Marian Axente
PhD, DABR
An ABR board certified medical physicist, Dr. Axente's focus is multi-modality image utilization for treatment planning and patient setup in cancer radiotherapy.
Titles and Roles
- Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Associate Director, Certificate Program in Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Research Program
- Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics
Biography
Marian Axente, PhD, DABR, is an Assistant Professor of Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology. An ABR board certified medical physicist, Dr. Axente's focus is multi-modality image utilization for treatment planning and patient setup in cancer radiotherapy. He serves as Associate Director of of the Certificate Program in Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. He joined Emory in 2020.
Dr. Axente is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute. He holds professional memberships with American Association of Physicists in Medicine, American Board of Radiology, American Society for Radiation Oncology and European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology.
Education
Dr. Axente earned his PhD from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and completed his medical physicis residency at Stanford University in Stanford, California. He received his certification from the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Medical Physics in 2015.
Research
Dr. Axente's research emphasis is on functional image treatment adaptation, and implementation of optical imaging technologies in optimizing setup reproducibility, with specific aims at foundational affordable technology that could be utilized in low to middle income countries.
Publications
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