Charles Mistretta
Charles A. Mistretta (January 5, 1941 – June 9, 2026) was an American medical physicist.
Life and career
Mistretta earned a doctoral degree in high energy physics from Harvard University in 1968.[1][2] He joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1971, began researching medical imaging, and later held the J. R. Cameron Professorship of Medical Physics and Radiology.[3]
He shared the 1998 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine with Graeme Bydder.[4] In 2004, Mistretta was elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.[5] Mistretta became a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2014.[6] In 2017, the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements awarded Mistretta the Gray Medal.[7]
Mistretta died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 85.[8]
References
- ↑ "Charles A. Mistretta". University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Medical Physics. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ "Charles Mistretta PhD". University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Radiology. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ "Dr. Charles Mistretta receives international medical physics award for lifetime contributions". University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Radiology. April 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ "1999 AAPM Award Winners". Medical Physics. 26 (10): 2206–2217. 1 October 1999. doi:10.1002/j.2473-4209.1999.tb00836.x.
- ↑ "CHARLES A. MISTRETTA, PH.D." American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ "Professor Charles A. Mistretta". United States National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ "Dr. Charles Mistretta Selected to Receive 18th Gray Medal". Vol. 42, no. 2. American Association of Physicists in Medicine. March–April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ Charles "Chuck" Mistretta
- 1941 births
- 2026 deaths
- Medical physicists
- Harvard University alumni
- Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
- 20th-century American physicists
- 21st-century American physicists
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty