Christopher J. Tien, PhD, DABR, FAAPM
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Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Lead Physicist for Brachytherapy, Therapeutic RadiologyBiography
Dr. Christopher J. Tien is an Associate Professor and Lead Brachytherapy Physicist in the department of Therapeutic Radiology. In addition to his appointments at Yale, Dr. Tien is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Brown University.
Dr. Tien practiced at a community hospital in suburban Chicago for 3 years after completing his residency at Brown University/ Rhode Island Hospital. He completed his PhD by the time he was 25 years old from the University of Florida, which he attended on a full fellowship.
Clinically, he is a board-certified therapeutic medical physicist appointed as a Medical Physicist at Yale-New Haven Hospital. His current translational research is largely inspired by his clinical duties in brachytherapy (gynecological, prostate, ocular, and skin) applications and radiobiological modeling.
Dr. Tien is a full member of the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the American Society for Radiation Oncology, and the Yale Cancer Center. He is currently the chair of the national AAPM Task Group on high-dose-rate brachytherapy (TG59). He has served terms on the national AAPM Board of Directors and as the Connecticut AAPM president. He is a member of the national AAPM Medical Physics Education Subcommittee and ABS National Education Subcommittee.
Appointments
Therapeutic Radiology
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
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Education & Training
- Medical Physics Resident
- Brown University (Warren Alpert Medical School) (2013)
- PhD
- University of Florida, Medical Physics (2011)
- MS
- University of Michigan, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (2008)
- BS
- University of Michigan, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (2007)