
- Chapter Representative/Past-President/President/President-Elect, Connecticut Area Medical Physics Society chapter of AAPM, President-Elect 2011 - 2017
- Past-President/President/President-Elect, N. California Chapter of AAPM, 2007 - 2009
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
David J. Carlson, PhD, has been an active member of ASTRO since graduate school. He currently serves as Professor, Vice Chair, and Director of Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Health. Dr. Carlson received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Middlebury College and his PhD in Medical Physics from Purdue University. He completed his residency in Radiation Oncology Physics at Stanford University. After residency, he was a member of the Medical Physics faculty at Yale for over a decade before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania where he served as an Associate Professor and the Director of Physics Operations in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Carlson’s clinical and research interests include the clinical implementation of novel technology and translational multi-disciplinary collaborations with physicians and biologists. The goals of his research are to improve treatment outcomes for cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy by developing accurate models of treatment response and advancing our understanding of the underlying biophysical mechanisms that govern radiation response. Dr. Carlson currently serves as Executive Editor and Section Editor for Physics for the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, is a Fellow and past Member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and is Past Chair of the Science Education and Program Development committee of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). He was elected as a Fellow of ASTRO in 2023.
