Andrew Hernandez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of Radiology Sustainability
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Clinical Interests
Dr. Hernandez is a diagnostic clinical and research medical physicist with an expertise in breast x-ray imaging, cone-beam computed tomography (CT), and computed tomography.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Hernandez has a special interest in the development of imaging systems, the quantification of radiation dose, and the evaluation of imaging performance utilizing state-of-the-art metrics. He is also committed to minimizing the environmental impact of Radiology with a specific focus on improving the energy efficiency of medical imaging equipment.
Division
Medical Physics
Undergraduate School
B.S., Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2011
Other School
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, 2017
Moses & Sylvia Greenfield Award - Best paper published in Medical Physics; American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2016
Young Investigator Symposium Finalist; American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2015
Distinguished Reviewer for Medical Physics; American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2020
Leland Roy and Georgia Wood Saxon Fellowship, 2014
National Institute of Health Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Fellowship, 2013
Sustainability Saves Award, 2023,
For a list of Dr. Hernandez's publications, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rYLfDHYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao