Samuel Einstein, PhD
Director, RAD-AID Medical Physics
Dr. Samuel Einstein, a medical physicist and faculty member at Penn State College of Medicine, brings over 15 years of experience to his role. He earned his doctorate in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics from the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research at the University of Minnesota. He further honed his clinical skills through an imaging physics residency and fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Einstein focuses his research on improving MR access, MR safety, and DXA quality. He is actively involved as a member and volunteer of the ACR and AAPM, and is board-certified in Diagnostic Medical Physics and MR Safety. For more information about RAD-AID Medical Physics, please contact Dr. Einstein at seinstein@rad-aid.org.
Joe Weygand, PhD
Program Manager, RAD-AID Medical Physics
Dr. Joe Weygand is a therapeutic medical physicist with a long-standing interest in global health. He completed a B.A. in physics at Columbia University, an M.S. in medical physics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and a Ph.D. in physics at Heidelberg University in Germany. He has spent time volunteering in radiation oncology hospitals in Tanzania, Senegal, Uganda, and Ghana. He is passionate about increasing global access to radiation oncology through didactic education, clinical training, the clinical implementation of new technology, and studying the historical, political, and economic determinants of global health. For more information about RAD-AID Medical Physics, please contact Dr. Weygand at jweygand@rad-aid.org.
Patricia Svolos, PhD
Program Manager, RAD-AID Medical Physics, Diagnostic Imaging
Patricia Svolos is a diagnostic medical physicist at the UTHealth McGovern Medical School in Houston,
TX. She completed a B.Sc. in physics at the University of Patras, Greece and a Ph.D. in medical physics at
the University of Thessaly, Greece. She is very passionate about promoting global health through the
application of safe practices in radiology and implementation of image quality assurance programs. Her
focus is on didactic education and formulation of medical physics training curriculum for radiology
programs. For more information about RAD-AID Medical Physics, please contact Dr. Svolos at psvolos@rad-aid.org.