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 the director 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 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.
Titles & Roles
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Certificate Program in Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine
Professional Memberships
Dr. Axente is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. 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.
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.
