James Anthony Seibert, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology
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Clinical Interests
Dr. Seibert is a diagnostic medical physicist providing acceptance testing and quality control evaluations of medical imaging equipment as well as radiation shielding and safety measures in the use of ionizing radiation throughout UC Davis Health. He specializes in radiation dosimetry, calculation of specific radiation doses for exams, and associated radiation risk assessment for patients. His imaging informatics expertise supports the acquisition, manipulation, display and archive of medical images within the Department of Radiology.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Seibert's research is based on his medical physics background, and includes digital imaging implementation and evaluation, radiation dose metrics tracking and reporting for patient dose assessment, and imaging informatics applications for image quality and workflow improvement. He is an author of a highly regarded textbook, "The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging", and provides medical physics education to radiology residents and graduate students.
Division
Medical Physics
Undergraduate School
B.S., Biology, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1976
Undergraduate School
B.A., Chemistry, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1977
Other School
M.S., Radiological Sciences, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1981
Other School
Ph.D., Radiological Sciences, UC Irvine, Irvine CA 1983
Gold Medal, Radiological Society of North America, 2019
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Council Member, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award, Upstate New York Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2018
American Board of Radiology Governor, 2017, 2018, 2019
Trustee (Medical Physics), American Board of Radiology, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
American Board of Imaging Informatics - Chairman 2012, 2013, 2014
American Association of Physicists in Medicine - President 2010, 2011, 2012
Radiological Society of North America - Third Vice-President, 2008
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine - Chairman 2004, 2005, 2006
To see a comprehensive list of Dr. Seibert's publications, please click here.
Pfeiffer D, Al-Hallaq H, Halvorsen P, Hendrickson K, Lu ZF, Martin MC, Schueler B, Shuman J, E Zoberi J. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 3.b.: Levels of supervision for medical physicists in clinical training. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Jun;22(6):11-15. doi:10.1002/acm2.13258. Epub 2021 May 20. PMID:34018313.
Chen DS, Escobedo EM, Eastman JG, Bloomstein JD, Taylor SL, Seibert JA. Dose-Area Product-to-Effective Dose Conversion Coefficients for Pelvic Radiography Using a Monte Carlo Program. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 Sep;215(3):679-684. doi:10.2214/AJR.19.22013. Epub 2020 Jul 13. PMID:32755183.
Seibert JA, Blatnica AP, Clements JB, Halvorsen PH, Herman MG, Johnson JL, Schueler BA, Martin MC, Palta JR, Pfeiffer DE, Pizzutiello RJ, Prisciandaro JI, Sherouse GW. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 7.a.: Supervision of medical physicist assistants. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020 Jul;21(7):11-15. doi:10.1002/acm2.12774. Epub 2019 Dec 4. PMID:31800151.
Seibert JA. Projection X-ray Imaging: Radiography, Mammography, Fluoroscopy. Health Phys. 2019 Feb;116(2):148-156. doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000001028. PMID:30585956.
Smith-Bindman, R, Wang, Y, Chu, P, Chung, R, Einstein, AJ, Balcombe, J, Cocker, M, Das, M, Delman, BN, Flynn, M, Gould, R, Lee, RK, Yellen-Nelson, T, Schindera, S, Seibert, A, Starkey, J, Suntharalingam, S, Wetter, A, Wildberger, JE, Miglioretti, DL. International variation in radiation dose for computed tomography examinations: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2019 Jan 2;364:k4931. doi:10.1136/bmj.k4931. PMID:30602590.
Seibert JA, Morin RL. Patient Dose Monitoring and Focus on Nuclear Medicine Imaging Examinations. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Jan;15(1 Pt A):88-89. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2017.07.004. Epub 2017 Aug 19. PMID:28826958.
Boone JM, Hernandez AM, Seibert JA. Two-dimensional breast dosimetry improved using three-dimensional breast image data. Radiol Phys Technol. 2017 Jun;10(2):129-141. doi:10.1007/s12194-017-0404-7. Epub 2017 Jun 1. PMID:28573551.
Demb J, Chu P, Nelson T, Hall D, Seibert A, Lamba R, Boone J, Krishnam M, Cagnon C, Bostani M, Gould R, Miglioretti D, Smith-Bindman R. Optimizing Radiation Doses for Computed Tomography Across Institutions: Dose Auditing and Best Practices. JAMA Internl Med. 2017 Jun 1;177(6):810-817. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0445. PMID:28395000.
Smith-Bindman R, Wang Y, Yellen-Nelson TR, Moghadassi M, Wilson N, Gould R, Seibert A, Boone JM, Krishnam M, Lamba R, Hall DJ, Miglioretti DL. Predictors of CT Radiation Dose and Their Effect on Patient Care: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Automated Data. Radiology. 2017 Jan;282(1):182-193. doi:10.1148/radiol.2016151391. Epub 2016 Jul 20. PMID:27438166.