Adel Mustafa, PhD

In Memoriam

1952- 2025

Dr. Mustafa, Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, obtained his Ph.D. in medical physics from Surrey University, England, UK. His past hospital and academic carriers included faculty positions at Kuwait University School of Medicine and New York Medical College. He is Yale New Haven Health System chief of diagnostic radiology physics and program director of Yale Medical Physics residency program.

Dr. Mustafa was board certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and the American Board of medical Physics (ABMP) in diagnostic imaging physics. Dr. Mustafa was an elected Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

For many years he served as member, co-chair or chair of several AAPM scientific and professional committees. Dr Mustafa was an examiner with the American Board of Radiology in diagnostic imaging physics conducting Part 3 oral examination since 2004. He was Chairman of the Accreditation Committee and the Chief Examiner for the International Medical Physics Certification Board (IMPCB).

His clinical, teaching and research interests included image quality optimization, radiation dose management and quantification of disease conditions using multiple imaging modalities with particular interest in CT imaging. He led a team of medical physicists and collaborating with scientists, radiologists and clinicians in areas of CT detection, quantification and optimization

Established Yale Diagnostic Medical Physics Residency under GMEC of Yale New Haven Hospital. He was the residency program director.