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Robert Pizzutiello
Founder &
Licensed Medical Physicist
Biography
In 1977 Bob began practicing medical physics in
the Cancer Center at the University of Rochester
Medical Center. In 1979 he became Director of
Medical Physics at Rochester General Hospital,
where his areas of interest and expertise broadened
to include diagnostic imaging physics and teaching
medical physics to physicians. Bob formed Upstate
Medical Physics, Inc. in 1983, to provide medical
physics services to facilities that could not
support their own full-time medical physicist.
Since 1989, Bob has been the full-time president
of Upstate Medical Physics, the largest private
practice diagnostic medical physics group in NY
State – leading a group of 10 professionals
who serve well over 100 facilities across NY,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He
has also served as consultant to many major imaging
manufacturers, contributing his knowledge of imaging
and broad practical experience to the manufacturing
sector.
Bob has always believed in the value of being
on the leading edge of professional and clinical
developments. In 1987, he helped to pilot test
the new “ACR Mammography Accreditation Phantom”
at several client facilities. In the early 1990’s
he became a medical physicist reviewer for phantom
images for the ACR-MAP. After more than a decade
of work with the ACR and the Conference of Radiation
Control Program Directors (CRCPD), Bob was appointed
to the FDA’s Mammography Quality Standards
Advisory Committee. When Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
was introduced in the early 1990’s, Bob
worked with the American College of Radiology
(ACR) to develop the ACR Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
Accreditation program and co-authored the SBB
QC manual. Bob continues to serve on several key
committees of the AAPM, ACR and ACMP.
Bob is an active lecturer, and has been invited
to speak at over 100 programs in the last decade
across the U.S., in South America and in China.
His current special interests include breast imaging,
MRI, and cone-beam CT imaging.
For Bob, the most stimulating aspects of his
professional life is contributing to quality patient
care by helping people to use radiation safely
and effectively for imaging. He loves to learn
and to teach, bring the benefits of basic science
and new technology to the wide variety of facilities
we serve. Coming from a large family, Bob sees
our staff, our clients and their patients as part
of a greater “family” with which we
are all connected. He strives to promote the benchmark
“treat every patient as you would your dearest
family member” through the practice of medical
physics at UMP.
Education
BS and MS Electrical Engineering, University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY
Certifications, Licenses,
and Professional Organizations
New York State Licensed Professional Medical physicist
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Nuclear Imaging
- Medical Health Physics
American Board of Medical Physics – Diagnostic
Imaging Physics
American Board of Radiology – Therapeutic
Radiologic Physics
Member and Fellow, AAPM
Member and Fellow, ACMP
Member, ACR
Member, Society for Breast imaging
Member, American Roentgen Ray Society
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